Arcadian Leontus is the current Lord Commander Solar of the Astra Militarum, the supreme commander of all Astra Militarum forces in the Segmentum Solar, the very heart of the Imperium. His rank is a supreme honour afforded only to those capable of bearing the terrible burdens that come with it. Leontus is an exemplar of unaugmented Humanity, a polyhistor, martial tactician and scholar of war of breathtaking ability. He possesses a formidable intellect and strategic brilliance that has seen him thrive in both martial and political theatres for many solar decades.
Leontus wields entire armies of the Astra Militarum against apocalyptic invasions and sector-wide insurgencies. A scholar of war and master tactician, the Lord Commander Solar bestrides the battlefields of the 41st Millennium on his cybernetic stallion Konstantin, levelling his blade at the foe as he bellows orders.
Though his remit is technically confined to the defence of the Segmentum Solar, Leontus has led campaigns far beyond its boundaries. How else, he argues, can he protect Holy Terra from distant foes?
As the Lord Commander Solar, Arcadian Leontus sits among the highest echelons of the Imperium, boasting an unimaginable roll of titles, peerages and ranks. With an army of logistical advisers, priests, tacticians, tarot readers, prophets, seers, confidants, and sub-commanders at his beck and call, Lord Solar Leontus is personally responsible for hundreds of stunning Imperial victories.
Though he's kept at his physical peak by a healthy diet, regular exercise, and staggeringly expensive rejuvenat treatments, Leontus has spent over a Terran century leading the Emperor's armies. Wearied by the horrors of war and the Imperium's brutal demands, the lord solar knows that he may never see the fruits of his tireless efforts. Nevertheless, he continues to lead from the front -- armed with his pistol Sol's Righteous Gaze, and his Power Sword Conquest.
His solar decades-old steed Konstantin is now largely cybernetic and clad in gleaming armour plate. From this lofty perch, Arcadian Leontus commands the men and women of the Astra Militarum as they endure horrifying battles in their mission to protect the Imperium from the Heretic, the mutant, and the alien.
Contents
- 1 History
- 1.1 Origins
- 1.2 Fourth Tyrannic War
- 2 Wargear
- 3 Sources
- 4 Gallery
History[]
Origins[]
Arcadian Leontus -- his full name and his dizzying tally of titles, privileges and ostentatious ranks placing him among the Imperium's highest echelons of nobility -- is responsible for all Astra Militarum forces within the Segmentum Solar. He hails from one of Terra's noblest families, one with a peerless lineage of service to the Emperor dating back countless generations. A product of Terra's opulent hive city spires and greatest military academies, Leontus is steeped in the political and martial skills needed to survive on and off the battlefields of the 41st Millennium.
Even after the loss of billions of Imperial soldiers to Warp storms, combat attrition or calamities unknown in the Era Indomitus, the Militarum Regimentos at the Lord Commander Solar's command have been depleted still further by the demands of the Indomitus Crusade.
He would never gainsay Primarch Roboute Guilliman's directives, but within their parameters Leontus has emerged victorious from many political battles with planetary governors, Navis Imperialis admirals and Officio Logisticarum adepts. With the aid of entire corps of strategic advisers, cloisters of priests and a personally maintained stable of psychic seers, prophets and Emperor's Tarot readers known as the Collegiate Astrolex, Leontus has masterminded hundreds of stunning victories.
As he sees them, the lord solar's duties lie first with the defence of the Throneworld, then the Sol System, then its neighbouring sub-sectors and the segmentum's wider frontiers. A war scholar, polyhistor and martial tactician of the highest calibre, the Lord Commander Solar's razor-sharp intellect and energetic leadership belie his extensive command experience of more than a standard century. Regiments of costly rejuvenat treatments, alongside suites of concealed bionics within his polished, golden Carapace Armour, keep Leontus at his physical peak.
Outside battle, however, he endures a weariness of spirit, privately appalled at the horrors he sees constantly perpetrated by the Imperium upon its own people. He has reluctantly authorised many himself, having sent millions of guardsmen into the most terrifying conditions, but Leontus sees such steps as distasteful necessities on a path to ultimate salvation for Humanity. With grim pragmatism, the old soldier knows he will not see the hoped-for destination of his works. For him, it is enough that he paves the way.
Though Leontus' remit technically ends at the boundaries of the Segmentum Solar, he has led several campaigns beyond. The Lord Commander Solar sees the myths of his predecessor Saint Macharius as precedent for this; if prosecuting distant wars will protect Terra, Leontus will not shirk from such duty.
Neither does he cower in command bunkers or orbital strategiums far from the front line. Instantly visible from his elevated position upon Konstantin -- his steed for solar decades, who by now is almost entirely cybernetic -- Leontus radiates stern composure and decisive command.
Fourth Tyrannic War[]
For all his talents, at the start of the Fourth Tyrannic War in the Era Indomitus, the Lord Commander Solar sought to atone for what he perceived as an unforgivable lapse. When a vast host of Khornate Daemons had assailed Terra soon after the birth of the Great Rift during the Battle of Lion's Gate, Leontus had been off-world on campaign. By the time he had returned to the Throneworld, that peril had been vanquished with no aid from him.
Humanity's core star systems now faced a terrible new threat with the invasion of Hive Fleet Leviathan in the Segmentum Pacificus that initiated the Fourth Tyrannic War, and this time Leontus vowed he would be pivotal in its defeat. Even as others such as Trajann Valoris, the Captain-General of the Adeptus Custodes, organised the rapid reaction forces of mixed Imperial military forces named "Solblades," Leontus was tireless in his own efforts to muster the full but ponderous might of the Astra Militarum.
Accompanied by a veritable army of strategos, Ecclesiarchy priests, adepts and military aides, he seemed to be everywhere at once. He bargained, charmed, threatened and once even duelled to expedite the muster of the Astra Militarum of Segmentum Solar to the best of his abilities to face the xenos onslaught to come.
Wargear[]
- Artificer Refractor Helm - This helmet generates a Refractor Field around its wearer which helps protect them from incoming projectiles and directed energy beams.
- Sol's Righteous Gaze (Pistol)
- Conquest (Power Sword)
- Konstantin (Cyber-steed)
Sources[]
- Warhammer Community - Lead the Astra Militarum From the Front With the Legendary Lord Solar Leontus.
- Codex: Astra Militarum (9th Edition), pp. 15, 79
- Leviathan Rulebook (10th Edition Starter Set), pg. 226
- Tyrannic War (10th Edition), pg. 12
Gallery[]
A close-up look at Lord Commander Solar Arcadian Leontus and his cybernetic steed Konstantin.
