Sergeant-Major Vincent Morrow, sometimes called Vin Morrow,[4] is a respected leader amongst Inquisitor Grendyl's warband and a former member of the Armageddon Steel Legion.[2b]
History
Armageddon
Trooper Vin Morrow would join the 2nd Company of an Armageddon Steel legion regiment under the command of Captain Belis Vanderack. He was promoted to sergeant by Captain Vanderack after the death of Sergeant Havergil in battle. Their regiment would fight in the First War for Armageddon. Early in the conflict Morrow would lead a recon platoon and kill Haranak the Red, one of the Hounds of Angron. under the command of and Commissar Kurt Namark. Namark would task the Captain and those under her command to disrupt supply lines in an apparent suicide mission.[4]
Some time later, Commissar Namark would execute the Captain for questioning his order to send in another wave of soldiers into the the daemons killing field. Morrow would be present during this unceremonious execution and immediately be tasked by the commissar to lead the soldiers instead.[4]
Morrow would be promoted to sergeant-major after leading his soldiers into the killing field. After most of their company had already died, Namark would continue to push the regiment into further aggressive military actions while muttering that "The blood must flow". Namark would continue to send in unsuccessful suicide missions and executing any that questioned him. Eventually, Morrow would kill the commissar so that the regiment could finally go home.[4]
Morrow's subordinates during his time in the First War for Armageddon included: Trooper Varkan, Trooper Grenn, Klieg, and Trooper Klintack.[4]
Inquisition
Morrow would be approached by an Inquisitorial agent to join the survive of an Inquisitor. He would decline but nonetheless be taken and kept aboard the Inquisitor's ship. He was kept in a cryo-stasis pod and found in the abandoned vessel millennia later by Explicator Rannick.[4]
Xanatros
Morrow would join Inquisitor Grendyl's service at some point. While still proving himself to other acolyte in Grendyl's service, Morrow would be dispatched planetside to Xanatros during the Xanatros Purgation. Mellicant Verris and Iven Rannick, who was an explicator at the time, were unsure of Morrow realiabilty at the time but nonetheless send the Sergeant-Major. Gurry "Brunt" Cernik would be dispatched alongside Morrow to watch his back planetside.[4] Some of Grendyl's operatives suggest Morrow was acting as the inquisitor's eyes and ears during.[2c] Morrow would be mind-wiped at some point after this operation.[4]
Nox Alpha
At some point, Rannick would dispatch Morrow to Nox Alpha during the Nox Alpha Campaign. Morrow would perform espionage for Inquisitor Grendyl, acting as his eyes and ears. He would identify as himself and act under the ruse that he was on an inspection assignment from sector command. Relief troops were coming in all the time, and Sergeant-Major Morrow would blend in. He would again be sent planetside with Brunt at his side.[4]
While on Nox Alpha Morrow would come into contact with Lieutenant Biron Wolfer. Wolfer would tell the Sergeant-Major that they need to be sent tanks and ammunition not bureaucrats and dataslates.[4] Drill Sergeant Hekite of the Moebian 53rd states she also came into contact with Morrow on Nox Alpha.[5]
Tertium
While Orgustine Zola was acting as a Wyrmwood agent informant, Morrow and Brunt would be sent into Tertium to extract her and kill a ganger named Makko upon meeting. The Ragged King had a grudge against Zola and had more of his Water Cartel gangers hunting her down.[4]
Sometime after this Morrow would join Rannick on the Mourningstar. They had been working out of a freighter prior to this. Rannick would have Morrow reassigned to command rather than the field at this point.[4]
Rumors
Rumors of Morrow's history are abound and many are of questionable legitimacy. Members of the warband appear to make sport of telling tall-tales of Morrow's heroic feats.
- Rumored to have fought at Hades Hive during the Second War for Armageddon.[2b]
- It is rumored that sometime after fighting on Armageddon, he was stranded in a Warp Storm for an unknown amount of time spanning over 200 years.[2b]
- It is rumored that he was the only survivor onboard the Golgotha-class transport after it was stranded in the Warp by a Warp Storm. When the ship emerged he was found by Inquisitor Grendyl.[2b]
- One rumor suggests he took part in the Battle for Macragge and was the unnamed soldier who dealt the first killing blow to Old One Eye, thus giving the unique Tyranid it's namesake.[2e]
- Another rumor suggests he was entrusted with a holy relic of Macragge, given to him by Chaplin Cassius himself.[2d]
- Another rumor suggests he fought in the Badab War and survived fighting against Huron Blackheart, the Tyrant of Badab.[2a]
- Another rumor that Ogryn warband acolytes in particular spread is that Morrow faced Necrons on Morrigar[2g] and consequently Mindshackle Scarabs were placed in his brain.[2f]
- Another rumor Ogryn warband acolytes believe is that Morrow once defeated a daemon engine by himself.[2g]
Sources
- 1: Warhammer 40,000: Darktide - Mission Dialogue
- 2: Warhammer 40,000: Darktide - Player Dialogue
- 3: Warhammer 40,000: Darktide - The Carnival | Cinematic Trailer (published 15.11.2023) (last accessed 5 February 2024): 00h:02m:01s
- 4: Warhammer 40,000: Darktide, Mortis Trials
- 5: Warhammer 40,000: Darktide - Vox Intercept IX
