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[[Reclusiarch]] '''Merek Grimaldus''' is a veteran of a score of successful [[Black Templars]] Crusades. {{Fn|3a}}

 ==HistoryBiography==The ===Early Career===Grimaldus was noted by [[High Marshal (Black Templars)|High Marshal]] [[Helbrecht]] to have been the youngest Marine in the Black Templars' history to be raised to the rank of [[ChaplainSword Brother]] .{{Fn|3a}} He was later raised from his [[Marshal (Black Templars)|Marshal's]]'s [[Sword Brethren]] and inducted into the mysteries of the [[Reclusiam]] after the [[Battle of Fire and Blood]]. Such was his faith and devotion to the [[Emperor of Mankind|Emperor]] that the [[ChaplainsChaplain]] s saw in the young Grimaldus the making of a powerful warrior priest.{{Fn|2}} He was mentored by [[Mordred]], whom Grimaldus would eventually succeed as Reclusiarch]].{{Fn|3a}}

[[High Marshal (Black Templars)|High Marshal]] [[Helbrecht]] charged Grimaldus to lead one of the three [[Black Templars]] Crusades that had been dispatched to [[Armageddon]], specifically, to [[Hive Helsreach]]. They were besieged by millions of [[OrksOrk]]s, who attacked from land-side but also from a vast fleet of submersibles launched from the icy [[Deadlands ]] far to the south. A great horde of Ork attacked the [[Temple of the Emperor Ascendant]], a vast basilica that had stood since the earliest days of colonisation, and was held at bay for nearly two months before they finally penetrated the temple precintsprecincts, looting and destroying priceless holy relics as they went. The [[Imperial Guard]] units and the hive militia fled, but the Black Templars refused to yield. The battle degenerated into bloody melee combat in the heart of the temple, where Grimaldus bellowed his now famous cry: ''"I have dug my grave in this place and I will either triumph or I will die."'' The battle only ended when the entire Temple collapsed. All were thought lost, but a day later, Grimaldus crawled out from underneath the ruins, carrying the last relics of the Temple. [[Apothecaries]] who later treated Grimaldus' wounds claimed that it was a miracle that he still lived, let alone had the strength to crawl from the rubble of the destroyed Temple.{{Fn|1}}{{Fn|2}}

Upon commencement of the [[Season of Fire]], Grimaldus was given the title "Hero of Helsreach", the greatest honour its inhabitants could grant.{{Fn|13b}}

==SourceRelated Articles==*{{Endn|1}}: [[Helsreach (Novel)List of Chaplains]] by [[Aaron Dembski-Bowden]], Cover Illustration by [[Jon Sullivan]]*{{Endn|2}}: [[Codex: Black Templars (4th Edition)]], pg. 46, 47

===Uncited=Sources==*{{UncitedEndn|1}}: [[Helsreach (Novel)]], ''Cover Illustration by [[Jon Sullivan]]''*{{Endn|2}}: [[Codex: Black Templars (4th Edition)]], pgs. 46-47*3: [[Helsreach (Novel)]] - [[Armageddon (Anthology)]]**{{Cite ThisEndn|3a}}: Prologue**{{Endn|3b}}: Epilogue