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'''Fidus Kryptman''' {{Fn|6}} is an [[Ordo XenosInquisitor Lord]] of the [[InquisitorOrdo Xenos]]{{Fn|2}}, also known as the '''''Hero of the [[Macharian Heresy'']]'''. He is best known for being the first to formally recognise the [[Tyranid ]] threat to the galaxy [[Galaxy]] and has fought in all three major [[Tyrannic Wars]].^{{Fn|1}}

==Biography=====Role in the Second First Tyrannic War==={{Main|Behemoth }}Upon coming across the recently ruined [[Dead World]] of [[Tyran]], Kryptman uncovered a protected data-codex and learnt about the unknown, cataclysmic alien race which had destroyed the world. After the planet Tyran, he gave the new alien threat the designation "Tyranids".{{Fn|4}}

==Role in the Third Tyrannic War=====Tarsis Ultra===He went on to warn [[InquisitorMarneus Calgar]] Kryptman became involved in the defence of , [[Tarsis UltraChapter Master]] during 999.M41 when a tendril of [[Hive Fleet]] [[Leviathan]] was discovered to be moving towards the planet. Imperial forces arrived to defend the planet, which consisted of the [[Ultramarines]] [[Fourth Company]] led by Captain [[Uriel Ventris]], of the oncoming [[MortifactorsHive Fleet Behemoth]] led by [[Chaplain]] Astador, . This allowed the 10th Logres led by [[Colonel]] Octavius Rebalaq, Ultramarines to prepare for the 933rd conflict and to summon support from [[Death Korps of KriegBattlefleet Tempestus]] led by Colonel Trymon Stagler, and the [[PDF]] regiments headed by Major Satria. Kryptman was on hand allowing them to share his extensive knowledge of defeat the Tyranids with the commanders in aid of the war effortHive Fleet.{{Fn|3}}

Despite an initial victory ===Role in destroying a [[Hiveship]] during a space battle, Inquisitor Kryptman wished to invoke [[Exterminatus]] upon the world, Chordelis, as it was the next planet in the path of the Tyranids; this was to prevent it from being devoured and swelling the Tyranids' numbers, as planetary evacuation was too slow. Ventris was vehemently against this decision and supported an alternative solution proposed by his Admiral, Tiberius, to slow down the Tyranids by exploding a hydrogen-plasma refinery in space to destroy another Hiveship. However, Kryptman had lied to Ventris and with the assistance Third Tyrannic War==={{Main|Leviathan}}{{Main|Battle of the Mortifactors invoked Exterminatus in spite of the Ultramarines' plan succeeding. Kryptman also summoned a [[Deathwatch]] team led by Captain to help fight the [[Tyranid]] threat.Tarsis Ultra}}

[[Inquisitor]] Kryptman became involved in the defence of [[Tarsis Ultra]] during 999.M41 when a tendril of [[Hive Fleet Leviathan]] was discovered to be moving towards the planet. Imperial forces arrived to defend the planet, which consisted of the [[Ultramarines]] [[Fourth Company]] led by [[Space Marine Captain|Captain]] [[Uriel Ventris]], a detachment from the [[Mortifactors]] led by [[Chaplain]] Astador, the [[10th Logres Regiment]] led by [[Colonel]] [[Octavius Rabelaq]], the 933rd [[Death Korps of Krieg]] led by [[Colonel]] [[Trymon Stagler]], and the [[PDF]] regiments headed by [[Major]] [[Aries Satria]]. Kryptman was on hand to share his extensive knowledge of the Tyranids with the commanders in aid of the war effort. He was also accompanied by [[Magos Biologis]] [[Vianco Locard]], an expert on the Tyranids, and a [[Deathwatch]] [[Kill-team]] led by Captain [[Bannon]].{{Fn|2}} Despite an initial victory in destroying a [[Hive Ship]] during a space battle, Inquisitor Kryptman wished to invoke [[Exterminatus]] upon the world of [[Chordelis]], the next planet in the path of the Tyranids. This was to prevent it from being devoured and swelling the Tyranids' numbers, as planetary evacuation was too slow. Captain Ventris vehemently opposed this decision and supported an alternative solution proposed by [[Lord Admiral]] [[Lazlo Tiberius]], to slow down the Tyranids by exploding a hydrogen-plasma refinery in space to destroy another Hive Ship. However, Kryptman had lied to Ventris and with the assistance of the Mortifactors invoked Exterminatus anyway.{{Fn|2}} During the repeated Tyranid attacks on Tarsis Ultra, Kryptman , along with his retinue , studied the bio materials biology of the Tyranid corpses killed in combat. During one expedition, a [[Lictor]] which had earlier landed on the planet, attacked his team but was fended off by the Deathwatch; Kryptman immediately ordered Captain Bannon to capture the Lictor without killing it dying, which they had later done so with the assistance of Ventrisdid. This proved pivotal during to the war, as Kryptman Magos Locard was able to concoct a venom poison from the Lictor's genetic structure that would send an early generation Tyranid into hyper-evolution, killing allow them to defeat the creature. The Imperial commanders decided upon killing entire swarm by infecting the last remaining [[Norn-Queen by means of infiltrating its Hiveship using ]] aboard the last remaining [[Hive Ship]]. The Deathwatch team. , led by Ventris joined , accomplished this mission and they were successful in killing , ending the Norn-Queen with the gene-poison. This ended the Tyranid war on Tarsis Ultra, as from losing their connection with shortly before the [[Hive Mind]] the Tyranids slaughtered themselves despite being close to overwhelming few remaining defenders were overwhelmed by the Imperial forceshive swarms. ^{{Fn|2}}

After the one of the two tendrils of [[Leviathan]] was destroyed on [[Taris Tarsis Ultra]], contact was reestablished with the worlds between the two tendrils of Leviathan, which previously had been smothered by the [[Shadow in the Warp]]. This made Kryptman aware of the fall of numerous worlds within this region, each one swelling the ranks of the [[hive fleet]]. With a grim determination, Kryptman began exterminating worlds in Leviathan's path, creating a galactic cordon. Any world within this cordon would undergo [[Exterminatus]] as soon as the [[Tyranids]] invaded, the [[virus bombs]] destroying all life on the planet. This would cause the Hive Fleet to expend large amounts of resources to invade a planet, resources that would then be lost with the planet's destruction. Billions died, in the largest act of genocide the experiment Imperium has faced since the [[Horus Heresy]]. As a result, Kryptman was declared a traitor, a fool and a radical, and a [[Carta Extremis]] was issued for him, stripping Kryptman of his title and condemning him to death, should he be aprehendedapprehended. However, these harsh measures slowed Leviathan's advance to a crawl*^{.{{Fn|3}} ===Kryptman's Gamble===[[Image:Lord Inquisitor Kryptman.jpg|thumb|right|]]{{Main|Octarius War}}Kryptman observed the war between [[Tyranids]] and [[Orks]] on the world of [[Tesla Prime]], where these two enemies of the Imperium locked each other in a long and bloody conflict. Seeing this as a way to slow or halt Leviathan without further loss of human life, Kryptman and a [[Deathwatch]] team loyal to him embarked on a dangerous mission on the planet of [[Carpathia]] to capture a brood of live [[genestealer]]s. At the cost of many Deathwatch lives, the genestealers were placed in a [[stasis field]] and then unleashed in the [[space hulk]] ''[[Perdition's Flame]]''. The Deathwatch and Kryptman then detonated a nearby moon, sending the hulk hurtling into the [[Ork Empire of Octarius]]. The genestealers quickly infected the Orks that attempted to raid the space hulk, causing the infection to flourish and quickly reach all corners of Octavius. Soon the psychic signature of the genestealers was strong enough to attract the second tendril of Hive Fleet Leviathan, causing it to veer away from Imperial space. Leviathan is currently engaged in a protracted war with the Orks.{{Fn|3}} However, Kryptman seems to have overlooked the fact that whichever side emerges victorious from the Octarius War will surely be far more powerful than they were before{{Fn|3}}} — a fact which left the [[Ordo Xenos]] with ''"an unholy mess to clean up"'' well into [[M42]].{{Fn|3}}{{Fn|5}}

===Kryptman's Gamble and Octavius=See also==Kryptman observed the war between Tyranids and Orks on the world *[[List of Tesla Prime, where these two enemies of the Inquisitors]]*[[Imperium Quotes#K|Quotes Imperium locked each other in a long and bloody conflict. Seeing this as a way to slow or halt Leviathan without further loss of human life, Kryptman and a team of Deathwatch loyal to him embarked on a dangerous mission on the planet of Carpathia to capture a brood of live genestealers. At the cost of many Deathwatch lives, the genestealers were placed in a stasis field and then unleashed in the space hulk ''Peredition's Flame''. The Deathwatch and Kryptman then detonated a nearby moon, sending the hulk hurtling into the Ork empire of Octavius. The genestealers quickly infected the Orks that attempted to raid the space hulk, causing the infection to flourish and quickly reach all corners of Octavius. Soon the psychic signature of the genestealers was strong enough to attract the second tendril of Hive Fleet Leviathan, causing it to veer away from Imperial space. Leviathan is engaged in a protracted war with the Orks. However, whichever side remains victorious, will surely be far more powerful than they were before]]*³.[[Tyranid Quotes#K|Tyranid Quotes]]

{{Cite}}*^{{Endn|1}}:[[The Inquisition(Background Book)]], pg. 53*^{{Endn|2}}:[[Warriors of Ultramar (Novel)]] by , {{Cite This}}*{{Endn|3}}: [[Graham McNeillCodex: Tyranids (4th Edition)]], {{Cite This}}*³{{Endn|4}}:[[Codex: Tyranids (4th 5th Edition)]], pgs. 8–9*{{Endn|5}}: [[The Last Ditch (Novel)]], Chapter Eighteen, pg. 200, fn. 2*{{Endn|6}}: [[Fearful Symmetries (Short Story)]] ===Uncited appearances===* [[White Dwarf 130 (UK)]], pgs. 32-33 - ''Inquisitor Kryptman'' {{DEFAULTSORT:Kryptman, Fidus}}