Ancient-B. Antioch

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+++ ADEPTUS ASTARTES DATASLATE: BROTHER ANTIOCH +++ Designation: Venerable Dreadnought Chapter: Black Templars Honourifics: Keeper of the Shattered Oath, Sword of the Eternal Crusade, Bastion of Dorn Status: Active Crusade Service – Millennia of Duty --- ORIGINS: Once a Sword Brother under High Marshal Helbrecht, Antioch earned renown in the Helios Rift Campaign, leading the breach of the heretic cruiser Pride of Sin. Wreathed in warp-flame, his mortal body was broken beyond healing, yet his spirit burned unbowed. For his devotion, he was interred within a revered Dreadnought sarcophagus, that he might wage the Emperor’s war until the galaxy lay cleansed. --- SERVICE RECORD: A living relic of the Eternal Crusade, Antioch’s name echoes through countless victories: Oath of Cindara: Destroyed the daemon-engine Vermis Diabolicus with his power fist amid a storm of warp-lightning. Purge of Veyra’s Reach: Carved a path through entrenched heretics, enabling the Sword Brethren to storm their cathedral-fortress. Second Siege of Helsreach: Held the Basilica Defiant’s gates for six days against the greenskin horde. --- ARMAMENTS & WARDING: Right Arm: Crusader-pattern Nemesis Greatblade, sanctified with the blood of the Chapter’s fallen. Left Arm: Adamantine-crush power fist with integrated twin-linked storm bolter. Carapace: Hunter-killer missile array. Adornments: Crusader crosses, purity seals, chained relics, remains of vanquished foes. Blessings: Oaths of Moment etched into every plate. --- PSYCHOLOGICAL PROFILE: Speaks only in scripture, oaths, and martial cant. To neophytes, a crucible of faith; to the foe, inevitability incarnate. --- CURRENT DEPLOYMENT: Crusade of the Burning Sigil — serving as siege-breaker and bastion against entrenched heretics and defiant xenos. --- "In steel I endure. In fire I cleanse. In faith I prevail. This is the vow eternal."