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Captain '''Erasmus Tycho''' took charge the 3rd Company of the [[Blood Angels]] when his predecessor was slain during the [[Second War for Armageddon]]. Tycho nearly suffered the same fate himself during a clash between his troops and a small [[Ork]] warband in the jungles that separated [[Armageddon Prime]] and [[Armageddon Secundus]]. Early in the combat, which the Blood Angels eventually won, Tycho was the victim of a deadly psychic attack by an Ork [[Wyrdboy]] and was left for dead. | Captain '''Erasmus Tycho''' took charge the 3rd Company of the [[Blood Angels]] when his predecessor was slain during the [[Second War for Armageddon]]. Tycho nearly suffered the same fate himself during a clash between his troops and a small [[Ork]] warband in the jungles that separated [[Armageddon Prime]] and [[Armageddon Secundus]]. Early in the combat, which the Blood Angels eventually won, Tycho was the victim of a deadly psychic attack by an Ork [[Wyrdboy]] and was left for dead. | ||
Revision as of 14:04, 22 November 2007
Captain Erasmus Tycho took charge the 3rd Company of the Blood Angels when his predecessor was slain during the Second War for Armageddon. Tycho nearly suffered the same fate himself during a clash between his troops and a small Ork warband in the jungles that separated Armageddon Prime and Armageddon Secundus. Early in the combat, which the Blood Angels eventually won, Tycho was the victim of a deadly psychic attack by an Ork Wyrdboy and was left for dead.
Somehow, Tycho managed to survive, although the after-effects of the terrible mental assault resulted in half of his face being paralysed into a horrible rictus grin. The Blood Angels' fine aesthetic taste and appreciation of artistic and beautiful things is well known, so for them injuries of this type are almost worse than death. Tycho had a special mask made by the Blood Angels' most revered artificer in order to hide the disfigurement of his features, but maintains a hatred for the Ork race1.
During the Third War for Armageddon, Chaplains noticed a familiar gleam in Tycho's eye. They knew when they spoke to him he was seeing visions of the final battles of Sanguinius and was hard pressed to tell them apart from reality. Chaplain Vermento's report was "Since his grievous wounding at the battle for Armageddon, Tycho has become increasingly violent of temperament and attitude. It is my strongest recommendation to assign Brother-Captain Tycho to active battle duty permanently."3 Tycho was inducted into the Death Company and he asked to lead the assault on the Ork held defences of Hive Tempestora. Records show how he fought with the fury and skill of the Blood Angels Primarch Sanguinius, unstoppable amidst the sea of Orks, enduring wounds that would kill a normal man outright.
The wounds took their toll upon Tycho but his spirit remained strong and loyal unto his death. In his final moment Tycho was heard across battlefield shouting "For the Deus Sanguinius!". His sacrifice enabled the Blood Angels to take the position the Orks had defended so fiercely2.
