Polixis
Polixis is a Primaris Apothecary in Strike Force Fulminata, which was one of several strike forces sent to reinforce the Ultramarines Chapter, after the Great Rift's creation.[1]
History
Atari
Polixis served alongside his blood brother, the Primaris Chaplain Kastor, and fought against the Tchari Chaos Cult's uprising on the Imperium world Atari. During the strike force's battle with the Tchari, the Fulminata's Captain Demetrius, gave the order for Sergeant Nerva's Intercessor squadron, as well as Polixis, to secure Planetary Governor de la Sario and his daughter, before the Cult attacked their manor. They all knew that only the ruler of Atari and their bloodline, could access the gene-vault that contained the codes for the world's orbiting weapon platforms and feared the Cult would use them to scour the world's surface. However by the time they arrived, the Governor had been captured and Nerva led one half of his squadron in pursuit, while his second in command Tarquin led the other half to find del la Sario's daughter. They would fail in both attempts though, with the Governor being captured by the Cult and there being no sign of his daughter. After hearing Nerva's report that they could not rescue the Governor, as more of the Cultists flooded the manor, the Captain told them to extract themselves, before saying he would order an air strike to neutralize the Governor.[1]
It was at that time that two of Tarquin' half of the squadron were killed, and they told Nerva they could only secure one of the fallen; as Artimaeus Tulio had acted as a rear-guard and had been separated from their squadron when he died. Though Nerva gave the order to retreat and secure their extraction point, Polixis insisted on going to gather the fallens' Gene-seed, despite the Sergeant stating he would not risk losing his squadron to recover them. As Nerva then led his half of the squadron to the extraction point, Polixis's reached Tarquin's half and extracted the fallen Scaevola's Gene-seed, just as the Governor was killed by an air strike. Afterwards, though they tried to persuade Polixis to join them, Tarquin's squadron retreated with Scaevola's body, as the Apothecary left to extract Tulio's Gene-seed. He had been warned by Tarquin, that Tulio's body lay in an area now crawling with Cultists, but Polixis was able to reach it, though he wondered why Tulio had chosen his last stand so far from the others' location. However Polixis soon spotted the Governor's daughter hiding nearby and it became clear Tulio, had died while trying to save her.[1]
With the Tchari Cultists now attacking him though, Polixis knew he could not save the Governor's daughter and recover Tulio's Gene-seed. He was briefly wracked with indecision, but quickly moved to save the Governor's daughter, after Nerva told him the squadron had reached the extraction point and a Thunderhawk was landing to recover them. Though he was severely wounded by the Cultists weapon fire, Polixis was able to protect the Governor's daughter from harm and reached the Thunderhawk in time to escape with Nerva's squadron. They then traveled to the gene-vault, which had been secured by Captain Demetrius, and with the aid of the Governor's daughter, they used Atari's orbital platforms to fire upon the Tchari. With such firepower in their control, the Cult was soon defeated, though Polixis was still wracked with guilt, for not being able to recover Tulio's Gene-seed. He later went to confess his failure to Chaplain Kastor, but his brother convinced Polixis that his actions had saved Atari from a horrible fate. The Chaplain also stated, that Governor del la Sario's daughter who would not forget Polixis saving her or Tulio's sacrifice and would no doubt grow up to be a firm and righteous leader.[1]
Ikara
Sometime later, Polixis joined Strike Force Fulminata's efforts to save the Hive World Ikara IX, from the Ork hordes of Warlord Urgork.[2a] During the campaign, Polixis and his squad were separated from the main Imperial force and captured by Kommandos. Polixis was the sole survivor and was brought before Urgork, who revealed that he wished to study Polixis for the secrets of his biology and healing abilities.[2b]
Polixis was then brutally tortured by the Orks, including being forced to consume the heart of one of his fallen brothers.[2c] Thanks to Kastor and his Reivers launching a rescue attempt, Polixis was able to escape and engaged in battle with Urgork. In the end, Polixis sacrificed himself to save the Chaplain by stepping in front of the Warbosses Chain Weapon. Kastor was able to kill Urgork, decimating the Ork horde and allowing for the Imperium to emerge victorious under the now-Captain Tyranus. Much to Kastor's relief, Polixis was able to recover from his injuries aboard the Spear of Macragge.[2d]
