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The Legion's numbers had been falling for decades and they needed new Legionnaires, so Centurius asked Captain [[Erices]] to give his soul to the Animus Malorum and join the Legion. Erices accepted, and Centurius gave the other surviving Space Marines the choice to "Serve or Die", killing those who did not choose to join them, as he considered their souls forfeit as part of the [[Imperium]]'s debt to the Legion.{{Fn|2}}
Since then, the Animus Malorum has become part of the legend of [[Attica Centurius]], who carries it into battle whenever he appears, turning his squad into an unstoppable force.{{Fn|3}}{{Fn|1a}} It has been seen numerous times, in vid-records of battles and with corroborated eyewitness accounts. These records were studied by [[Imperial Scholars]], who attempted to determine the relic's origins, and concluded that the skull's three metal [[Service Studs]] betray its origin as the skull of a Captain. The accounts also leave Imperial Forces with little doubt of the Animus Malorum's power.{{Fn|1a}}
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