#tyrax

Fantastic Four: Doomsday (1983)

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In the middle of a sparring ring a great beast of a warrior was locked in combat with another fighter of his calibre. Their weapons screaming as they clashed against one another, sparks flying just as their roars rung out in the circle. The first Astartes held an axe in each hand, easily the size of a mortal man, and glowing with a strange light. The second had a chainaxe and a combat knife gripped tightly, the pair duelling with incredible speed and ferocity. They were Berzerkers, the chosen sons of the Blood God, Khorne. The first warrior was Tyrax Revka, one of the advisors of the Lord Decus, and easily the best hand-to-hand fighter among the ranks of the Abyss Chasers.

Tyrax was known as the Red Champion, moreso for the fact of how much blood he had spilt over the millennia rather than the shade of his armour. He was born on Nuceria during the height of the Great Crusade, made into an Astartes not long after his Primarch, Angron has been found by the Emperor of Mankind. The World Eater had seen it all, the battles of Istvaan, the Siege of Terra. He fought endlessly for millennia, after the Horus Heresy ended he wandered the Eye of Terror lending his services as a mercenary to any warlord he deemed worthy enough. Eventually he attracted other Berzerkers and formed his own small-time warband of former World Eaters.

Eventually his path crossed with the Raptor Lord, and Decus offered the Berzerker and his group a place among the Abyss Chasers. Tyrax only accepted after duelling the Lord for nearly an entire day and night, just barely losing due to the fact the Lord of Depravity was quicker on his feet.

Tyrax swore his fealty to Decus and was made Left hand of the Abyss, one of the top ranks of the Warband. Many battles passed and the two became like brothers despite their intensely different histories.