Otto Reinholdt

Otto Reinholdt is currently Reclusiarch of the Apophasis Crusade. He is charged with overseeing the Reclusium aboard the *Emperor's Grace*, where the crusade's holy relics are displayed, and where the Chapter's cult ceremonies and rituals are performed in the presence of the crusade's participants.

Otto is the senior most Chaplain of the crusade and not only is responsible for the relics and artifacts under his charge but also tasked with the training of new Chaplains and those nominated to enter the Chaplaincy. He takes to this role naturally as a hard but fair teacher. A marine of nurturing temperament he is often referred to as the "Old Man", the space marines under his supervision hold an even deeper respect for him than what his position would command.

## History

Terran by birth, Otto Reinholdt's family were among the untold billions of pilgrims who made their way across the planet to the Pillar of Bone. His family had hoped and prayed that Otto would be inducted into the Imperial Fists if he were deemed worthy of becoming Aspirants. They knew that it was one of the few ways that he could live a life elevated from the one that his family was doomed to live.

Once they arrived at this holy site, Otto joined them in prayer facing the many scrimshawed hands of the battle-brothers lost during the defense of Imperial Palace and Terra.

At the time of the family's arrival, an Imperial Fist Chaplain had arrived on Terra to conduct Chapter business and was at the Pillar of Bone. The pilgrims and Otto's family stared in awe at this defender of humanity dressed like a true angel of death, believing him to pay respects at the monument raised on Terra to the Imperial Fists' courage in an unnamed campaign. Little did they know that he was actually there to bring freshly consecrated hands of the Imperial Fist fallen to the Pillar and replace those that may have fallen from their place.

With so many pilgrims that walked past the Pillar it was near impossible for the Chaplain to have noticed Otto, a small boy lost amid the sea of bodies. It was fortunate that at the time Otto had started to pick up those holy pieces, though he didn't understand the gravity of it, and reverently placed them back in the holes. The Chaplain watched this boy go about his work with an amount of reverence that shouldn't have be present . Otto continued his work even though he had no idea of the significance of the deed

The Chaplain marched up to the boy; calling for his name. His family and those around them falling to their knees in terror, not knowing why one of the Emperor's Warriors were addressing them at all. Otto stood there staring at the giant and replied with his name, the Chaplain then demanding an explanation for what the boy was doing. His family now fearing for his life, attempted to answer for him hoping to placate the Chaplain. Only Otto answered the question on his own, no fear in his eyes or voice. The Chaplain took note of this, impressed by the youth and his lack of fear. It seemed that Otto had the making of a Space Marine in him and the blessing of Dorn about him.

The Chaplain dictated that the boy be brought to one of the Imperial Fist staging areas and made ready to be brough up to the Phalanx, in orbit around Terra being repaired and refitted. The family to bring him there as to be given enough time to say their goodbyes.

### Stasis

The Chaplain meant to take the boy up to the Phalanx after his duty was done and Otto Reinholdt would begin his trials as an Aspirant of the Imperial Fists. It was during this time that Otto would be taken by agents of Belisarius Cawl and brought to Mars to be transformed into one of the earliest Primaris Space Marines.

Belisarius Cawl, unknown to the greater Imperium, had been ordered by the Primarch Roboute Guilliman to create a new generation of Space Marines. He was also given two additional tasks to be begun should Guilliman fall; construction of the life-sustaining suit of Artificer Armour known as the *Armour of Fate*. The other was the preservation of the *Emperor's Sword*, the blade given to Guilliman by the Emperor and which contained a fragment of His divine power.

When Guilliman fell Cawl began work on the *Armour of Fate* and kept the *Emperor's Sword* with him until he was able to deliver both to the Primarch again. Of his original task, due to Guilliman being gravely injured and suspended in stasis for ten thousand standard years, he would successfully develop the Primaris Space Marine and over the next hundred centuries create tens of thousands of them. Otto was transformed into a Primaris along with many others but due to his encounter with the Imperial Fist Chaplain and the reasons for being recruited, he was psycho-indoctrinated in the duties and responsibilities of the Chaplaincy and would reawaken eventually as a Primaris Space Marine Chaplain.

The Primaris that he created over the millennia would sleep in cryo-stasis on Mars and Cawl's own ship, the *Zar-Quaesitor* and be awakened when the need was greatest.

### Warrior-Priest

Otto Reinholdt woke into a galaxy at war. Needing quickly to adapt to an unknown future, Otto found himself a Chaplain due to the indoctrination that he received while he slept but also as his natural talent as teacher and leader he could have been a Sergeant, Lieutenant, or even Captain. These qualities would serve him well as he and his fellow Primaris were needed to hold the Imperium together.

#### Ultima Founding

The initial wave of Primaris Space Marines awoke from over 10 millennia of stasis fully indoctrinated, psychologically able to fill a single tactical role. Most were squad based in nature and specialized only in that one area of combat. These marines were able to immediately take up their front-line combat duties with the expertise of veterans, and all possessed a small amount of skill with Machine Spirits thanks to their Martian heritage. A small portion of marines were indoctrinated in the ranks outside of the tactical roles laid out by Guilliman and Cawl. Otto took to his role as Chaplain and began to lead his Battle-Brothers from the front lines. He would join the fight as an Unnumbered Sons of the Primarch, better known as Greyshields. 9 legion sized Space Marine armies, all drawn from the gene-heritage of the 9 loyal Primarchs from the Horus Heresy

Chanting battle creeds and maxims, inspiring his brethren to greater feats of bravery, Otto quickly gained real world experience in war. Even though they had not undergone the gruelling progression that their first born cousins had gone through, they performed admirably, Primaris Chaplains especially. To their brothers, they appear as a beacon of divine fury and the righteousness of their cause. To their enemies, they appear as terrifying and sinister figures in black power armour and skull-visaged helmets.

#### Era Indomitus

As the Indomitus Crusade ground on, more and more Primaris would peel off to join their parent Chapters; joining brothers whose colours and badges they wore and whose genetic heritage they shared. Reinforcing whom they could reach and forming wholly new chapters of Primaris Space Marines, the number of marines in the Greyshields slowly dwindled.

Yet Otto and his Battle-Brothers fought on, participating in small and large conflicts all the same. The Cleansing of Pyros, the War of Beasts, and the Battle of Raukos would go on to be notable campaigns of the Indomitus Crusade. The War of Sorrows, the Battle for the Orestes System, the Devastation of Baal. All fought to hold the Imperium together and bring hope to the galaxy again.

It was at the Battle of Srinagar that Otto would finally come into contact with the chapter that he would eventually join, the Black Templars.

### Home-Coming

It was after the Battle of Raukos that Roboute Guilliman decided to disband the Unnumbered Sons and disperse them to their own parent Chapters. Otto would be journeying to the *Eternal Crusader* to meet with High Marshal Helbrecht with brothers that shared his genetic heritage but also with Guilliman himself.

He went to convince the High Marshal to accept the "Primarch's Gift" and absorb the Greyshields into the Black Templars' ranks. Guilliman did so in person, because the Black Templars were deemed amongst the most temperamentally unpredictable in how they would react to the Primaris' creation and acceptance. What the Imperial Regent didn't expect was how readily Helbrecht would accept, the High Marshal attributing the technology to create the Primaris as divine in nature.

## Wargear

* ***Aurillian Shroud*** - Recovered from the Shrine World of Aurilla after the opening of the Great Rift, this relic of devotion was once blessed by the holy form of Saint Agatine. Wreathed in an aura of coruscating light, the shroud is said to bring divine protection to all those who bask in its brilliance.
* ***Artificer Mark X Tacticus Power Armour*** - Otto's Mark X has been individualized and heavily modified as befits his role as Chaplain. Ingeniously designed damage control mechanisms and superdense materials allow this suit of Mark X to offer a much greater degree of protection than it's standard counterparts.
* **Skull Helm**
* **Crozius Arcanum**
* **Absolvor Bolt Pistol**
* **Frag Grenades**
* **Krak Grenades**
* **Rosarius**