Centurion Aerion Mersaror, commander of the Vindicus Squad of the 1st Company of the Ultramarines Legion, during the Horus Heresy.
Aerion Mersaror was a centurion who served as the commander of the Vindicus Squad of the elite 1st Company of the Ultramarines Legion during the Great Crusade and Horus Heresy.
He was slain in the wake of the Battle of Calth when he sacrificed himself by using his Cataphractii Pattern Terminator Armour's homing beacon to provide crucial targeting assistance to the Ultramarines' battleship Macragge's Honour which led to the crippling of the Word Bearers' flagship Infidus Imperator, though at the cost of his own life.
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Aerion Mersaror led a boarding assault against the Word Bearers aboard the Infidus Imperator.
Centurion Aerion Mersaror served as commander of the Ultramarines Legion's 1st Company's Vindicus Squad during the Great Crusade and Horus Heresy. Present during the Battle of Calth initiated by the Word Bearers Legion, Mersaror would defend the Ultramarines flagship -- the Macragge's Honour -- from the Traitor forces. Leading his warriors to victory, Mersaror would accompany his old friend and the second Legion Master of the XIII Legion before its unification with its primarch -- Marius Gage -- in their pursuit of the fleeing Word Bearers fleet led by its first captain -- Kor Phaeron.
Following the Infidus Imperator into the Warp, the Macragge's Honour would engage the warship with its broadsides as Mersaror's squad infiltrated its hull. Slaying every Chaos Cultist unlucky enough to cross their path within the Traitor warship, the Cataphractii Pattern Terminator Armour-clad Ultramarines attempted to thwart the Word Bearers' Chaos rituals, yet proved unsuccessful. Unleashing its fell power, the Word Bearers' completed sorcerous ritual would seemingly kill the members of Vindicus Squad and inflict critical damage on the Macragge's Honour.
Aerion Mersaror valiantly sacrificed himself by using his Cataphractii Pattern Terminator Armour's homing beacon to provide crucial targeting assistance to the Macragge's Honour which led to the crippling of the Word Bearers' flagship Infidus Imperator, though at the cost of his own life.
Continuing their traversal through the Immaterium, the Macragge's Honour was again ambushed by Daemonic forces as Kor Phaeron fled from the battle and re-engaged the overwhelmed forces of Marius Gage. However, Mersaror survived the force born from the ritual and activated his homing tracer aboard the Infidus Imperator.
Fighting a desperate battle within the bowels of the Word Bearers' flagship, Mersaror beseeched Marius Gage to fire upon his position before being overwhelmed by the Word Bearers Astartes. Targeting the Infidus Imperator, the Macragge's Honour made its attack run and crippled the Traitor voidship with its macrocannons. Slain by the blast of the Macragge's Honour's guns, Mesaror died as a valiant martyr for his Legion. His example of self-sacrifice and honour secured the survival of his Legion's flagship and achieved a modicum of vengeance for the Word Bearers' stunning betrayal of the Imperium at the Battle of Calth.
Sources[]
- Macragge's Honour (Graphic Novel) by Dan Abnett; illustrated by Neil Roberts
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