Zso Sahaal
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This page contains spoilers for: | Lord of the Night (Novel) |
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This page contains spoilers for: | Soul Hunter (Novel) |
Zso Sahaal was a captain of the Night Lords legion prior to the Horus Heresy dubbed in his legion the Talonmaster. He earned his rank of First Captain after the death of Sevatar.3
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Biography
Early history
When the Heresy began Sahaal's loyalties lay with his primarch and so served him well throughout. Sahaal believed devoutly that the Emperor had betrayed Curze and his legion. Before the Night Haunter's death it is believed by Sahaal and others he was prepared to be his heir. However, the Callidus Assassin M'Shen took Sahaal's inheritance of the corona nox before he could be undisputedly declared the heir. Sahaal pursued the assassin in which reports confirm he had the Corona Nox and left without the first company to protect his inheritance until the Eldar ambushed his ship and attempted to take the corona for themselves. It was here Sahaal was trapped in a warp storm that lasted 10,000 years.
Return and conflict
Thanks to Zso Sahaal's Sus-an Membrane he did not die when the warp storm ensnared him. Instead time passed and Sahaal awoke and discovered his ship had crashed and that the corona was gone. Sahaal began his quest for the corona once more and began by killing the gang that had stolen this precious item. He then discovered a kindred spirit amidst the one of the gangs in the lower hive, these slightly reminded him of his master's home world of Nostramo (himself being Terran born). However, Sahaal was unlucky in that members of the Inquisition were investigating the world for heresy.
His hunt made harder by the presence of the psyker Mita Ashyn within Inquisitor Kaustus's retinue and so Sahaal led the gang to war throughout the hive on Equixus. Sahaal also continued to attempt to regain the corona and eventually signalled his brother legionnaires. He was, however, disappointed when upon the summons in his absence the legion forgot Konrad Curze's teachings of "Fear through focus" and discovered that the legion was now fear craving psychopaths led by the embodiment of corruption in his eyes, a daemon prince that was once his greatest rival, Krieg Acerbus. His battle left him with a damaged arm but still with his prize intact. It is not known if he returned with his summoned brothers or if he made his own way back to the Legion to make his claim (and to have his damage repaired).
Aftermath
It is later revealed through the discussion between Talos (Soul Hunter) of the 10th Company and Abaddon the Despoiler, we learn that the Talonmaster's claim as heir was no more successful than any of the other 'chosen' with their own relics stolen back and displayed in claim. Due to his fleeing of the 1st Company during his retrieval of Corona Nox during the Eldar attack he is dubbed by some as "the betrayer".2
Sources
- 1:Lord of the Night (Novel)
- 2:Soul Hunter (Novel)
- 3:Blood Reaver (Novel) Chapter 14
