The name Lysander first appeared on the Liber Honorus of the Imperial Fists Chapter in 567.M40 when, as a sergeant of the 2nd Company, he was victorious over the heretics of Iduno at the battle of Colonial Bridge. This was but the first Imperial Laurel of many. In 585.M40 he took command of the 2nd Company after successfully boarding and capturing the Eldar cruiser, Blood of Khaine.

During the three-year siege of Haddrake Tor he commanded the drop pod assault on its highest peaks. Having secured the high ground, teleport homers were set up to allow the Terminators of 1st Company to teleport in to clear the lower levels. The defending cultists used blasphemous rituals of cursing to disrupt the Warp, however, and many of the Terminators arrived off-target, entombed in solid rock or plunging to their doom over the precipices. Lysander saw Kleitus, the Captain of the 1st Company, materialise with his left side merged with unyielding stone, but before he died, Kleitus thrust his thunder hammer, the Fist of Dorn, into Lysander's hands. Despite this disaster Lysander scorned retreat and took command of the survivors. Leading them into the heart of the Tor, he wielded the hammer to terrifying effect, crushing the heretics and their defences as he went.

During the subsequent reorganisation of the Chapter, Lysander was elevated to the rank of First Captain, Master of the 1st Company, Overseer of the Armoury and Watch Commander of the Phalanx (the Imperial Fists' massive space-borne fortress-monastery).

In battle Captain Lysander led the 1st Company to the heart of the enemy for many years, determined to be the first Imperial Fist to confront the enemy and never to retreat before them. His courage bordered on the foolhardy, but fortune favoured him until the appointed day of his death. To the Imperial Fists he is testament to the fact that only a warrior who is willing to sacrifice everything can be victorious.

Captain Lysander may be included in your Imperial Fists army of 1,500 points or more as an HQ choice.

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