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'''Meros''' was an [[Apothecary]] of the [[Blood Angels]] [[Legion]] during the [[Great Crusade]] and the start of the [[Horus Heresy]]. Serving as a "Junior Medicae" or squad level apothecary, Meros served in the 9th [[Company]] under [[Space Marine Captain|Brother Captain]] [[Furio]].{{Fn|11a}}
==History==
{{spoiler|source=Fear to Tread (Novel)}}
Meros was a simple line-[[Astartes]] of solid if unremarkable service. Following the battle of [[Melchior]], [[First Captain]] [[Raldoron]] tasked Meros with removing the [[progenoid]] glands from Brother [[Alatros]], then instructing him to never repeat what had happened to anyone. {{Fn|1a}}
During a war against the [[Dark Eldar]] on [[Nartaba Octus]], Meros was assigned to [[Task Force Ignis]], a Blood Angels flotilla overseeing the evacuation of the human population of the planet before it was subjected to [[Exterminatus]]. Part of the last group off the planet, the [[Stormbird]] Meros was riding in was shot down by a [[Soul Seeker]] round and Meros slipped into a poison induced coma. In an attempt to save the injured apothecary, Sergeant [[Cassiel]] and Brother [[Sarga]] placed Meros in one of the exsanguinators, the blood coffins used in the Blood Angels neophyte transformation process. The intent was to drain the poisoned blood from Meros and replace it will fresh, clean blood. During his time in the exsanguinator, Meros met Brother [[Rafen]] through a genetic link they shared and who has in the same exsanguinator, albeit ten thousand years in the future. The two soon found that they were not alone, encountering the [[Sanguinor]]. Unable to believe what he was seeing, Rafen pulled his bolter on the mysterious entity, and Meros, assuming that the Sanguinor could only be [[Sanguinius]] himself, tried to stop him. When Rafen told Meros that Sanguinius had been dead for ten thousand years and that there was no Blood Angels Legion anymore, Meros attacked Rafen in a rage. Before the two could kill on another they were beset by phantom enemies; blood memories of past victories. Fighting side-by-side the two Blood Angels found a sense of camaraderie but it was Rafen who figured out what the magnitude of the two meeting could mean. Before they were pulled from their parallel yet separate blood comas, Rafen managed to utter a single word: [[Horus]], but the Sanguinor appeared and placed its finger over his mouth, indicating that Rafen was to be silent. At that moment, both were pulled back to their respective realities. Upon awakening, Meros was presented before [[Azkaellon]], Captain of the [[Sanguinary Guard]]. who was impressed by his resilience. Azkaellon then informed the assembled Astartes that they had received orders from the [[Warmaster]] to gather the entire IX Legion at the [[Signus System]]. {{Fn|1}}{{Fn|2}}
==Sources==
*{{Endn|1}}: [[Fear to Tread]] by [[James Swallow]], **{{Cite ThisEndn|1a}}: Prologue: Melchior
*{{Endn|2}}: ''[[Bloodline (Short Story)]]'' by '''James Swallow'''
*{{Endn|3}}: [[Collected Visions]] pgs. 265-266
