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Despite the constant search for Cypher, none have yet been successful in capturing or destroying him. Or so it would seem. The Dark Angels have believed Cypher neutralised on numerous occasions, yet he always returns. His loyalties and motivations remain impossible to guess at, for though he has fought by the side of both Imperial and Chaos forces over the millennia, he nearly always betrays his allies after a time.

Some believe that Cypher follows some vast plan that no other can guess, save perhaps the Emperor Himself. Others think his appearances and acts are random, the caprice of a being whose very existence should be an impossibility.

Whatever the truth, none have ever captured the mysterious Space Marine for long enough to find out. But it is obvious to those few Dark Angels Librarians who have studied the compiled data that Cypher's actions seem to follow some pattern or mission known only to himself. It is not even possible to deduce whether Cypher is for or against the Imperium, an ally or enemy to those who betrayed the Dark Angels. The only certainty is that disaster and strife follows in his wake.

I only pray we stop him before we find out. Cypher, armed with his signature ancient master-crafted Plasma Pistol and Bolt Pistol , fighting off his relentless pursuers. The Fall of Caliban was one of the last major catastrophes suffered by the Imperium during the bloody days of the Horus Heresy.

This is the terrible secret borne by the Dark Angels these last ten millennia; that the incorruptible I st Legion fell to corruption when the Legion's second-in-command, Luther , corrupted many of their brethren through the foul lure of Chaos.

The Traitors were eventually defeated in a climactic battle that resulted in the destruction of the Dark Angels' homeworld of Caliban , but many of their number survived to be cast into the Warp and scattered throughout space and time by the Ruinous Powers. The events of Luther's betrayal are known only to a select few senior members amongst the Dark Angels and their Successor Chapters, the so-called Inner Circle.

These defeated survivors are known as the Fallen Angels or just the Fallen, mercilessly hunted down by the elite Deathwing and Ravenwing companies and made to repent by the fearsome Interrogator-Chaplains of the Dark Angels before they are executed. Since that time, the elusive Fallen known as Cypher has been on the run, eluding capture for nearly ten thousand standard years.

Wherever he surfaces, he brings with him death and destruction, although whether he is the culprit or merely a herald of woe is often unclear. Although the accounts are often tainted with bias, it appears that Cypher seldom instigates the violent acts that invariably occur when he is present; it is rather that he seems to act as a catalyst which fans the hatred and mistrust of those around him into a raging, uncontrollable fire.

In each case, Cypher vanishes from the scene as abruptly as he arrived. Worlds burn in his wake, yet he leaves no clues as to where he will turn up next. The intrigue over his rapid departure is further magnified by the inevitable wave of ensuing questions. Sometimes these interrogations will be conducted by Inquisitors or their agents, while at others Chaos Space Marines seek more knowledge about the cryptic figure that weaves in and out of their strongholds, never revealing his true name or purpose.

Regardless of whether other factions arrive to ask questions, the Dark Angels always turn up along the trail. Those who have some knowledge, or are even suspected of having some, are taken away by a black-armoured Interrogator-Chaplain.

As to who or what Cypher truly is —- none can say. Those who have witnessed him in action report that he wears simple ceremonial robes, much like many of the Dark Angels. Beneath his garment can be seen the thick plates of dark power armour. More damning still, however, is the fact that no matter where in the galaxy Cypher surfaces, it is only a matter of time before the Dark Angels or one of their Successor Chapters follow.

The Dark Angels ask many questions, but give no answers themselves. The Dark Angels have considered Cypher destroyed on numerous occasions — yet he always returns.

The Red Corsairs , still seething after what they believe was their betrayal during the Escovan Campaign, thought they had cornered the elusive Cypher on the Strike Cruiser Rapier. In the deep emptiness of space, they halted the Rapier , yet when they boarded they found only Chaos Cultists.

Before they were all slain, none of the cultists could verify the whereabouts of the mysterious Space Marine who had been in their midst, nor could they tell of how he escaped. To ensure their proud traditions were maintained, the ruling masters secretly selected a single member to become the Lord Cypher.

Upon taking the title, the Lord Cypher renounced his own name, enshrouding his very appearance beneath cloak and hood. It was forbidden for any others to recognise his old self, for the Lord Cypher was to forsake his very personality, and from that day onwards was to instead embody the laws, customs and strict disciplines of The Order.

He was tasked the responsibility of ensuring the traditions of The Order were upheld, and that the recruits and masters alike were never allowed to degenerate from their lofty ideals. The Lord Cypher advised the masters on all matters of protocol and officiated at many important ceremonies.

The Lord Cypher was a lofty position, one which The Order took extremely seriously, for it was known that it was the nature of the galaxy to recede and structures to collapse. We were your brothers, and now we must join you in eternal damnation.

To better understand at least part of the mystery of Cypher, one must first know the tale of the Dark Angels. To outsiders, this is an insurmountable quest, for the Dark Angels Chapter hides its secrets well, masking all activities in a shroud of ritual and clandestine operations. Indeed, even amongst their own Chapter, only the company masters and most distinguished veterans -— the self-styled Inner Circle —- are privy to the truth.

In ages past, in the latter years of the Horus Heresy, the Dark Angels homeworld of Caliban was corrupted. The Legion's second-in-command, Luther, betrayed the Dark Angels and turned many of their brethren from the Emperor. Although the primarch's followers were victorious, the cost was high. Their very homeworld was shattered, their primarch gone and presumed slain. In the death throes of Caliban, the swirling eddies of a Warp Storm opened up —- a perilous gateway to the Realm of Chaos.

It was this rent in the fabric of space that consumed the remaining treasonous Dark Angels. It is presumed that Cypher was amidst those heretics swept into the Immaterium. To the great frustration of the Dark Angels, there is no full list or account of who or how many had heeded the dark whispers of the Ruinous Powers and turned against their brothers. The days following the Horus Heresy were the most turbulent of times, for the galaxy-wide empire of Mankind had teetered on the very brink of total collapse.

Although Horus was defeated and his remaining followers were on the run, the armies of the Imperium were full of bitterness and recrimination.

The unforeseen betrayal of Horus had profound after-effects that are still in existence today. Shorn of the Emperor's guidance, the condemnation of the guilty was totalitarian and egregious, and the Imperium grew ever more repressive. The grim realisation that the Space Marines —- the ultimate warriors of Humankind —- had proven vulnerable to corruption was a severe shock.

Fully half of the Space Marine Legions had betrayed the Emperor. If the Dark Angels had admitted that some of their members had turned, their entire Legion would have been condemned. In this paranoid atmosphere, the surviving Dark Angels debated their options even as they paid tribute to their lost primarch. In the end, they felt there was no choice but to hide the truth of their brothers' betrayal.

It was decreed by the most senior members of the Legion that no outsider must learn the dreadful truth -- none must know that members of the Dark Angels had proven as corruptible as any mortals and turned to the Ruinous Powers. In the wake of the Fall of Caliban, there was much to do, and many secrets to keep. The Dark Angels found that it was easier to avoid the barrage of questions by fully immersing themselves in rigorous duty. However, they were eventually forced to explain the loss of their primarch and their homeworld of Caliban over and over again, telling their fabricated tale to the High Lords of Terra , and eventually the newly established Inquisition.

As no fighting formation carried the war against the rebels forward with more furious resolve than the Dark Angels, no one pressed the grieving warriors too closely. The sons of the Lion continued the fight, chasing the remnants of Horus' armies into the Eye of Terror and enacting many savage acts of revenge. Meanwhile, the largest chunk of what remained of shattered Caliban was chosen as the new headquarters for the Dark Angels. In time, The Rock , as it came to be known, was outfitted with Warp engines, allowing its reach to span the galaxy.

It was at first believed that all their traitorous brethren had been destroyed at the Fall of Caliban, yet it was not so. Eventually, the Dark Angels Librarians picked up the telltale traces of their lost brethren.

Thus it was revealed that those defeated Dark Angels Traitors -— known as the Fallen Angels, or just the Fallen —- were not all destroyed when they were sucked into the Warp. Instead, the Fallen had been cast across time and space, for the Librarians picked up evidence that many of the Traitors had returned, their psychic signatures shining out briefly from many scattered places across the galaxy.

At this point, the Dark Angels merely classified all the Fallen together, for they had not yet recognised or picked out the most mysterious and prolific of their number: the one known as Cypher. That the Traitors escaped their loyal brethren's vengeance was a torment for the surviving Dark Angels.

As long as the Fallen lived, the Legion's great shame would live on as well. They might spread knowledge of the Dark Angels' treachery. Any who encountered the Fallen would bear witness not only to the original betrayal, but also the Legion's ensuing cover-up. In an instant, when Caliban was breaking apart from cataclysmic battle, the Fallen were cast into the Warp.

Anywhere from mere moments later to thousands of years in the future, many of the Fallen awoke to find themselves on some far distant and unknown planet. The eddies of the Warp are fickle. As time in the Realm of Chaos does not flow according to any rules, the time in transit for the Fallen might have felt like it was mere seconds, although millennia would have passed. Conversely the individual may have spent ages in the Immaterium experiencing untold torments and long journeys through nightmarish landscapes, only to awake back in realspace within seconds of Caliban's destruction.

To this day, there are even some of the Fallen that have not yet been released back into the galaxy. Truly, the Ruinous Powers are cruel; their capricious plans beyond the ken of mortal understanding. Although some of the Fallen had been mere novices-in-training at the destruction of Caliban, most were seasoned Space Marines. Indeed, some were first generation troops created in the First Founding , as overseen by the Emperor himself.

These were veteran warriors, many of whom survived multiple actions during the Great Crusade. With their wealth of combat experience and superhuman attributes, these individuals found it easy to carve their own paths to greatness out in the wider galaxy. Some rose to rule over planetary empires while others sought immediate revenge against the Imperium.

It can only be surmised by Cypher's abilities and combat prowess that he was a fully trained and already well seasoned Space Marine at the time of Caliban's destruction. This ties in with clues, which the Dark Angels would later discover, that allege Cypher was an important officer with a distinctive role in the Legion's traditions. Across the galaxy the Fallen set planets, systems or even whole sectors ablaze with war. Yet more ominously to the Dark Angels, they raved aloud of those very secrets that the Sons of Lion El'Jonson had sworn to keep silent.

Those Fallen carried on from the teachings of Luther -— believing the Emperor to be false and thinking that their own superhuman abilities gave them the right to seize what they wanted, and to rule over the weak.

The Fallen saw no reason not to fight for themselves. It offered a better fate than acting as enforcers for a thankless and repressive regime.

In one hand he carries hope, in the other despair. I speak of Cypher. He is coming closer all the time. The Fallen Angel Cypher dual-wielding his signature pistols in combat. Of all the Fallen, none is as hated, or indeed feared by the Dark Angels, as the enigmatic individual known as Cypher.

After their very first few encounters, the Dark Angels began to realise that this Fallen might be different. Because of his unknowable motives, and because of his supernatural ability to escape time and again from their clutches, the sons of the Lion began to regard Cypher with growing wariness. As Space Marines they feared no enemy, and their Legion has maintained its reputation for being stalwart in battle. But despite this, they began to fear Cypher —- fearing what he perhaps represented, fearing what he reflected back upon themselves and fearing that he was nothing less than their own doom made manifest.

The majority of those that know of Cypher believe he is villainous. If his incalculable plan is successful, who knows what destruction he is capable of? Some rumour that his end goal is to slay the Emperor himself. A few of those in the Inner Circle — not the Interrogator-Chaplains, but those of more open minds —- consider another possibility. Those who feel this way are silent, for this is actually a more frightening thought —- it would mean the Dark Angels are on the wrong side once again Whenever or wherever Cypher appears, trouble and disaster follow.

His appearance heralds the arrival of more Fallen, although whether they answer his summons or he has some foreknowledge of their activities is unknown.

At times, Cypher has been linked with demagogues, those who rise up to agitate the masses, while at others he has been associated with military commanders. With unnerving regularity, Cypher will arrive at some critical flashpoint, his presence kicking off a violent chain of events time and again. Cypher has been seen alongside kill teams or even entire armies, although whether he is truly a member of the force or even their commander can never be properly ascertained.

More deadly than the most highly trained master saboteur, Cypher's appearance in even the most benign of situations has wreaked havoc that has changed the course of major wars. More than any other of the Fallen, Cypher has been a shadowy, cloaked assassin, leaving behind a trail of powerful victims, even though it is rarely Cypher who pulls the trigger. The Dark Angels go out of their way to assume these targets were chosen and slain by Cypher himself, but often the facts that led them to these conclusions are ambiguous.

Certainly, destruction and death follow in Cypher's wake. Cypher's targets and destinations are as inscrutable as everything else about him. Among his confirmed kills according to Dark Angels records have been planetary governors, Chaos Space Marine Warlords, Space Marine Chapter Masters , sorcerous covens, cult leaders and high ranking Inquisitors.

Naturally, the Dark Angels have never shared any of this so-called proof with any outside of their own close-ranked successor Chapters. The Imperium had sent fleets, armies and assassins to end the rule of Overfiend Tyrannex, Scourge of the Drakeburn Sector, and all efforts failed with lives in the hundreds of thousands lost. Yet Cypher alone was able to locate the Overfiend's fortress, penetrate its defences and gun the miscreant down -- instantaneously freeing billions from Tyrannex's unnatural subjugations.

Cypher's trail weaves in and out of the Dark Angels' path, and he crosses it with deliberation. After slaying the Overfiend Tyrannex, riddling him with holes and leaving behind bolt shell fragments and unique plasma burns that are the signature of Cypher's bolt and plasma pistols, he had the nerve to plant a Dark Angels homing device. Within a matter of hours, the Rock was near enough and Deathwing Terminators teleported into the Overfiend's throne room. Yet of Cypher, there was no trace.

Indeed, Cypher's continued existence bears testimony to his seemingly mystical ability to avoid capture. Every time pursuers got close, he has shown an uncanny ability to escape. Down the ages, the Inner Circle of the Dark Angels has suggested that Cypher is under the protection of some higher power. The fact that his lifespan has continued since the days before the Horus Heresy speaks of unnatural powers at play, although it was for a time posed by the then Grand Master of the Dark Angels Raphelous that Cypher was not one person, but many.

How else to explain both his longevity and his seeming indestructibility? Perhaps Cypher was but a mask, a persona assumed when the last one was destroyed?

Ironically, Raphelous was one of two Grand Masters to lose his life in the pursuit of Cypher —- although whether or not the nemesis of the Dark Angels was responsible for their deaths in either case has never been proven. Down the long ages the Dark Angels have found many of their Fallen brethren. Some have committed heinous acts, debasing themselves and their honoured Primarch.

But none have garnered the sheer hatred as has Cypher. Not even Marbas, who alone of the Fallen has been raised to a Daemon Prince , is regarded with such rage.

The Dark Angels would willingly perform any act, no matter how vile, in order to capture Cypher. Cypher wielding his deadly pair of weapons; a master-crafted Bolt Pistol and Plasma Pistol. Like nearly everything to do with Cypher, it is difficult to pinpoint his origins with any conviction. Deep within the dungeons of the Rock , behind many locked doors of adamantium , can be found the Enigma Chamber.

There, the remains of The Order's ancient records are kept. On carefully preserved scrolls, faded writings can still be read. Each of the Dark Angels' Grand Master of Librarians has, in successive turns, tried to wring meaning out of those ancient parchments.

Of certainty, the title of Lord Cypher before the Horus Heresy was a title of high office in The Order, the order of knights created on the feudal Death World of Caliban to fight the terrible Chaos-mutated beasts that roamed the planet's myriad deep forests. There, long before the coming of the Primarch Lion El'Jonson , the lordly designation was given to a single knight of the Order. The Order can trace its beginnings back to the period when Caliban was a Death World, as deadly an environment as any in the galaxy.

Cut off from Terra during the Age of Strife , civilisation had regressed to a feudal state. Since the Warp Storms had ravaged it, Caliban was almost entirely covered in monster-haunted forests. To travel the paths between the disparate fortifications of Human society was to invite almost certain death. As the forests spread, so was Humanity confined into isolated communities, each based in an ancient keep.

There, in the shadows of their stone fortresses, peasants could hack clear patches out of the encroaching woodlands and eke out a living through farming. The nobles, who fought in archaic powered armour , were the rulers of the land.

It was their duty to guard the perimeters of their cleared zones from predatory beasts. Caliban bred a hardy people, and they honoured martial skill and bravery. It was a demanding and often cruelly short existence, a constant fight against packs of savage creatures and horrifically mutated beasts.

In such times, many brotherhoods of knights were formed, the most famous of which was known simply as "The Order. The Order had won an excellent reputation amongst the noble houses and knightly organisations.

It was known for the integrity and the martial skill of its members, and The Order was also famed for its recruitment methods. On Caliban heredity was everything for the noble houses, yet The Order selected its brothers by merit and skill at arms as opposed to inheritance.

Contingents of brother-knights from the Order travelled from keep to keep, aiding each in the never-ending struggle to clear land of forest and monster alike. The Order was austere, their many rituals simple but exacting. To ensure their proud traditions were maintained, the ruling masters secretly selected a single member. It was forbidden by any others to recognise his old self either, for the Lord Cypher was to forsake his very personality, and from that day onwards was to instead embody the laws, customs and strict disciplines of The Order.

To him was tasked the responsibility of ensuring the traditions of The Order never faltered, that the recruits and Masters alike were never allowed to degenerate from their lofty ideals. Though a powerful chapter tirelessly defending the Worlds in the Imperium to the end and seen by others as some of the greatest of warriors, they hide an ancient secret, a bane against their history that they will conceal at any cost. Even if that means the murder of countless millions to keep their shameful past quiet.

After The Horus Heresy had ended the Dark Angels returned to Caliban after the war, but they were fired upon by the planetary defences. Forced to assault their own homeworld the Loyalist Dark Angels found that their brethren had betrayed them. After successfully taking back their stronghold a warp rift was opened in the planet by the chaos Gods during a fit of rage, resulting in the traitorous "Fallen Angels" being scattered throughout the galaxy.

One of the most notable of the "Fallen Angels" who escaped was Cypher, who reportedly took with him the Lion Blade, the sword of El'Jonson, when he was sent through the warp. Send or Cancel. Reduced price!