Cole Solas

Cole Solas is a Venerable Dreadnought of the Void Ravens Space Marine Chapter and the oldest honoured ancient still serving within the Chapter.

Background
Cole Solas is the oldest Dreadnought still in activity among the Void Ravens. When he was still able to walk the corridors of the Wraith of Isstvan, he was the High-Preserver of his Chapter. He had accumulated vast knowledges in the genome of the Void Ravens and how it had been imprinted both by the traumas of the Founding Brothers and the nature of the Void Borns who have become the sole source of recruitment for the Chapter for thousands of years. He was entombed within his Dreadnought sepulchre in 801.M38, when he was mortally wounded by an Ork Big Boss of incredible proportions. The fact that he is the oldest of the Venerable still active is both a testimony of the brutal battles that the Chapter undergo and of his personal resilience.

Entombed into his new body, Solas can't indulge the urges which are a part of his brethren's genetic and cultural legacy. He has however retained his level-headed and wise character, unlike so many of his predecessors, who, once turned into a Dreadnought, couldn't endure their new sensations and rushed to their second death. Even the Touch of Istvaan which has claimed him after his mortal injury, couldn't break his mind. Since he can't help his Chapter as an Apothecary, he has devoted himself to teaching and preaching to his younger Brothers, as a way to insure that the Void Ravens won't fall from grace in the pursuit of their wars.