Cezare Varseus

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## Character

### **Title(s)**

Sanguinary Priest
Deathwatch Apothecary

### **Language(s)**

High Gothic
Low Gothic
Baalite

### **Role(s)**

Apothecary
Assault Marine

### **Allegiance**

Imperium of Man
Adeptus Astartes
Chapters of the Blood
Blood Angels
Deathwatch

### **Chapter**

Blood Angels (Seconded to the Deathwatch)

## Physical Description

### **Height**

7'5 ft (armoured)

**Cezare Varseus** is a Firstborn Sanguinary Priest from the noble Blood Angels Chapter. He is currently serving as an Apothecary in the Deathwatch. He was in the fleet bound for Diamor under First Captain Karlaen which meant he, along with the 1st, 5th and 6th Companies, was not present during the Devastation of Baal; a fact which has haunted Cezare ever since. Upon returning to Baal as part of the Indomitus Crusade, he led his Primaris brethren in scouring the system of all tyranid presence. He was also summoned for Deathwatch service during this time which Lord Commander Dante reluctantly accepted. Cezare hopes that his time serving the Ordo Xenos will give him knowledge on how to destroy the Great Devourer once and for all.

## History

Cezare was born in approximately 527.M41 to a tribe on the radiation-soaked moon of Baal Secundus or 'Baalfora' to its inhabitants, bearing a name he can no longer remember. As is Baalforan tradition when a boy is born, he was given an angel's name which he could only reveal should he pass the trials of Angel's Rest. When he was around 8 his parents were killed in a night attack by a rival tribe near the salt flats. He was adopted by a neighbouring family who hoped he would eventually marry their daughter who was his agemate. Against their wishes, however, he undertook the long, dangerous journey to Angel's Rest aged 11 when the trials were announced.

Passing all the tests and managing to survive his year in the sarcophagus without falling to the Black Rage, Cezare awoke to find himself reborn. The rad-poisoned body he had lived his whole life with was gone; replaced by the physique of an angel. His first major action was against an anti-Imperial rebellion originating from the Sultar System. The rebels had established a pocket dominion and were attempting to expand their territory into loyal Imperial systems. The Blood Angels deployed elements of the 5th, 8th and 10th Companies to neutralise the rebel leadership and clear the way for the approaching Imperial armies on various planets. While heavier Chapter elements supported frontlines around the rebel throneworld, Cezare and his brothers infiltrated behind enemy lines and successfully sabotaged a number of bases used by the turncoat PDF. They had also assassinated a number of high-ranking officers to weaken the enemy command structure by the time the Imperial Guard's artillery opened fire on the capital city. The Sultar Crusade successfully reclaimed the system and purged it of all seditious elements.

His next action was against the greenskins two sectors over. An ork WAAAGH! was threatening several Imperial systems. Cezare and his scouts were dispatched to skirmish with and bait the orks' speedfreakz to pull them apart and weaken the main force attacking a hive city. Cezare gained his first hand-to-hand kill against a xeno - an ork boy specifically - during his service here.

Cezare's time in the scout company taught him the ways of the Chapter and it became apparent even then that he had an intuitive understanding of the human body. As he transitioned from neophyte to full battle-brother, his interest in the work of the Sanguinary Priests grew. He would volunteer to guard any member of the *Sanguis Corpusculum* as he performed his duties and, over time, the brothers in white came to know they could rely on him to protect them in the field. His centuries of service have given Cezare experience against the major alien threats in our galaxy; name the Asuryani, Dark Eldar, orks, tyranids, necrons and even the tau.

As he approached his 300th year of service, Cezare received an offer he had long hoped for: he was given the chance to become a Sanguinary Novitiate - a chance to one day bear the blood of the Great Angel and to help his brothers.

Cezare was a novitiate for over 100 years before he was granted full membership of the order by Sanguinary High Priest Corbulo and allowed to carry both the vitae of the Primarch in his veins and a blood chalice - a sacred artifact of the Chapter. He submitted a request to join the Deathwatch before the Diamor campaign which Dante accepted. After the Diamor relief force linked up with the Indomitus Crusade, Cezare studied the intricacies of Primaris gene-seed and the anatomy of the Unnumbered Sons, learning all he could about them. By the time the Indomitus fleet had entered Baal's orbit, Cezare was the foremost expert on Primaris Astartes in the Chapter. While it could not be doubted that many Primaris of Sanguinian descent had purer gene-seed than Cezare and his brothers, their spiritual link to the Great Angel was far less certain.

Following his return to Baal, the Deathwatch requested recruits. Dante was reluctant to send Cezare to the Long Vigil because he knew he would need the Blood Angels at full strength for his plan of reconquest to work; and every specialist role needed to be filled. However he decided that sending someone of Cezare's station and expertise could grant the Chapter and the Imperium at large the chance to find and exploit any weaknesses the Great Devourer possesses.

Cezare was required to leave his blood chalice with his Chapter rather than with take it with him to the Deathwatch.

As part of his training as a Deathwatch Apothecary, Cezare has had to learn the nature and idiosyncrasies of other Chapters' genetic inheritances, as well as how this can affect the organs of other Space Marines. This makes him a valuable addition to any kill-team.

## Personality

Although a rash youth who was quick to anger, he has developed a strong level of self-control and has grown out of this during his time as a Space Marine (though not before he served in the Assault squads the first time). Thanks to his training he is now calmer in spite of the Flaw and some of his brothers even say he has a good bedside manner - an important quality for any medic. He is also more serious than he used to be which is possibly the result of his feeling that he failed the Chapter by not being present to defend against Hive Fleet Leviathan on Baal.

He keeps the Flaw secret with all the zeal expected of one of the Blood. To help maintain this secrecy, Cezare never goes into battle without his helmet so that his brothers never see him in the grip of the Red Thirst.

## Appearance

Cezare has a strong facial resemblance to Sanguinius which is unsurprising considering how common this is among the Blood Angels. His body has been cleansed of all rad-poisoning and he now bears the demeanour of a demigod (to mortal eyes). He has a long scar down the right side of his face and ocular implant where he lost his right eye. He has four service studs denoting his 400 years of service as a Blood Angel.

## Relations

Cezare is easy to get along with for a Space Marine. He talks more often than the average battle-brother which will irritate any Raven Guard he serves with. He warms more quickly to those watch-brothers from other Chapters of the Blood and they to him, so he can appear aloof to members from other chapters at first.

## Equipment

* **Artificier Mark VII 'Aquila' Power Armour**
* **Master-crafted Power Sword**
* **Master-crafted Chainsword**
* **Plasma Pistol**
* **Exsanguinator**
* **Jump Pack**