Enoch Trismegistus
Enoch Trismegistus was the first Chapter Master of the Exorcists Space Marine Chapter. He is a mysterious and legendary figure within the Chapter, and the Exorcists' Veteran 1st Company, the Enochian Guard, is named in his honour.[1]
Biography
Sometime after its creation, Trismegistus would lead the Chapter in a clash with Keriath's Daemonic forces on Totem IV, where the Exorcists were able to withstand their Warp powers. This outraged Keriath, who then possessed the Exorcists' Chapter Master, Enoch Trismegistus and began to damage their war footing. However Enoch resisted the Greater Daemon and in doing so, awoke a measure of his own latent psychic ability. This allowed the Chapter Master to psychically contact Goetos, and together they banished Keriath back to the Warp.[2]
Enoch's possession, however, was discovered by the Radical Ordo Malleus Plutonians sect, who interrogated him to see if he had become corrupted. As they did so, the Plutonians shared their belief that the controlled usage of daemonic possessed forces could be wielded back against Daemons. The Chapter Master was intrigued by their theories, as he had become changed by absorbing Keriath's vast intellect and could now see the genius of the Plutonians' plan. After Enoch was declared free of taint by the Plutonians, he suggested they work together to test the Plutonians' theories. Using Enoch's own Chapter as hosts, the Plutonians began to create the first modern Exorcists and they continue to do so to this day.[2]
See also
Sources
- 1: Imperial Armour Volume Ten - The Badab War - Part Two, pg. 126
- 2: White Dwarf 462, pgs. 42-44
