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[[Image:Messinius.jpg|thumb|right|Vitrian Messinius{{Fn|1}}]]
'''Vitrian Messinius''' is a [[White Consuls]] [[Space Marine Captain|Captain]] and [[Master of Recruits]] who commands [[Indomitus Crusade Fleet Tertius]]' [[Battlegroup Saint Aster]] as a [[Lord Lieutenant]].{{Fn|1b1c}}
==Biography==
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|1b1c}}
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]].{{Fn|1a}} While on Terra Messinius was head of Guilliman's security.{{Fn|1b1c}} By this point Messinius learned of the fall of his Chapter's Homeworld of [[Sabatine]] and was not sure how much of the White Consuls had even survived. {{Fn|1c1d}}
After the reveal of the [[Primaris]] [[Space Marines]], Guilliman had individual meetings with the Space Marines that accompanied him on the Terran Crusade. During his meeting with Messinius Guilliman gave him the choice of going with a Torchbearer fleet to reinforce the [[White Consuls]], or stay and help the Indomitus Crusade. Messinius chose to stay, so Guilliman gave him the temporary rank of [[Lord Lieutenant]], he was given command of a group of Primaris Space Marines attached to [[Indomitus Crusade Fleet Tertius]]' [[Battlegroup Saint Aster]], and assigned him to act as one of the chief advisors of [[Cassandra VanLeskus]]. [[Guilliman]] also assigned him a Primaris Adjutant, Lieutenant [[Ferren Areios]], Ferren's assignment to Messinius was based on his psyche profile and simulation evaluations. At the end of their meeting [[Guilliman]] gifted Messinius a [[Auramite]] [[Power Fist]] and [[Plasma Pistol]] that had been customized for him, then assigned him to take his primaris marines and asses the status of [[Indomitus Crusade Fleet Quintus]].{{Fn|1c}} Messinius later led his battlegroup in 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|1d1e}}
==Equipment==
Messinius wields a relic [[Auramite]] [[Power Fist]] given to him personally by [[Roboute Guilliman]], it is painted in the [[White Consuls]] Livery and has the trim of Messinius' personal heraldry{{Fn|21c}}. Messinius also uses a more modern [[Plasma Pistol]].{{Fn|3}}
==Images==
*{{Endn|1}}: [[Avenging Son (Novel)]]
**{{Endn|1a}}: Chapter 1
**{{Endn|1b}}: Chapter 16**{{Endn|1c}}: Chapter 20**{{Endn|1c1d}}: Chapter 24**{{Endn|1d1e}}: 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)
*{{Endn|3}}: [https://www.warhammer-community.com/2022/12/04/heres-whats-coming-to-black-library-in-2023/ Warhammer Community: Here’s What’s Coming to Black Library in 2023 (posted 4/12/2022)] (last accessed 4/12/2022)