Lucius the Eternal

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==Summary==
Lucius the Eternal is a member of the Emperor's Children Traitor Legion, and a champion of the Chaos God Slaanesh. In his youth, he was a great swordsman who took great joy in displaying his talent, and, for his skill, he was recruited into the Adeptus Astartes. He joined the Emperor's Children, and ultimately, due to his vanity and obsession with perfecting his skills turned to Chaos with the rest of his legion during the Horus Heresy.
==Powers and Stats==
Tier: At least | At least , likely 
Key: Pre-Heresy | Post-Heresy
Name: Lucius the Eternal, the Soulthief, Fulgrim's Champion, Scion of Chemos, the Faultless Blade
Origin: Warhammer 40,000
Age: Over 10,000 years old
Gender: Male
Classification: Chaos Space Marine, Captain of the 13th Company of the Emperor's Children, Champion of Slaanesh
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|-|Pre-Heresy=Space Marine Physiology, Self-Sustenance (Type 1), Forcefield Creation (Via Iron HaloCodex: Space Marines (5th Edition); pg 52), Weapon Mastery (Hailed as one of the greatest swordsmen of the IIIrd LegionLiber Hereticus; pg 166. Even the weakest and most inexperienced Tactical Marine has been honed for years in a brutal training regime to be able to use a vast multitude of different weapons) and Martial Arts (Trained in a vast majority of ways of hand-to-hand combat, and presumably vastly more masterful over them than any regular human),Vehicular Mastery, Matter Manipulation and Durability Negation (Power weapons generate a field of energy around themselves that splits the bonds between matterThe Devastation of Baal; Chapter Twenty One, making it easier to break through targets), Explosion Manipulation (Via various weapons)
|-|Post-Heresy=All previous abilities plus Immortality (Types 6 and 8; Will continually resurrect within the body of whoever kills himCodex: Chaos Space Marines (8th Edition); pg 87 as long as the one who kills him feels even a modicum of enthusiasm, pleasure, or satisfaction from killing himCodex: Chaos Space Marines (3rd Edition; 2nd Codex); pg 57. Even the soulless warriors of the Necrons aren't immune from thisCodex: Chaos Space Marines (8th Edition); pg 48), Mind Manipulation, Aura, and Empathic Manipulation (via Aura of AquiescenceCodex: Chaos Space Marines (3rd Edition; 2nd Codex); pg 55), Homing Attack (Via the sentient Lash of Torment), Empathic Manipulation and Absorption (via the Lash of Torment), Sound Manipulation (Capable of projecting highly damaging sonic waves as an attack from his armour. Also possesses a Doom Siren, a device capable of powerful sonic attacksCodex: Chaos Space Marines (3rd Edition; 2nd Codex); pg 56), Poison Manipulation (Made from the torn-out tongues of a trio of Fiends of Slaanesh, the Lash of Torment should still drip with a soporific substance which induces comas in those touched by itWarlords of the Dark Millennium: Lucius the Eternal), Statistics Amplification (Via Commorite Stimm-Rack. Improves strength, speed, and reaction times. Pain as a whole only increases Lucius' prowess), Status Effect Inducement (Via Mark of Slaanesh)
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Attack Potency: At least Building level (Given his status as Captain of the Emperor's Children, he should be far superior to standard marines. Fought and bestedFalse Gods; Chapter Nineteen Garviel Loken in a duel), ignores durability via power weapons | At least Building level (One of the strongest Champions of Chaos. Has killed Ork warbosses, Dark Eldar Archons, and the Emperor’s Champion of the Black Templars over the years), likely Large Building level (Killed a Bloodthirster of Khorne in single combatLucius: The Faultless Blade; IV.VI, though it was far stronger than him)
Speed: Subsonic movement speed, with at least Hypersonic combat and reaction speed (Weaker marines can swat hypersonic projectiles such as Bolts out of the air at close range) and FTL perception speed (Veteran Astartes can react to information in nanosecondsBattle for the Abyss; Chapter Five) | At least Subsonic movement speed with at least Hypersonic, likely higher combat and reaction speed (Kept up with a Bloodthirster in combat) and FTL perception speed
Lifting Strength: At least Class 5 (Even the weakest Marines can carry 1,350 kg, lift 2,700 kg, and push 5,400 kg) | At least Class 5
Striking Strength: At least Building level | At least Building level, likely Large Building level
Durability: At least Building level | At least Building level, likely Large Building level
Stamina: Superhuman (Astartes can fight for entire days on end without tiringThe Emperor's Gift; Chapter Six) | Superhuman
Range: Extended Melee Range physically, Kilometers with Bolt pistol and grenades (Marines can hit targets with their bolters from a distance of 2.5 kilometersSiege of Castellax; Chapter Eighteen) | Extended Melee Range physically, Tens of Meters with sonic weapons, Kilometers with Bolt pistol and grenades
Standard Equipment
*Armour of Shrieking Souls: Lucius' armor, which contains the souls of all those that have killed him and found pleasure in the act, causing them to slowly transform into Lucius themselves. Lucius can channel the energies of the imprisoned souls into an extremely powerful sonic blast of psychic energy.
*Lash of Torment: In his right hand, Lucius wields a gift from Slaanesh; his personal daemon weapon known as the Lash of Torment. The weapon is bound to its wielder, and in turn, the essence of a Daemonette is bound within the physical vessel of the weapon. Like all daemon weapons, the shape-shifting whip has a mind of its own, and will attack enemies even without Lucius' input, suffocating or slicing them to bits. Yet this is not the Lash's only power, for it also possesses the ability to project emotions onto others. For instance, once the lash has caught a hapless soldier in its grip, his allies may suddenly find themselves sharing the same feelings as the victim, causing them to flee in terror.
*Blade of the Laer: In his left hand, Lucius wields the exquisite Blade of the Laer, a master crafted power sword originally wielded by the Primarch Fulgrim during parts of the Horus Heresy. The blade was once inhabited by a powerful Keeper of Secrets who, for a time, took possession of Fulgrim's body after he recovered it. The blade was later presented to Lucius by the daemon as a sign of Slaanesh's favor. While the blade has become little more than an ordinary power weapon since its inhabitant's departure, it remains as dangerous a weapon as any when in Lucius' hands.
*Nineteen: Lucius, famed for his overweening egotism, had little interest in the tools he used and wanted no simple blade to gain a fame that approached his own. Despite the casual disinterest of its wielder, the blade referred to as Nineteen by Lucius was a masterwork of the smith’s art and most likely taken as a trophy from some slain and forgotten opponent. Its slender edge belied its strength and, in Lucius’ hands, it could block almost any attack aimed at the cocksure warrior.
*Doom Siren: A Doom Siren is a powerful close combat Sonic Weapon that is used by Noise Marines, along with vehicles and Daemon Engines that are dedicated to the service of Slaanesh. The Doom Siren is fitted to a Chaos Space Marine's Power Armour with a complex arrangement of pipes and tubes around their helmets which can project short-ranged sonic attacks. These assaults are launched against opponents as they close with the Noise Marine during melee combat, and are usually powerful enough to kill or at least temporarily stun their target, allowing the attacker to quickly finish the foe off while they are stunned.
*Commorite Stimm-Rack: Lucius further bolsters his already superhuman speed and strength with exotic combat stimulants, a prize wrested from the gladiatorial arenas of the Dark Eldar. The stimm-rack that dumps these combat drugs into his system before each duel was implanted within his flesh by the renegade Chirurgeon Fabius Bile, a fellow student of the black arts and pilgrim to hidden Commoragh.
*Iron Halo
*Bolt Pistol
*Frag Grenades
*Krak Grenades
Intelligence: Gifted (Lucius is an extremely skilled and experienced warrior who has fought for thousands of years, constantly working on refining his technique to become as perfect as possible)
Weaknesses: Lucius is an overconfident sadomasochist.
Notable Attacks/Techniques:
*Possession: Whether Lucius allows his death willingly or is genuinely bested, he possesses the ability to constantly reincarnate himself, making him effectively immortal, seemingly so long as the being responsible takes some measure of satisfaction in the act. Slowly but surely, the killer will be transformed into a physical copy of Lucius, and their soul will be devoured by his sinister armour. They need not be the direct cause, nor even aware of what they have done to Lucius, such as when the swordsman possessed a factory worked in an entirely different solar system, all because he was the one who made the explosive that had slain Lucius' most recent body.
*Aura of Acquiescence: Champions with this gift are wrapped in the glamour of Slaanesh. Such is their magnetism that their enemies subjugate their own survival instinct to the will of the Champion even if their cause is hopeless.
==Notable Matchups==
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