Alaric Drusus fits the classic mold for 'tall, dark, and handsome.' Originally hailing from the grubby underhive of Scintilla, he made something akin to a name for himself as the apprentice to a prominent black marketeer and arms dealer. When things went every wrong kind of south with his boss dead, and some particularly angry-looking people wanting to see Alaric join the man in the great beyond, he skipped town on the first transport to the Imperial Guard and never looked back.

Aside from a handful of skills, a bunch of memories (some of them better than others), and a gorgeous plasma gun named Vera (after his Grandmother), there is very little left of the Alaric Drusus who left Scintilla some years ago. He has eyes on command rank and has been studiously working his way upward from the bottom since day one. While he is fairly sociable during downtime, Nice Alaric vanished when the bullets start flying and he becomes a man who is about nothing more than the business of directing his team to accomplish the will of the Emperor. He has a voice that carries, which is useful when the battlefield gets particularly loud.

Originally placed with the Scintillan 112th "Mortis Wardens," Alaric found himself embroiled in an unfortunate internal struggle when his regiment was merged with the Catachan 456th "Wrackwasps" prior to deployment to Armageddon for combat during the Third War for the planet. While he was, in no small part, working to keep his own skin whole, Alaric's efforts to reduce intra-Regimental conflict helped to assuage the rough transition. Ultimately, he was able to contribute to the combined regiment reaching a friendly fire rate well under the acceptable averages in only the first year after the two were merged.

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OOC Info: Thanks to Alaric's Combat Formation Talent, all members of the Squad add +1 to their Initiative rolls. Additionally, any member of the Squad may choose to use Alaric's Intelligence Bonus (4) for their Initiative roll instead of their own Agility Bonus.