Varrus Hekatos
Varrus Hekatos was a Night Lords Chaos Lord, whose Warband was among the Traitor Legion's forces taking part in the War of Beasts on Vigilus.
During the conflict, the Night Lords had been charged with attacking the Dirkden Hive-sprawl, but they were unaware of the extent that Dirkden had been infected by the Pauper Princes Genestealer Cult. They soon were nearly overwhelmed by the Cult's sheer numbers and the Night Lords were eventually forced to retreat and leave the infected Hive-sprawl to the Pauper Princes.[1]
After their failure in Dirkden, the Night Lords knew they could not report back to Abaddon without news of victory in the wider war. It was due to this, that the Night Lords decided to pick a foe they had long experience fighting and attacked the Dark Angels 4th Company, which was defending the eastern borders of the Hyperia Hive-sprawl. However, they had suffered severe losses in their battles with the Pauper Princes and the Night Lords were forced to launch both stealth and hit and run attacks against the Dark Angels. Hekatos was charged with coordinating these attacks which began to take a heavy toll on the 4th Company. Disaster would strike though, when Hekatos' advisor, the Master of Possession Praxis Empyrealus, decided to betray the Chaos Lord. The two had long hated each other and Praxis purposely alerted the Dark Angels to the Chaos Lord's hidden base on Hyperia, by secretly lighting numerous fires within it. This drew the attention of the Dark Angels' Ravenwing, who investigated the fires and then attacked, once they discovered Hekatos was within the base. Though it was a costly attack for the Ravenwing, they prevailed and Hekatos died at their hands.[1]
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- 1: Imperium Nihilus: Vigilus Ablaze, pg. 83 — Forces of the Night Lords
