Sebastian Yarrick
From Lexicanum
Sebastian Yarrick is a Commissar famous for his participation in the Second and Third Wars for Armageddon. Here he fought against the forces of the Ork Warlord Ghazghkull Mag Uruk Thraka.
Yarrick was already old when the war began and was scheduled to retire on the day the Orks landed. He had had an excellent history serving with Armageddon's Planetary Defence Forces and a reputation for unswerving loyalty to the Emperor. In his youth he had learnt the Ork language from a captured raider and was an expert in the way the Ork mind worked.
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History
The Second War for Armageddon
During the Second War for Armageddon, Yarrick had been banished to Hades Hive by Herman von Strab, the inept Overlord of Armageddon, after he ordered the planet's astropaths to send a message for help. Von Strab has been described as "the greatest waste of flesh and bone born in the last five hundred years" by Princeps Prime Kurtiz Mannheim of the Iron Skulls Titan Legion.
Gradually, under von Strab's incompetent leadership, the planet fell bit by bit until the Orks reached Hades Hive. Here, Commissar Yarrick commanded the defending forces, inspiring them to fight like the possessed. The Imperial defense was so vicious that eventually Ghazghkull himself joined the attack, leading his forces from the front. He tried to deplete the hive by every strategy he could muster, but Yarrick countered them all. Eventually, Hades Hive became a personal battle for the two warriors. Ghazghkull fell upon the hive, and Yarrick realised they could not hold their position. In a series of daring shuttle runs, the remaining forces managed to escape. In the retreat Yarrick was almost killed, but his iron will allowed him to survive. Eventually, the war ended with the arrival of Commander Dante of the Blood Angels, whom the defenders of Armageddon turned to for leadership.
The Third War for Armageddon
The Third War for Armageddon would prove to be a much harder battle. Yarrick arrived back on the planet two weeks before the invasion began. He agreed to take over total control of all forces on the planet and his first order was to send all remaining Imperial aircraft to destroy as many of the Orks as possible before they could touch the ground. Eventually, the Orks landed their Roks, providing them with prebuilt fortresses. Yarrick personally led the assault on one of these with a force of Cadian Shock Troopers. Eventually the Orks were pushed out of the Armageddon system. When Ghazghkull fled Armageddon and the Black Templars prepared to give chase, Yarrick petitioned High Marshal Helbrecht to allow him to join their quest, and Helbrecht agreed.
Yarrick is renowned for his iron will, and this is represented in the table-top game by the ability to shrug off wounds and return to battle, even after he should be dead. He has a trademark item, the battle klaw he claimed from an Ork during the Second War for Armageddon, to replace the arm he lost in combat. It is powerful enough to kill in one swipe. He also has a special forcefield which shrugs off almost all attacks. Finally, he had a bionic eye implanted to play on the orkish superstition that he possessed an evil eye and could kill with a glance. This bionic eye can produce a laser beam in combat, so he can live up to this reputation.
