Vilius
Vilius is an Emperor's Children Chaos Lord who served as a Captain in the Legion, during the Horus Heresy.[1]
Born on Chemos, Vilius rose to become a fine commander in his Legion. Yet his fellow Legion member Narvo Quin remarked this ended, when the Emperor's Children fell into Slaanesh's grasp and Vilius became lost to his own hedonism[2b]. He once made a wager with Zarghan Ironfist, who was a member of his Company, but Vilius did not pay his debt after he lost the wager. In retaliation, Zarghan launched a surprise raid on Vilius' palace and crucified all of the Captain's pleasure-slaves. This latest infraction of discipline would get Zarghan expelled from the Legion, but that did nothing to abate Vilius' anger against his former comrade and the anger still remains with him even now.[1]
Vilius would later be among the Emperor's Children Warbands, that the Daemon Primarch Fulgrim sent to aid Fabius Bile in the Battle of Belial IV. The Chaos Lord was reluctant to help, but Bile quickly reminded Vilius that due to his reputation few other Traitor Apothecaries were willing to work with him. And even those Apothecaries who agreed to work with Vilius, would still be under threat from the vengeful Coven of the Thirteen Scars, as Bile had taught many of them. If Vilius wanted to keep his Warband functioning, he had no choice but to fight in order to save Bile from the Coven[2a]. The Chaos Lords were ultimately convinced, however, to take part in the battle by Narvo Quin[2b], who threatened them by claiming both Slaanesh and Fulgrim demanded they aid Bile. If they refused, the Chaos Lords would ultimately damn themselves as cowards in the eyes of their God and Primarch.[2a]
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- 1: Farseer (Novel), Chapter 15
- 2: Fabius Bile: Manflayer (Novel)
