Felix Derrues

Felix Derrues is a knight pilot of House Terryn currently serving with the Order of the Eternal Emperor who has served honourably since he was first appointed a knight in 891.M41. Felix was born to a wealthy family on his homeworld and is somewhat detached from the average Imperial citizen though knows not to flout his status, after all he isn't even that important of a member of his own house.

## **History**

Born to the noble Derrues family in 870.M41, Felix's parent were both low ranking knight pilots and mostly left him to be raised by house serfs and extended family, the large group of people responsible for him frequently changing making him more reserved as he never became truly attached to anyone. In 882.M41 Felix learnt that both of his parents had been killed in battle together, he wished he had known them enough to remember what they even looked like for he had not seen them in person since 880.M41.

In 891.M41 Felix was accepted as a Knight Apparent after undergoing the Ritual of Becoming where he was bonded with his Throne Mechanicum and spending the night sifting through the memories of its former occupants victories and deaths, even watching as his parents knights both died in battle to the eldar, the previous pilot dying as his cockpit flooded with burning promethium while he was still locked into his Throne, unable to escape the liquid fire. After bonding with the Throne Mechanicum he was forever changed, left far more calculating and brutal than before.

Felix faced his first deployment almost a month after becoming a Knight Apparent and served alongside regiments of Truskan Snowhounds and Vostroyan Firstborn at the rear of a lance to provide covering fire while the other knights reach the melee. From his Knight Crusader *'Scythe of Voltoris'* Felix laid down fire on the advancing ork vehicles, distracting the tide of greenskins for long enough that the other knights were now atop the horde, guardsmen right behind. Continuing to fire from afar, Felix was the first to see the descending aircraft that subsequently slammed into his commanders knight, the explosion sending guardsmen from their feet as the knights upper body was reduced to smoke and flamer, the other knight swatting one of the ork crafts into the ground were the blast left a smoldering crater as it swept aside guardsmen and orks alike. As dozens more of these craft arrived and the orks continued surging forth Felix advanced to destroy the aircraft, covering for his ally to break way from the tide of the ground below while guardsmen scrambled back into their fortresses atop the hills. As Felix destroyed the ork aircraft, the other knight held back the horde for long enough that the guardsmen could all withdraw safely. The gates to the fortress they had withdrawn to were damaged by the weather and were stuck open, the other knight blocking the orks out while Felix got to highest point he could reach and destroyed the final aircraft before sweeping through the ranks of orks. By the time the tide had stopped coming his fellow knight could no longer move, crushed iton place by the gates as they began to close with ork vehicles pushed up in front of him, Felix on the other hand was unharmed though without ammunition and instead on the walls with a lasgun, his knight now an ad-hoc snipers nest. Though the mission failed, Felix would become a full knight and was honoured for his actions.

Felix, now a respectable knight aged around 110, was placed in charge of a lance of 3 knight Crusaders (including himself) to support a force of Ultramarines as they fought against chaos knights of Nurgle that had attacked the western edge of Utramar. This was his first encounter with traitorous knights and Chaos, yet he led his lance into battle stoically still. First wading through cultists, poxwalkers, and even a number of plague marines (most of which the Ultramarines could have dealt with without any support anyway), the force soon found themselves surrounded and almost out of ammunition at which point the knights of Nurgle revealed themselves and began their dogged assault, more plague marines and poxwalkers at their feet to distract the Ultramarines while the knights took on the Felix and his lance. The first two knights that got through died in the fiery onslaught released by the three Crusaders, a third knight only barely reaching them and exploding right in front of Felix, spraying his knight with fragments of corrupted metal and daemonic viscera. As the Ultramarines begun to be overrun one of his knights turned its attention to covering them, just as 4 more knights arrived and charged, three of them reaching melee and bringing both knights to the ground, Felix only rescued when the other knight on the floor suddenly detonated, the two knights attacking it being badly damaged while his attackers were momentarily distracted, just long enough for him to raise his cannon and take the head from the first knight and wrestle the other to the floor before firing at point-blank range, the other wounded pair limping away with their followers and allies under fire from Felix and the other survivors. The mission was considered a success as one knight died from the injuries he sustained and the other was tracked down and destroyed by the Ultramarine strike force. For his actions Felix was promoted to Seneschal.

In 001.M42 a 3-man hit squad attacked Felix Derrues when he was returning from hunting and cornered him though did not kill him as he was still holding his long-las with an overcharged las cell. Felix eventually convinced them to lower their weapons and he'd surrender if they took him to their boss as a prisoner, they accepted as a lie but as they begun to raise their weapons again he had already drawn his needle pistol and sedated them all, taking them prisoner and delivering them to the arbites.

In late 105.M42, only shortly before joining the Order of the Eternal Emperor, Felix lead a lance of three knights on an operation to destroy an Aeldari Wraithknight that had been stopping the attempts to claim a world by the Imperium, the planet inhabited by the Eldar before the Imperiums arrival. In the hunt for the Wraithknight the knights would be cut off from their allies who couldn't make it as far on foot so would be stuck in a fragile, stony beach. The Wraithknight emerged from the dense jungles to their side, territory that the knights couldn't cross themselves; when the Wraithknight started firing it almost immediately sent a knight to the ground and badly damaged both Felix and the others knight that were able to stay on their feet. Felix remembered his parents, and, for the first time in over 200 years, lost him calmness. As Felix descended into a rage he turned and charged with the last of his knights energy, slamming into the Wraithknight and firing his weapons before slamming it into the trees, his knight buckling under the stress and combusting from the flames rushing over its damaged body. Felix lost consciousness as his knight burnt, waking up in a medical bed days later as his knight was being repaired.

## **Appearance**

Felix is a tall and thin human from the tropical islands of Voltoris. Now well over 200, Felix hair has greyed and his skin artificially youthful from rejuvinat treatment. Due to injuries sustained Felix's right eye, arm, and leg have all been replaced with high quality augmentations that, although well made, are rather blocky in places and far from his real limbs, are still an improvement. Ignoring his augmentations Felix is a relatively fit human who typically wears finely tailored clothing or his personal carapace armour, a blue beret on his head most of the time to cover his hair. Felix normally tries to hide his true age to avoid looking weak in front of others and generally succeeds thanks to rejuvinat treatments and clothing.

## **Personality**

Felix is normally a calm and collected individual that is socially adept enough to avoid doing anything that will get him into difficult situations. Felix likes stability and organisation, thriving in orderly environments while becoming uncomfortable in times of anarchy (though is still more than able of carrying out his job). Although honourable as a knight, Felix far prefers ranged combat with melee making him feel more uncomfortable due to the constant exposure and the unpredictability. He is far from the most formal knight in his house but enjoys politics and history just as much as he enjoys battle, if not more so. Felix spends his free time reading, practising with his knight (when he has an excuse to use it), and hunting (when he doesn't have an excuse to use the knight).

## **Abilities and Traits**

Felix is well educated as an Imperial Noble and is trained at least basically in regards to hand-to-hand combat, pistol and sword dueling. Felix is experienced politically and skilled at combat in his knight with a steady hand and good control over his knight. Felix's artificial eye can see visible light and infrared radiation alongside being able to see visible light better in low-light conditions and his precise control over his artificial arm that allows more brute force and endurance than true limbs. Felix is physically healthy and quite agile although quite scrawny, not able to win a fight based on his physical strength in most situations. Felix hunts in his free time and is skilled with ranged weaponry and camouflage, mainly using it as practise when he doesn't have a reason to use his knight.

## **Equipment**

### **Knight**

Knight Crusader *'Scythe of Voltoris'-* Equipped with an Avenger Gatling Cannon with built-in Heavy Flamer, Thermal Cannon, Heavy Stubber, Twin-linked Icarus Autocannons, Ion Shield, Heavy Flamer, Throne Mechanicum

### **Weapons**

Dueling laspistol, power rapier, needle pistol, hunting long-las

### **Munitions**

single-shot las cell (dueling laspistol)

las cell (long-las)

poisonous needles, tranquilizing needles (needle pistol)

### **Tactical Tools**

Vox-bead, magnoculars, jungle camouflaged hunting clothes.

## **Relations**

### **Friends/Allies**

* **House Terryn**
* **Order of the Eternal Emperor**

### **Rivals/Enemies**

* **Orks**
* **Eldar**
* **Nurgle**

## **Quotes**

### **By:**

"*There is no need to turn to violence, if we all just lower the guns I'm more than happy to walk with you.*"
—Felix Derrues after being cornered by a hit squad, shortly before turning his needle pistol on them.
### **About:**

"*He was more than able for someone so young, quite precise but he has no stomach for melee... or the cold either really.*"
—Knight Seril reporting on Felix Durrues after his first battle.