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Noriz was a Captain of the Imperial Fists Space Marine Legion during the Horus Heresy and commander of the Strike Cruiser Wrathful Vanguard.[1a]

At the outbreak of the Horus Heresy, Noriz was one of the Imperial Fists assigned to patrol the Sol System as part of the Primarch Rogal Dorn's new security protocols. In the aftermath of the Dropsite Massacre, the Raven Guard Primarch Corvus Corax travelled from the Isstvan System to Terra to seek an audience with the Emperor. When he arrived in the Sol System, Noriz had the Wrathful Vanguard intercept their Battle Barge, the Avenger. After boarding the ship and confirming Corax's survival, Noriz and the Legionaries under his command escorted Corax to Terra.[1a][1b]

Later, Noriz travelled aboard the Wrathful Vanguard to the Raven Guard homeworld Deliverance in order to deliver the Legion's first shipment of Mark VI Power Armour — known as Corvus Armour. When he arrived, he was convinced by the Raven Guard Commander Branne to remain with the Raven Guard, rather than returning to garrison Terra.[1c]

Noriz led the Imperial Fists under his command to battle alongside the Raven Guard in numerous battles during the Heresy, including the defence of Ravendelve on Kiavahr and the attack on the Perfect Fortress on Narsis.[1d][1e]

He was later killed by the Adeptus Custodes named Arcatus upon return to Terra when the Custodes attempted to capture Balsar Kurthuri, a Raven Guard Librarian who was travelling on the Wrathful Vanguard. [2]

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