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Spiridonas was a Codicer of the Scythes of the Emperor Chapter.[1a]

When the Chapter was forced to evacuate their homeworld, Sotha, after it was attacked by the tyranids of Hive Fleet Kraken, Spiridonas was forced to use his psychic abilities to pierce through the Shadow in the Warp, acting as a Navigator for the fleet. The resulting psychic strain was considerable, placing Spiridonas in a fugue state.[1a]

Eventually, Spiridonas was able to regain consciousness. As he was the only surviving member of the Chapter's Librarius to make it to their muster point in the Miral System, Chapter Master Mansirius Thorcyra made him the Scythes' new Chief Librarian. It was initially the plan to send Spiridonas to one the Scythes' cousin Chapters to complete his training, but Spiridonas received a vision that the tyranids had followed the Scythes from Sotha to Miral.[1b]

At first, the Chapter Master did not heed the warning, as he regarded it as impossible for the tyranids to have followed them from Sotha to Miral so quickly at sublight speeds.[1b] Nonetheless, the tyranids did indeed attack the Miral System, prompting Thorcyra to order the Chapter to make their stand at their outpost on the Giant's Coffin.[1c]

Eventually, the tyranids overwhelmed every line of defence that the Scythes could establish and reached the bastion gates. Spiridonas was killed after rescuing Bastion Commander Culmonios from a trio of Carnifexes.[1d]

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