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Rusheck Vakkim

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Rusheck Vakkim was a Magister of Chaos during the Sabbat Worlds Crusade.[1a]

The commander of the Chaos warband known as the G'uttkhra or "Thorns of Heaven", Vakkim was unusually cautious compared to his peers and was known for preferring stealth and guile to direct confrontation.[1b]

Throughout the early years of the Crusade, beginning in 765.M41, Vakkim acquired a reputation as one of the most dangerous of Archon Nadzybar's lieutenants, not least because he demonstrated a frightening talent for guessing his enemy's intentions and diverting his forces out of the way.[1b]

By 763, Vakkim became known as a boogeyman among the Imperial forces, a predator who could move without being seen, avoiding the Crusade's best efforts to catch him, and instead strike at undefended targets at the most opportune moment.[1b] On several occasions, he was identified as the commander of reinforcement fleets coming up to support Chaos actions, including the relief force send to aid Nadzybar at the Battle of Balhaut in 765, but in each case he managed to slip away rather than be drawn into a fight. It is believed that Vakkim and the G'uttkhra were among the Archenemy forces in retreat from Balhaut that destroyed six undefended planets in late 765, including Tanith.[1b]

However Vakkim's fleet was finally caught above Nyzon II in 768 and ambushed by General Urienz. Urienz led the boarding action of Vakkim's flagship, the Crown of Thorns, in person. Vakkim was captured, yet somehow managed to escape and flee down to the surface of the planet with nine of his followers. Urienz's protege, Commander Lang Mowzer, led a commando team to the surface and tracked Vakkim to an out-hab district of Penetor Hive, where Vakkim was killed.[1b]

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