(A little piece of insight into how I prepare for writing a new story, this is a character profile for the antagonist that appeared in one of my story submissions to the Black Library.  I will often write these to help me flesh out a character’s personality in my mind.  They aren’t designed to be particularly eloquent, but rather simply to help me picture their traits in my mind and ensure I stay true to who they are.)

Character Profile: The ‘Genethief’ Hoight Perron – Corpse Taker and Warlord of the Red Corsairs

The Red Corsairs Warlord now known as the ‘Genethief’, was formerly Hoight Perron, Corpse Taker (Apothecary) and Arch-Centurion of the Astral Claws. Perron was an accomplished and experienced Apothecary when the Badab Conflict broke out, renowned as an extremely steady and level-headed warrior who spent little time on the battlefield, instead tending predominantly to the Chapter’s neophytes and those brothers who required extensive augmetic surgery to survive.

At the outbreak of the war, all battle-brothers were needed upon the frontlines, and Perron – already old by the standards of most Chapters of the Adeptus Astartes – donned his armour once more. He initially found himself operating with small Astral Claws commands, linking up with the forces of their allies (the Lamenters and Mantis Warriors Chapters, and later the Executioners) to act as a liaison and help to smooth relations between the disparate warriors. Read the rest of this entry →