Mag'nus Tal'Zenna

## Biography

Mag'nus Tal'Zenna is considered a legend on Roth Prime, a horror story of a once devoted general to *Emperor* *Malv VII*, who was taken to Monarchia and subjected to bizarre genetic experimentation. *Malv VII* was long suspected to be a homosexual due to his preference of male courtiers as well as an unconventional scholar that sought to create the *"Perfect Male"*.

Mag'nus, originally in command of *Rothian 6th Legion*, one of the most revered military units ever created in the Rothian Corporation, feared for its merciless precision in battle, was a powerful soldier that was born on Monarchia, a secret throne world that held a fanatical and almost cult-like devotion to the *Rothian Imperial Family*. He was known for going into battle with minimal armour, wielding a lance made of the bone of an Old One that he had slain in battle.

It is hard to understand where myth and exaggeration meets historical fact due to the incomplete nature of Rothian historical archives from this time period however by 2400, Mag'nus had established a feared reputation as a military leader and warrior against the Aventis Empire in various battles and skirmishes.

Very little is known of his childhood, except this his mother was a member of the *Regis Cult*, a cult with a fanatical devotion to the Emperor, moving to Monarchia to practice their devotion in secret. It is believed that Mag'nus's father was Aventis and his mother became pregnant during the battle where the Aventis took control of Palas from the Roth in 2304. This fact of his conception, scarred a young Mag'nus and invoked a long standing hatred of his Aventis heritage and a desire to kill them.

As a result, Mag'nus delighted in personally destroying hundreds of Aventis during each conflict with them, earning a reputation as a butcher amongst the Aventis, wanting to prove himself as a true Roth with an almost fanatical zeal.

When his beloved emperor died in 2401, who had long be rumoured to be his lover, Mag'nus was living on Monarchia and was old at this point. In accordance with the Emperor's last wishes, he embarked on a dangerous experiment which Malv had hoped could be use to extend his lifespan by using a captured *Douwd*, who had been imprisoned on Monarchia after being discovered living among the Roth and had been locked in a Nuridium cell the relieved him of his enormous powers.

Mag'nus convinced the *Douwd* that if he showed him the secret to immortality, he would release him, which involved the *Douwd* implanting some of his DNA into Mag'nus through a *Rothian Gene Splicing Technique* after the *Douwd* had revealed the part of its genetic code that granted continuous cellular regeneration. After the procedure was complete, Mag'nus killed the *Douwd* by shoving a piece of Nuridium down through his throat.

Mag'nus had hoped the procedure would grant him the ability of disguise that the *Douwd* had, however it destabilised his genetic structure and almost killed him if it was not for the other scientists that discovered a way for him to stabilise, if he imprisoned himself in cryostasis for 50 years, to give time for his cells to slowly adapt to their new configuration.