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*31: [[Genefather (Novel)]]:
**{{Endn|31a}}: Chapter 19
**{{Endn|31b}}: Chapters 26-28
*{{Endn|32}}: [[White Dwarf 501]], pg. 95
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|quote = '''''The only real crime for those of superlative intellect and great prowess is to allow one's self to become shackled by mediocrity. The crime is to let your grasp be less than your reach. To aim low.'''''{{Fn|6a}}
During the [[Psychic Awakening]], Bile stole a precious [[Death Guard]] artifact known as the [[Ark Cornucontagious]]. This spurred [[Typhus]] and his [[Plague Fleet]] to pursue the Spider, who was forced to form an alliance with [[Argento Corian]] and his [[Shriven (Warband)|Shriven]] warband. During the subsequent [[War of the Spider]] Bile was able to manipulate all sides to his own advantage. The Shriven were modified into hordes of [[Terata]] while Corian himself was eventually doomed to become a monstrous golem. During the battle on [[Bairsten Prime]] Bile was able to capture a number of [[Custodes]] and [[Sisters of Silence]], taking them as test subjects. In the final stage of the war on [[Dessah]] Bile was again able to escape as the Shriven, Death Guard, and Custodes destroyed one another. With his research subjects acquired and the Ark Cornucontagious in hand, Bile returned to [[Urum]] to begin his work.{{Fn|27}}
While Bile is capable of recreating the [[Primaris Space Marine]]s of [[Belisarius Cawl]], he considers them lesser then his [[New Men]] and instead seeks to create something even greater from the genetic template that was used to create the Primaris design.{{Fn|31a23a}} To that end, Bile was able to use his ship ''[[Vesalius]]'' to invade the ''[[Zar-Quaesitor]]'', the flagship of Cawl and the mobile laboratory which produced Primaris Space Marines. After disabling the ship with a massive cyber hacking attack, Cawl launched a boarding operation with waves of [[Terata]], [[Mutant]]s, [[Beastmen]], and other abominations. While Cawl thought Bile was after the [[Sangprimus Portum]], he was in truth after [[Alpha Primus]], the original Primaris Space Marine. Bile was able to overpower Alpha Primus and steal his [[Progenoid Glands]] before fleeing.{{Fn|31b23b}}
Bile next appeared during the [[Pariah Crusade]], raiding [[Restitution]], homeworld of the [[Gilded Sons]] [[Space Marine]]s alongside the [[Flawless Host]]. He was able to loot a large amount of their [[Gene-Seed]] before escaping.{{Fn|3220}}
==Equipment and abilities==
**[[Horus]]{{Fn|16}}
*[[Eidolon (Emperor's Children)|Eidolon]] — As well as his early work using [[Laer]] technology to give the [[Lord Commander]] the ability to emit a nerve paralysing shriek,{{Fn|10a}} following Eidolon's execution Fabius managed to reattach his severed head to his body and revive him.{{Fn|14}}
*[[Enhanced Warrior|Terata]] — His experiments on others bring uncertain results. Sometimes the experiment is a success, creating psychotic killers, superhuman even in comparison to their corrupted [[Chaos]] brethren, sometimes the subject's metabolism disintegrates in the face of the stress, resulting in instant death.{{Cite ThisCME}} He has become fascinated with the new [[Primaris Space Marines]], and has obsessively dissected and studies whatever specimens he has captured. He has pledged to create his own twisted versions of the Primaris.{{Fn|15}}
*[[Kakophoni]] — The original Noise Marines.{{Fn|18f}}
*[[New Men]] — The pinnacle of his art is the "New Man", creatures who possess strength and intelligence superior to any human, as well as the worst traits of mankind. As Fabius leaves behind planets of corrupted human abominations, the Adeptus Astartes and the [[Inquisition]] strive to purge these creations, and are forced to destroy entire populations.{{Fn|1}}
===Wargear===
[[Image:Chirurgeon.jpg|thumb|right|220px|The Chirurgeon]]
*The [[Chirurgeon]] — a [[warp]]-tainted mechanical device attached to his spine. It pumps daemonically charged black ichor around his body giving him unnatural resilience. Spidery limbs tipped with vicious saws, blades and other twisted variations of medical devices extend over his shoulders, which act as both the tools of his experimentation and a means of attack.{{Cite ThisCME}}
*[[Rod of Torment]] — a daemon-forged once belonging to the [[daemon prince]] [[Sh'lacqclak]]{{Fn|18a}}, when it strikes it is able to incapacitate almost any enemy with unbearable pain.{{Fn|1}}
*[[Xyclos Needler]] — a gun that fires virulent poison darts{{Fn|1}}
==Trivia==
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*Fabius is a major antagonist in the third and fourth volumes of [[James Swallow]]'s [[Blood Angels (Novel Series)]], and also appears peripherally in Swallow's short story [[The Returned (Short Story)|The Returned]] and his [[Horus Heresy series]] novels [[The Flight of the Eisenstein]] and [[Fear to Tread]]. At the 2012 Black Library Weekender, Swallow confided that he lobbied hard with [[Black Library (BL Publishing)|Black Library]] and [[Games Workshop]] to let him "kill" Fabius at the end of [[Black Tide (Novel)]] (because of the sheer evil of Fabius's actions), but was refused.{{Cite thisCME}}
==See also==
==Sources==
*{{Endn|1}}: [[Codex: Chaos Space Marines (4th Edition)]], pgs. 52–53
*{{Endn|2}}: [[Codex: Dark Eldar (5th Edition)]], pg. 22
*6: [[Black Tide (Novel)]]:
**{{Endn|6a}}: Chapter Eleven
**{{Endn|6x}}: {{Cite thisCME}}
*{{Endn|7}}: [[Haemonculus Covens - A Codex: Dark Eldar Supplement]] — ''The Chronicle of Endless Woe''
*{{Endn|8}}: [http://www.games-workshop.com/en-US/Chaos-Space-Marines-Fabius-Bile GW Fabius Bile] ''(last accessed 22 June 2015)''
*{{Endn|9}}: [[Warlords of the Dark Millennium: Fabius Bile (Background Book)]]
*{{Endn|10}}: [[Fulgrim (Novel)]], {{Cite thisCME}}
**{{Endn|10a}}: Chapter 13
*{{Endn|11}}: [[The Reflection Crack'd (Novella)]], {{Cite thisCME}}
*{{Endn|12}}: [[Fulgrim: The Palatine Phoenix (Novel)]], Chapter Two
*{{Endn|13}}: [[Imperfect (Short Story)]]
*{{Endn|14}}: [[Angel Exterminatus (Novel)]], {{Cite thisCME}}
*{{Endn|15}}: [[Codex: Chaos Space Marines (8th Edition)]], pg. 86 — ''Fabius Bile''
*{{Endn|16}}: [[The Talon of Horus (Novel)]], Chapter 19
**{{Endn|18h}}: Chapter 3
*{{Endn|19}}: [[Prodigal (Short Story)]]
*{{Endn|20}}: [[White Dwarf 501]], pg. 95
*{{Endn|21}}: [[Fabius Bile: Light of a Crystal Sun (Short Story)]]
*22: [[Fabius Bile: Clonelord (Novel)]]:
**{{Endn|22c}}: Chapter 18
**{{Endn|22d}}: Chapter 21-25
*23: [[Genefather (Novel)]]:**{{Endn|2323a}}: Chapter 19**{{Endn|23b}}: Chapters 26-28
*{{Endn|24}}: [[Codex Supplement: Salamanders (8th Edition)]], pgs. 24-25
*{{Endn|25}}: [https://www.warhammer-community.com/2020/03/28/the-first-ever-warhammer-preview-onlinegw-homepage-post-1fw-homepage-post-1/ Warhammer Community: The First Ever Warhammer Preview Online (posted 3/28/2020)] (last accessed 3/28/2020)
*{{Endn|29}}: [[Horus Heresy: Collected Visions]], pg. 254
*{{Endn|30}}: [[Warhammer Combat Cards]] - ''The Primogenitor Primaris'', Event Description
===Uncited===
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*[[Codex: Chaos Space Marines (3rd Edition, 2nd Codex)]]{{CME}}
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