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Erasmus Tycho of the Blood Angels
Erasmus Tycho, Death Company

Captain Erasmus Tycho was a Captain of the 3rd Company of the Blood Angels,

Tycho, took charge when his predecessor was slain during the Second War for Armageddon. He 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 Weirdboy 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 paralyzed 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.

Wargear

Erasmus Tycho, pre-Black Rage

Tycho wears Artificer armor incorporating an Iron Halo and carries a Combi-meltagun along with Frag and Krak Grenades.

Character Origin

Tycho appeared in the first battle report for the second edition of Warhammer 40,000 in which the Blood Angels player named his general "Tycho". Tycho was armed with his now characteristic weapons of a Bolter-Meltagun and the digi-lasers in the gauntlet on his left hand. During the course of the battle Tycho succumbed to a psychic blast from an Ork Weirdboy, and in game terms "killed". This was later incorporated into the character's background, as him having survived the attack grievously wounded. Tycho's special rules concerning his hate for Orks make him a good HQ choice for Blood Angels players when fighting Orks.

Legacy

The Blood Angel's warship, the Tycho is named after Erasmus Tycho. A portrait of the deceased hero lies over the entrance of the ship's chapel4.

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