Angus Mengsk

Mengsk, Angus
Angus Mengsk was a famous political figure in the Koprulu Sector and father of Arcturus Mengsk. He was originally from Korhal IV.

Korhal was one of the oldest Terran Confederacy colonies and a world of affluence. Its people, however, resented their affiliation with the corrupt Confederate senators.

Tensions arose between the colonists and the Confederates as the citizens began to revolt against the local Confederate militia. The Confederates imposed martial law, but the revolt refused to die out.

Korhalian Senator Angus Mengsk became a leader of the Korhalian revolt, issuing fiery statements declaring that the Confederacy no longer held any claim over the world of Korhal.

The revolt was successful enough to drive the Confederates from the planet, as the Confederacy decided on a new tactic. Three Ghosts assassins killed him and most of his family in the capital city, Styrling, and his head was never found. This did much to weaken the revolt.

His murder prompted his son, Arcturus, to follow a path of vengeance against the Terran Confederacy.

In his younger days, Angus Mengsk saved the life of Ailin Pasteur, who would later become an ambassador from Umoja. Pasteur became a member of the Ruling Council of the Korhalian Rebellion, and to repay the favor, he voted in favor of making Arcturus Mengsk leader and general of the Korhalian rebellion.