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'''Kroff Tezla''' is a [[Blood Drinkers]] [[Lieutenant (Space Marine)|Lieutenant]], who played a key part{{Fn|1b}} in the [[Imperium]]'s victory, during the [[Karkason Crusade]].{{Fn|1c}}
==History==
Before the [[Karkason Crusade|KarkasonCrusade]] had begun, though, Tezla was among a ten member [[Blood Drinkers]] squadron stationed aboard an exploration ship. The ship was later heavily damaged by a [[Xenos]] attack, and their Navigator was mortally wounded. The ship was able to emerge near the [[Mining World]] [[Karkason (Mining World)|Karkason]] and the squadron asked its [[Planetary Governor]], [[Fulgor Sagramoso]], for aid. The Blood Drinkers were unaware, however, that Fulgor had seceded from the [[Imperium]] and had no interest in helping them. Instead, the Governor, lured the squadron into an arena within Karkason's capital, '''Sagramoso City''', and sent a [[Battle Titan]] to attack them. The Blood Drinkers were no match for the enounours war machine and it killed 9 members of the squadron, before it grabbed Tezla. It did not kill him, though, and instead presented the [[Lieutenant (Space Marine)|Lieutenant]] to Fulgor. The traitorous Planetary Governor, then ordered his soldiers to to cut off all of Tezla's limbs, remove his three service studs and ensure he could no longer urinate. When they were done with their butchery, Tezla was placed in a cauldron and moved to a vault. Once there, the Lieutenant's mouth was sewn shut and his were wired opened, so that Tezla would always look upon a giant bust of Fulgor's face. Rather than stay awake, Tezla activated his [[Sus-an Membrane]] and entered a coma. He late awoke during{{Fn|1b}} the [[Karkason Crusade]]'s invasion of the [[Mining World]]{{Fn|1a}}, when the Lieutenant sensed blood nearby. Tezla's body began to move the cauldron, which led the [[Imperial Fists]] [[Scout Sergeant]] [[Zed Juron]] and his '''Wolverine Squad''' to find him.{{Fn|1b}}
Tezla relied his story to them, and when he mentioned that 7 of these Battle Titans were on [[Karkason (Mining World)|Karkason]], the [[Scouts]] were shocked. The squad realized this would be disastrous, as none of the Crusade's forces knew about the Battle Titans. With their only communicator was destroyed in the fighting, Wolverine Squad decided to launch a desperate attack on the Battle Titans and hoped to learn how to operate one by eating the crew's brains. Before they left, however, Scout Sergeant Juron asked if asked Tezla if he wanted to be killed, in case the [[Lieutenant (Space Marine)|Lieutenant]] was found by Fulgor's soldiers. After thinking about it, Tezla declined the offer. The Lieutenant hoped, that when the Crusade was victorious, he could return to the Blood Drinkers and be of some use to his [[Chapter]]{{Fn|1b}}. Thanks to the information Tezla provided, the squad used an [[Emperor Titan]] they captured to aid the [[Imperial Fists]] in destroying the other Battle Titans. Fulgor was soon defeated and Karkason was reclaimed for the [[Imperium]]. He was brought aboard the Imperial Fists [[Phalanx]] as a guest of honor and the [[Blood Drinkers]] were informed of his survival. While Tezla waited to be reunited with his Chapter, the Imperial Fists did what they could to help him. Unfortunately, their [[Chirurgeon]]s deemed Tezla's scapular and hip scars too thoroughly cauterized to allow [[Augmetic]]s to be used. So instead, the Lieutenant was installed into a moveable cup-shaped cart, which was adorned with valor tassels and therapeutic seals. Two [[Servitor]]s also attended him, with one ingesting his waste and cleansing him. The other Servitor nourished him with its own enriched blood and shifted Tezla's cart from window to window aboard the Phalanx. The Lieutenant opted for seclusion in the [[Fortress Monastery]]'s [[Solitorium]], but would gaze out windows praying to see a ship sent by the Blood Drinkers.{{Fn|1c}}
