Alpharius Omegon

"'Before we go, let me say this: I understand the conflict in your hearts, how one may beat for duty while the other bleeds for your Legion brothers who will be sacrificed. But this is civil war. It is a time of confusion, and realigned loyalty. We have many heads but we act as one – one Legion with a single will. We are a union of the alike and the like-minded. We will not tolerate treachery. We will not allow our compact to fracture. We will not suffer the short-sightedness of our brother Legions, nor the averted gaze of the wider Imperium. We are Alpha Legion and we take the long view.'"- Omegon, twin-primarch of the Alpha LegionAlpharius, also known as the "Aleph Null," "The Hydra," the "Threefold Serpent," and "The Final Configuration," was one of the twenty-seventh primarchs created by the Emperor of Mankind in the earliest days of the Imperium of Man, just after the end of the Age of Strife in the 30th Millennium. In truth, Alpharius Omegon was actually a pair of identical twin brothers, one named Alpharius and the other Omegon. Of all the primarchs of the Legiones Astartes, Alpharius was without a doubt the most steeped in mystery, legend, contradiction and deliberate falsification. The primarch of the Alpha Legion shrouded himself in mystery, often moving unseen even amongst the ranks of his own Legion.

However, when the time came to cast off the cloak of misdirection, Alpharius was as awe-inspiring a being as any of his brother primarchs. Clad in armour forged in the manner of some terrifying beast of ancient Terran myth and armed with a fearsome panoply of weapons of unknown provenance, Alpharius bestrode the battlefield like a figure from legend.

Like the hydra he and his XXth Legion had taken as their symbol, Alpharius fought by repeated attacks from multiple and unexpected quarters. None could predict where or how the primarch would strike, what weapons he would bring to bear or which of his many different forms would fight at his side.

In many cases, the enemy were not even aware they were fighting the Alpha Legion until the very moment battle was joined, at which point they were already doomed to total and utter defeat at the hands of this most cunning, devious and duplicitous of all the primarchs of the ancient Space Marine Legions.

Like the other primarchs, Alpharius and his twin brother Omegon were transported from the Emperor's gene-lab beneath the Himalazian (Himalayan) Mountains of Terra through the Warp by the Chaos Gods and placed on a far-away world in an attempt to prevent the coming of the Age of the Imperium and the expansion of the ordered Imperium of Man across the Milky Way Galaxy.

Alpharius and Omegon were eventually rediscovered by the Primarch Horus and sent to meet his father the Emperor on Terra, who placed him (and secretly, his brother, until later Omegon acquired a legion of his own, the Omega Legion) in command of the XXth Legion, the so-called Alpha Legion, during the Great Crusade of the late 30th Millennium.It should be noted that the Alpha Legion's trademark secrecy extended to the records of their primarch.

There is little recorded information on his biographical background or where his homeworld originated, and almost all of what is currently known by the Imperium about this enigmatic primarch comes from the information provided by former Inquisitor Kravin of the Ordo Malleus.

Inquisitor Kravin was subsequently believed to have been tainted by the Alpha Legion and his current whereabouts are unknown. Hence, much of the Imperial data concerning the Last primarch could be considered suspect, and indeed there are some who believe the whole Kravin affair was an Alpha Legion plot to plant misinformation in Imperial records.

The greatest secret of the Alpha Legion's primarch is apparently told to no one outside the XXth Legion, and has always been thus. For, unlike any of the other primarchs, Alpharius actually has an identical twin: Omegon. It is unknown if the Emperor intended this when He created the Last primarch, or was ever even aware that His final primarch's engineered embryo had split into two identical fetuses during their gestation before they were stolen away by the Ruinous Powers.

Alpharius and Omegon were both the co-equal primarchs of the Alpha Legion, although "Alpharius" was the public face of the XXth Legion and appeared as the more senior of the two. Though as both primarchs were physically identical it is possible for them to switch places and have "Omegon" play the public role of the Alpha Legion's primarch. Even though Omegon eventually got his own legion, this didn't stop Alpharius and Omegon from "switching places" without their legions (or for that matter, other legions) from knowing.

They have been described as "one soul in two bodies" and collectively have been referred to as simply "Alpharius Omegon". While the Astartes of the Alpha Legion made attempts to all look alike, both Alpharius and Omegon were still somewhat distinctive. Taller than the rest of the Astartes in their Legion as primarchs always were, slightly copper-skinned, bald and possessed of a heavy brow, they somewhat resembled their brother primarch Horus.

Unlike the Lupercal, Alpharius and Omegon had piercing eyes that seemed to glitter, appearing to shift colour from a cold arctic blue to a shimmering green. The overall impression given by Alpharius Omegon was one of nobility and intelligence.

The armour worn by Alpharius for his part was not particularly different from that of an ordinary Alpha Legionary. When such theatrics were required, both Alpharius and Omegon -- or one of their surrogates -- could appear as regal and stunning as any other primarch.