Zek Tsu'gan
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The son of the late King of Hesiod, Zek Tsu'gan was taken by the Salamanders Chapter on the night of his fathers internment to be initiated into the Chapter.[3a]
As Tsu'gan rose through the ranks of the chapter he looked set to become a rising star in the chapter and became a firm admirer of his Captain, Ko'tan Kadai. However, his noble lineage often brought Tsu'Gan into conflict with his fellow, but rather more restrained, Sergeant Hazon Dak'ir. He holds a bitter grudge towards Dak'ir believing him not to be of a worthy bloodline to be a Salamander and thus constantly refers to him as Ignean in a condescending and provocative manner due to Dak'ir's heritage as the only Ignean to have succeeded in becoming a Salamander. Following a campaign on Stratos in the Hadron Belt, the 3rd Company was ambushed by Nihilan and his Dragon Warriors resulting in the death of Captain Kadai. As a result, Tsu'gan is plagued with the overwhelming sense of sorrow that he could not save his Captain, a act that he often blames Dak'ir for. This sorrow manifests itself as a dark and brooding guilt, which Tsu'gan attempts to quash by the use of masochistic branding of his body to cleanse the deep guilt with pain and fire. During the event's of the 3rd Company's mission on Scoria to recover evidence of the Salamanders Primarch Vulkan, although absolutely loyal to his Chapter and Company Tsu'Gan began to contemplate overthrowing the new Captain N'keln through a vote of no confidence, by attempting to garner support amongst the other sergeants of Third Company who also held his view of the new Captain. However, this plan never manifested itself against N'keln as, although he proved himself a worthy successor to Kadai in his conduct of the battles on Scoria, N'Keln was betrayed and assassinated by the treacherous manipulations of the Tsu'gans second in command, Iagon.
Later, Tsu'gan was later promoted to the First Company for his actions on Scoria, having impressing the Fire Drakes Veteran Terminator Sergeant Herculon Praetor.[2a] He was part of the insertion team, led by Forgefather Vulkan He'stan, whose mission was to recover the Sigil of Vulkan from Chaplain Elysius. Tsu'gan learnt from the experience of fighting with He'stan and found in the Forgefather a new mentor to look up to, a connection that Praetor was quick to see.[2b] However, following the successful extraction of Chaplain Elysius and the remains of his squad, whilst teleporting back to the Frigate Firelord, Tsu'gan was captured by Dragon Warrior sorcerer Nihilan when his homing beacon signal was intercepted during a teleportation and disrupted.[2c]
Sources
- 1: Salamander (Novel) [Needs Citation]
- 2: Firedrake (Novel)
- 3: Nocturne (Novel)
- 3a: Chapter Sixteen
