Sariel woke up,yet he felt as if he was levitating.Wanting to scream but could not,he wished to move yet he didn't feel his arms and legs.A voice would call out to him “Greetings ancient,I am Magos Konrad Zoll”.Sariel would notice his voice has returned yet it sounded,machine-like before responding”Slaughterhouse?I was part of the contingent on the Daughter of Tempests”.The Magos would respond in a cold tone “You were found near death only surviving in stasis,somehow you survived a century in the warp”.Another voice would speak “Let him rest,techpriest-” the voice would be interrupted by the Magos “Silence Apothecary,I am the one here who caters to the needs of machines not you”.Sariel would have his vision returned yet he could only see through a slit as if he was in a sarcophagus with a hole made in front of the head as the Magos spoke again”You were found in a stasis tube on a old lamenters vessel that exited the eye of terror,you are currently on Cadia, currently it is believed the traitors are planning for another black crusade”

Sariel would feel a slight thud before he once again felt as if he had arms or legs yet,it felt strange.While Sariel wondered what he is in the Apothecary spoke again “You are entombed within a dreadnought,do not worry we have painted your chassis in your chapter colors,as of now the Lamenters are…not responding to communications” Sariel would get a sense of dread after hearing the apothecary as he saw the techpriest and Apothecary yet he would feel a sense of slight rage as he saw the Apothecary,one of the Blood Angels in death company colors.

“Is something wrong?” Asked the apothecary as Sariel just felt more and more rage and having visions of being there,in front of his genesire Sanguinius’s lifeless body,the traitorous Warmaster Horus standing proudly over it before Sariel would speak “HORUS! I AM THE WRATH OF THE ANGEL!” Sariel would slam one of his dreadnought powerclaws to the ground near the techpriest,only seeing him as another Horus before the Apothecary spoke “Magos remove him from the chassis now” Sariel would feel himself losing his arms and legs once more as his adamantine sarcophagus was lifted from the dreadnought chassis right before he would fall back into deep sleep.

“Awaken”Sariel would open his eyes once more feeling the same rage as before yet Instead of seeing the apothecary and techpriest from before he saw a Blood Angels chaplain which continued speaking “I am Chaplain Aracleon,I'm here to inform you of your induction into the death company,you will keep your Lamenters insignia and checkered paint but everything else is the colors of the death company “Sariel would once again experience more visions of Sanguinius's death at the hands of Horus once more before speaking “SEND ME TO SLAUGHTER THE BETRAYERS” Sariel said followed by the Chaplain speaking once more “You are to be sent to aid in the defense of Kasr Kraf on Cadia, orders are to hold no matter what,most of the fortress-world has fallen to the Despoiler”.

Sariel would feel himself once more fall into a deep sleep.

Sariel woke up,feeling himself back in his dreadnought chassis and yet bound by chains,he knew he was in a drop pod.He would hear a clamp releasing something followed by a feeling as if the ground beneath him was falling as the drop pod thrusters activated and it's machine spirit guiding it to its destination.He would feel a strong thud beneath him as he was released from his chains and the drop pod opened revealing a company of Word Bearers with cultists alongside them.He would only see them as more replicas of Horus “DIE TRAITOROUS FILTH”Sariel shouted as he charged into a Word Bearers Rhino transport destroying it followed by him unleashing a hail of storm bolter fire from one of his dreadnought power claws into the horde of cultists.A word bearer would fire a missile launcher grazing the top of the dreadnought chassis “FOOLS YOU WILL NOT STOP MY VENGEANCE!”Sariel shouted as he felt it as if a large wound was made in his flesh, yet he did not care for a mere near miss would not end his rampage as he charged through multiple word bearers before grabbing the one who fired the missile launcher with one of his dreadnought power claws rapidly spinning it to the point that barely any of the traitor’s body was left before Sariel spinned his dreadnought and threw the remains of the traitor into a low flying Hellblade craft sending it crashing down.A heldrake would fly low to try to grab his chassis yet he would have none of that as he grabbed a large piece of debris nearby “IN THE NAME OF THE EMPEROR AND THE GREAT ANGEL,I CAST YOU DOWN!” Sariel once more rapidly spinned his dreadnought chassis throwing the piece of debris into the heldrake which ripped off one of its wings before crashing in front of Sariel followed by him slamming his dreadnought power claw into the Daemon Engine’s head.He would see another traitor engine

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Moving into his line of sight what was once a noble Knight Gallant,now a Knight rampager serving the Ruinous Powers”FIGHT ME TRAITOR!” Sariel shouted as he heard a laugh from the Knight Rampager’s pilot as it charged towards him reaper chainsword ready yet it would miss slamming into the ground while Sariel grabbed it while it was stuck ripping it off from the Knight rampager as a scream of pain could be heard from it's pilot as it tried to punch Sariel with it's Thunderfist gauntlet but once more missing as Sariel slammed the reaper chainsword into the Thunderfist gauntlet causing it to get stuck on the ground as Sariel punched the head of the traitor war machine revealing it's pilot,a shadow of his former self twisted by the warp to become a fleshy abomination connected to his war machine which Sariel would finish off with his Dreadnought power claw’s storm bolter.”COME FACE ME TRAITORS!COME FACE THE ANGEL’S WRATH!COME FACE YOUR DEATH!” Sariel shouted as more traitor knights and astartes appeared which he would deal with easily mercilessly slaughtering the traitors before a nearby Thousand Sons sorcerer managed to stop him from moving “SORCERY?HERESY!” Sariel shouted as he managed to move his dreadnought power claw enough to unleash a hail of bolter fire into the sorcerer ending them and letting Sariel to once more be able to move freely and continue his rampage.More and more traitors would arrive as his Chassis was filled with holes from blasts from cannons and thermal weapons all of which he felt yet as long as his Sarcophagus was intact,he would not stop.”NOTHING WILL STOP MY VENGEANCE!” Sariel shouted as he grabbed a nearby Scarab Occult Terminator and threw it into a large group of cultists,the weight of it and the speed turning multiple cultists into red mist.

More drop pods would arrive,all death company all screaming and shouting as if they were no longer human but rabid beasts joined Sariel in a battle which could be considered brave at best,suicidal at worse yet Sariel knew the Death Company’s purpose was to die and bring as many of mankind’s enemies with them.

More death company would fall to the traitors until Sariel was the only one left standing and by that point he wasn't even sane he only knew that he was fighting thousands of Horus at once and he would not stop until he could complete vengeance for his dead genesire.

“MY FAITH IS MY SHIELD!” Sariel continued his rampage no matter how much pain he was in or how damaged his chassis was which might as well be crippled yet the machine spirit seemed to share the suicidal feeling of Sariel.More traitor heavy weapons would hit Sariel one even almost blasting off one of his power claws rendering it inoperable “I WILL ENDURE A THOUSAND DEATHS BEFORE I YIELD!” Sariel ignored the damage done to him even as heavy weapons started piercing his adamantine Sarcophagus.

Sariel would finally be unable to move after hours upon hours of taking volley after volley yet it wasn't that which would end him as a thousand sons ferrum infernus,a traitor dreadnought that has not succumbed to becoming a helbrute walked up to him “MORE SORCERY?” Sariel shouted at the traitor dreadnought which stopped in front of him with it's assault cannon aimed directly at Sariel’s ruined sarcophagus,Sariel only living through sheer will “No,however I will be the one ending you “the traitor dreadnought said as Sariel saw some Guardsmen and Adepta Sororitas alongside what seemed to be a living saint seemed to be making their way towards him through the traitors “The emperor….protects”Sariel spoke while the traitor dreadnought continued speaking”Death to the false emperor.”the traitor dreadnought fired it's assault cannon finally ending Sariel’s rampage.

More lore

Sariel is a Lamenters lieutenant that is 4 centuries old and fought on slaughterhouse III in the Corinth crusade attempting to save the humans enslaved by the orks but there was not a way to easily get the freed slaves off world with the lamenters valiantly fighting to the last man,many falling to the black rage before the freed slaves decided to be mercy killed as free men and women as the battle barge Daughter of Tempests fired.Sariel fell to the black rage as well but was too injured and was brought to the daughter of Tempests then to another lamenters vessel to be sent somewhere with a available dreadnought chassis and he was put in stasis but the vessel got stuck in the warp and the crew died and he temporarily lost the black rage(black rage is basically “papa gets killed by traitorous uncle,now you see everything as that same traitorous

uncle”)

Btw this isn't a canon story.