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Zardu Layak
Crimson Apostle of the Unspeaking
Also known as The Crimson Apostle
Homeworld: Colchis
Zardu Layak, the Crimson Apostle, led the Word Bearers' Unspeaking and bound himself to the Anakatis Kul because a sermon is more convincing when the congregation has been rebuilt as weapons. He helped Lorgar hunt Fulgrim through the webway, then stayed with Horus when the Urizen was cast aside. Loyalty, in Layak's church, followed the stronger prayer.
On Terra he walked with Abaddon and Typhus to seed Cor'bax Utterblight into the Palace's faithful, a theological weapon aimed at people the Emperor refused to claim as a god. The Unspeaking did the quiet work while other apostles took the songs.
Raldoron ended him during the Siege. A Blood Angel first captain is a blunt instrument to take a preacher, which is probably why it worked. Colchis taught Layak to speak for gods. Terra taught him that some gods do not answer in time.
Track Zardu Layak's known locations across the galaxy during the Horus Heresy.