Editing The War Chief (The Legions of Death)

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{{War Chiefs}}According to one account which depicted him as [[Magnus|a Time Lord in his own right]] distinct from [[the Master]], [[the War Chief]] encountered by the [[Second Doctor]] regenerated into a '''a new incarnation''' who continued to use the name of "the War Chief" and hatched a plot to take control of the [[Roman Empire]] in [[43]] [[AD]] by interfering in the [[Roman invasion of Britain]].

== Biography ==
=== Origins and early days ===
After [[the War Chief]] encountered by the [[Second Doctor]] was executed at [[the War Lord]]'s behest, ([[TV]]: {{cite source|The War Games (TV story)}}) he "dragged himself" to a still-active [[SIDRAT]]. He [[Regeneration|regenerated]] onboard, and made his way back to [[the War Chief's TARDIS|his actual TARDIS]], which he had stashed away in a safe place. In his new form, the War Chief decide to go into hiding, fearful of retribution from [[the Master]], who had helped him to hatch the [[War Chief incident|War Games plot]] and blamed him for its failure, a belief which was mutual. He spent his time perfecting the [[War Lord]]s' [[processing machine]]s, combining them with [[rho wave]] technology to create more intricate and lasting fantasy-worlds in which to trap the victims. ([[GAME]]: {{cite source|The Legions of Death (game)}}) 

=== War god of the Sacred Wood ===
Eventually, recalling how impressed he had been with the [[Roman Empire|Roman]] soldiers during the [[War Game]]s, he decided to try to take over the [[Roman Empire]] itself, and then boost its capabilities with advanced technology so as to take over the entire [[Earth]] and, from there, the rest of the universe. He considered various possible [[Roman Emperor]]s he might turn into puppets and settled on the weak-willed [[Claudius]]. Ruling that his best shot at discreetly abducting Claudius would be in the chaos of a carefully-orchestrated military option, he used refitted, hologram- and [[rho wave]]-projecting [[Sontaran]] [[recon drone]]s to appear to various [[Great Britain|Briton]] leaders as a "divine vision". Posing as a sorcerer, "war [[god]]", or both, he created a cult-like alliance centred around his TARDIS, disguised as a sacred oak tree in the [[Sacred Wood]], and amassed a second army to ambush Claudius's legions after his established historical victory over the British army of [[Caractacus]] and [[Cattigern]]. His scheme ended up going better than he expected when among the Roman soldiers he captured and hypnotised, he found none other than future Emperor [[Vespasian]], offering him a fallback plan if his abduction of Claudius failed. ([[GAME]]: {{cite source|The Legions of Death (game)}})

=== Defeat ===
Eventually, however, the [[pulse-wave]] caused in the [[Time Vortex]] by the energy the War Chief was redirecting from the [[Eye of Harmony]] to power the hypnotic equipment was detected by the [[TARDIS]]es of one or more Renegades, who may have included any of the [[Third Doctor]], [[the Colonel]] and [[Leora]], as well as their various [[companion]]s. With the help of Roman Tribune [[Marcus Cornelius Falco]] and Briton princess [[Branimandua]], the time-travellers eventually uncovered parts of the War Chief's scheme. Eventually, they made their way to the [[Sacred Wood]], only to be captured by the War Chief. However, he tarried in subjecting the humans to the hypnotic process, giving them time to mount an escape. In the ensuing fight, they managed to destroy the hypnotic controls, releasing all the War Chief's brainwashed soldiers from his control and freeing the imprisoned [[Vespasian]]. In all likelihood, however, the War Chief himself managed to escape, either making it back to his TARDIS after narrowly escaping a gunshot from the Colonel's [[companion]] [[Roderick Mitchell]], or else being cut off from his TARDIS's control but escaping in a [[SIDRAT]] he had stored in one of its rooms. ([[GAME]]: {{cite source|The Legions of Death (game)}})

== Physical appearance ==
The War Chief appeared as "a tall man of average build, with dark hair and an aura of fanatic determination about him". ([[GAME]]: {{cite source|The Legions of Death (game)|namedpart=Non-Player Characters}}) When he abducted [[Vespasian]], he was wearing a silver outfit with a golden helmet, ([[GAME]]: {{cite source|The Legions of Death (game)|namedep=Introductory Story}}) while at the time of his defeat, he greeted his "prisoners" wearing an all-black outfit with red and silver trim, and a silver helmet. ([[GAME]]: {{cite source|The Legions of Death (game)|namedep=The War Chief}})

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