Brother Francio was a promising Librarian of the Blood Angels. But from his Childhood on he feared to misuse his Gifts. This grew even worse when he joined the Blood Angels and learned about the Red Thirst and the Black Rage. He focused on keeping his powers, and the Curse of the Blood Angels under his controll and was even encouraged to do so by his mentors. He learned soon, that he had stronger Controll of himself, when he stayed away from Battle and even from his brothers. And so he spent much time outside of the Blood Angels Fortress Monastery and actively avoided Battle Missions.
It was during that time, that he realised, that he was able to communicate with wild Animals on a rudamentary level. He could sense their emotions and make them feel his emotions. This gave him great comfort and even better controll over himself. And so he was in the company of some Birds or small Mamals like Mice most of the time, even within the Fortess Monastery or even within Spaceships.
One Day he couldn’t avoid beeing sent on a Mission on a Maiden World, which was invaded by a Demon Army. When he arrived there, he immediately felt the strength of the World and it’s Animals and Plants around him. His Anger grew as he saw the Demons spoil and destroy the place and he almost instantly fell to the Red Thirst and the Black Rage at once, and with him all the Animals and even some of the Plants of the Planet, and around him was a Hurricane of raging Beasts that tear down the Demons until non was left. But it is the sad nature of the Black Rage, that it rages on, even after all foes are dead and so the Beasts killed themselves. As Francio saw this, he went even deeper into the Madness and the Birds and Animals close to him rushed towards him and tore him to pieces until only his clean picked bones were left. The self destruction of the Maiden World went on, even after Francios Death and the surviving Blood Angels left the World, but not without his Bones, which are now venerated as a holy relic.
Sorry for the uninspired choice of names, as I more or less hasten through the Ideas, I currently don’t spend too much time on finding more creative Names …
This Story has been previously published as Part of the Liberalia Martiale 2017 – A mirror, darkly … on Bolter and Chainsword.
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