Baidep Occison

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Baidep Occison is a cold and calculating chaos space marine and follower of chaos on a personal mission to tear the skulls from worthy prey. He formerly served in the Dragons of the Rift chaos warband but has since been sent to the mysterious Foretoken by order of the Dragon King Viserius Zerex himself. Occison is a patient and vicious foe utilising both advanced technology, brutal melee weapons and horrifying tactics to claim his prey's skulls in quick, and often violent, execution.

## History

### Days of Misplaced Loyalty

Baidep Occison's history stretches far back to M35. Born on an unnamed world, he was recruited into the space marine chapter known as the Imperial Dragons and quickly rose through the ranks. He slaughtered xenos with a desire not seen by many others in the chapter and eventually rose to being company champion of the Dragons' 3rd company. He was tutored by the chapter champion, Artivrus Belamis, as his second. However the chapter master at the time (who's name goes unsaid) decided his skills would be best put to use within the ranks of the Deathwatch.

While a part of the Deathwatch, he quickly showed his bloodlust and gathered a reputation of his furious battle strength. It was during this however he came to befriend a fellow watch brother a marine hailing from the Raptors chapter by the name of Aran Sollici. Aran taught the young astartes the value of patience and how to hunt his foes down. The practical use of fear tactics was gifted unto Occison a skill he would use to this day. The two blossomed a friendship almost as strong as ceramite. They were a perfect combination combining savage fury with cold and precise hunts.

One notable example of the success of the combination of Baidep and Aran was upon the world of Mismaloyo where a genestealer cult had been routed and descended into hiding. the two managed to not only run them out of hiding but also successfully hunt and slay the cult's patriarch known as the 'Jungle Lord' by the locals. It was stated that Baidep tore he xenos' skull and spine out with his bare hands. A habit that would also follow him to modern times.

### Eyes Opened

After his service in the Deathwatch ended, Baidep returned to the Imperial Dragons and eventually found the whispers that plagued the chapter spoke true. The imperium had used him. Used him without seeing his worth. Pledging to prove himself as worthy, Baidep fought with zealous fury when the chapter came under siege from the inquisition with the skull of a Red Hunters lieutenant being torn from his still living body as the hunter claimed another trophy in his desire to hunt and kill. However, Baidep was forced to flee alongside his chapter into the Eye of Terror taking on the name Dragons of the Eye.

Within the eye, Baidep found himself under the surgery table of the clonelord Fabius Bile as the Dragons became servants of the Spider. His vocal cords were modified to be able to produce a loud roar that acted as both echolocation and a way to intimidate opponents with the negative side effect of being unable to speak as he did before. His head was modified with bio-cords that fuelled the astartes with both combat drugs and data concerning his wargear and his helmet was modified with a voice recorder. During this time he crafted a miniature plasma cannon that attached to his powerpack. A tool he would use for millennia more.

### A New Kind of Hunter

Baidep had been modified for one purpose, hunting, and he was to be one of the most fierce hunters in the warband. Fabius' plan was to utilise him as a collector of specimens. However, after the first rebellion within the warband, the Dragon King freed the Dragons from the Spider's webbed chains and fled into the eye. Occison relished in this freedom identifying battlefield targets he saw as worthy and ripping the skulls from the bodies with spear and wrist blade. It was upon this battlefield he and Aran Sollici reunited. Their bond was almost as strong as ceramite. Almost is not strong enough.

Aran was disgusted at what his friend had become and chased him into an abandoned hab block. A battle of stealth and bloodlust from both assailants fought. They fell through floors, through walls, they stabbed, slashed, cut and brutalised eachother until eventually Occison's powerpack mounted plasma gun tore a whole through Aran's chest. and his skull was torn off along with the spine. A worthy foe claimed as a trophy that now hangs on a wall within the astartes' personal collection.

### Chaos

When Brus Rustbringer opened the door for chaos into the warband, Occison found a god that would accept his trophies as offerings. A god of blood. A god skulls. A god that deserved praise. Quickly coming to the worship of Khorne, he was elevated into the Chosen of Zerex as a bodyguard of the Dragon King. As he was blessed with access to the Dragon's Hoard armoury, he selected an expertly made spear since his previous power spear has been lost in combat a previous year before.

He used it to great efficiency as he proved his worth by culling rebellious fools who have dared try to dethrone Zerex. Even during the rebellion of Delkarus the Banshee he never stopped his hunt of enemy champions. He stalked them through the halls building up whatever shred of fear astartes could theoretically feel to make his prey make rash decisions. A trait he discovered was alarmingly common within the ranks of heretic astartes. During the rebellion he managed to hunt every astartes and cultist who stepped foot onto the floor he was assigned to guard. The floor was home to an imperial saint's remains which were used to refine combat tactics as the remains showed ways to counter chaos tactics. Not a single rebel reached the remains and many laid flayed and missing limbs.

### The Hunter

Since the rebellion of Banshee, Baidep earned the title 'Grim-Hunter' as he would be granted visions of worlds home to worthy prey and was provided with a small splinter fleet within the Draco Examen to seek out these worlds and hunt the foes seen in vision. The usual method involve Baidep being transported down to the world surface where he seeks out the worthy prey and claims their skull before being transported back to the ship which rejoins the Draco Examen. The first of these hunts was to hunt down and claim the skull of a catachan commander. After tacking her through the jungle, Occison clashed and took out her troops one by one before duelling and ripping off her head with one swift motion of his power armoured hand.

### Assignment to the Foretoken

During M41 a warband became known to the Dragon King. A mysterious warband nown as the Foretoken. His curiosity of this warband peaked as it reminded him of the Deathwatch of the Imperium. After talking with his court, Zerex decided to send a representative to them similarly to how the Watchers of Anarchy sent Demidieas to them. After careful thought Baidep was chosen due to his previous experience in the Deathwatch. Accompanied by the Red Knight of Khorne Artivrus Belamis, Occison made his way to Zerex's inner sanctum passing trophies of war and even a blood door that only opened at the will of the Dragon King. Standing before the Court of the Dragon King, the Grim-Hunter was informed of his future departure to the Foretoken warband. After nearly being killed by Artivrus for interrupting the Fire-Bringer, Baidep was informed he would leave in a month and prepared for his departure to the Foretoken.

### Arrival at the Foretoken

After arriving at the Foretoken's homeworld, the Hunter spoke with the leader of the mysterious warband and was informed of what he must do to become one of the warriors serving under it's banner. Upon the world were warped beasts known as Chimeras. Each astartes was required to have slain one in combat and this fact excited the Grim-Hunter. A hunt for worthy prey is what he lived for. Survived for and thrived on.

After a week of observing the patterns and behaviour of Chimeras he tracked one of the beasts down utilising the voice recorder in his helmet to lower it's guard before diving onto it with wrist-blade and spear bared. The duel lasted for nearly half an hour as the two clashed. Baidep stabbed, slashed and burned the creature's hide before eventually puncturing the beast's heart and, after precise cuts, removed his helmet. With a roar heard across several miles, Occison tore the creature spine and skull out celebrating his kill with a primal fury-filled roar that could be heard a mile around. After re-equipping his helmet, Occison presented proof of his kill to the lord of the Foretoken and was embraced as one of them.

## Appearance

Baidep Occisor's armour is a corrupted inversion of it's original form. His helmet has bio-cords that attach to his bare flesh within both his helmet and the bottom of his neck. Upon his left gauntlet is a wrist blade weapon and the skull of an unknown beast is attached to his right pauldron. Beneath his helm he lacks his hair and has more fangs than what a normal being should. His eyes burn orange and his skin is pale as snow. Several battle scars line Occison's armour which have been earned through various hunts throughout the millennia. His powerpack is old and ancient but is home to a miniature plasma cannon of his own design.

## Gear

### Spear Telescopis

Occisor's spear is known as the Spear Telescopis and was earned upon his ascension to the Chosen of Zerex within his home warband. It was claimed after a raid on an adeptus mechanicus forge world and Baidep has put it to use ever since he united with the weapon causing the deaths of many victims. Some worthy, some not so much.

### Wrist Blade

An old weapon, the wrist blade Occison uses is ancient and it's makers are certainly not imperial. His first use of the weapon was within the Deathwatch and since then it has spilled lakes of blade in the name of Khorne and will spill much more in his name in the future.

### Miniature Plasma Cannon

The miniature plasma cannon is a creation of Baidep's. It has a tracking mechanism linked to his helmet which allow the plasma bolts to track targets and is powered through connection tubes that attach to his powerpack. It is usually used by Occison as a last attempt to slay his prey which usually burns a hole straight through the target due to the power cost for this weapon.

### Helm of the Hunter

The helmet worn by Baidep Occison. It is connected to bio-chords which make the hunter ever more deadly. It is also equipped with a voice recorder that he uses to 'speak' to his comrades as well as deceive his opponents to lower their guard or lure them into traps.

## Abilities and Traits

### Roar

Due to the spider's surgeries, Baidep Occison has a roar of sorts that acts as both a battlecry and as a form of echolocation. Due to these surgeries, Occison has been left with a ravaged mind and can only speak in screeches. As such he uses recorded voices to speak to get around this weakness

### Hunting Skills

Learned through both his time in the Deathwatch and time out of it, Occison has developed expert hunting and tracking skills able to compete with warriors of the Raven Guard in stealth with tracking skills to back it up. His terror skills are also utilised on his hunts. He has found that terrified hunting targets make bad decision which is something he enjoys as it makes them easier to kill.

## Relations

### Allies

**The Foretoken**

Within the warband known as The Foretoken, Baidep has earned renown for his brytality and trophy taking. He is aware that it is likely most of the asrtaes he meets will stab him in the back at first opprtunity however so he is quite cautious in who he trusts.
The 'Black Butcher' Thaddeus the Flesh Smith has brokered wuite a deal with the hunter. In return for providing Occison with bio-hounds to aid him in hunts, Thaddeus has Baidep fetch specimens for the flesh-smith's twisted research and lab experimentations.

**Dragons of the Rift**

As a representative of Viserius Zerex, Occison has good reations with his home warband.