Krost Cabur | Imperium | Krieg Engineer

[Krost Cabur]

KROST CABUR OVERVIEW » NAME: Krost Cabur » ALIAS: Wastchmaster, Watchmaster Krost » AGE: 28 » GENDER: Male » AFFILIATION: Imperium » OCCUPATION: Krieg Engineer » FACE CLAIM: Artwork » PLAYED BY: Asher#4788 PROFILE THEIR ASPECT Krost is a very rugged man when it comes to his plain naked appearance, Caucasian skin with short and unkempt Brunette hair. He stands a bit over six feet tall with a very well tuned body build, having been sculpted from the years of rigorous training and fighting that he’s been a part of in the Death Korps of Krieg. His blue eyes lay beneath his gas mask, hiding from the light of day and the prying eyes of others most of the time whenever he dawns his Engineer’s Uniform. Speaking of his uniform, this would be practically the only thing he ever wears and is seen wearing due to his origin. The Uniform he dawns is a normal Kriegsman uniform, one of drab charcoal gray coloring that makes up his coat and his pants. Outside of combat he can be seen wearing this specific set of clothing with his helmet and gas mask dawned on him as well. Over the front of the gas mask a skull shaped outline is on top of the mask, a common accessory used among the Krieg Regiments. However, during combat he will wear his engineer loadout which will involve a plate of armor over his torso. The color of this armor is a dirty silver that has been worn over throughout the years. There’s also plates of armor over the man’s shin and the tops of his boots. His uniform is always nice and clean whenever he’s not in an active war zone, being sure to keep it nice and well groomed so as to reflect positively upon himself and his unit. Krost does not wear any sort of casual or civilian clothing, he doesn’t even own any sort of clothing like that. When on duty he will always wear his uniform without any tactical gear, save for the gas mask and the helmet that he never lets separate from himself unless in a private setting. Underneath this uniform that he always wears is an assortment of scars left behind from the years of waging war and fighting battles in the Death Korps. Most of the scars are small ones from lasguns and projectiles, although a few scars on the front are long and thin scars that resemble large cuts from melee weapons. There are a few cuts along his face, one across his nose, another across his cheek going over his lip. Noteworthy Features » Tall » Broad Shoulders » Clean Uniform » Skull Plate Gas Mask » Big Torso Plate Armor THEIR PERSONA The first thing to note about Krost is his value for human life, which is not common amongst the members of the Death Korp. His time in the Death Korp taught him to value the lives of those around him more so that he would find himself risking his life and putting the lives of others before his own life. Something that doesn’t even register in his head as selfless, just his duty. However, he still does possess traits of an average Krieger. He finds that he must still atone for the wrong doings of his ancestors and with that he also has a deep devotion to his duty for the Emperor, but doesn’t believe dying will help correct the sins of the past. So, in life he will find his atonement through performing his duty to the Imperium to the utmost extent and by protecting his men. He’s a very well put together man at first glance from the outside, always wearing a clean uniform outside of combat and always seeming incredibly calm under any amount of stress put on him. Speaking with him only reinforces the idea that he’s a well put together man as he always responds calmly and clearly, almost in a relaxing manner which is a stark contrast to the intensity that most Non-commissioned officers have towards anyone beneath them. When it comes to challenges Krost has a very determined mindset, learning in his early days of training that nothing good ever came without struggle. So with that he had been taught that any sort of struggle would give him a positive outcome so to endure the struggle would be to work towards bettering yourself and those around you. But he doesn’t just smash his head against a brick wall until it collapses in front of him, he has more of a methodical way of approaching problems and a more physical way. To endure mental and physical strain is one thing but to outperform and strategize your enemy is another, he finds that taking time to plan and strategize to maximize efficiency and minimize casualties. Krost has few goals but these few goals are ones that he’s held dear to himself for many years. Ones that are very uncommon for a Krieger but still can be envied among them. He wishes to one day retire from the Death Korp. Simple long term goal. Though, statistically this is almost impossible and it will most likely end up with him dead in some trench. Nothing will stop him from trying and nothing will get in the way of his determination. Another goal of his is to find atonement for the sins of his ancestors. Where most Kriegers would go to “find atonement in death” Krost has a different idea. He seeks to find an alternative to death, to find some sort of atonement that doesn’t involve him dying for the Emperor, but serving his undying Lord in a way that would be better than death. He also has a fascination for the sciences and engineering, being a combat engineer he has experience in this field but not much time to devote to engineering anything that he would actually like to. His fascination with technology and science can sometimes distract him too much from his duties, perhaps leading to him trailing from the missions he’s been tasked with or the duties that he’s been assigned. Krost will go out of his way to marvel in the wonders of technology and engineering but at a cost, most of the time coming in the form of military style discipline. The last bit about Krost is that he is slowly being haunted by the memories of everything he’s done in his life. The life of a soldier is not a quiet or a calm one. One full of violence and death. Those are the two constants in his life. While having been desensitized to it as a child, he’s aged and matured and slowly realized what he’s done and seen in the past are truly horrific. He remains relatively unphased by it for now, it grows worse and worse had he slowly becomes more freed from the ideas that were drilled into him as a youth. The light inside continues to shine brighter than the darkness around him, but it dims a little everyday. » POSITIVE TRAITS ✔ Calm ✔ Selfless ✔ Determined ✔ Mentally Tough » NEGATIVE TRAITS ✘ Over Protective ✘ Regretful ✘ Stubborn ✘ Relentless » LIKES ✔ Engineering ✔ Competent Leadership ✔ Service To Imperium ✔ Strategizing » DISLIKES ✘ Wasting Resources ✘ Arrogant People ✘ Religious Fanatics ✘ Unprofessional Behavior THEIR CONNECTIONS Allies » Watchmaster Gamma Surviving member from prior unit. This was one of Krost’s peers from the prior unit he had been assigned to who had survived the destruction of his unit from its final battles and had moved around to the 13th regiment with him. Krost considers him a close friend whom he can share anything with. » Captain Viro Commanding Officer from prior unit. This man was also from his prior unit before it was assimilated with the 13th siege regiment. He was Krost’s commanding officer and a key mentor when he was rising up to a NCO position. This man taught him to strategize and value the lives of his team members, probably the closest thing to a father figure. » Guardsman Torel Guardsman under Krost’s command. Torel was another dear friend of Krost’s as he found himself often surviving battles with and bonding over certain things in the engineer field. Krost requested that Torel be put in his squad in the 13th Siege Regiment but was denied. Enemies » Watchmaster Vali Rival NCO against Krost. Vali was always a competing colleague when it came to rising the ranks in the Death Korp. Krost never saw it as personal but several times Vali had gone out of his way to try and sabotage Krost, some times being in the heat of a battle which almost cost Krost his life. Krost finds this incredibly inconvenient since Vali is now in the 13th Siege Regiment as well. » Big Boss Scrap Ead' Ork Boss archnemesis. This Ork has been a constant recurring enemy of Krost’s. Showing up at every battle he’s been at and slaughtering scores of his men. They would meet on the battlefield battle after battle but neither would reign victorious. Krost held no personal grudge against the Ork but Big Boss Scrap Ead’ swore to kill him and goes out of his way to target Krost in a battle. » Skullsplitta This Ork had once slaughtered a majority of Krost’s squad on the very last battle he participated in before his unit was disbanded. The Ork had cut through his ranks and killed many of the men he had fought with for years, only a couple of them escaping. Krost swore to take revenge upon this Ork and would go to great lengths to get that revenge. THEIR APTITUDES Being born into the caste of the soldier on Krieg, much of Krost’s knowledge is related to warfare and his skills are all targeted towards fighting wars. All of the training he’s received has been from the Death Korp, all of his initial training being that focused on infantry fighting and basic trench warfare. He became very proficient with this type of fighting at a squad level. Now, aside from the basic training given to all soldiers on Krieg Krost is also an Engineer, so he has a plethora of knowledge and skills when it comes to engineering. This includes and mainly focuses on trench construction, demolitions, sapper, and tunnel digging but isn’t limited to that. He’s also very proficient and experienced in close quarters combat considering he spends lots of times engaging in close trench combat as well as tunnel warfare. Krost is also the leader of a squad, so he had extensive leadership training as well as knowledge on strategizing and tactics. Although most of it pertains to operating in a squad and nothing beyond that at a platoon or company level. Over the years he has developed a decent style of leadership pertaining to preserving the lives of his squad members and those around him, causing some of those under him to look up to him as a mentor. His tactics as a squad leader are quite effective after years of refining them and trying to perfect it as an art. While it’s not specifically taught to him at Engineering school, he does have an impressive ability to build makeshift structures aside from just simple fortifications and bunkers. These could be shelters, bridges, roads, and other more civil buildings. Krost lacks in a lot of areas though, for example his leadership abilities don’t go beyond that of leading a small element and he lacks in being able to fight in open land warfare. Even in the typical Krieg combat of trench warfare he doesn’t fare well in that type of combat as a leader, he prefers to stick to a smaller element of troops and leading smaller engineering and sapper related operations. He also lacks any real social skills outside of a strict professional and “business” setting, making it hard to connect with his squad on a personal level and always leaving a sort of inhuman feeling despite his strong value for their lives and safety. » STRENGTHS ✔ Experienced Veteran ✔ Close Quarters/Melee ✔ Engineering/Sapper ✔ Organized ✔ Strong » WEAKNESSES ✘ Open Warfare ✘ Socially Weak ✘ Leading Large Teams ✘ Long Range Combat ACCOUTREMENTS THEIR WEAPONS » Lucius Pattern Mark 22c Semi-Automatic Shotgun A standard issue shotgun for the Engineers of Krieg, it packs a massive punch that shows in the recoil. Krost has had this shotgun since he became an engineer and has always utilized it effectively in close quarters combat. His shotgun in particular is all worn and battle scarred, having seen better days but still shiny from Krost’s constant cleaning. warhammer40k.fandom.com/wiki/Shotgun  » Bayonet Although it’s not able to be mounted on the shotgun, Krost still carries this weapon on him and utilizes it as a short sword or knife. » Grenades Krost also carries a couple of grenades on him, specifically Krak and Frag grenades. The amount he carries varies from mission to mission but never carries more than 4 total. » Melta Charge(bomb) Krost usually carries three of these on him. Used in close combat against tanks infantry. warhammer40k.fandom.com/wiki/Melta_Weapons THEIR ARMOR Carapace Armor Krost dawns Carapace Armor when in battle, this armor covered his torso front and back from the top of his shoulders down to his lower abdomen. He also has extensions covering his shins. The helmet he wears is a standard issue Mark IX helmet that’s issued to most Kriegers however he has a thin plate of plasteel over his gas mask. His helmet has an Aquila at the top and on the shoulder of his armor plating it has the Regiment number on it. warhammer40k.fandom.com/wiki/Carapace_Armour THEIR EQUIPMENT Not all equipment will be equipped at all times. -Pickaxe -Foldable Shovel -Respirator -Rucksack -Toolkit -Sleeping system -Helmet Mounted Light -Uplifting Primer -Rations -Cold and wet weather gear -Heavy duty clippers -Demolition charges -Detonator Unit -Detonator Cable -Box of Screamers for squad  A Screamer is an automated proximity alarm that alerts its users to incoming dangers by setting off a horrendous noise. If its sensors detect an intruder, it sounds its alarm, which can be heard anywhere out to one kilometre. Doors, walls, and other barriers may reduce the alarm's sonic range. -Breaching torpedoes -Geo-thermic Auspex -Mole Launcher warhammer40k.fandom.com/wiki/Mole_Launcher warhammer40k.fandom.com/wiki/Death_Korps_of_Krieg#Wargear THEIR VEHICLES » Hades Breaching Vehicle Simple Mining Vehicle used in making tunnels. Has the 13th Regiment insignia painted on the side. This vehicle was assigned to Krost’s squad long ago and has been used for Engineering operations. warhammer40k.fandom.com/wiki/Hades_Breaching_Drill BIOGRAPHY The Story So Far Krost Cabur. That was the name he was given when he was born on Krieg. From the moment he was able he was working on Krieg to contribute towards its efforts to churn out soldiers everyday. He had no family. He had no identity. He had nothing. Everyday was a strict work schedule that was enforced upon every other child his age who was not old enough to train to be a soldier. This was all in preparation for service in the Death Korp of Krieg, and he’d be sent off at an incredibly early age as most Kriegers are but that is something that will come up later. These early years of his youth were meant to desensitize him and his brothers and sisters, to become immune to the future horrors they would be facing. He didn’t face the average life of a child in a hive city or that of an agriworld. His was designed to prepare him for a life of war, to desensitize him to the ideas of it and borderline brainwash him to believe that dying would atone for the sins of his ancestors. His early life was very repetitive until he was able to begin training for the Regiments, it was then that everything started to pick up really quickly. His early days in training were nothing much of note or of any sort of deviation from every other Kriegers training. He was put through the training and the trials to see if he was ready and at an extremely young age he was sent off to war as most Kriegers were. This was simple for him as it had been drilled into his brain since he was able to comprehend ideas that he was going to be a soldier and fight for the Emperor. He never questioned it once or strayed from that path he was set on, this is who he was and it was who he intended to be till he died.. In his early teenage days he was shipped off to war with the rest of his comrades and from then on he was officially a Soldier of Krieg. The regiment he was assigned to was a Siege regiment and it was immediately sent off to some dangerous world to fight on. He never concerned himself with what the world was called or where it was in the galaxy, just that he was there and he was going to listen to what he was told. His first few years of fighting were all pertaining to sieges as that was the specialty of his unit, sieging large cities and fortifications on planets that revolted against the Imperium as well as other nations that sought the destruction of humanity. It felt nice for him to finally put all this preparation and training to use, feel like the ideas that had been drilled into his head were actually something he could fight for. As he gained more experience he found himself fighting alongside and even acting as an attached security element for Engineer units in the siege regiment. He became accustomed to tunnel warfare and digging the tunnels that they fought in, slowly this had built up his base of knowledge and abilities to engineering as he was then transferred to one of these units without any prior experience or training. He’d been sent to one out of urgency to fill the positions even if they were unqualified, they had just given him on the fly training on how to do basic tunnel digging and demolitions as that was what he was doing mostly. He’d also been handed a shotgun and sort of just thrown into the chaos of tunnel warfare. His first few missions had been chaotic and had left him wounded, having taken a few cuts of a bayonet to the front and a shot from a las gun to his shoulder. A quartermaster had managed to drag him back from the chaos and treat him before the wounds could become life threatening but he would need time to recover. He’d only been a few missions into the engineering squad and he was already wounded. However, there was no time for him to recover. His Watchmaster ordered him to get back up and to keep fighting despite being wounded. Krost simply rose to his feet and hauled around the shotgun with only one fully operational arm. The battles continued on and the years passed by. He had finally been able to return to Krieg to receive actual Engineer training, which he seemed to pass with relative ease considering he’d been doing the job for several years at that point. The one thing he hadn’t expected when he returned to Krieg was a promotion to Watchmaster. In his mind he felt as if he was still a green soldier who had just left Krieg but in reality he’d been fighting for a bit more than half a decade in the Siege regiment where he spent a lot of that time working with Engineers. The reality of how much time had passed slowly hit him and set in, coming as a strange shock to him. All the years of fighting and he couldn’t remember anyone that he’d met from more than a year ago that was still alive. For a moment he felt sad, a strange feeling he’d never really experienced before. He mourned the loss of all those he had lost for a moment but pressed on. They had died for the Emperor and had found atonement. With Krost’s new position as an Engineer Watchmaster he set out back to his unit to continue fighting. However, he found that they were fighting increasingly more and more Orks wherever they went. As opposed to who they had been fighting before which had mostly been fighting in slow siege warfare. Now Krost found himself fighting more fast paced and bloody battles against the green menace. For years and years they had fought against Orks over planets and Sectors and they seemed to never stop coming. Krost grew tired of this conflict but he knew it was his duty to carry on even after witnessing so many of his brothers and sisters fall in the line of duty. After a while he began to question what it all amounted to, needlessly charging over fields, eager to die for the emperor. He felt as if there had to be a different way to approach this, a way that minimized the death toll. His mind wrestled with these ideals and beliefs that had been hard pressed upon all Kriegers from the day they were born. But he would have time to deal with these questions later. All of this had raced in his mind before a large scale invasion on an Ork infested planet. His Regiment would be the first to hit the ground. However, it would be the last time his Unit ever saw combat as they were utterly slaughtered in the initial assault. The casualties were so high, about ninety-five percent of the regiment had been killed in this invasion and the rest wounded or fighting for life. In the next wave another regiment would push the Orks back and secure the planet but the Regiment that Krost had been apart of was gone. He lay wounded and being treated by a Quartermaster with his friend, a fellow Watchmaster, laying nearby. Both their squads had been destroyed and they were all that remained. Before he knew it he had awakened in a field hospital filled with wounded men. The sight was horrifying for some reason. He’d seen nothing but dead men and women for years and suddenly now he felt affected by the sight of them dead or dying. Taking this time to recover left him lots of time to think, his mind despising the pointless waste of life over the years and thinking about all the alternatives and lives that could’ve been saved. It’s too late now. All he can do from this point on is be better. A few days passed and he had recovered from his wounds. He got the orders that his unit was no longer a thing so he was then transferred to another unit, one that was in need of reinforcements as it was out in the Cornithe Sector. The 13th Siege Regiment. He found himself on a transport with surviving members of his old regiment on their way to this new one. News came around that they had beaten the Orks off that planet but it had cost them their regiment, now they were being sent off to some sort of cursed Regiment in some sector they’d never heard of. His faith was beginning to falter, perhaps here he’d find some sort of salvation in his faith and renew it.

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