Laxlan Skreto
Laxlan Skreto was the leader of one of the many Splintered Chaos Cults, that emerged on Terra following the creation of the Great Rift.[1a]
He was once a senior Adeptus Arbites commander for Terra's Trantis administrative region before he fell to Heresy and began using his Cult to wreak havoc. Sometime after Lord Commander Guilliman left to lead his Indomitus Crusade, Skreto's Cult invaded Terra's Gorgantha subsector. Due to the subsector's importance in the creation of food stuffs and domestic items, the 23rd Hajada Erthguard Regiment launched an attack on the Cult. However, the Erthguard were repelled by the Cult and the survivors retreated into one of the subsector's large buildings. It was at that time that the Adeptus Custodes Shield-Captain Valerian had been charged with finding out more about the Splintered's numerous leaders and Skreto became his first target. Despite only numbering 7 Custodes, they easily stormed the Cathedral Skreto was using as a base and made short work of the Splintered forces defending it. Once he realized his Cult was losing, Skreto attempted to escape, but was quickly captured by Valerian. The fearful, but defiant Heretic demanded that the Shield-Captain kill him, but Skreto was instead brought to the Custodes' Tower of Hegemon and was given to their interrogators. Under their ministrations, Skreto told them everything he knew about the Cult and its other leaders[1a]. This included Fyger Deflaim, the Lachrymosa and the Convolute, who became the next target for Valerian's forces[1b]. As for Skreto, once the Custodes had learned everything that was needed from him, the Cult leader was sent to the Ordo Hereticus for further processing.[1a]
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