Rasmo the Husk

Rasmo the Husk is the last survivor of a xenos hive species known as the Rasmodine. As he lay dying, their last warrior, he gave his soul to Nurgle. The Plague lord reforged him as a powerful daemon whose body is formed from the dead husks of his dead species. It is said he will not be laid to rest until he extracts revenge on the ones responsible for the butchering of his kin.
== Early Life ==
Rasmo was born a male and his queen selected him to become a warrior due to their upcoming migration. He mindlessly destroyed for his hive and his queen caste but was awakened to free will when he encountered the Aquila Legion during a raid. He was then infected with a "Divine Disease" that freed him from the queens' psychic puppetry and let him (eventually) control a small number of other Rasmodine. He learned things like love, art, music, the joy one finds when they craft things with their own hands, and became an avid scholar. He became fascinated by contact with worship and religion, something his species had reserved only for the queen caste, and began to develop a complex theology around the disease that had freed their minds. He was secretly being influenced by a Daemon of Nurgle named Vassago who took the form of a pet flesh mite that lived in his stomach/ventriculus (a common pet for many free Rasmodine).
== The Supercult Wars ==
Rasmo became a hunted fugitive when the queens began to crack down on the Divine Disease that was freeing their drones. He became a leader in the peaceful rebellion against them and lost his mate during the ensuing battles. It was his kind words (or more literally, vibrations) that swayed the minds of the queens and let them form their own "Free Hives" after a cure was developed. Those that were infected could leave and breed but those under the control of the queens would be inoculated against it.
The Rasmodine Supercult was formed around the theology that Rasmo had developed and he was elected as their "First Paladin", a position that gave him absolute military control. Zad, a fellow early convert and co-author of his theology, was the actual head of their political entity and was called "Crowned Priest Zad". Over time Zad began to mistrust Rasmo due to the power he was amassing. Rasmo had been voted more and more power as the Imperial's aggression picked up and eventually the two dueld and Zad lost. Zad became his sub-mate and was eventually eaten for sustenance by the Free Hives later in the war.
== Operation Helsing ==
Main Article: Operation Helsing
A protracted war between the Imperium and the Rasmodine was fought for many years. The conflict saw many young space marine chapters oppose the migration. They liberally used planet-buster when progress was slowed and only by pledging the dying Rasmodine species to Nurgle (their "Deity of the Divine Disease") could they survive. Ultimately a Deathwatch Kill-Team was used to assassinate many queens. The final battle saw the Sons of Gwydion luer the last of the Rasmodine into a trap and their chapter master assassinated Rasmo. Rasmo lives on as a greater daemon of Nurgle whose all consuming goal is to take revenge for his exterminated race.
== Current Activities ==
Rasmo the Husk is a greater daemon in the ranks of Nurgle's armies who dwells in the Eternal Swamp. He ventures forth to exact revenge on the Imperium for the destruction of his people. Every time he is shot, a husk crumbles to dust and it is replaced by another of his fallen comrades. Sometimes he sees the faces or shell markings of a friend and it causes him unmeasurable grief.
He has a particular vile hatred of the Sons of Gwydion chapter and their chapter master: Chief Lugh Gyffes, the Black Jester of Gwynedd, who slew Rasmo in life. Nurgle has told Rasmo that he will lead him his strength until all who wronged the Rasmodine are gone. This includes the 6th Neo-Jerionite Regiment, Sons of Gwydion, Megamarines, Emperor’s Marauders, and Order of the Stone Lion.
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