Born into a noble family, VanLeskus is the product of generations of hard-jawed leaders of Humanity. Born on the world of [[Vodine Sergastae]], she began her career as a [[General]] of its [[PDF]]. Over thirty years ago, she lost an eye in a xenos assassination attempt and now has a [[bionic]] one in its place which devices her a pitiless demeanor. Combined with her natural height and strength, she has cowed generals and entitled [[Groupmaster]]s of Fleet Tertius. Even before the summons from [[Roboute Guilliman]] when rumors of the Crusade fleets' organizing began, she began strategising and organizing many within her senior command for the coming effort. Guilliman became aware of these activities. Guilliman became aware of her activities and, satisfied no less with her record than with her ambition, granted VanLeskus command of Fleet Tertius. The newly appointed fleetmaster used her authority to recruit specialists who she knew would work well for her plans. These included intuitive logisticians, troubleshooting [[Munitorum]] agents and radical [[Magi]] Enginarium, as well as far less orthodox operatives.{{Fn|2}}