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In the local legends of [[Sixty-Three-Nineteen]], the [[Whisperhead Mountains]] range was an area where the barriers between reality and the spirit world were most permeable. According to their mythic history, one of the first "Emperors" of the planet had combated and restrained a very malignant spirit, called '''Samus''', in the area. Over time, that spirit had come to be seen as the local equivalent of "the Devil," who was nevertheless prayed to by some of the rebellious natives in the face of the [[Imperium]]'s annexation of the world.{{Fn|1b}}

Several fanes and shrines were dedicated to Samus throughout the Whisperhead region, the majority of them in the caverns of the highest peak. During the [[Battle of the Whisperhead Mountains]], the Imperial forces destroyed these as they advanced through the territory. While the Imperium later conjectured that Samus was somehow deliberately unleashed upon them, it is also possible that these fanes were part of the restraint placed upon Samus (if the old legend is believed) as his attack came soon after around thirty of them were destroyed.{{Fn|1b}}

Samus possessed the body of [[Space Marine Sergeant|Sergeant]] [[Xavyer Jubal]] of the [[Luna Wolves]] [[Space Marine Legion]]. In this form, Samus was able to eliminate over a dozen [[Marines]] before being defeated. He also killed several [[remembrancer]]s accompanying the Wolves' deployment.{{Fn|1b}}{{Fn|1c}}

Samus was defeated when [[Space Marine Captain|Captain]] [[Garviel Loken]] and Sergeant [[Nero Vipus]] fired over ninety [[bolt]] rounds into his body, bursting it apart beyond its capacity to operate, and then incinerated the remains with a [[flamer]]. It is probable that Samus's spirt was banished back to the freedom of the [[Warp]] by this action, no longer restrained to the one location.{{Fn|1d}}

Samus would appear again during the [[Battle of Calth]] as part of the demonic army summoned by [[Erebus]]. This time he possessed the body of [[Word Bearers]] [[Space Marine Captain|Captain]] [[Morpal Cxir]], who deliberately provoked [[Ultramarines]] Captain [[Teus Sullus]] into killing him, in order to "summon" Samus into realspace.{{Fn|2a}} Samus ran amok inside the Ultramarines' stronghold, but was finally banished after being stabbed by Captain [[Remus Ventanus]], using Cxir's own [[athame]] knife.{{Fn|2b}}{{Fn|2c}}

While [[Horus]] was planning the [[Battle of Signus Prime|extermination]] of the [[Blood Angels]] on [[Signus Prime]], [[Ka'Bandha]] remarked to the [[Warmaster]] that ''"Samus sends his regards"'', indicating the daemon is still "alive" and well within the warp.{{Fn|3}}

''"Samus. That's the only name you'll hear. Samus. It means the end and the death. Samus. I am Samus. Samus is all around you. Samus is the man beside you. Samus will gnaw on your bones. Look out! Samus is here."''{{Fn|1a}}

**{{Endn|1b}}: Part One, Chapter Eight, pgs. 155-168155–168**{{Endn|1c}}: Part One, Chapter Nine, pgs. 176-192176–192**{{Endn|1d}}: Part One, Chapter Ten, pgs. 193-200193–200

**{{Endn|2a}}: Target/Engagement, Chapter Ten, pgs. 318-319318–319**{{Endn|2b}}: Ushkul/Thu, Chapter One, pgs. 339-342339–342**{{Endn|2c}}: Ushkul/Thu, Chapter Three, pgs. 353-354353–354

*{{Endn|6}}: [[White Dwarf 67 (2015)]] - — ''Forgeworld - Samus''  

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