Prascus
Watch Captain Prascus of the Ultramarines is best remembered for building the first hunting grounds on Watch Fortress Erioch four hundred years ago. He became renowned in the Deathwatch for his skills in the selection and deployment of Kill-teams. Prascus’ teams somehow always balanced their members to create a dynamism that proved nigh unstoppable. He served eleven Vigils with the Deathwatch, acting as Watch Captain for six of them and as Master of the Vigil twice. He was killed in the Battle of Macragge during the intense fighting at the Northern Polar Fortress complex during the First Tyrannic War.[1]
Despite his demise, his legend lives on as later Commanders still use the term Prascus Pair to refer to a team of two Deathwatch Battle-Brothers that operate well together despite their differences. Not many know how Prascus was able to motivate whole teams of powerful rivals and lone wolves to work together so successfully remains a mystery later Captains would dearly love to unravel. Those who do, have had their eyes open to Prascus' true character. Evidence has been found that Prascus used all kinds of dirty tricks to make his Kill-teams work: bribes, blackmail, even mind-altering drugs and hypnoconditioning. Members of the Deathwatch with this knowledge are put into a difficult position. Do they make their findings known and blacken the name of a legendary Battle-Brother, or merely let sleeping dogs lie? Their choices could make them some powerful friends or enemies on Watch Fortress Erioch.[1]
Source
- 1: Deathwatch: Rites of Battle, pg. 237
