Archived: Praessian Coro

Praessian Coro, sometimes called the "Baleful Eye," and "The Scourge of Nexra," is the Primarch of the Steel Men Traitor Legion, one of the original twenty Space Marine Legions. Self-raised in the underground factories of Dolghorn, Praessian was a grim warrior and master of technological arcana who wielded logic and the mathematics of warfare as keenly as he did his power-fist.

Unlike his brothers, many of whom embraced the Emperor of Mankind's Great Crusade with near-fanatical devotion, Praessian never took to his calling and eventually came to resent the task which he found limiting and demeaning. He viewed himself and his legion as mere tools to the Emperor, a view made worse by his discovery of the fate of the Thunder Warriors.

With few friends among his brothers to turn to, Praessian kept this knowledge and his growing hatred to himself. He would unwittingly become part of Molos' plans to mortally wound the Emperor by providing him the support and tools needed for his nefarious task. Feeling only anger that the Emperor was not the infallible figure he had made himself out to be, he withdrew from the politics of the sudden interregnum and refused offers from Uriel and Cleophus to join them.

Praessian and his legion continued the Great Crusade for several years even as the Imperium plunged into civil war until withdrawing completely after it engulfed and ravaged several of his new conquests. Feeling betrayed by all, Praessian was quick to accept Molos' proposition to humble both Cleophus and Uriel and stop the war. For over a year he and his legion crafted the perfect world for killing, he and his forces aiding in the treachery of the Battle of Valinkesh. He accompanied Molos to the Siege of Terra but turned upon his former ally upon seeing the usage of daemons and worship of what he considered false gods.

Upon hearing of the pending arrival of Loyalist forces he retreated in good order, taking with him as much of the rogue aspects of the Mechanicum as he could. He now rules over the Hidden Forge, a planet which neither Imperium has managed to locate, leading sporadic and precise raids and keeping himself and his plans a mystery.