#I couldn't really get ahold of how iterators work but I assume its like that

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(FC: Angell from Path to Nowhere; I believe this is official art. Sorry guys, I cannot draw lmao)

Name: Jingfang "The Fang" Baili

An interator who studied under Golconda Pyke, and was considered one of her best students. She is not Terran-born; her homeworld was Chemos. Fang's talents were discovered early on, and she was brought to Terra to further her studies and eventually become an iterator.

Fang is well-respected amongst her peers, but not always in good ways. She has the intellect, presence and eloquence expected of an iterator, but her face lacks expressions, to the point where her emotional range is compared to that of an Astartes. And when she does try to smile, she looks so terrifying that she makes people run. An extreme example of how fake smiles cannot compare to genuine ones.

(Of course, she feels emotions. She was just brought up in a pragmatic environment which valued suppressing them).

Fang carries a sword on her hip, made in the style of the Sulpha. It is mostly ceremonial in nature, serving as a subtle threat to those who may look down on her. She does use it, though, to let out her frustrations in the soldier's training grounds when she's faced with a particularly difficult situation.

On Chemos, her clan played a prominent role in its politics. In the distant past, they were one of the nomadic tribes who took over one of Chemos' factory-cities, until they allied with Fulgrim via a political marriage; it is said that she bears a near uncanny resemblance to the woman who was wed to Fulgrim, in both looks and intellect.

Fang requested specifically to work with the 3rd Legion, half because she respected them and their drive for self-improvement, and partially because she found the legion's dedication to culture and art nostalgic to her homeworld (no doubt because they have the same leader).

Not that she would ever admit it to anyone but her teacher, a small part of her also wished to talk to Fulgrim himself. Not that she knew exactly what to talk about, but... call it a curiosity on what would happen if they met.

Fun Facts:

She asked people to call her Fang out of ease, but it took on a whole different meaning when during one of her assignments as a junior iterator, she got pissed off at a governor spouting nonsense and rebuked him so hard that the man almost wet himself. Pyke herself had to step in and scold her student, but she was seen laughing to herself for a good while afterwards.

She only knows the basics of swordsmanship, but she's wanted to find a teacher who knows the blade-dancing art that the Sulpha people used to practice.

Fang is actually very conscious about how terrifying she can look. Sure, she can still navigate a conversation with ease like any other iterator, but it would be nice if she could be as charismatic as Pyke...

She has considered, if she ever met Fulgrim, calling him her great-great-great-great-great-granduncle to see his reaction. She would never actually do it, lest she lose both her job and her head. But wouldn't that be funny?