Illios
Illios was a native of Chemos who fought beside the Primarch Fulgrim, as he launched a campaign to unite the world's eighteen tribes under his leadership.[1]
Afterwards, the Emperor would arrive on their world and Fulgrim left with him to take part in the Great Crusade, as the commander of the Emperor's Children Legion. Illios left alongside the Primarch, after successfully undergoing the procedure to become an Legionary Astarte, and rose to become a Lord Commander within the Legion. He was noted for being a superbly skilled warrior and while wielding the triple-bladed Executioner Falchion and the Armour of Chemos, he was all but unstoppable. Fulgrim noted that only he surpassed Illios' skills within the Legion, but he had taken note of several flaws to his friend's character. For Illios was a proud warrior with an unbreakable code of honour, but his deadly temper made him fall to joyous bouts of rage and he was wracked with great sorrows. It was in fact Illios' temper, that led to his death while fighting the forces of the Barchettan Warlord, as the Emperor's Children stormed the Warlord's city-leviathan during the Great Crusade. After Illios' death, a statue was made in his honour and displayed within the Gallery of Swords, on the Strike Cruiser Andronicus. However after the Emperor's Children fell into the Chaos God Slaanesh's grasp, the statue was defaced and mutilated by the now corrupted Legion. Fulgrim later looked upon Illios' statue and said that while he missed the Lord Commander, it was for the best that he had died before the Emperor's Children fell to heresy. Illios' honour and unbendable nature, would not have allowed him to join the Legion on their new path and Fulgrim knew he would have been forced to kill his old friend and sword brother.[1]
Sources
- 1: The Reflection Crack'd (Novella), Chapter 10
