Fratres Oblitus
Overview
Brother Latinus tested his Genegineerd strength against the mortally wounded jump-ship, the --whatever passed for leather in the Emperor forsaken living tomb-- wrapped around the control stick was slick with sweat beneath his blanched knuckles.
His reluctant superior Aeneas as of thirty seconds ago –Promotionem per Mortem– knew already that his Brother’s efforts were for naught. The spire of Primus loomed like a headstone, or fang, fast filling every aspect of their viewer, and their futures.
The two dozen neophyte-initiates sat in stoic, stony silence, save only for the muttered prayers of deliverance to Him, or mayhap to – The Dorn himself? Their courage did them justice, and belied their common, piteous, stock. Birthed from the very hive of hopelessness and decay that would, fittingly, soon be their tombs.
Aenenas could settle his heart not for prayer, in these his final moments. His mind was on one thought. They had been fired upon.
What, or whom, would turn the defences of the Eye of Selene against a jump ship? Whose only purpose the delivery of –not even Tertio Gradu– neophytes to their battle brothers aboard a monastic cloister frigate?
How would the -surely certain- death of a few dozen who had been chosen for the Amber, the banner of the Emperor’s fist, possible serve any power in this hellish corner of the void? They were, he mused darkly, never to find out.
ǂ ǂ ǂ
The smoke did not clear. Promethium escape-boosters still burned and belched black filth. It troubled not the lungs born anew that tasted fouled Underhive air for the first time after their second birth.
Neither did the kiss of plasma fires blacken newly cutis-ferrum skin, nor the violence of the impact shatter trice osteosclerolised bone. Instead, of the few dozen initiates to leave the Fortress Monastery, to come out from the shadow of Palatium Helmawr, a few battered sons were born a third time, Contra Mortem. Back, buried deep in the squalid iron shadows of Aranthian tomb spires.
Aspirant Sinon chocked down the vestigial bile of fear in his throat. Gazed at the hell that had spawned them with senses newly awakened by the Primarch’s seed gestating within their re-engineered bodies even now. He tested his right arm for its newly grated strength, then reached to pull a stirring Brother from the wreckage.
From the air there had been a structure to the buildings that resembled the iconography of the Mechanicum, perhaps if they survived the next cycle they might find deliverance there yet?
Sargent Aeneas - Forge Tyrant (Leader)
With 14 years ante-secundam-nativitatem, and 11 whole months after; Aeneas reluctantly takes up the Sargent stripes to lead his Fratres Oblitus.
Though even in his unspoken reluctance to lead, he is firm in his conviction of one path before he and his Brother Initiates: Upward. To ascend the spire of this rusting tomb. To lead his Brothers back to kneel again in the fortress monasteries of their Domini and Magistri, and complete their ascension to the Astartes.
If they have to climb over the stacked cadavers and piled skulls of the filth of Primus to reach for the stars, then it is but one more ordeal that He would measure their righteousness with
Sargent Aeneas
| M | WS | BS | S | T | W | I | A | Ld | Cl | Wil | Int |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4" | 3+ | 3+ | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3+ | 4 | 5+ | 5+ | 7+ | 5+ |
| Rules | Gang Hierarchy (Leader), Gang Leader, Group Activation (2), Tools of the Trade, Clever but Cautious, Physical Perfection | ||||||||||
| Skills | Nerves of Steel | ||||||||||
| Gene-smithing | Natborn (Prime Specimen, The Tyrant’s Own) (50¢) | ||||||||||
| Gear | Furnace plates (5¢) | ||||||||||
| Weapons | S | L | S | L | Str | Ap | D | Am |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chainsword (25¢) | - | E | - | +1 | S | -1 | 1 | - |
| Melee, Parry, Rending | ||||||||
| Stub gun combi-plasma pistol (40¢) | ||||||||
| Plasma pistol | 6" | 12" | +2 | - | 5 | -1 | 2 | 5+ |
| Combi, Scarce, Sidearm | ||||||||
| Stub gun | 6 | 12 | +2 | - | 3 | - | 1 | 4+ |
| Combi, Plentiful, Sidearm | ||||||||
Corporal Turnus - Forge Boss (Champion)
Turnus is the only one of the Frates of noble stock, House Greim was the right of his first birth, and he carries with him the pride they had in his selection as a neophyte.
He is under no illusion that the order of his first birth has any bearing on being chosen to second Aeneas however. He was the one -of his brothers- that bore the bio-reforging process the best. He was born again strong and true by the Chapter's Seed, and a chainsword rests more easy than others in his hands.
Corporal Turnus
| M | WS | BS | S | T | W | I | A | Ld | Cl | Wil | Int |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4" | 3+ | 4+ | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4+ | 2 | 6+ | 6+ | 7+ | 6+ |
| Rules | Gang Hierarchy (Champion), Group Activation (1), Tools of the Trade, Clever but Cautious, Physical Perfection | ||||||||||
| Skills | Nerves of Steel | ||||||||||
| Gene-smithing | Natborn (Iron Flesh, Prime Specimen) (40¢) | ||||||||||
| Gear | Furnace plates (5¢) | ||||||||||
| Weapons | S | L | S | L | Str | Ap | D | Am |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chainsword (25¢) | - | E | - | +1 | S | -1 | 1 | - |
| Melee, Parry, Rending | ||||||||
| Stub gun (5¢) | 6" | 12" | +2 | - | 3 | - | 1 | 4+ |
| Plentiful, Sidearm | ||||||||
Brother Latinus - Bruiser (Specialist) (Specialist)
Of all the forgotten brothers, Latinus cuts a slighter, more lean form, but his eye belie a keen intellect and intensity. Chosen to be the first of the Aspirants of his crop for Specialioribus, Latinus is the product of careful reengineering to form the squads point guard and ballistic support.
First chosen by Aeneas to be his second, Latinus passed the duty over to Turnus, believing to have had glimpsed a divine purpose for the brothers even as they fell from the sky in fire.
Brother Latinus
| M | WS | BS | S | T | W | I | A | Ld | Cl | Wil | Int |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4" | 4+ | 3+ | 4 | 4 | 1 | 4+ | 1 | 8+ | 6+ | 8+ | 6+ |
| Rules | Gang Fighter (Ganger), Promotion (Goliath Specialist), Tools of the Trade, Clever but Cautious, Physical Perfection | ||||||||||
| Gene-smithing | Natborn (Adaptive Mind, Prime Specimen) (35¢) | ||||||||||
| Gear | Furnace plates (5¢) | ||||||||||
| Weapons | S | L | S | L | Str | Ap | D | Am |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grenade launcher (55¢) | ||||||||
| frag grenades | 6" | 24" | -1 | - | 3 | - | 1 | 6+ |
| Blast (3"), Knockback | ||||||||
| krak grenades | 6" | 24" | -1 | - | 6 | -2 | 2 | 6+ |
| Stub gun (5¢) | 6" | 12" | +2 | - | 3 | - | 1 | 4+ |
| Plentiful, Sidearm | ||||||||
Brother Evander - Bruiser (Ganger)
Brother Evander is the faithful heart of the Oblitus. A true example of the teachings of the Legio Imperatorii Pugni - his faith is strong, his duty unquestioned, and his loyalty dependable. Evander is the first with bolter in hand whenever Aeneas has a mission.
Brother Evander
| M | WS | BS | S | T | W | I | A | Ld | Cl | Wil | Int |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4" | 4+ | 4+ | 4 | 4 | 2 | 4+ | 1 | 8+ | 6+ | 8+ | 6+ |
| Rules | Gang Fighter (Ganger), Promotion (Goliath Specialist), Clever but Cautious, Physical Perfection | ||||||||||
| Gene-smithing | Natborn (Iron Flesh) (30¢) | ||||||||||
| Gear | Furnace plates (5¢) | ||||||||||
| Weapons | S | L | S | L | Str | Ap | D | Am |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boltgun (55¢) | 12" | 24" | +1 | - | 4 | -1 | 2 | 6+ |
| Rapid Fire (1) | ||||||||
Brother Pallas - Bruiser (Ganger)
Brother Pallas was the last Asperant to reach brotherhood before the doomed secondment to the Cloister Frigate and the Fratres' calamitous rebirth.
Pallas, of all the Fratrae, seems to have retained the most aptitude of his previous life. He often advises on the more careful points of Underhive culture, speaks the local cants, and –crucially– maintains and sanctifies the local hardware, what it might serve a higher holy purpose.
Brother Pallas
| M | WS | BS | S | T | W | I | A | Ld | Cl | Wil | Int |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4" | 4+ | 4+ | 4 | 4 | 2 | 4+ | 1 | 8+ | 6+ | 8+ | 6+ |
| Rules | Gang Fighter (Ganger), Promotion (Goliath Specialist), Clever but Cautious, Physical Perfection | ||||||||||
| Gene-smithing | Natborn (Iron Flesh) (30¢) | ||||||||||
| Gear | Furnace plates (5¢) | ||||||||||
| Weapons | S | L | S | L | Str | Ap | D | Am |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shotgun (30¢) | ||||||||
| scatter ammo | 4" | 8" | +2 | - | 2 | - | 1 | 4+ |
| Scattershot | ||||||||
| solid ammo | 8" | 16" | +1 | - | 4 | - | 2 | 4+ |
| Knockback | ||||||||
Aspirant Achates - Bully (Juve)
Aspirant Achates is unique amongst his crop of neophytes, in that he is the only one not native to Necromunda. Selected as a spirited young child of a slain Cold Trader, Achates (his newly given name) is still plagued by memories of his previous life, far from the heat, filth, and death of Hive Primus.
Like the other Aspirants he had barely endured the Secundo Gradu of the implantation and re-forging process, and his newly facta divina body is as foreign a weapon to him as a boltpistol
Aspirant Achates
| M | WS | BS | S | T | W | I | A | Ld | Cl | Wil | Int |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4" | 4+ | 5+ | 4 | 4 | 1 | 4+ | 1 | 9+ | 7+ | 9+ | 9+ |
| Rules | Fast Learner, Gang Fighter (Juve), Promotion (Goliath Specialist) | ||||||||||
| Gear | None | ||||||||||
| Weapons | S | L | S | L | Str | Ap | D | Am |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fighting knife (10¢) | - | E | - | - | S | -1 | 1 | - |
| Backstab, Melee | ||||||||
| Stub gun (5¢) | 6" | 12" | +2 | - | 3 | - | 1 | 4+ |
| Plentiful, Sidearm | ||||||||
Aspirant Ascanius - Bully (Juve)
Twin brothers Ascanius and Sinon were chosen by the Apothecarius Praefectus specially as the most promising of the neophyte aspirants. If their unique biology truly is a gift from Holy Terra, only time, and the ravages of the gene-seed reforging will tell.
Aspirant Ascanius
| M | WS | BS | S | T | W | I | A | Ld | Cl | Wil | Int |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4" | 4+ | 5+ | 4 | 4 | 1 | 4+ | 1 | 9+ | 7+ | 9+ | 9+ |
| Rules | Fast Learner, Gang Fighter (Juve), Promotion (Goliath Specialist) | ||||||||||
| Gear | None | ||||||||||
| Weapons | S | L | S | L | Str | Ap | D | Am |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fighting knife (10¢) | - | E | - | - | S | -1 | 1 | - |
| Backstab, Melee | ||||||||
| Stub gun (5¢) | 6" | 12" | +2 | - | 3 | - | 1 | 4+ |
| Plentiful, Sidearm | ||||||||
Aspirant Sinon - Bully (Juve)
Twin brothers Ascanius and Sinon were chosen by the Apothecarius Praefectus specially as the most promising of the neophyte aspirants. If their unique biology truly is a gift from Holy Terra, only time, and the ravages of the gene-seed reforging will tell.
Aspirant Sinon
| M | WS | BS | S | T | W | I | A | Ld | Cl | Wil | Int |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4" | 4+ | 5+ | 4 | 4 | 1 | 4+ | 1 | 9+ | 7+ | 9+ | 9+ |
| Rules | Fast Learner, Gang Fighter (Juve), Promotion (Goliath Specialist) | ||||||||||
| Gear | None | ||||||||||
| Weapons | S | L | S | L | Str | Ap | D | Am |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fighting knife (10¢) | - | E | - | - | S | -1 | 1 | - |
| Backstab, Melee | ||||||||
| Stub gun (5¢) | 6" | 12" | +2 | - | 3 | - | 1 | 4+ |
| Plentiful, Sidearm | ||||||||