Epistolary Zadkiel

On the nightmare world of Quiette, Zadkiel and the Deathwing fought a savage engagement against a serried tideof bloodthirsty aliens known as the Khrave. Many Battle- Brothers fell, their minds devoured by the xenos foe. When the aliens massed for a final assault, Zadkiel marshalled his will and held the line, his psychic powers and force sword barring the way until the battle-barge in orbit could fix upon the Deathwing’s coordinates. In a matter of moments, Deathwing reinforcements teleported directly into the fray, assisted by pin-point barrage blasts from the orbiting vessel. Zadkiel’s accomplishments that day earned him a special honour, and the Grand Master of the Deathwing himself granted Zadkiel the right to bear Deathwing heraldry upon his armour from that moment forward.
Inquisitor Ghraile has assembled a considerable file on Zadkiel, and she fervently believes that the Librarian’s history is entirely fabricated—a clever cover story, she asserts, for Zadkiel’s placement in the Acheros Salient. Whilst Ghraile has many theories about the truth of the matter, even she is reluctant to endorse any single explanation without further evidence.
Despite these doubts, even Inquisitor Ghraile has no complaints about Zadkiel’s service to the Deathwatch. The Librarian regularly assists Kill-teams with strategic and tactical planning for missions in the Acheros Salient, and Zadkiel has led a number of assaults upon key Chaos Space Marine leaders in the Blood Trinity region. Zadkiel regularly meets with Space Marines seconded to the Deathwatch from Successor Chapters of the Dark Angels, and he has built a rapport with many of these Space Marines who are so far from familiar surroundings.