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'''{{PAGENAME}}''' was a [[Magos Biologis]] of the [[Adeptus Mechanicus]] in mid-[[M32]].

==History==
During the [[War of the Beast]], Eldon accompanied by the [[Artisan]] [[Argus Van Auken]], traveled to the ruins of [[Ardamantua]] to study the effects of [[The Beast]]'s [[Waaagh!]]. After investigating remnants of Ork technology, the duo and discovered the stasis remains of several [[Imperial Fists]] accompanied by a comatose [[Phaeton Laurentis]].{{Fn|1a}} After attempting to heal the three Marines and failing in two (resulting in their deaths), the Urquidex succeeded in reviving Captain [[Koorland]] who became the last known survivor of his [[Chapter]].{{Fn|1b}}

Urquidex became subsequently frustrated with [[Fabricator-General]] [[Kubik]] over his inaction in the war against the Greenskins as well as his secretive research into Ork technology and biology for unknown ends. On [[Mars]], he was approached by an agent of [[Grand Master of Assassins]] [[Drakan Vangorich]], to whom he admitted his misgivings and invited her to witness a field test, proving that the Mechanicum was attempting to replicate the Orks' [[teleportation]] technology, and Kubik was planning to "remove" Mars from the [[Sol System]] and safely out of the path of the Orks, while leaving [[Terra]] to its fate.{{Fn|3}}

He later allied himself with Vangorich and aided [[Vanus Assassin]] [[Clementina Yendl]] in her infiltration of one of Kubik's facilities which housed tens of thousands of Ork corpses.{{Fn|2}} For his treachery, Urquidex was ultimately captured by [[Skitarii]] under [[Argus Van Auken]] after Yendl's team was annihilated. Auken condemned the Tech-Priest to life as a [[Servitor]].{{Fn|4}}

Urquidex was eventually rescued by the [[Fists Exemplar]] under orders from [[Lord Commander of the Imperium]] [[Koorland]]. He was discovered only partially transformed into a servitor, and while much of his mind had been destroyed he was able to reveal that [[The Beast]]'s homeworld was [[Ullanor]].{{Fn|5}}

After [[Drakan Vangorich]] killed all of the [[High Lords of Terra]] in [[The Beheading]], Urquidex was uploaded with Kubik's intelligence core, and masqueraded as the Fabricator-General in Vangorich's puppet cabinet.{{Fn|6}}

==Sources==
*1: [[Predator, Prey (Novel)]]
**{{Endn|1a}}: Chapter 10
**{{Endn|1b}}: Chapter 21
*{{Endn|2}}: [[Throneworld (Novel)]] Chapter 2
*{{Endn|2}}: [[The Last Wall (Novel)]], {{Cite Marker End}}
*{{Endn|4}}: [[Echoes of the Long War (Novel)]] Chapter 23
*{{Endn|5}}: [[The Hunt for Vulkan (Novel)]] Chapters 2–3
*{{Endn|6}}: [[The Beheading (Novel)]] Chapters 11–12

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