Ellial
Ellial was a Space Marine of the Deathwatch, originally from the Mortifactors Chapter.[1b] He was attached to Picket's Watch, where he served as a member of Kill Team Primus.[1a]
Ellial was noted by Nergui to be one of those Marines whose ways changed while serving with the Deathwatch; Ellial stopped drinking his enemies' blood after killing them. However, he never stopped collecting his foes' skulls and he always entered a deep meditative trance before battle.[1]
Kill Team Primus was assigned by Watch Captain Nergui to anti-Tau operations in the Damocles Gulf.[1c] While travelling through the Sexton Sector, the Kill-Team discovered an old Tau communications hub on QX-937.[1a] Investigating this, the Kill-Team were ambushed by a force of experimental Battlesuits that were being tested on the moon. The Tau force proceeded to kill all eight Marines, including Ellial[1b], but their remains were uncovered by Nergui[1a], who went on to lead an assault on the Battlesuit's production facility, M'Yan'Ral Base.[1d]
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