Menelek
Menelek was a Terran Lieutenant-Commander of the Word Bearers Legion, during the Great Crusade and had joined when they were known as the Imperial Heralds.[1]
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When their Primarch Lorgar was reunited with the Legion he changed it in his image, which Menelek greatly disagreed with. However as the Emperor did not rule against the Colchisian superstitions that Lorgar instilled within the Legion, Menelek could only tolerate it and watch as the Word Bearers replaced the Imperial Heralds. Later, though, the Primarch's need to worship the Emperor and fill the worlds they brought into Compliance with works glorifying His image, caused the Word Bearers to lag behind the other Legions. This led them to be censured by the Emperor, who made the Word Bearers watch as the Ultramarines destroyed their beloved city of Monarchia. Afterwards, a chastised Lorgar ordered the Word Bearers to speed up their Compliances and to also destroy their works venerating the Emperor on the worlds they had brought into the Imperium. One such world was Forty-Seven Six, which Menelek and Kor Phaeron were charged with cleansing in 963.M30. The Lieutenant-Commander led squadrons filled with Imperial Herald veterans, as they and their Colchisian brethren burned the Vaults of Caralos and he remarked that Lorgar was right to have the Word Bearers' work destroyed. Menelek only regretted that it came after their censure, but hoped the Legion would now scour away Lorgar's delusional changes and return to the greatness it had as the Imperial Heralds. These words doomed him, however, as the Emperor's censure had made Lorgar embrace the Chaos Gods and the Primarch had then ordered the Legion purged of Imperial Loyalists. As the Vaults of Caralos filled with flames, Kor Phaeron signaled the Colchisian Word Bearers to open fire on the Lieutenant-Commander and Imperial Heralds. The Loyalists were caught off guard by the betrayal and, though they returned fire, all of them were quickly killed or severely wounded. Menelek was among those that still lived, but instead of killing them, Kor Phaeron ordered the Word Bearers to leave the Vaults and let the Imperial Heralds burn.[1]
Sources
- 1: Lorgar: Bearer of the Word (Novel), The Brotherhood
