Katenya Yurievna

Katenya Yurievna (born 686974.M41) is the current Tech-General of the 1st Valkyrian Crusader Guard and is characterized as one of the the youngest women to hold the position since the Regiment’s foundation. Katenya was raised as an orphan Progena in the Schola Progenium of Valkyria where she was singled out for both her martial skill and high marks in strategy and tactics.

General Information
Katenya is the current commander officer of Valkyria’s 1st Crusader Guard, the planet’s most prestigious and honored regiment of shock troops. Under her leadership, the 1st Crusader Guard have taken a very active role as part of Roboute Guilliman’s Indomitus Crusade which has allowed Katenya to take a highly aggressive stance against the enemies of the Imperium, chiefly heretics dedicated to Chaos and xeno incursions in the Narfaskar Sub-Sector.

Over the course of her short—yet decorated—career, Katenya has demonstrated a natural skill with all forms of close combat weapon although she has a particular proclivity for swords and greatswords. She currently wields the Regiment’s only significant relic, Ragnkatla, which was rumored to have been the weapon of choice of the Valkyrian Guards’ first commander, Sabritta Konstantinovna. Not taking her position of authority for granted, Katenya commands the military forces of her Regiment from the frontline often embarking aboard a Taurox transport straight into the melee where her skills with a blade are put to best use.

Equipment
Katenya serves as the Tech-General of the 1st Valkyrian Crusader Guard which is an equivalent rank to any regimental commander in similar units. However, in the case of most Valkyrians elite units, Katenya is equipped in a fairly untraditional manner. She does not wear conventional carapace armour and instead relies almost entirely on her agility and a powerful conversion field to keep her protected. Aside from her conversion field, Katenya also wears a pair of advanced greaves that help to compliment her speed and allow her to jump distances incapable of a normal human. Katenya’s only armament is the regiment’s relic power sword Ragnkatla which possesses the ability to cut through most force fields and conversion fields, allowing the user to strike their opponent directly.