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'''John Grammaticus''' was an enigmatic [[human]] [[psyker]] who served as an agent of a [[xenos]] organization known as the [[Cabal]] in the latter days of the [[Great Crusade]]. Among the powers he wielded was the ability to understand and speak any language, and identify where a speaker came from based on how they spoke; he claimed there was not a language that he could not master.<sup>1-p.100-101</sup>
Grammaticus had been an officer of the Caucasian Levvies, a great army that had served under the [[Emperor of Mankind|Emperor]], during the [[Unification Wars]] on [[Terra]]. During a victory ceremony after defeating the forces of the [[Panpacific Empire]], Grammaticus briefly met the Emperor, who recognized his psyker abilities and offered to speak further to "consider the options available to beings like us".<sup>1-p.74-75</sup> But before they could have that meeting, Grammaticus was killed at Anatol Hive; however, he was eventually brought back by the [[eldar]] [[Autarch]] Slau Dha, given the ability to reincarnate, and put into service in the Cabal.<sup>1-p.141</sup>
A thousand years later, on the eve of the Heresy, the Cabal dispatched Grammaticus to suborn the [[Adeptus Astartes|Astartes]] [[Alpha Legion]] to their cause. The Cabal had foreseen the treason of [[Horus]] and the impending civil war that would result, and believed that the Alpha Legion, and its primarch [[Alpharius]], had a great part to play in that coming war. To that end, Grammaticus infiltrated the [[Geno Five-Two Chiliad]], an army in the 670th [[Expedition Fleet]], under the guise of intelligence officer Konig Heniker. He also borrowed identities from other dead officers in order to avert suspicion.<sup>1-p.272</sup>
Eventually, he came to the notice of Alpharius and was captured, where he was questioned on the Cabal and its intentions.<sup>1-p.96-97</sup> After following Grammaticus' advice to abandon the field on [[Nurth]], which was shortly after consumed by a [[Black Cube]], Alpharius brought his fleet to 42 Hydra Tertius, known to the Cabal as "Eolith", to meet with Grammaticus' masters. However, in a carefully planned deception, Alpharius used Grammaticus to turn the tables on the Cabal, so that he could meet with them from a position of strength.<sup>1-p.366-367</sup> Grammaticus had been shown what Alpharius and his twin, Omegon, would later see: If Horus was allowed to win the Heresy, the fragment of nobility in his soul would lead to Armageddon - a bloody civil war that would wipe out Mankind in two to three generations. This would also have the effect of wiping out the [[Gods of Chaos|Dark Gods]] as well, as they were heavily invested in humanity...thus preserving the galaxy at the cost of the human species. But if the Emperor was successful, stagnation would grip the Imperium; within ten to twenty thousand years, Chaos would consume the entire galaxy.<sup>1-p.392-394</sup>
After the Alpha Legion was set on its path to join with Horus, Grammaticus - dismayed that he had put into motion the extinction of his own species (or so he thought) - threw himself into space from one of the airlocks of a Cabal vessel, hoping that this death would be his last. Whether it was actually so is unknown.<sup>1-p.411-412</sup>
==Source==
*<sup>1</sup>[[Legion (Novel)]] by [[Dan Abnett]]
[[Category:Pre-Imperial Times]]
[[Category:The Great Crusade]]
[[Category:Characters (Human)]]
[[Category:Characters (Human Psykers)]]
Grammaticus had been an officer of the Caucasian Levvies, a great army that had served under the [[Emperor of Mankind|Emperor]], during the [[Unification Wars]] on [[Terra]]. During a victory ceremony after defeating the forces of the [[Panpacific Empire]], Grammaticus briefly met the Emperor, who recognized his psyker abilities and offered to speak further to "consider the options available to beings like us".<sup>1-p.74-75</sup> But before they could have that meeting, Grammaticus was killed at Anatol Hive; however, he was eventually brought back by the [[eldar]] [[Autarch]] Slau Dha, given the ability to reincarnate, and put into service in the Cabal.<sup>1-p.141</sup>
A thousand years later, on the eve of the Heresy, the Cabal dispatched Grammaticus to suborn the [[Adeptus Astartes|Astartes]] [[Alpha Legion]] to their cause. The Cabal had foreseen the treason of [[Horus]] and the impending civil war that would result, and believed that the Alpha Legion, and its primarch [[Alpharius]], had a great part to play in that coming war. To that end, Grammaticus infiltrated the [[Geno Five-Two Chiliad]], an army in the 670th [[Expedition Fleet]], under the guise of intelligence officer Konig Heniker. He also borrowed identities from other dead officers in order to avert suspicion.<sup>1-p.272</sup>
Eventually, he came to the notice of Alpharius and was captured, where he was questioned on the Cabal and its intentions.<sup>1-p.96-97</sup> After following Grammaticus' advice to abandon the field on [[Nurth]], which was shortly after consumed by a [[Black Cube]], Alpharius brought his fleet to 42 Hydra Tertius, known to the Cabal as "Eolith", to meet with Grammaticus' masters. However, in a carefully planned deception, Alpharius used Grammaticus to turn the tables on the Cabal, so that he could meet with them from a position of strength.<sup>1-p.366-367</sup> Grammaticus had been shown what Alpharius and his twin, Omegon, would later see: If Horus was allowed to win the Heresy, the fragment of nobility in his soul would lead to Armageddon - a bloody civil war that would wipe out Mankind in two to three generations. This would also have the effect of wiping out the [[Gods of Chaos|Dark Gods]] as well, as they were heavily invested in humanity...thus preserving the galaxy at the cost of the human species. But if the Emperor was successful, stagnation would grip the Imperium; within ten to twenty thousand years, Chaos would consume the entire galaxy.<sup>1-p.392-394</sup>
After the Alpha Legion was set on its path to join with Horus, Grammaticus - dismayed that he had put into motion the extinction of his own species (or so he thought) - threw himself into space from one of the airlocks of a Cabal vessel, hoping that this death would be his last. Whether it was actually so is unknown.<sup>1-p.411-412</sup>
==Source==
*<sup>1</sup>[[Legion (Novel)]] by [[Dan Abnett]]
[[Category:Pre-Imperial Times]]
[[Category:The Great Crusade]]
[[Category:Characters (Human)]]
[[Category:Characters (Human Psykers)]]
