Saul Invictus

"Praise the sun that brings the dawn of our final doom."

- Purported last words of First Captain Invictus during the First Tyrannic War

Saul Invictus was the former First Captain of the Ultramarines Space Marine Chapter's elite 1st Company, and also served as the Regent of Ultramar in that position, governing the Chapter homeworld of Macragge. He, along with the rest of the Veteran Marines of 1st Company, were destroyed at the hands of the Tyranids of Hive Fleet Behemoth during the First Tyrannic War in 745.M41. Succession of command of the 1st Company was then passed on to Captain Severus Agemman of the former commander of the Ultramarines 2nd Company.

History
Captain Invictus was the head of the Ultramarines elite 1st Company when it was destroyed defending the polar fortresses in the Battle of Macragge during the First Tyrannic War. Invictus had honed his Company carefully after the losses sustained during the Corinthian Crusade, where over fifty Imperial Guard regiments and six Space Marine Chapters, including the Ultramarines, took part in the crusade to liberate the star system of Corinth from the Ork Warlord Skargor the Despoiler in 698.M41. Gradually the 1st Company was expanded with stolid veterans drawn from the rest of the Chapter in accordance with the edicts of the sacred Codex Astartes. As such, it suffered none of the failings of many reformed Companies: squad cooperation was flawless and fire discipline superb. Invictus was fanatically committed to ensuring the respect they gained from the rest of the Chapter and drove them with relentless energy. Invictus also acted as Regent of Ultramar and oversaw much of the rulership of Macragge when the Master of the Ultramarines was busy with other duties.

As such, it was he who requested that the 1st Company be assigned to protecting the two polar fortresses, the vital lynchpins in Macragge's orbital defence network. He judged, rightly as it transpired, that the Tyranids would attempt to make landings at these places to neutralise the defences, opening the door for untold numbers of the creatures to swarm down and infest the planet. The presence of the elite veterans of the 1st Company ensure that the Tyranids suffered unsustainable casualties overrunning the fortresses, delaying the inevitable for long enough that Chapter Master Marneus Calgar and the rest of the Chapter could forge a victory in space. Captain Invictus' body was discovered among those of the last stand of the 1st Company in Silo 8 of the northern fortress. It is said that the bodies of their enemies stretched six deep for twenty yards all about them, and every pace from the silo to the entrance four levels above. Following the death of Captain Invictus, command of the 1st Company eventually passed on the commander of the 2nd Company, Captain Severus Agemman.

Wargear

 * Artificer Terminator Armour
 * Custom Plasma Blaster - A relic weapon of the Great Crusade, Captain Invictus' Plasma Blaster is a further development of the combi-weapon that consists of two joined plasma guns. The plasma blaster not a linked weapon, and cannot be fired as a single plasma gun, and just like the regular plasma gun, the plasma blaster must recharge between each volley.
 * Power Fist