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At the time of the [[Ultramar Campaign]] Messinius was the 10th Company Captain of the White Consuls and was leading a delegation to [[Ultramar]] to request aid for his Chapter's efforts at [[Thirteenth Black Crusade|Cadia]]. However he became caught up in the [[Terran Crusade]] and accompanied the newly reborn [[Primarch]] [[Roboute Guilliman]] to [[Terra]].{{Fn|1a}}
After surviving the journey to [[Terra]], he took part in the [[Battle of Lion's Gate]] against the [[Daemons]] of [[Khorne]]. In that battle, Messinius commanded a scratch [[Space Marine Company|Company]] of the Terran Crusade's surviving Space Marines and a number of the [[Palatine Guard]]. By this point Messinius learned of the fall of his Chapter's Homeworld of [[Sabatine]] and was not sure if the White Consuls had even survived. Ultimately when the [[Indomitus Crusade]] began and Messinius joined its forces as a [[Lord Lieutenant]]. He was then given command of [[Indomitus Crusade Fleet Tertius]]' [[Battlegroup Saint Aster]], which he led during the [[Battle of Machorta Sound]]. During the battle he led the boarding party of the Chaos [[Blackstone]] machine alongside [[Inquisitor]] [[Rostov]], successfully disabling it.{{Fn|21b}}
Messinius wields a relic [[Auramite]] [[Power Fist]] given to him personally by [[Roboute Guilliman]] as well as a more modern [[Plasma Pistol]].{{Fn|3}}
*{{Endn|1}}: [[Avenging Son (Novel)]], Chapter 1
**{{Endn|1a}}: Chapter 20
**{{Endn|1b}}: Chapters 36-39
*{{Endn|2}}: [https://www.blacklibrary.com/all-products/dawn-of-fire-avenging-son-ebook-2020.html Black Library Webpage: Dawn of Fire: Avenging Son book description] (Last accessed on 8 August 2020)
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