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-Last words of [REDACTED] of the [REDACTED], prior to his summary execution. CALGAR
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HONOR,
THE HOUSE
‘OF YOUR
MORE SO,
HAVE NOT GAZED
‘UPON'THE CALGAR ESTATES.
SINCE T LEFT FOR MY
TRAINING TO PREPARE
INE FOR THE ASTARTES
Tests,
LIne OF
POSSIBLE RESEARCH
EARLY BIOGRAPHICAL
MARINES, IS CREATING A
"MARNEUS
Event?
DETAILS OF HIGH-PERFORMING
REPEATABLE
BEEN SLOW TD RESPON
BUT T SEE THEY ARE
REPORTING,
upparins.
UPDATING.
HMPH, STAY. BESIDES--IT WOULD
DO YOU GOOD TO SEE HOW A
MARINE WORKS ON DEFENSE AS
WELL AS OFFENSE. We CAN
RETURN THIS SIMPLE HOME
INTO A FORTRESS,
HMM. STIS
‘SMALLER THAN
T REMEMBER
THOUGH T WAS
SMALLER
THEN,
you HAVE
Toy BEEN HERE
NO.ITIs
AREASONABLE
QUESTION. WHAT
MAKES &
WELL,
QUINTUS. = was
FIRST TAUGHT BY
ATRAINER CALLED
CRIXUS, UP ON
THE MOON
ON THE
FIRST NIGHT,
HE HAD US RUNNING.
FROM AN
AMBULL.
T.-H
APOLOGIZE, THAT
was nor meant To
ROUTED TO EXTERNAL
‘SPEAKERS, “KATO SUGGESTED HIDING INTHE
LEARNING SOMETHING ABOUT Fr ean Ue, id Tre TO
BORING THROUGH THE EARTH TO WAI] iguT THROUGH ADEN OF WOLVES.
Re a ni
¢ “THEY WENT FOR US, BUT THE
AMBULL WENT FOR THEM. WE
‘GOT AWAY, MOSTLY INTACT.
a AG oul
. SES RARNEUS
SEVERAN! IS YOUR MIND SICK? IF
MARNEUS HAD NOT PULLED YOU
FREE, IT WOULD HAVE TAKEN
‘YOUR ENTIRE FACE.
‘STOP COMPLAINING. NO ONE
1S A WARRIOR WITHOUT &
FETCHING SCAR, YOU'RE
JUST GETTING YOURS A
LITTLE EARLY.
CONGRATULATIONS.
TOYOUFOUR. ALL
SURVIVING IS RARE.
PERHAPS THIS WORLO OF
WHEAT HAS A HARVEST
‘OF WARRIORS
AFTER ALL.
‘OF COURSE
YOU DEFEND Him
TACITAN, YOU'RE HIS
PET. YOU SAW
IT, KATO.
“AYE! AND T SAW.
HOW SLOW MARNEUS
WAS. LEAVING IT JUST
LONG ENOUGH TO CUT
POOR SEVERAN TO
THE BONE.
Now,
OUR FIRST TWO
LESSONS. THAT
Is AHEAVY
STUBBER YOU'LL
ALL BEON SHIFTS UP
THERE AS LONG AS
WE'RE HERE,
THE AMBULL AND WORSE
ARE OUT THERE. AT NIGHT,
THEY'LL BE COMING OUT OF THE
CAVE SYSTEMS TO HUNT. DON'T
EVEN THINK OF GOING DOWN
‘ONE OF THOSE TUNNELS
UNLESS T TELL YOU.
STHAT WAS.
THE START
OF IT. THERE
WAS NO END, :
es vis akg
“TASKS TO MAKE US STRONG.
‘TASKS TO MAKE US STAND
‘STRAIGHT TOGETHER,
"STILL, THE NUMBERS SLOWLY
GREW, AND THOSE WHO.
SURVIVED GREW STRONG. t BROTH
SHOULD ASK YOUR.
BROTHERS.
THEY HAVE
DONE WELL. THERE
ISNO-SHAME IN TRYING
TO LEARN FROM
HEM.
THE! “WE WENT DEEPER
INTO THE TUNNELS,
.
me a \ a
WE HAD BEEN TAUGHT HOW T
BETWEEN RIBS, HOW TO PL
EYES, OUR OWN BODY BE
“WE PASSED THROUGH THE
ANCIENT CORRIDORS, FOLLOWI
THE TRAIL DOWN TO A DEEPER
CAVERN SYSTEM, SS
ae
ev
LL
(es
Rit THE MARINES
REJECTED ME. ME!
WAS THE FINEST WARRIOR
INMY YEAR. PASSED
EVERY Test OF
WAR
Hey
REJECTED ME! THEY
THOUGHT ME TOO PURE
A KILLER. JEALOUS.
‘COWARDS!
‘SUFFICE TO SAY, OUR
TRAINER CRIXUS WAS.
SHOWING HIS TRUE NATURE,
TAM GLAD.IF
‘THE MARINES TOOK
ME, T WOULDN'T HAVE
FOUND THe GREAT
TRUTH OF LORD
KHORNE,
YOU ARE TOUCHED BY MADNESS
WHY THESE GAMES?
IF YOU
STILL-HAD YOUR
SENSE, YOU'D HAVE
SLIT OUR THROATS
‘ON ANY GIVEN
NIGHT!
PERHAPS IF YOU BEG, T
WILL MAKE IT QUICK,
MARNEUS.
FOR DECADES,
L-TRAINED WARRIORS
FOR THE FALSE EMPEROR,
‘BUT THEN..THE VISIONS
CAME. TOLD ME
THE TRUTH...
Now
PREPARE BLADES
FOR THE TRUE GOD
‘OF WARRIORS!
GARINES:
DO NOT
Marine? wHo \_ BES.
‘WOULD BE A MARINE?
WHY BE A CHILD OF
GOLD WHEN YOU CAN
‘BE ACHILOOF
‘gLOO0?
AF x HAD.
KILLED YOU, r
WOULD HAVE NO
FINAL TEST FOR
MY FING AND.
BLOODY,
ARINES,
DONOT
coULD.
THEY LURE
THE FATTED
CALVES TO THE
ALTAR AND SO EARN
THEIR FULL
REWARD? “WAS IT HIS REJECTION BY
THE ASTARTES THAT LEFT
CRIXUS THIS WAY? tire
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Died age 12,
in service of the Emperor.
