Jern
Jern is a Space Marine of the Sons of Antaeus Chapter and is among the Kill-Team sworn to the Inquisitor Lord Otto Dagover.[1]
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When they were fist assembled, Jern and his fellow Kill-Team member Teiras, were among the first to notice something peculiar about their Team. Each was either from one of the Cursed Founding Chapters or whose actions led them in ill-repute with the Imperium. They did not have long to ponder on why the Inquisitor Lord had assembled such a Kill-Team, as Dagover soon gave them their first mission. There they were charged with recovering a weapon of the Cyranax Watchers, which had been uncovered in a dig site within Discidia's Vorago Fastness prison complex. Inquisitor Armand Salmenau had been overseeing the dig site, but the Necron had unexpectedly attacked his retinue after the Cyranax weapon had been discovered. The Xenos attempted to claim the weapon from the Inquisitor and an ill-prepared Salmenau was forced to seal the entrance to the dig site. In Dagover's mind, however, the Cyranax weapon belonged to him and the Kill-Team was to ensure that neither Salmenau or the Necron possessed it. Once the Kill-Team reached the Vorago Fastness, they fought their way through the attacking Necron and Jern's Gene-seed mutations greatly aided him. He was not seriously harmed despite being struck several times by Gauss Weapons, as Jern's body acted like a second suit of power armor. The Kill-Team was later able to reach Inquisitor Salenau's position, but he pleaded with them to not take the Cyranax weapon. The Inquisitor warned them that if they did, Dagover's Radicalism would ensure the Kill-Team went down a path that led to Heresy against the Imperium. Salmenau then asked them to disobey Dagover's orders, but the Kill-Team refused and the Inquisitor said they would have to kill him to take the weapon then. Seconds later, though, a Necron Lord led another attack on the dig site, whose doors had remained opened after the Kill-Team had entered. The now damaged doors could not close and in the ensuing battle, Gherak's Gene-seed mutation activated and his body was covered in flames that burned the Necron. This was not enough to defeat the Xenos, however and the Kill-Team was forced to fire the Cyranax weapon to save themselves. The resulting fire not only destroyed the Necron, but also carved a path of destruction across Discidia's surface. The entire Kill-Team survived the mission, though, and they returned to Inquisitor Lord Dagover with the Cyranax weapon.[1]
