Zorian Brax

Zorian Brax is a member of Squad Temujin of the Tales of Loyalty series. He originally came from the Iron Hands Chapter, but for valorous deeds was accepted into the Silver Knights.

Brax came from Thracian Primaris, a world located in Segmentum Obscurus only a scant thousand light years from the Eye of Terror itself. He always had a knack for technology, tinkering with things and trying to figure out how they worked. His family assumed he would join the Mechanicum, but when a party of Iron Hands recruiters visited his homeworld he surprised everyone by going with them back to their Chapter world. He went through many grueling trials, both in body and mind, but was eventually allowed to join the Iron Hands.

While Brax threw himself into the workings of the machine, he did not convert much of himself into one. His only real augmentations are his artificial eyes and two mechendrites attached to the middle of his spine. He was notably a supporter of Senshi Tekhne's doctrine, that there is always more to learn. He went on many forays to discover ancient technology and how they might be improved upon. It was on one of these forays that he showed just how loyal he was to the spirit of technology.

While escorting adepts of the Mechanicum investigating some ancient ruins in Segmentum Pacificus, they were attacked by Dark Mechanicus agents. Outnumbered, they locked themselves in the ruins, keeping their attackers at bay for a time. Further exploration revealed a wondrous find. Five Titans of unusual design. The god machines were incomplete, however, missing their intelligence units. Brax then proposed the unthinkable, maneuver the Dark Mechanicus agents inside the underground facility after rigging the machines to explode. The adepts were horrified, but through a combination of persuasion and threats, he managed to enlist their aid. They tricked the bulk of their foes into entering, quickly escaping while they had the chance. An hour later, above the atmosphere, they watched the explosion destroy the heretic forces. But Brax had not left empty handed, having recovered the blueprints to the unusual Titans. He submitted them to the Forges of Mercury in the hopes they could further improve them, and for this he was admitted to the Silver Knights.

Brax still loves to tinker, especially with explosives. His normally calm demeanour will break into almost childlike glee at the success of one of his handcrafted bombs. This has led some of the less tactful members of the Mechanicum to compare him to an Ork. Several times this had led Brax to leave firecrackers on their office chairs.