Vanitas

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Background
Vanitas was born in a noble family on the Planet of Aphrodite,He was destined to become a warrior and when came the legion of the Emperor's Children he was proud to serve alongside a son of the Emperor of Mankind,quickly he rose into the ranks of the legion and becoming a member of the Phoenix guard,Vanitas was also interested in art in all it's form,often making autoportraits of himself in battle.During the Horus heresy he joined the traitor forces but refused to kill any civilians as for him it was idiotic to kill the people he defended.As the Emperor's Children descended further and further into insanity and pledging themselves into theri hedonistic ways he had enough,he could not sit idly and watch his brothers become nothing more than hedonistic killers,as for him serving Slaanesh was about working the finest of arts and attain perfection.As he rallied all the men he could,him and his followers stole a legion ship and went to Vanitas' homeworld Aphrodite,Vanitas used diplomacy to subjugate the world under the warband and not spill the blood of innocents.

House Nox
After Subjugating the world of Aphrodite Vanitas quickly found allies with the Nox family through the help of his personal artist Camilla Nox.

Appearance
Vanitas is known for being beautiful,his beauty even rivals Fulgrim's.He has beautiful white skin an androgynous face and ebony hair.

Power and equipement
The Armour of Vanity:A phoenix guard armor that creates an aura of charisma around Vanitas,This armor is surprisingly uncorrupted and pristine to the point that to the untrained eye the armor looks like loyalist armor.

The Palatine Spear:A phoenix pattern power spear made from the hardest and pristine of steel,some suspects that it was crafted by Slaanesh herself and given to Vanitas,the spear is possed by a lesser daemonette of Slaanesh.It is said that a single blow could defeat an ennemy and that it's blade shines like the Sun.

The Beauty of gods:Vanitas is blessed by Slaanesh to subjugate anyone by his beauty