Mors

Biodata

Feature	Details
Name	Mors (摩尔斯)
Alias(es)	Remus; “Sorcery Angel”; Artisan/Craftsman
Species/Race	Non-human entity
Gender	Male
Affiliation	Independent; allied with the Emperor and the Imperium
Occupation/Role	Craftsman, psyker, incantation user, mentor, investigator, Imperial envoy
Status	Active
First Appearance	Chapter 1

Background / History

Mors spent thousands of years on Olympia, watching its civilizations rise and fall. He preferred isolation, inanimate materials, and unfinished art to ordinary social life, considering himself a failed craftsman without grand ambitions. 5 53

Although he is called Mors from the beginning of the story, he later identifies the name as one Peturabo gave him. In events connected to Moro, he is also addressed as Remus. 60 483 492

On Olympia, Mors encountered the young Peturabo and judged him to be an unfinished creation. Rather than destroy him, Mors forcibly “reforged” him by unlocking three restraints: one obscuring the source of Peturabo’s fear, one suppressing his growth and physique, and one concealing excessive knowledge until his mind could mature. Mors deliberately preserved Peturabo’s essence and expected the locks to break naturally over time. 3

He became Peturabo’s craftsman-teacher and eventual mentor, training him through psychic workshops, riddles, practical trials, and harsh criticism. Mors ultimately remained on Olympia because he believed Peturabo still needed to be reforged. 12 14 17

During Harkon’s coup, Mors unleashed a planet-wide purge against the rebels and Chaos-corrupted forces. The conflict cost him his physical body; afterward, he continued as a void-like being using crafted shells, projections, and rune-bound vessels. 45 46 51

Appearance

Mors regularly changes or reconstructs his body, clothing, and outward form. His most familiar appearance is that of a pale, black-haired man in dark robes and black cloth wrappings, though he can manifest as a runic void, a translucent projection, or a locally adapted shell. 5 28 51 71

• Messy, medium-length black hair in his early Olympian form. 5
• Pale face, dark eyes, and black cloth wrapped around his hands and body. 28
• After losing his body, his face becomes a void concealed beneath a black sack or hood. 51
• Golden runes flow over his void-form and temporary shells. 53 76
• Frequently adopts local clothing, including Olympia-style robes, Prospero robes, Baalite desert garb, and Barbarus gas masks. 71 107 317 328

Personality

Mors is detached, sarcastic, and frequently dismissive of social conventions. He prefers talking to objects, making art, reading, or observing others over participating in ordinary human affairs. 5 22 113

Despite this apathy, he is patient when teaching and can be fiercely protective of those he considers his responsibility. His mentorship of Peturabo relies on provocation, difficult lessons, and manipulation rather than reassurance; Mors later admits that his influence made Peturabo insecure and tethered to him. 9 14 129

He values craftsmanship, independent thought, and the ability to ask directly for what one wants. He distrusts easy glory, divine narratives, prophecy, and unexamined authority. 28 29 311

Mors is capable of extreme ruthlessness when confronting corruption or threats to his objectives, including killing rebels, extracting souls, erasing memories, and purging Chaos-tainted beings without mercy. 39 45 46

Abilities & Skills

Psychic Manipulation

Mors possesses powerful psychic abilities that allow him to influence matter, bodies, perceptions, and environments.

• Applies telekinetic force strong enough to restrain Peturabo and manipulate weapons or tools remotely. 3 9
• Reconstructs his own damaged body, including repairing broken bones. 3
• Teleports, disappears, manifests projections, and changes his shell’s form. 7 17 51
• Creates temporary structures, tools, weapons, and psychic training environments. 9 12
• Can communicate directly through psychic speech. 18 114
• His greatest exertions can damage his shell or force blood from his body. 3 97

Incantations and Spellwords

Mors employs an incantation system distinct from conventional psychic power. His golden runes can purify, restrain, heal, and destroy Warp-tainted phenomena.

• Uses runes to extract souls from corrupted creatures and purify contaminated locations. 46
• Cleanses Magnus of Warp contamination with a manifested syringe of incantations. 79
• Teaches Magnus basic spellwords capable of converting volatile psychic energy into inert residue. 97
• Uses runic arrays to stabilize barriers, protect shells, and reinforce containment fields. 88 228 472
• Can channel destructive golden void-fire across vast distances. 45

Soul and Memory Reading

Mors can inspect minds, souls, memories, and residual consciousness.

• Reads minds directly, including the thoughts of Alpharius. 81 114
• Erases or alters memories, as he does to Cruz after examining his visions. 39
• Reads collective memories embedded in Baal’s environment. 325
• Examines corpses through their nervous systems and discovers when memories or consciousness have been deliberately erased. 386
• Cannot recover information that has been completely removed from a subject’s mind or soul. 386 387

Precognition and Fate-Sense

Mors can perceive disturbances in fate and receives precognitive impressions.

• Detects approaching danger through shifts in fate and psychic phenomena. 89
• Identifies crossed fate-threads connecting Peturabo to the Chaos Gods. 96
• Shares visions concerning Mortarion’s future with the Emperor, while acknowledging the limits of prophecy. 311
• Uses Tarot cards, observation, and psychological suggestion to create convincing divinations. 328

Craftsmanship and Artistic Skill

Mors identifies himself primarily as a craftsman. He sculpts, forges, writes, designs tools, and teaches artistic and technical disciplines.

• Restores and alters sculptures using marble, clay, wood, gold, and iron. 2
• Trains Peturabo in forging through a psychic workshop stocked with responsive tools and instructional constructs. 12
• Creates weapons, including rune-etched swords, daggers, and a two-handed warhammer for Peturabo. 9 50 113
• Writes stories, plays, riddles, and records of Peturabo’s life. 17 33 52
• Designs and maintains temporary bodies, shells, and constructs for himself and Peturabo. 70 88 100

Shell Construction and Remote Manifestation

After the destruction of his physical body, Mors relies heavily on crafted vessels.

• Can abandon a shell and communicate through projections. 55
• Left Peturabo a younger-looking shell through which they could communicate and visit each other. 70
• Built shells with emergency self-destruction functions that can return Peturabo’s consciousness across interstellar distances. 88
• Cannot simply divide his soul into multiple fully independent bodies without destroying his internal structure. 434

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Rune-etched longsword — Used as a ritual and anti-daemon weapon, particularly within the Warp. 48 93
• Golden dagger — An incantation-enhanced weapon fashioned during the aftermath of Lokos’s fall. 46 50
• Miniature Fool’s Ship — Used to purify the corrupted remains of Lokos’s tyrant family and attendants. 50
• Tarot cards — Used in divination performances and psychic observation on Baal. 328
• Silver plate — Used when Peturabo first named him “Mors,” meaning “Death.” 1
• Personal shells and projections — Crafted vessels that allow remote observation, communication, and physical manifestation. 55 70

Tabletop Profile

M	T	SV	W	LD	OC	Special Protection
12	8	2+	10	5+	2	3+

Weapon	Range	Attacks	Skill	Strength	AP	Damage	Traits
Farewell	24"	4	BS 2+	4	-1	2	Pistol, Anti-Daemon 2+, Precise, Ignores Cover
Dead Eagle	Melee	6	WS 2+	6	-2	2	Chainstrike 1, Precise

• Core Abilities: Deep Strike, Leader, Lone Operative.
• Blood of the Saint: Friendly units within 6" gain +1 to hit when shooting.
• Undying: Units led by Mors gain Fearless 4+ against attacks. 49

Relationships

• Peturabo — Apprentice, protégé, and Mors’s closest long-term companion. Mors reforges and mentors him, later admitting that he loves him and regrets making him emotionally dependent. 3 17 129
• The Emperor / Neos — Ancient associate and collaborator. Mors challenges the Emperor’s decisions but repeatedly aids his plans involving the Primarchs, the Webway, and the Tyrant Star. 59 153 439
• Magnus — Student in incantations and spellwords. Mors rescues him from Warp contamination, then helps him save Prospero. 79 97
• Mortarion — Initially hostile toward Mors’s “sorcery,” but later accepts his intelligence, logistical aid, and advice during Barbarus’s liberation. 313 317 318
• Calipha — A Lokos royal with whom Mors shares an unspoken understanding; she survives the coup and later reunites warmly with him. 28 51 279
• Rogal Dorn — Peturabo’s ally and former antagonist. Mors advises Dorn on social conduct, assists in joint operations, and eventually receives Dorn’s thanks. 132 144
• Alpharius/Omegon — Mors knows Alpharius’s identity and maintains a guarded, mutually deceptive relationship with him. 114 115
• Konrad Curze — Mors and Peturabo’s failed transit damages Curze’s gestation pod; they later encounter and work alongside him in the Webway and Commorragh. 240 245
• Elda — An old associate connected to Moro and the Emperor’s past. Their reunion reveals Elda’s fear that the Emperor was changed by the Warp. 483

Story Role / Major Arcs

Olympia and Peturabo’s Reforging

• Meets Peturabo, challenges his arrogance, and gives him the name “Mors.” 1 3
• Removes three restraints placed upon Peturabo’s growth, knowledge, and fear while preserving his underlying essence. 3
• Takes Peturabo as an apprentice, teaching him survival, forging, art, history, language, and critical thought. 4 12 31
• Helps Peturabo establish himself in Lokos and publicly declares him one of his apprentices. 9 17

The Fall of Lokos

• Investigates corruption surrounding Peturabo’s naming ceremony and Cruz’s prophetic visions. 37 39
• Detects Harkon’s coup and the involvement of hostile religious and Chaos-aligned forces. 45
• Purges rebel forces across Olympia with golden void-fire, kills Harkon, and purifies the corrupted royal palace. 45 46
• Loses his physical body during the crisis and continues as a void-like entity. 50 51

Departure from Olympia and the Search for Primarchs

• Leaves Olympia after Calipha’s coronation, though he maintains contact with Peturabo through shells and projections. 53 55 70
• Joins Peturabo in seeking Magnus on Prospero and enters the Warp alongside Magnus. 70 76
• Rescues Magnus from Warp contamination and teaches him spellwords to destroy Prospero’s psychic furnaces. 79 97

Great Crusade Activities

• Assists the Emperor and Imperial institutions with Legion concerns, including the Fifteenth Legion’s gene-seed stability. 84 103
• Advises Peturabo, Magnus, Rogal Dorn, Angron, and other Primarchs during military, engineering, and Webway projects. 121 153 164
• Aids Mortarion’s campaign to unify Barbarus by providing intelligence, battle planning, resource optimization, and psychic support. 317 318
• Travels to Baal, where local inhabitants nickname him the “Sorcery Angel.” 328 331

Webway, Pharos, and Commorragh

• Warns Peturabo about the dangers of deep Webway exploration but agrees to use constructs for the task. 222
• Investigates Pharos Mountain and helps contain the Star God fragment Zahurash within Peturabo’s modified shell. 223 226
• Is separated from Peturabo after the Tuchucha engine’s malfunction and pursues him into Commorragh with an Eldar theatre troupe’s aid. 228 232
• Battles through Eldar and Warp-related threats while continuing to protect Peturabo and oppose forces manipulating the Primarchs. 245 250 251

The Tyrant Star and Moro

• Receives the Emperor’s plan to use the Webway and the Tyrant Star in a galaxy-spanning psychic nullification array. 439
• Investigates the Illuminati’s opposition to the Tyrant Star and traces Ishtar through a ritual in the Black Library. 448 449
• Returns to Moro, confronts Elda over the Emperor’s possible corruption, and searches for the truth behind the Emperor’s earlier actions. 483 487
• Travels through time with Peturabo and sacrifices part of his arm to strengthen the younger Remus while binding the Warp long enough for the Emperor to accept the Webway plan. 492

Notable Quotes

“I am a craftsman, now known as Mors.” 10

“Your creator did not finish his work. Peturabo, you are not a qualified tool.” 3

“I have no army, and I have no interest in such things. Peturabo is my apprentice.” 60

Trivia

• The name Mors was engraved beside the word “Death” after Mors tested eight languages with Peturabo. 1
• Mors considers the distinction between being a teacher and being a father important, even when others treat his relationship with Peturabo as parental. 102
• He dislikes red wine. 192
• He has participated in several bar examinations across his long life. 169
• He was called the Sorcery Angel by Baal’s inhabitants after Sanguinius introduced him as an envoy of the Emperor. 331