Soberan
Soberan is a Noble of House Taranis and pilots the legendary Knight Paladin suit Omnissiah's Fury, which has served the Household since the Great Crusade. Like many Knights of House Taranis, Soberan accompanies the Adeptus Mechanicus' Explorator Fleets and provides them with protection amongst the dangerous stars.[1]
One such occurrence was with the Fleet of Explorator Gaeren, as it traveled through the Veiled Region. Gaeren was an expert on the subversive technologies of the Eldar race, having scoured a dozen worlds that contained the Xenos' ruins, and had traveled to the Veiled Region to recover their ancient artefacts located there. The journey was rife with danger and after Gaeren's personal scout ship crashed on the spectre moon of Forlos, while charting the desolate Ghostwilds, the Eldar of Craftworld Biel-Tan made their presence known. The Magos' Skitarii were easily taken apart by Biel-Tan's warhost, as they fought to defend the Magos, and it was only Soberan's presence during the battle, that prevented them from being overrun. He was able to drive the Eldar back, which allowed the Magos and his forces to evacuate the moon, but the warhost of Biel-Tan continued to hound Gaeren's fleet as it made its escape. Later in the shadow of the Tanhaus Nebula, Gaeren's fleet was attacked by vanguard bio-ships from Hive Fleet Kraken and once again Soberan proved his worth in battle. As the bio-ships fired projectiles loaded with Tyranids at the fleet, Soberan was stationed on Gaeren's flagship and aided in destroying any of the Xenos that invaded it and even ventured into space to destroy a bio-ship that had latched onto the flagship. Once they were clear of the bio-ships, they continued their journey in the Veiled Region and eventually the Magos led his forces to the world Dreemos.[2]
Gaeren had discovered the world's location by deciphering an ancient Eldar star map, which marked it out as a place of importance and reverence to the Xenos and therefore of interest to Gaeren. The world contained ancient Eldar ruins, but they were located in tunnels beneath Dreemos' surface and Soberan was forced to stand guard outside, as the Omnissiah's Fury was too large to safely enter the tunnels. Unfortunately for Gaeren, the Biel-Tan's warhost had kept their pursuit of the Magos, since his escape from Forlos' moon, and had already discerned Gaeren's destination. As the Magos and his forces moved deeper in the tunnels, they were ambushed by the waiting Eldar and began suffering heavy casualties. When Soberan heard the attack, he discarded his own safety and charged into the tunnel and crashed through the Eldar ruins in order to safeguard the Magos, but he was too late. The Magos had died by the Eldar's hands and as they continued their attack, Soberan held the Xenos back long enough for Gaeren's surviving Skitarii to evacuate back to the fleet with the Magos' body. Afterwards the Magos' fleet returned back to Mars and Soberan personally escorted Gaeren's body to the Forge World. Gaeren was honoured by Mars for his service to the Omnissiah and Soberan is still remembered by the Priesthood, for ensuring that the Magos' body, and the data it contained from their journey in the Veiled Region, was returned to them.[2]
Sources
- 1: Codex: Adeptus Mechanicus (8th Edition), pg. 30 — House Taranis
- 2: Imperial Knight Companion, pg. 85
