Hrend
Hrend was a Contemptor Dreadnought of the Iron Warriors during the Horus Heresy
History
During the Battle of Tallarn Perturabo dispatched Hrend with the corrupted navigator Hes-Thal and a strike force to search for the Black Oculus on the surface of the planet. Ultimately Hrend discovered that the Black Oculus was a portal that would allow the Iron Warriors to make a pact with daemons and gain power. Perturabo had told the dreadnought that the portal was also called the Cursus of Alganar, and that it existed long before humanity. Asking what the object would do, Hrend was told that it would transform the Iron Warriors and grant them power to destroy any who oppose them. Hrend found the location gate, but he was joined by Alpha Legionares, of which Hrend and his fellows were able to kill but left only Hrend barely surviving. He ordered his servitors to kill his navigator, and used them as a dig team, tunneling to the Black Oculus and meeting with a daemon at the gate.[1a]
In the end Hrend failed his mission, as he did not give into the Daemon's temptation. Instead, he set himself to self-destruct, and the Black Oculus was buried from sight.[1b]
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