Danilus Voltek

Danilus Voltek (953.M41-111.M42) was a Lord General of the Ashimar Nova Guard and the original commander of the renown Ashimar 43rd Nova Guard Regiment. An inspirational leader of men who always led from the front, Voltek would earn great fame as the "Old Wardog of Ashimar" over his many decades of service. A man of principle and duty, he had little interest in internal Guard politics, which kept him out of Ashimar High Command even after attaining the rank of Lord General and resulted in him being effectively exiled to the Eastern Fringes along with the regiments under his command. It was there that Voltek led his forces with honor and distinction against the Tau Empire and the Death Guard for nearly 20 years, until he met his end in battle against a tendril of Hive Fleet Kraken on the world of Feran in 111.M42.

History
Danilus Voltek was born in 953.M41 to working-class parents in Centorsa, a coastal city on Ashimar's eastern continent. Throughout his formative years, he aspired to rise above his station and make a difference, and saw joining the Ashimar Nova Guard as the best route to accomplishing this. Voltek applied for and won a scholarship to the Kinodia Military Academy, where he would study and train to become an officer in the Ashimar Nova Guard. It was here that he met Ludara Kresh, future Lady General, and the two become rivals, both in academics and other matters, due to both being prodigies and being from different backgrounds - Kresh was from the aristocracy and Voltek was a commoner. When they graduated in 975.M41, they were at the top of their class, tied for #1. Both were commissioned as Lieutenants, with Voltek going to the Ashimar 42nd and Kresh to the Ashimar 31st.

Due to a desire to be close to his men, Voltek always made sure to fight on the front lines alongside those under his command, and proved to be a highly adaptable battlefield leader. He would lose his left eye and left arm over the course of his service as a platoon and company commander in the Ashimar 42nd, replacing both with augmetics. By the time of the 13th Black Crusade, Voltek held the rank of Commander and was serving as the executive officer of the Ashimar 42nd. When several new Ashimar Nova Guard regiments were raised following the fall of Cadia, Voltek was promoted to Colonel and given command of the newly-established Ashimar 43rd.

Voltek spent 20 years as the commander of the Ashimar 43rd, leading the young regiment in its baptism of fire on the world of Pravda and many other battles as rebellions ran rampant across Segementum Pacificus in the chaotic years after the formation of the Cicatrix Maledictum. Following the Silura Campaign in 021.M42, Voltek was promoted to General, though he did not leave his beloved Ashimar 43rd behind as it still served under his command as part of Army Group Sigma, which was made up of the Ashimar 43rd through 46th regiments.

Equipment
Voltek commonly carried a boltgun into battle, along with a laspistol and a power sword.