Lord Castellan Ursarkar E. Creed is a fictional character and the leader of the Imperial Guard Cadian Shock Troopers in the Warhammer 40,000 universe. A lord is a male who has power and authority. ... A castellan was the governor or caretaker of a castle or keep. ... A fictional character is any person who appears in a work of fiction. ... Look up Leadership in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... A Cadian Shock Troopers squad In the tabletop strategy game, Warhammer 40,000, the Imperial Guard are the largest body of fighting men and women in the 41st Millennium Imperium. ... The Imperial Guard is a fictional military organisation in the Warhammer 40,000 universe. ... Cover of the Warhammer 40,000 4th edition rulebook This article is about the tabletop miniature wargame and the fictional universe in which it is set. ... The deepest visible-light image of the cosmos, the Hubble Ultra Deep Field. ...

Ursarkar E. Creed is the 50 year old general currently in command of the Cadian military. Creed was found as a young boy in the burning ruins of Kasr Gallan by Soldiers of the 8th Cadian regiment after the horrors of Abaddon's eighth crusade. He refused to speak of the atrocities he had witnessed at the time, and even now almost never speaks of it. However the horrors he had witnessed had not dimmed his faith in the Emperor and had also honed him into a vicious and determined fighter. The Cadian 8th was impressed by this child and he was then raised by members of the regiment. He quickly became an excellent soldier and was drafted into the Cadian Whiteshield corps, a dedicated and oftentimes suicidal youth force. This is where he met Jarran Kell, and the two quickly formed a life long bond of friendship. A General is an officer of high military rank. ... The following is a list of planets in the fictional Warhammer 40,000 universe. ... Abaddon the Despoiler In the fictional universe of Warhammer 40,000 and Battlefleet Gothic, Abaddon the Despoiler is Warmaster of Chaos, captain of the Black Legion, and rumoured to be the clone-progeny of Warmaster Horus. ... In the fictional Warhammer 40,000 universe a Black Crusade is when the forces of Chaos manage to unite under the leadership of Abaddon the Despoiler, Warmaster of the Black Legion, and launch a massive attack from within the Eye of Terror against the Imperium. ... A soldier is a person who serves in an armed force for pay. ...

By the end of the five year long Drussite Crusade, Creed was captain of the Shock Troopers and Kell was his colour sergeant. Soon reaching the rank of Lord General, in action after action he proved himself a nearly flawless tactitian and strategist. After not only resisting but utterly destroying an Eldar attack on Aurent in M41.992, Creed became the most successful living Cadian commander of his time, the only thing holding his rank from further progression being his humble (or rather, unknown) birth. A squad of Eldar Guardian-Defenders. ...

In 999.M41, Creed was raised to the rank of Lord Castellan after a successful plot to assassinate the Cadian Governor Primus, Marus Porelska, and much of his High Command was carried out by traitorous Volscani regiments. Creed rallied the survivors and gathered together a force strong enough to utterly defeat the traitors and rescue the body of the governor from desecration. As the victorious survivors sang their praise to the Emperor, they shouted for Creed to take up the title of Lord Castellan. Three times he refused them, but with no others to step forth and claim the responsibility, at last he accepted, putting him in full control of the Cadian military either until his death, or the time of crisis passes. Creed is now almost never seen without his Colour Sergeant, and perhaps only true friend, Jarran Kell, a devout man who wears the Medallion Crimson, which is awarded to Guardsmen who suffer horrific injuries yet have lost neither their faith in the Emperor nor the will to fight on. Colour Sergeant (CSgt or C/Sgt) is an non-commissioned rank in the Royal Marines, ranking above Sergeant and below Warrant Officer Class 2. ...

Creed was named in the Eye of Terror campaign codex as the "newly-instated Governor Primus", meaning that he was the official ruler of Cadia.

Inspiration

The appearance and attitude of Ursarkar E. Creed is based loosely on the famous British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, Soviet Marshal Georgy Zhukov and American general George S. Patton. The Prime Minister is in practice the most important political office in the United Kingdom. ... This article is becoming very long. ... Marshal of the Soviet Union Georgy Zhukov Georgy Konstantinovich Zhukov, GCB (Russian: ) (December 1, 1896 [O.S. November 19]–June 18, 1974), was a Soviet military commander who, in the course of World War II, led the Red Army to liberate the Soviet Union from the Nazi occupation, to overrun... George Smith Patton, Jr. ...

In Game Terms

The rules for Ursarkar E. Creed and Jarran Kell can be found in the 4th edition Imperial Guard Codex, and in the Eye of Terror Campaign Codex. Creed and Kell must be fielded together, and Kell doubles as a regimental standard bearer. The rules for Creed portray him at a point between the battle against the Volscani regiments and the full outbreak of hostilities during the 13th Black Crusade. In the Warhammer 40,000 tabletop wargame, the Eye of Terror has two meanings. ...

References

• Chambers, Andy, Haines, Pete, and Hoare, Andy (2003). Warhammer 40,000 Codex: Imperial Guard, 4th Edition, Nottingham: Games Workshop. ISBN 1-84154-410-8.