Ludoldus
Ludoldus was a previous High Marshal of the Black Templars Chapter.[3][4]
Ludoldus personally led his Sword Brethren in the assault on the fortress of Apex during the Battle of Fire and Blood at the end of the Vinculus Crusade.[4]
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When the High Marshal marched into battle he wore archaic Terminator armour and fought with a combi-plasma gun. Atop his armour was a lantern that was supposedly blessed by the Blind Sisterhood of Luxvitas Binary. It was said to pierce the darkness of the Empyrean and serve as a beacon for all of his warriors.[2]
Notes
It has been recorded that Ludoldus fought[1b] in the Vinculus Crusade (833.M41)[1a] and in the Jerulas Crusade (645.M39)[1b], wars separated by two thousand years.
Both portraits of the era's High Marshals do show great similarity between the two. If the High Marshals are one and the same, by the time of his death Ludoldus would be considered older than even Lord Dante of the Blood Angels, the oldest currently living Chapter Master at fifteen hundred years old.[5]
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Sources
- 1: Codex: Black Templars (4th Edition)
- 2: White Dwarf 314 (UK), pg. 100 - Famous Marshals
- 3: And They Shall Know No Fear... (Short Story)
- 4: Blood and Fire (Novella) - Armageddon (Anthology), Chapter IV
- 5: The Devastation of Baal (Novel), Chapter Nine
