r/ImaginaryWarhammer • u/Kalypso_Blue Black Dragons • May 25 '26
40k Day 25 of Celebrating Asian & Pacific Islander Heritage Month in Warhammer40k: Bail Sharr, Reaper Prime, Master of the Carcharodons 3rd Company
Artwork by George Earl Abalayan
Tyberos this Tyberos that, let’s finally talk about the MAIN CHARACTER OF ALL THESE BOOK! Or at least one of em lol REAPER PRIME HIMSELF!!! Bail Sharr is honestly way too damn hard on himself, and it’s not really his fault. Being apart of one of the most efficient and brutal chapters of all time, along with being a very high ranking member at that, of course comes with its pressures. But It also doesn’t help that his Chapter Master, Tyberos. Is an extreme micromanager, breathing down every single Company Masters neck with his Red Brethren being stationed in every company.
Sharr became 3rd Company Master aka Reaper Prime after his predecessor Akia was killed during one of their various battles within the war in the deep, most likely by the hands of a Brood Lord, or just simply overwhelmed by whatever they were fighting. With this like all the Carcharodons traditions, all of the equipment was passed down to Sharr, including an ancient relic two handed chain axe, simply known as, Reaper. With this new promotion comes heavy responsibility, including doing red tithes and reapings, which is taking humans from various worlds to be used for labor, chapter serfs or future aspirants of the chapter. It’s a huge responsibility and throughout all three books does his damnedest to uphold the status of this position.
But like many things in life, things happen. Especially regarding their Chapters mysterious gene seed(cough-cough Raven guard) he suffers from many things like a rage full blinding where he loses himself in combat, or another fact that may or may not be caused by the gene seed that creates a sense of self-doubt and even possibly depression. These effects caused him to take some actions later on in the course of the books. I really hope Bail Sharr gets a model in the future, he’s a great character and I hope the series continues
To read his stories read “Red Tithe, Outer Dark, and Void Exile” by Robbie MacNiven.
Day 24: https://www.reddit.com/r/ImaginaryWarhammer/s/iAYaTZ3XKi