Magos Genetus Halix Redole

Magos Genetus Halix Redole, a Genetor of the Adeptus Mechanicus Organicists sect, is famed for his solution to the problems faced by the oceanic agri-world of Spectoris, a problem which took him five years to solve and resulted in his discovery of coral paste, a substance now used by the entire planetary population to ward off the dangerous predatory fish within its waters.
Genetor Redole’s research on Spectoris turned up far
more than has ever been revealed publicly. Spectoris’s
proximity to the Adrantis Nebulae led Redole to suspect
it had at one time been a testing ground for the infamous
deviant genetic tampering of the Adranti. This struck
at the very core of Redole’s beliefs and he swore to
the Omnissiah that if it took him a lifetime, he would
unlock the keys to wiping out the scourge of Adranti
genetic corruption.
For more than four hundred years, Redole grappled
with the twisted legacy of the Adranti, which has drawn the negative attention of Cardinal Pyris Valcarna, Cardinal of the Adrantian Diocese of the Sector Synod. His lifelong
efforts and the seemingly endless series of discoveries
that his research uncovered eventually led to him being
elevated to the exalted rank of Magos Genetus. When he
knew that his life’s fire was all but spent, he turned copies
of the bulk of his research notes over to the Lathes and
to the Ordo Calixis. Access to Redole’s notes is tightly
restricted, for every single person that has since dared
to walk in his footsteps has uniformly gone mad... or
worse. As for the Magos Genetus, while most believe
him to be dead, some whisper that a master of the forces
of life is not so easily toppled...
==Redole Re-breather==
Widely considered amidst the greater triumphs of a much-celebrated
career, one of the legendary Magos Genetus Halix
Redole’s final contributions to the Imperium was an alternate
form of re-breather that followed the philosophies by which
he lived his life. Unsatisfied with what he deemed to be the
“dual and therefore unfocused” use of the standard Imperial
re-breather, Redole set out to create a device that would allow
a user to stay underwater for a greater period of time than its
predecessor. Instead of using purely mechanical components,
Redole integrated vat-grown flesh versions of piscine gills
with a series of increasingly complex helmets till he found the
combination he sought. The Redole Re-breather is a helmet
that literally draws breathable oxygen from the water around
it, allowing a user to stay underwater indefinitely. As long as
a Redole Re-breather’s flesh components are kept wet, each
has a functional life of around a decade before needing to be
replaced. Even so, due to the effort and materials required to
create one, only nobles and their elite cadres can afford to
use them. Note that unlike a “standard” re-breather, Redole’s
device provides no protection against harmful air-born toxins
as it only functions underwater.
Cost 250, WT 1kg, Rare