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==Prisoner of the Inquisition==
Once the [[Ultramarines]] became aware of what had occurred to Titus, [[Chapter Master]] [[Calgar]] made repeated requests to the [[Inquisition]] for the [[Space Marine Captain|Captain]]'s return. These were to no avail, however, as Calgar would never receive any replays regarding Titus or [[Inquisitor]] [[Gerome Thrax]]. With his absence though, the [[2nd Company (Ultramarines)|2nd Company]] was left without a Captain and it was decided that [[Cato Sicarius]] would succeed Titus as its new commander.{{Fn|1}} The Ultramarines later erected a statue of Titus in their [[Fortress Monastery]]'s '''Hall of Heroes'''.{{Fn|5}} The missing Captain was also honored by [[Malum Caedo]], an Ultramarine who went on his own mission to [[Graia]] in order to investigate the fate of a fragment of the [[Psychic Scourge]]'s power source.{{Fn|6}}
[[Image:TitusDW.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Titus in the [[Deathwatch]]{{Fn|12a}}]]
In truth, Titus spent the next century being repeatedly [[psychic]]ally scourged and subjected to brutal mindtrawls by [[Inquisitor]] [[Gerome Thrax|Thrax]]. As a student of the [[Imperium]]'s history, the [[Ordo Malleus]] Inquisitor had long viewed the [[Space Marines]] as being a significant threat to [[Human]]ity's existence just as [[heresy]] and the [[Warp]] were. This is what led the Inquisitor to keep Titus imprisoned within his remote Inquisitorial watch station, no matter how many his tests and interrogations proved the [[Ultramarine]] was not corrupted. Titus bore these stoically and was kept in a [[Stasis]] cell, between his bouts of testing, alongside several other Space Marines that Thrax had imprisoned after their Chapters had drawn his scrutiny. This continued until the Inquisitor was slain by the [[Grey Knights]], after he became possessed by a [[Daemon]] during his purge of the [[Grey Slayers]] [[Chapter]]. In the subsequent Ordo Malleus investigation into how he could have become possessed, Thrax's holdings were seized by an Inquisitor, who discovered Titus and the other imprisoned Space Marines. Though she could have dealt with them in a way that would hide Thrax's shame, the Inquisitor instead sent the Space Marines to be evaluated at the [[Deathwatch]] [[Watch Fortress]], [[Watcher Keep]].{{Fn|1}}
It was led by the [[Chapter]]'s [[Chief Librarian]] [[Varro Tigurius]] who had sensed Titus' soul and had ordered the [[Strike Cruiser]] [[Righteous Fury (Strike Cruiser)|Righteous Fury]] to reach his location on [[Kadaku]]. They had not known what became of the lost [[Space Marine Captain|Captain]] and learned his involvement with the [[Deathwatch]], as they deployed on the world. While they were too late to save Kadaku, Tigurius' [[Solblade]] forces kept the [[Tyranids]] at bay long enough for the Deathwatch to escape from the [[Xenos]]. This included Titus, but the Chief Librarian brought the wounded Captain aboard the Righteous Fury, so that he could be finally reunited with the Ultramarines. However his wounds were so severe, that Titus' only chance of surviving was to undergo the [[Rubicon Primaris|Calgarian Rites]] aboard the Strike Cruiser and become a [[Primaris Space Marine]]. He successfully did so and as the unconscious Captain recovered from the operation, Tigurius psychically checked to see if Titus bore the mark of [[Chaos]] upon him. While some of their [[Battle Brother]]s were apprehensive of Titus rejoining the Ultramarines, due to his long unexplained absence, Tigurius declared the Captain was free from any taint.{{Fn|1}}
The [[Chief Librarian]] soon informed the Ultramarines' [[Chapter Master]] of this, which led [[Marneus Calgar]] to immediately reinstate Titus into the [[Ultramarines]]. This officially put an end to any doubts about him, and Calgar declared Titus would once again serve with the [[Chapter]]'s [[2nd Company (Ultramarines)|2nd Company]]. Titus would not serve as its Captain, though, as [[Sevastus Acheran]] now held the title, and instead the Primaris became one of the 2nd's [[Primaris Lieutenant|Lieutenant]]s instead. Though Captain Acheran had only just left the [[10th Company (Ultramarines)|10th Company]], when Titus was taken into custody by [[Inquisitor]] [[Gerome Thrax]], the Lieutenant accepted his new rank when he later awoke. Having once more been reunited with his Chapter and reclaimed his name, Titus was ready and resolved to bring the Ultramarines' wrath upon the foes of the Imperium.{{Fn|1}} After his reincorporation into the Ultramarines 2nd Company, Titus was given command of squad memembers [[Gadriel]] and [[Chairon]], keeping his history and reasons for being a Deathwatch Blackshield from them. He converses with the [[Chaplain]] attached to the Ultramarines 2nd Company, who is highly distrustful of him and seeks to keep an eye on him. Titus then journeyed with his new squad to [[Avarax]] to rescue the [[Archmagos]] [[Nozick Beta-12]], but the [[Tech-Priest]]s were all slain by the Tyranids save [[Morias Leuze]].{{Fn|12b}} Titus discovers that the Mechanicum research team was reviving [[Project Aurora]], but they are then ambushed by the [[Thousand Sons]] under [[Imurah]]. Leuze is slain and Imurah retrieves the device.{{Fn|12c}} Battling through both Thousand Sons and Tyranids on [[Avarax]], Titus and his squad are able to retrieve Leuze and then move to send out an [[Astropath]]ic message to [[Marneus Calgar]] and warn him of the situation.{{Fn|12d}} However when they reach the [[Astropathic Choir]], the [[Astropath]] accuses Titus of being a heretic who seeks to betray Calgar. This causes Chairon to attempt to subdue Titus, but the Astropath is currently among slain by Gadriel. Soon enough the Astropah is revealed to have been possessed by Imurah, causing Chairon to realize he had been manipulated.{{Fn|12e}} Battling the Thousand Sons on [[Demerium]], Titus and the rest of the Ultramarines under Acheron rendezvoused with Calgar, who congratulates them for holding the line. Together, the Ultramarines drive on the Thousand Thousands as Imurah uses Aurora to open a [[Warp Rift]], summoning a great [[Lord of Change]]. Titus and his squad are able to reverse the alignment of the [[Necron]] constructs powering the Warp Rift, causing it to weaken. Imurah and the Lord of Change flee into a new Warp Portal, unleashing a spell that freezes all the Ultramarines' forces defending save Calgar, Titus, Gadriel, and Chairon. The four pursue Imurah and the Lord of Change, finding themselves inside the [[Hive WorldImmaterium]] . During the final battle against Imurah, Titus and his squad are able to finds Calgar and drive back the Lord of Change as Imurah attempts to use Aurora to imbue himself with the divine knowledge of the Warp. However midway through the process, Titus reverses the polarity of Aurora as Imurah imbues himself with it, causing his form to explode and forcing back the Daemonic tide.{{Fn|12f}} In the aftermath of the battle, Calgar and the Ultramarines congratulate Titus for his efforts and formally welcome him back into the chapter. Calgar receives the [[AvaraxLaurels of Victory]] from a Calgar as it is revealed that the Chaplain monitoring him is none other than [[TyranidLeandros]] invasion.{{Fn|3a12g}}
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