Lucius Gaius Marcus

**Lucius Gaius Marcus** is an Ultramarine who was born to wealthy family on Macragge and trained from birth to become a Space Marine and honour the family. Lucius was raised to believe in the *Codex Astartes*, beginning to view it as exactly what he must do. After the return of his Primarch he became disillusioned, requesting to join the Deathwatch as he didn't feel he belonged in the chapter anymore.

## History

Born in 912.M41 among the wealthy Marcus family on Macragge, Lucius was raised from birth to believe that he should become a space marine, eventually being taken in 918.M41 by the Ultramarines and performing well in training due to his knowledge of the Codex and steady hands (though wasn't very good in melee).

After training Lucius was assigned to the 10th company and used a heavy bolter, a weapon he was skilled with due to his steadiness alongside giving him an alternative to melee. In 930.M41 he was transferred to the 7th company where he would remain.

In 931.M41 he would fight in the Second War for Armaggedon, arriving and fighting the Orks which included assassinating an ork weirdboy who was leading a group of orks on a rampage against civilians by raining down heavy bolter fire, the weirdboy and 7 other orks being consumed in the spray of bolt fire along with one civilian who had been captured. He was soon transferred to a devastator squad where his abilities could be better used, spending much of the war raiding convoys of trukks where his heavy bolter could swiftly clear a vehicle. After destroying a pair of battlewagons that had killed several members of his squad with just his heavy bolter he was promoted to sergeant in the 7th Company, replacing his former sergeant who had been killed by a Battlewagon crashing into him before exploding.

The Balur Crusade in 944.M41 was Lucius' first chance to get vengeance on the Orks after Armaggedon, fighting as part of the 7th company Lucius mostly remained at the back of the attack force, clearing away orks with his heavy bolter when there was resistance.

In 963.M41 Sergeant Lucius was deployed against the Tau at Malbede though refused to fight alongside the Tau when Necrons were awoken, declaring it to be against the Codex and unacceptable so was placed at the rearguard. Lucius also opposed the Tau being allowed to leave after an Exterminatus was ordered which resulted in his demotion to only a standard battle-brother of the astartes for his actions.

Lucius lost his eyes in 976.M41 fighting Hive Fleet Perseus after his squad were ambushed by a lictor which wiped out all 4 other members of his squad, dying when Lucius cleaved it in two with his chainsword and threw it over the cliff the squad was positioned on. After receiving augmentations he became a member of a newly constituted squad of survivors.

In 999.M41 Lucius would defend Ultramar after it came under attack and would survive, his actions which included slaying several aspiring champions of Chaos eventually allowing him to become sergeant again after casualties had made it necessary. Taking part in the fall of cadia shortly thereafter, Lucius would even be considered for promotion to lieutenant after proving his value, despite his fixation with the Codex and stubbornness.

When Guilliman returned he was filled with joy, believing the Imperium would return to its greatness and those who resist the Codex would be crushed; his faith was soon lost. As the return of Guilliman heralded the arrival of primaris and the forming of an 11th company of the Ultramarines Lucius soon felt betrayed, believing that those who followed the Codex as they should had just been left to die out, their ideals abandoned by their creator.

As the Indomitus Crusade began he requested to be transferred to the Deathwatch, hoping to escape the primaris and what he saw as a corruption of his chapter by its founder. Since joining the Deathwatch he has considered Guillimans actions and is unsure on how to view the Primarch, Guilliman wrote the Codex and is also the father of the Ultramarines, but he has begun to change the chapter irreparably and ignore his own rules set down in the Codex, even forming a new company and introducing Tetrarchs which gave political power to the Astartes who should be defenders in his opinion, not rulers.

## Personality

Raised to believe in the *Codex Astartes* and viewing it as exactly what one must do, he is distrustful of any chapter that doesn't follow it (including his own chapter) and also holds such beliefs about the primaris as well, their arrival being linked so closely with Guilliman and his changes to the Imperium that Lucius sees as unnecessary and wasteful. He is inflexible, believing that if it doesn't follow the *Codex* it is wrong. Lucius is a clam and coordianted individual who remains logical and organised even when his brothers are beginning to loose cohesion. Lucius is stubbon, believing that the astartes are not to rule humanity and that the Codex is everything that a chapter must follow to be able to defend humanity effectively, believing that Guillimans changes are ruining the chapter and will soon lead to the destruction of the Imperium. His stubbornness has resulted in Lucius disliking any who do not follow the codex exactly (including the Ultramarines) and struggles to understand why anyone would ignore the directives given out in the Codex.

## Appearance

Lucius is a roughly average marine, his body lacking many augmentation and only a few scars from his career due to his tendency to stay away from the front, instead mainly using his ranged weapons. Despite rarely being at the front Lucius lost both of his eyes after a lictor stabbed them out in an ambush. Beyond his mechanical eyes he is unaugmented, having rarely been badly wounded in his career with most injuries just resulting in scars.

## Abilities and Traits

Lucius is a good shot (further helped by his mechanical eyes) and a generally calm individual who remains organised and attempts to keep everything in order. Lucius exudes an aura of confidence. With an eidetic memory, Lucius has memorized most of the Codex Astartes though this has resulted in him becoming inflexible in his beliefs. Before leaving for the deathwatch Lucius was being suggested for the role of lieutenant so has a knowledge of command processes though typically only follows what the Codex sets out.

## Wargear

* **Maxima Mark IVh Heavy Bolter**
* **Mark III Bolt Pistol**
* **Astartes Chainsword**
* **Mark VIII Errant Power Armour**
* **Frag Grenade**
* **Krak Grenades**