Post by Rallus Zenodius on Mar 2, 2009 16:07:45 GMT
Name: Rallus Zenodius
Age: 372
Designation: Force Commander, Alpha, 4th Company.
Height: 7 feet 1"
Hair Colour: Blond
Physical Description:
Rallus still shows signs of his youth, despite his features being masked by years of combat and stress. With a strong square jaw and chiselled features he is the embodiment of the prime gene seed. A shock of blond hair sits atop a burdened brow.
Standing at average height for a Space marine he is as imposing as any battle brother. Eyes of deep green flash with an acute awareness and a stark realization. Beneath his power armour he is immensely muscled, his limbs corded muscle and tight knots of sinew. Rallus is of average stature for a space marine, favouring short quick strides rather than the long bounds of many battle brothers.
His body is littered from scars from before and after his recruitment into the Chapter. Most notable is his torso, a patchwork of different scars and minor burns. Most notable is a large horizontal scar across the right ride of his abdomen.
Personality:
Cool, calm and calculated Rallus possesses a demeanour suited to leadership. Command of Alpha strike force has seen his youthful headstrong attitude replaced by that of a wiser head. The burden of command at such a young age has seen him develop a head much wise than its years.
Following the chapter’s history Brother Zenodius is a stickler for discipline under fire. Rallus is quick to scold those prone to rash actions. Self-aware, he often looks to his veterans for advice and opinions. Rallus leads by example, often commenting that ‘I will be among the first, I expect none to be behind me’.
Not prone to sermons or lengthy lectures, his words are few but when spoken listened to with great reverence; choosing to leave the majority of the inspiration work to the company Chaplain and the sergeants. However, Rallus ensures that he has words for his strike force, acknowledging that a leader must be able to provide the right words at the right times.
Weapons:
Primary: Bolt Pistol
Secondary: Power Sword.
Equipment:
• Mark 7 Power Armour with Imperial Laurel grafted onto Helmet.
• Frag Grenades (x3)
• Combat Knife
History:
Rallus Zenodius spent his early life as a hive ganger in the lower levels of Hive Varsius on the planet of Hyberia. He spent his youth fighting other gangers, running from Arbites and stealing from the higher classes in the Hive. By the time he reached twenty-one he had killed countless gangers, an Arbite and a minor civil servant.
Six months later Rallus was one of the many gangers to be recruited into the Hive Militia to combat the growing threat from a cult calling themselves the ‘Sons of the Overmind’. The cult had become popular for its anti-authority leanings and the provision of supplies to poverty stricken neighbourhoods. Soon the cult had its own private army, made up of hivers and supported by local bosses and civil administration figures.
Authorities believed it was another religious cult that had overstepped its boundaries, a commonplace among the crowded and poverty stricken lower hive. Believing this to be another cult extermination Rallus’ gang leader pledged their support to the Hive Militia. Hive militias accompanied by Adeptus Arbite combat squads began a purge of the lower hive, exterminating anyone found collaborating or bearing the mark of the cult. Thousands were executed or killed in the resulting firefights, with hundreds being taken alive for interrogation.
After two weeks of sporadic skirmishes and executions the administration was able to pinpoint the cult’s headquarters; an abandoned temple dedicated to the machine god. The Hive militias, supported by Arbites assaulted the temple, determined to rid the Hive of the cult for good. As the forward echelons finally fought their way to the temple steps they were ambushed by vicious alien creatures with many limbs and wicked claws. Analysis of the bodies by the Inquisition would conclude that the cult was in fact a genestealer cult. The Hive militias were routed and a widespread retreat was ordered. Panic spread through the Hive as many heard the stories of the monsters from the stars within their home. Inquisitor Nazarius of the Order Xenos immediately broadcast a request for support.
The Strike Cruiser Veneratio carrying the 4th Company Omega Marines was the first to receive the distress call and soon deployed planetside.
A final assault, spearheaded by the Omega marines and supported by hive militias was undertaken to finally cleanse the temple. It was during this assault on the temple that Rallus became noticed. As the Omega Marines pushed into the temple it was Rallus who united the squabbling gang leaders and led a charge of the hive gangers forward. Hive gangers armed with an arsenal of different weapons fell upon the remaining cultists and genestealers. It was Captain Fastius who saw Rallus take on a genestealer single handed with just a chainsword. In the ensuring duel the genestealer was killed but Rallus was almost gutted by the alien’s swiping claws. Rallus then proceeded to cut down two more cultists before blacking out.
Rallus woke up aboard the Veneratio. Captain Fastius, impressed by the young ganger and his comrades took a handful for initiate testing to become Adeptus Astartes.
In the times since his acceptance into the chapter and his promotion to full battle brother as Brother Zenodius he has fought on countless worlds, battling the emperor’s of mankind. It was at Armageddon that Captain Antonius promoted him to the rank of sergeant and Rallus first received his invitation to join the ranks of the Chapter’s veterans in the first company. Brother Zenodius served with distinction throughout the third war of Armageddon and following the heavy losses of the 4th Company in the campaign was promoted to Force Commander.
Since then Rallus has been deployed on countless worlds, leading the undermanned 4th Company in many diverse missions against xenos, mutants and all types of heretic.
Commander Zenodius now aids Captain Antonius in rebuilding the 4th Company aboard the Strike Cruiser ‘Deliverance’
Age: 372
Designation: Force Commander, Alpha, 4th Company.
Height: 7 feet 1"
Hair Colour: Blond
Physical Description:
Rallus still shows signs of his youth, despite his features being masked by years of combat and stress. With a strong square jaw and chiselled features he is the embodiment of the prime gene seed. A shock of blond hair sits atop a burdened brow.
Standing at average height for a Space marine he is as imposing as any battle brother. Eyes of deep green flash with an acute awareness and a stark realization. Beneath his power armour he is immensely muscled, his limbs corded muscle and tight knots of sinew. Rallus is of average stature for a space marine, favouring short quick strides rather than the long bounds of many battle brothers.
His body is littered from scars from before and after his recruitment into the Chapter. Most notable is his torso, a patchwork of different scars and minor burns. Most notable is a large horizontal scar across the right ride of his abdomen.
Personality:
Cool, calm and calculated Rallus possesses a demeanour suited to leadership. Command of Alpha strike force has seen his youthful headstrong attitude replaced by that of a wiser head. The burden of command at such a young age has seen him develop a head much wise than its years.
Following the chapter’s history Brother Zenodius is a stickler for discipline under fire. Rallus is quick to scold those prone to rash actions. Self-aware, he often looks to his veterans for advice and opinions. Rallus leads by example, often commenting that ‘I will be among the first, I expect none to be behind me’.
Not prone to sermons or lengthy lectures, his words are few but when spoken listened to with great reverence; choosing to leave the majority of the inspiration work to the company Chaplain and the sergeants. However, Rallus ensures that he has words for his strike force, acknowledging that a leader must be able to provide the right words at the right times.
Weapons:
Primary: Bolt Pistol
Secondary: Power Sword.
Equipment:
• Mark 7 Power Armour with Imperial Laurel grafted onto Helmet.
• Frag Grenades (x3)
• Combat Knife
History:
Rallus Zenodius spent his early life as a hive ganger in the lower levels of Hive Varsius on the planet of Hyberia. He spent his youth fighting other gangers, running from Arbites and stealing from the higher classes in the Hive. By the time he reached twenty-one he had killed countless gangers, an Arbite and a minor civil servant.
Six months later Rallus was one of the many gangers to be recruited into the Hive Militia to combat the growing threat from a cult calling themselves the ‘Sons of the Overmind’. The cult had become popular for its anti-authority leanings and the provision of supplies to poverty stricken neighbourhoods. Soon the cult had its own private army, made up of hivers and supported by local bosses and civil administration figures.
Authorities believed it was another religious cult that had overstepped its boundaries, a commonplace among the crowded and poverty stricken lower hive. Believing this to be another cult extermination Rallus’ gang leader pledged their support to the Hive Militia. Hive militias accompanied by Adeptus Arbite combat squads began a purge of the lower hive, exterminating anyone found collaborating or bearing the mark of the cult. Thousands were executed or killed in the resulting firefights, with hundreds being taken alive for interrogation.
After two weeks of sporadic skirmishes and executions the administration was able to pinpoint the cult’s headquarters; an abandoned temple dedicated to the machine god. The Hive militias, supported by Arbites assaulted the temple, determined to rid the Hive of the cult for good. As the forward echelons finally fought their way to the temple steps they were ambushed by vicious alien creatures with many limbs and wicked claws. Analysis of the bodies by the Inquisition would conclude that the cult was in fact a genestealer cult. The Hive militias were routed and a widespread retreat was ordered. Panic spread through the Hive as many heard the stories of the monsters from the stars within their home. Inquisitor Nazarius of the Order Xenos immediately broadcast a request for support.
The Strike Cruiser Veneratio carrying the 4th Company Omega Marines was the first to receive the distress call and soon deployed planetside.
A final assault, spearheaded by the Omega marines and supported by hive militias was undertaken to finally cleanse the temple. It was during this assault on the temple that Rallus became noticed. As the Omega Marines pushed into the temple it was Rallus who united the squabbling gang leaders and led a charge of the hive gangers forward. Hive gangers armed with an arsenal of different weapons fell upon the remaining cultists and genestealers. It was Captain Fastius who saw Rallus take on a genestealer single handed with just a chainsword. In the ensuring duel the genestealer was killed but Rallus was almost gutted by the alien’s swiping claws. Rallus then proceeded to cut down two more cultists before blacking out.
Rallus woke up aboard the Veneratio. Captain Fastius, impressed by the young ganger and his comrades took a handful for initiate testing to become Adeptus Astartes.
In the times since his acceptance into the chapter and his promotion to full battle brother as Brother Zenodius he has fought on countless worlds, battling the emperor’s of mankind. It was at Armageddon that Captain Antonius promoted him to the rank of sergeant and Rallus first received his invitation to join the ranks of the Chapter’s veterans in the first company. Brother Zenodius served with distinction throughout the third war of Armageddon and following the heavy losses of the 4th Company in the campaign was promoted to Force Commander.
Since then Rallus has been deployed on countless worlds, leading the undermanned 4th Company in many diverse missions against xenos, mutants and all types of heretic.
Commander Zenodius now aids Captain Antonius in rebuilding the 4th Company aboard the Strike Cruiser ‘Deliverance’
