Master of Sanctity Mateo

## History

On his native planet of Meridia, there were two main continents, one large island next to a slightly smaller island and this is where Mateo's story begins. He was born to the harsher people of the northern half of the main island, with a union to a clan to the west island. The clan was inland on a lake in the north, a smaller clan who had to fight to survive in an already dangerous environment. The feudal world was about to take a twist, as the tau had infiltrated the royal family of the southern lands and after accepting their offer of an alliance with weapons they would soon have an easier time taking the lands to the west and north. The boy was nine at this time, his clan was about to make peace with a rival clan, he was fit and strong for his age and partook in many activities. When they went to make peace with the rival clan they were betrayed! They had sided with the people to the south. His people fought valiantly but outgunned the started to lose, till suddenly large metal Meteor came crashing down from the sky! the golden man had sent his warriors to their aid. The fight was already lost for his people soon he was the last one left. He found himself picked off the ground as he thrashed and screamed wanting to fight on and die with his people and family. A voice spoke out deep and commanding. He looked up to see a man with a skull for a helmet.

The boy was in shock the chaplain was able to calm him down. The chaplain explained they were here to help and that he needed the boy to tell them everything he knew. The chaplain already impressed by the boy’s combat skills athletics etc smiled under his helmet as the boy went into great detail about the area, the clans, the people, the culture, etc it seemed he had a great memory and a warrior’s spirit.

The chaplain’s name was ecclesiarch Lucien. Knowing the boy would have known the area, he sent the boy out to gather nearby clans as they set up a base of operations at his homeland. The boy came back a week later many tribes and clans had already arrived and were in the main hall when the boy came bringing more with him. The boy went in and looked around clearly still mourning the loss of his family. The chaplain sat at the head of the table where his father sat and gestured the boy over, the boy sat down next to the large man. All the clan leaders were yelling and talking. The chaplain silenced them and had the boy speak, the boy was able to get them all to understand the circumstances, and the chaplain was impressed by his charisma

The chaplain was able to organize his command and with help of the boy organize the humans, getting them some more modern weaponry. It would start with an ambush a convoy, there was only a small tau presence mostly southerners and their northern traitor Allies with tau weaponry. It started when the boy shot a flaming arrow into the sky signalling the attack. Boulders went down crashing into enemy lines followed by frenzied screams of northerners rushing down. Marines jumped in on their jump packs landing amid battle before the rest the others even made it completely down the hill. Their goal was to capture the water caste with them and take out the tau suits. The chaplain was intrigued by the young boys channelled ferocity in battle the boy covered In blood screaming bloody vengeance. The battle quickly turned in their favor. Afterward, the boy was upset that the people who killed his family were upset. The chaplain explained the significance of what they had just achieved and taught the boy patience. Knowing there was tau in the area later that night after a celebration and more planning he sent the boy out to hunt, he was captured by tau in stealth suits. The chaplain ministered the situation with surveillance. He was taken to a camp where the clan who had killed his family was. He gained ignorance and appeared to go along with the tau. Once their guard was whose that night he snuck into their leader’s tent to brutally murder him, only allowing him moments to live after confronting him so he would recognize his killer, the one he left alive, the boy who's family he had killed. For the next 2 years, the chaplain would mentor the boy, while using the boy to learn about the land. When he was ten 11, the chaplain gave him a challenge, go into the mountains and kill a mountain beast. A week later the chaplain was praying for the boy when a marine came in telling him the boy was back, the boy had managed to kill one and capture another cub. The chaplain smiled.

As the boy grew up he faced many challenges, one was to unite the people of the north and take out any who sided with the dirty Xenos. He completed this task in a few years. Now 13 his second task challenge came from the chaplain higher-ups. The chaplain expressed its importance but in his training for his future. He told the young man that he must travel to the people of the west and create an alliance with them.

He had to make a raft using his knowledge and nothing but a knife and an axe then cross the seas, he narrowly escaped a deadly sea serpent encounter. He arrived at the northern part of the island finding it had come under the control of the people of the south the royals who sided with the tau. To cover his tracks he pushed his raft back out to sea. For weeks he cased the northern part of the island finding the defensive lines on where the northeast tip was separated from the rest of the island who was still proud and free. He took notes of key individuals, supply locations weaknesses in fortifications, etc. He went to the rebels there in the north and helped them organize a plan to weaken the enemy enough that reinforcements to the south could storm through. That night attacks happened across the northern tip and people carrying swords and lasguns ran out of the forests screaming closing the distance on the panicked tau and destroying them in melee, as the chaplain watched from surveillance and sent in a company to help finish them off and destroy their presence on the island.

The final challenge would be to survive being hunted for 72 hours in the wild, he had prepared for this moment his whole life he had 24 hours, he started by traversing the highlands for flowers and herbs making a few batches of a special concoction from them that would boost his energy and reduce lactic acid build-up in muscles. He then prepared weapons out of obsidian glass that had formed on a river, made camouflage, and prepared. Let's just say some scouts had to go to the Apothecarium for a few days afterward.

Once he became an Astartes he was put in a scout squad where he would rise through the ranks soon being in command of the squad. He was good friends with all his brothers, whenever one of them was troubled they would come to him to talk or he would find them. They clung to every word he said, he led them in pray, and would help train the people of his world in combat as well as imperial truth. One day while leading a scouting party to investigate a possible forward operating base they were ambushed by tau and their southern Ally's, they were massacred. He started entering a rage before the chaplain and other backup arrived via jump pack.
Many years had gone by, he had become a chaplain and was sworn in by his father figure. He had risen through the ranks. Lucion had gone and served at the Deathwatch, one day the Chapter Master approached him and told him his father figure had died in combat, he stayed calm, clenching his fists before releasing. He asked that he could go take up his long watch and retrieve his body so he may dawn his armor.

## Personality

The Chaplain is a strong and Stoic individual. His charisma and diplomatic qualities are such that when he speaks, people listen. He can be quick to anger at times which fuels the other zeal of other space marines and himself. He values honour and loyalty as well as keeping ones word.

## Appearance

Mateo Tenebris is an eight foot tall, handsome Astarte with dark brown hair and amber eyes. He has a scar on his tan face. He wears tradition Chaplain armour and helmet but his right gauntlet is engraved with the names of his lost family, friends and Brothers, including his mentor.

## Equipment

The equipment that Chaplain Mateo Tenebris uses are his rosarius and his Mastercrafted Chaplain power armour. He also wields an artefact power sword.

## Quotes

"*The difference between man and beast is are words, words bind us, break those promises, the binds that hold you to your humanity are severed and you are no better then a heretic and no more then a mere beast.*"
—Chaplain Mateo Tenebris