Lord Gideon De Montfort

## History

Born on the Verdant world Elyros in the Albitern System in the Agripinaa Sector, Gideon De Montfort was the eldest son out of six children. Crown Prince to the Montfort knight house and next in line to become King of the house of Montfort.

Gideon grew up under his father's tutelage, trained to operate and work in tandam with the ancient Knight Machines. When Gideon came of age he would undergo the Ritual of Becoming where he, his siblings, and other Knight-Aspirants would take to Montfort's Chamber of Echos. It was here where Gideon would be selected by House Montfort's oldest Knight, previously bonded with his Grandmother. The Noble Gallant Knight: Phoenix.

Throughout the rest of the 41st Millennium Gideon would be a Castellan of the Cadia Gate. Fighting alongside the Nobles of House Montfort and his family.

## The Aftermath of Cadia's Fall

The fall of Cadia was brutal. When the retreat order was sounded, the Castellans of Cadia would be the stalwart defiance against the eternal foe as Astartes, Inquisition, and Imperial Guard escaped the planet. However, this was not to be for Gideon who resigned himself to dying with his siblings and father. One of the last ships to evacuate would be "The Bloody Rose." a support vessel and all that remained of House Montfort's voidfleet, an ancient ship as old as the Knights it carried. It housed a teleportation array massive enough to teleport Imperial Knights onto the battlefield as the sons of the Emperor would teleport their most seasoned and veteran marines.

It was through this teleport array that Gideon's Father and King would order his eldest son to retreat. However, when Gideon refused to obey his father's command, the captain and owner of "The Bloody Rose" Eliza DuPont, would follow the last orders given to her by King Montfort. She prepared for teleportation and as the Black Fortress began to descend upon Cadia, the Crown Prince of House Montfort suddenly found himself aboard "The Bloody Rose" where he let out a defiant and pained scream as the ship entered the warp following behind the retreating Imperial forces.

## Arrival at the Veil and Operation Sigma

Gideon would isolate himself to his room aboard "The Bloody Rose" during the retreat of Imperial forces from Cadia, unaware of the outside galaxy and the Cicatrix Maledictum forming as a result of the Despoiler's destruction of Cadia. As the retreating forces came upon the planet of Gala-1, Gideon would eventually exit from his room and order Captain DuPont to stop the retreat. It was time for the House of Montfort to return to the fight. Upon seeing the departure of Operation Sigma to it's destination unknown, Gideon would order "The Bloody Rose" to join the force. He would redeem and rebuild his house or die trying.

### Truyi and a meeting of Giants

Upon arrival of Truyi, Gideon would join the Operation commanders along with House Ceres in meeting with Magos V.O.T.A. to discuss the state of affairs of the system and it's surroundings planets. Gideon would remain silent for the majority of this meeting, speaking only when he felt his input was needed. This input would be brought up when the meeting came to an indecision of where best to apply their forces in system. Gideon's words would prove to be the deciding factor of the meeting. The Commanders would agree that the planet Caenophrurium would be the highest planet of their concerns once they have scouted the surrounding systems.

## The Fortress World, House Montfort goes to War

Gideon, tried of waiting for the more capable leaders of the Operation to scout the System, deploys himself to the Fortress world of Caenophrurium where he discovers that the Capital city is under assault by Ork forces. Deployed behind the city's walls, Gideon would quickly disembark his transportation mounted aboard Phoenix where he would exit through the City's gates and begin to aid the beleaguered defenders of the city's north walls. Engaging Ork siege towers and looted tanks stolen from destroyed Lemon Russ chassis. The battle would be quick, as Gideon's aid and the deployment of the Astartes Chapter: Frost Jaegers would quickly end the siege, much to Phoenix's disappointment.

### Strangers in the night, two passing ships of a foggy night

Gideon would be performing minor repairs on Phoenix in the aftermath of the siege when he would receive a vox transmission from an unknown source with only one word: "Help." Encoded with the transmission would be a set of Coordinates that Gideon would follow to the western front of the city, finding nothing, or so he thought.

The coordinates would lead Gideon to a damaged building where through his investigation he would discover a wounded woman in black equipment. Scooping the wounded woman into his gauntlet Gideon would call for a medical evacuation of the wounded woman. Only to suddenly come under attack by an Ork Gargant, waiving off the transport Gideon would position himself to protect the woman from the roving Ork Gargant.

However the woman would be still determined to fight would ask Gideon for him to provide her a line of sight which he would begrudgingly reposition the woman onto his shoulders as they engaged the Ork Gargant. Working together the two would dispatch the Gargant before leaving the field to have his medical staff attend too the wounded woman.

### Nobody expects the Inquisition!

After treating the woman's wounds it is revealed to Gideon that she is QR-34, Vindicare assassin of the Offico Assassinorum. Through conversing with 'Queue' (Gideon's name for the Agent.) Gideon would learn that the Vindicare was requested by Governor Vodorius of Caenophrurium and had been hunting down any Ork that showed the prospect of becoming a warboss and attacking the city for the past three years. But now she was out of munitions and needed Gideon's help, for due to her lack of supplies the Orks have begun creating mockeries of Imperial Knights and began roving about the western fron of Caenophrurium.

With this information Gideon would oblige the assassin and would aid her in collecting her supplies to continue her hunt. They would reach Queue's supply cache without hassle but this would change as she began to resupply, a roving band of Ork Gargants on approach to engage the tempting target that was Gideon and Phoenix. Gideon would do what he could to buy Queue as much time as she would need, charging the roving band and quickly dispatching the lead Gargant before issuing his challenge to the remaining three.

The fighting would be fierce as Gideon stood alone against the Ork Gargants, emboldened by having a purpose again he would fight with a fury that he hadn't seen since he was forcibly removed from the field on Cadia. He would fell all four of the Ork Gargants in close quarters combat. It was here Gideon would begin to part ways with Queue, however upon his reveal of the dire situation the planet was truly in as a result of the Ork's abuse of a stolen Imperial Titan along with the Ork imitation of the God-Machines, Queue would be quick to offer her services in liberating the stolen Titan. Fate However, would have other plans as they would be summoned by Inquisitor Perixx...

## The liberation of the Titan

Gideon and Phoenix would arrive on the battlefield to a disheartening sight; House Ceres all but destroyed, Imperial Forces retreating, The Ork Titan still standing as it destroyed the head of House Ceres. Gideon had little time, but here he would see the Titan liberated, or he would die trying.

But all was not lost, as the strike team into the God-Machine was successful, killing the Ork Mek that attempted to bastardize it to it's foul gods. The titan would awake and would open fire on the Ork Titan, diverting its attention.

Seeing an opportunity, Gideon would bellow his defiance through Phoenix's loud hailers, a call to rally the retreating Imperial forces. They would pause their retreat before turning and crying their war cries to the Emperor as they turned back to the fight, Gideon at the forefront of the charge.

Gideon would charge the Mega-Gargant, tearing one of it's legs asunder and causing it's aim to go wide as it engaged the Titan, in a moment of what one might call insanity, in an effort to help aid the Titan, Gideon jumped upon the Mega-Gargant and began to climb up on it's back, appearing above it's head as he would rend it off it's shoulders and destroy the Orks and Grots commanding the massive Mechanical beast.

### One's Victory, another's Fury

Gideon's actions did not go unnoticed as the titan would become enraged by the Knight's actions, however through come clever words and heartfelt apologies, Gideon managed to calm the God-Machine for his actions. With that, the sector has been pacified of Orks and the Operation over, however, Gideon's story has just begun, being summoned to Gara for a meeting along with the former commanders of Operation Sigma...