[b]Name[/b] [color=fff200]Tanius Von Palus[/color] [b]Rank[/b] Intercessor Battle Brother. [b]Age[/b] 74 [b]Gene-sire[/b] Rogal Dorn [b]Personal Demeanor[/b] A typical imperial fist in demeanor, Tanius is always driven to prove self and earn honour of colours, his inner imperial fist competing with Templer like zealously . A mixed demeanor between a Templer and Imperial fist he can be over zealous and sometimes forget the priors bolter discipline. [b]Description:[/b] fully natural and not yet augmented the ice worlders skin even after his rise to marine has remained paler with piercing and unyielding blue eyes. Hair close cropped Into a dark mohawk and several discoloration marks from old wounds that healed but even there mighty bodies could not leave without a mark. Armour Standard painted yellow with black aqulla and fist chapter symbol on pauldren. Armour scuffed and scarred by years of use in the early crusade many of the small cuts in paint work remain as a mark of respect to the armors protective ability. The Aqulla is in a glossy dark metal mined on Invitt detailed with silver. Helmet eyes glowing green with its face plate marked in a dulled bronze as a nod to ainciant Mk3 pattern Armour. [b]History[/b] Born on Inwitt late in the final years of the Heresey when the system was cut off from many supplies and ships rarely made it past traitor raiding fleets times where harsh. Even for the ice world food was scarce and much of the resources and materials where sent direct to massive network of fortifications that ringed the planets and fleet bases of the Legion. Even on a Legion home world many starved and even with brutal tithes imposed on nearby Agri planets the planets still faced hard times. Many of the clan died of over work, starvation, watching his fathers Sacrifice of his own rations to keep Tanius alive to carry on the family name. When the Hersey ended Tanius was selected in the trials to join the Legion and begin training and augmentation to join the nightly Legion until his fate was different to his brothers. Chosen to be selected for a special purpose and shipped to Mars to become one of the mighty Primias. Training in the halls and blasted post war plans of Mars was a shock to a ice worlder, the rad blasted wastes and ruins where inhospitable, dangerous and 10% of his training company where lost to the hangovers of the civil war. Once awakened from the 10,000 years sleep he did not recognize much, things had changed greatly for the worse and looked even darker than those years in the Hersey. Chosen to join the crusade and drive outward beyond Terra following the primarchs reborn with pride. The Crusade would not be easy and decades passed, after one battle he took to the chaplains advice, surviving when so many had been slain. The shame was too great and he took to spending many hours and days in the chapel before finaly emerging with a new fire to slay the emperors foes. One of the later batches to activated He is one of the younger members of the unit to see combat during the Crusade. [b]Equipment and Armament:[/b] [indent][url=http://warhammer40k.wikia.com/wiki/Power_Armour#Mark_X_Power_Armour]Mark X Tacticus Power Armour[/url] [url=http://warhammer40k.wikia.com/wiki/Bolt_Rifle#Bolt_Rifle]Mark II Cawl Pattern Bolt Rifle[/url] [url=http://warhammer40k.wikia.com/wiki/Bolt_Pistol]Bolt Pistol[/url] Frag Grenades Krak Grenades Standard issue combat blade[/indent] [b]Miscellaneous:[/b] Though the Cawl pattern bolter is a fine and worthy weapon for a marine and a powerful tool to slay the enemies of man. Tanius always admired the accuracy and crafting of a Stalker bolter abality to place a round accurately at incredible ranges.