Honodia Thexius

**Honodia Thexius** is a Primaris Apothecary of the Champions of Mortis Chapter, seconded to the Long Vigil with the Deathwatch, the Chamber Militant of the Inquisition's Ordo Xenos.

## History

### Astartes Career

Honodia Thexius, is an apothecary from the Champions of Mortis Chapter. Upon reunification withered the Imperium at large during the Indomitus Crusade, the Chapter was eventually deemed to be a lost loyalist Chapter of Dorn's lineage, whose provision and resupply had been sorely lacking in historical times.

As a result of the findings and the discussions with Roboute Guilliman, the Chapter in sore need of new recruits was reinforced with Primaris Astartes, and granted the ability to form their own Primaris Marines from their geneseed, in order to purify it and render their geneseed flaws a part if the past.

Despite the opportunity presented, it came with several caveats, one of which was the submission of gene-seed for purity inspections and the presentation of individuals to the Deathwatch, a responsibility the Chapter had previously scorned in favour of service to their slowly fading Chapter.

Honodia Thexius, was an Apothecary who had been serving under the tutelage of the Chief Apothecary, an Astartes of a mere 80 years experience, who had never the less impressed the venerable Master of Apothecarirs with his stoic demeanour, and sheer will to return Astartes to fighting fitness regardless of the wounds inflicted upon their mortal frame.

Serving with distinction in his role, he deployed reguarly with the third and fourth battle companies of the Chapter, assisting the assigned Apothecaries in their tasks both on and off the battlefield. Upon the Indomitus Crusade, he was one of the first to volunteer to cross the Rubicon, and was at length accepted, though with no small misgivings, as the first signs of the deficiencies of his heritage were working their way into his physiology.

It came as I surprise to many familiar with the warrior that he survived the procedure, a fact attributed in no small part to his stubborn refusal to die as opposed to any hardiness of frame out of the ordinary for his Chapter. What was a surprise, was his formal request to be granted to serve a term with the Deathwatch, which was a source of consternation to many.

After his injuries sustained in combat against Typhus himself, many had attributed his request to a desire to escape the anti-Astartes bias his Chapter had to war, and was met with barely concealed scorn.

The disgraced Astartes kept his own counsel on the matter, and as his transport makes it's way to the Watch Monastery, purportedly permitted himself a rare smile, knowing in his heart that the reason for his new assignment was a different matter entirely. Clad in the pristine Mark X armour, proudly clad in the heraldry and colours of his Chapter he mentally prepared himself to meet the many different personalities and characters of Astartes within the Deathwatch, hoping to foster closer relations between his recently officialised Chapter and those with many thousands of years of legitimate service under their belt.

## Personality

Relatively quiet, Honodia is polite and surprisingly enthusiastic about his service, less for the service itself, and more to learn from other Astartes and their Chapter views on tactics and culture. As a result, he is quite curious, and can often be seen buried in a data slate of some description.

Despite his more welcoming nature than most Champions of Mortis, he still holds an unnatural bias against those who would call upon his services for minor or trivial injuries in his mind, seeing them as wasting his precious time. As a result, his "bedside manner" if you will is sorely lacking.

As a result of his fairly young age, and recent failures to overcome the traitorous Death Guard, Thexius is lacking in confidence as regards to his combat potential. This means that despite his Chapter's alreqdy infamous physique, boosted by his elevation to Primaris status, Honodia will rarely hurl himself into combat without strategically analysing the position he is in. Though this may come across as hesitation to his brothers, Thexius sees it more as an extension of his role, seeing it as his duty to survive to recover geneseed and support his more combat driven brothers.

## Equipment

Armoured with Mark X power armour, and a boltpistol, there is little to mark Honodia Thexius out from the numerous Primaris Apothecaries across the galaxy. His Narcethium is rigorously and ritually cleaned almost 12 times a day provided he is not in combat, an attribute that comes across as compulsive to his brothers.

Honodia carrys with him a small purity seal granted to him by his chapter, that serves as a permanent oath of conduct for his future services, to uphold the legacy of his Chaoter, and to fight for as long as he can stand, should the need arise. As the Chapter is keen to remind its initiate, "If you can still stand, you can still fight."

## Quotes

### By Thexius

"*There is more to service that hurling oneself upon the fie in an unending wave of armoured bodies relying upon our physique to endure. Our style is a relic of a bygone era, and as the Galaxy has changed, so we should too adapt.*"
— Honodia Thexius
"*A reluctance to risk injury at the earliest stages of a campaign isn't cowardice, merely an application of attentional warfare on an individual level. Why should we spend our lifeblood too early in the prosecution of the Emperor's will.*"
— Honodia Thexius
"*The galaxy is never short of Martyrs. Someone has to ensure their genetic legacy will survive.*"
— Honodia Thexius