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| - A taciturn Battle-Brother of the Sons of Medusa Chapter, Theclus is known to have been undertaking his second vigil of the Long Watch when chosen to fight alongside Watch Captain Aesalon. His battle honours during his first vigil are etched in the stone of the Hall of Glory on Watch Fortress Erioch and include battles against several xenos species entirely unknown to the Imperium in the 41st Millennium. The deed for which Brother Theclus is most well known is, of course, his survival against the first attack of the Lord of Lightning, a feat that is recorded in numerous tomes and still recounted from the pulpits of the Watch Fortress. The fact that Brother Theclus survived being struck by a bolt of energy that had reduced numerous others to dust is hailed as a testament to his strength of will and faith, born of the superhuman body and soul of the Adeptus Astartes. Theclus is hailed as a figure of devotion and an example to the Battle-Brothers of the Deathwatch. Indeed, the fact that Theclus’s armour and weapons were rendered all but inoperable, all while his body withstood the attack, is regarded as proof of the resolve of the Space Marine. It is perhaps ironic that Brother Theclus hails from a Chapter which shares its roots and many doctrines with the Iron Hands, whose creed teaches the fallibility of the flesh as opposed to the permanence of iron.
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