Primaris Captain Project – Zhuang Shan

Zhuang Shan was the youngest scion of the Zhuang family on the mining world of Taihang.  Despite being young, he was press ganged into a conscript legion when the forces of the Archenemy invaded.  Like so many of his brothers, the Azure Flames recruited him once they had come to the rescue of the benighted world.  Zhuang had made Corporal in the legion by surviving against impossible odds and being one of the few in his company alive at the end of the war.

Zhuang made a name for himself in the Scout company, and had the shortest recorded time from induction to ascension to full brotherhood (until Antonius broke this record).  He is still the only Azure Flame in existence to survive the final trial of the Scouts and leave the trial chamber under his own strength.  Zhuang’s reputation as incredibly tough and lucky were well earned, and he was promoted to Captain after the first devastating conflict with the forces of Victor Kalan’s Alliance.

During the Omega War, the entire Second Company of the Azure Flames was tasked with mining out and destroying the hardline connection that allowed the Omega Station’s Command Tower to communicate with the Engine Complex.  Zhuang helped hold off wave after wave of Tyranids backed up by the Cult of the Eternal Dawn while technicians in Termite Assault Drills bored through a literal kilometer of the crust of the Omega Station and severed the gigantic cable system.  Without this hardline, Gorath was unable to stop Leonidas and Voldo Canis from sending the Omega Station to collide with a nearby asteroid.

After the Omega War, Zhuang met his greatest failures.  Tyranid forces invaded Tashka, a system near to the Azure Flames homeworld of Iperin.  Though Zhuang fought nearly to death, the Tyranids had an inescapable foothold on the promethium-rich world.  Disgusted, Zhuang was forced to commit Exterminatus to set the oceans aflame and deny the Tyranid fleet such nourishment.  Zhuang’s failure was not in vain, as he was able to blunt other Tyranid incursions into the Azure Flames’ territory.

However, recruitment for the 2nd Company was insufficient after this, forcing Zhuang to arrive too late to save the newly founded Acacia Marines from the forces of a Chaos Ark of Omen.  Three Acacia Marines survived, and Zhuang escorted them to the nearest Watch Fortress of the Deathwatch.

Zhuang agreed with Chapter Master Perseus about converting the entire Azure Flames Chapter to Primaris, and was the first to volunteer outside the 4th Company.  After his upgrade, he worked tirelessly to forge Duan Chui, his Thunder Hammer that glows as if constantly forging iron, and Long Xi, his overpowered flame pistol.

Full of Determination, Zhuang left for Nocturne, where he placed last in the Salamander Hunt.  His was the largest that year, but Duan Chui pulverized the prized skin of the Salamander badly.

Zhuang participated in the re-cleansing of Altea when the 4th Company was besieged by Orks.  He often leads near the front, seemingly an unstoppable force of nature,

---

The new Zhuang uses Lieutenant’s legs and Primaris Jup Pack Captain’s torso.  The hammer is a modified Grey Knight hammer with a brazier from the Salamander upgrade pack.  His head is a Forge world substitute and his pistol is an old Astartes flamer with a tank from the Invictor Warsuit flame cannon.  The Mantle is a good old Dark Elf bit.

The old Zhuang was from the Masters of the Chapter box, modified to have a Storm Bolter instead of a Power Sword.

Next: more captains!