Tarn Marvolus
Tarn Marvolus was an Imperial Recidivist, who fled from the Calixis Sector and later ruled the Koronus Expanse world Footfall, between 499 and 500.M41.[1c]
History
After the death of its[1b] founder[1a] Parsimus Dewain, Footfall immediately became submerged in a struggle for political and economic control[1b]. Marvolus took part in this and rose to become Footfall's Liege, through a campaign of assassination and the use of dark sorcery. With the world under his tyrannical control, Footfall entered an era known as the Reign of Blades. Any who questioned the word of the soft-spoken Marvolus, was later found sliced into quarters—one in each of the four most distant points of Footfall. Despite this, his rule lasted for over a year, due to Marvolous' brutal alliance of criminals, witches and narco-tribesmen. In truth, though, his reign was owed mostly to the indifference of passing Rogue Traders, who cared little as to who ruled Footfall, as long as it served their needs. Marvolous grew to become too bold and arrogant, however. This caused his reign to come to an end, after he demanded that the Rogue Trader Cassilus pay him personal tribute for docking at Footfall. Cassilus replied that she would "pay a tribute of the kind she only paid to the greatest kings of untamed worlds". Afterwards, the four quarters of Marvolous' body were later found in the four farthest points of Footfall.[1c]
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