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An officer of the original Iron Warriors [[Space Marine Legion|Legion]], by the time of the [[Horus Heresy]] Berossus had risen received his most grievous battle wound (prior to his interment) during the Legion's famous campaign against the rank of [[Space Marine Captain|CaptainBlack Judges]] , when he was caught alone by a dozen of the 2nd Judges' Accusators, who rent his body into pieces with their [[Grand CompanyChain Hammer|chain gavel]]{{Fn|2a}}s. When the Iron Warriors were tasked to eliminate Although the Legion's [[Imperial Fists]] battle fleet marooned in the [[Phall systemApothecaries]]were able to revive him, Berossus eagerly volunteered to command the fleet, but [[Perturabo]] overruled pain of his wounds always stayed with him, insisting on taking command himselfas did the humiliation at being taken off-guard by such relatively minor foes.{{Fn|2b3}}

By the time of the [[Horus Heresy]] Berossus had risen to the rank of [[Space Marine Captain|Captain]] of the 2nd [[Grand Company]]{{Fn|2a}}. When the Iron Warriors were tasked to eliminate the [[Imperial Fists]] battle fleet marooned in the [[Phall system]], Berossus eagerly volunteered to command the fleet, but [[Perturabo]] overruled him, insisting on taking command himself.{{Fn|2b}} The planning of the Iron Warriors' attack fell to [[First Captain]] [[Forrix]], while Berossus had the dubious honour of acting as Perturabo's adjutant - dubious because the Lord of Iron Warriors' [[primarch]] was not above taking out his anger on the messenger who brought him bad news.{{Fn|2c}} Sure that [[First Captain]] [[Sigismund]] was the commander of the Imperial Fists fleet, Perturabo insisted that he be captured alive, and brought to the [[primarch]].{{Fn|2c}} However, Berossus had to confess that, based on the [[vox]] intercepts from the fleet, Sigismund was absent and the enemy commander was [[Space Marine Captain|Captain]] [[Alexis Polux]], whom the Iron Warriors dismissed as of no account. Perturabo took the news badly, smashing Berossus's armour with his fists and leaving the Captain to slowly bleed to death on the deck of his flagship.{{Fn|2d}}