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===Unnumbered Sons===
Messinius was present when Ferren was brought out of hibernation and the Lord Lieutenant told the Primaris what was expected of him. After Ferren absorbed this, and swore his service to the [[Emperor]], Messinius asked him if he wanted to change his name. As his old life was gone and he would serve under Messinius, Ferren asked the Lord Lieutenant to choose a new name for him. After thinking of it, Messinius granted him the last name '''Areios''', which was taken from an ancient myth and was synonymous with [[Mars]]. Now named Ferren Areios,{{Fn|1d}} the Lieutenant joined Messinius{{Fn|1e}} as he sought to check the state of the mishap prone, [[Indomitus Crusade Fleet Quintus]]. It had been chosen to be the first of the Crusade's Fleets to launch, but a series of accidents, sabotages and sickness, had delayed Quintus' readiness. This had led Guilliman to ask Messinius to determine if it was still possible for Quintus to launch on time.{{Fn|1b}} Messinius had been informed that a plague was also spreading amongst Quintus' Fleet and when he and Ferren arrived on the [[Dominator Class Cruiser|Cruiser]] ''[[Ideos]]'', they witnessed it first hand. They quickly learned that the sickness was a [[Warp]]-born plague and those stricken with it, caused a number of minor [[Daemons]] to materialize when they died. After aiding in dispatching an outbreak of Daemons on Ideos, the two then went to give their reports to Lord Commander Guilliman, on how catastrophic the plague truly was.{{Fn|1e}}
===Ultramarines===
[[Image:AreiosMOR.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Ferren Areios as Captain of the 6th Company{{Fn|5}}]]
When the [[Unnumbered Sons]] were dissolved, Areios hoped he would remain under the command of Messinius and join the [[White Consuls]] Chapter, but Guilliman himself requested Areios join the Ultramarines directly,{{Fn|3b}} and he was assigned to the [[6th Company (Ultramarines)|Sixth Company]] in time for the [[Battle of Garrovire]].{{Fn|3a}} Aerios, along with [[Space Marine Captain | Captain]] [[Maximus Epathus]], [[Librarian]] [[Maendaius]], Lieutenant [[Vero]], and several other Ultramarines, were part of a mission to investigate strange psychic obfuscation within the ruins of a purged city on [[Garrovire]], where they discovered a Chaos-tainted statue.{{Fn|3c}} Deciding to destroy the statue, the Ultramarines were attacked by a [[Possessed]] member of their squad, leaving Vero and Epathus dead, and Meandaius suspected of corruption; Aerios assumed de-facto command of the company.{{Fn|3d}} Following a vision from the librarian, the Sixth Company [[Strike Cruiser]] joined up with [[Inquisitor]] [[Leonid Rostov]] to search for the base of the [[Hand of Abaddon]].{{Fn|3e}} With aid from the [[Leagues of Votann|Votann]] [[Omrigar Kindred|Omrigar]] [[Kindred (Leagues of Votann)|Kindred]], and Rostov's small [[Imperial Navy|Imperial Fleet]], the 6th Company, [[84th Mordian Iron Guard]], and a Platoon of Inquisitorial [[Stormtroopers]] were able to board the Hand of Abaddon's [[Blackstone Fortress]], defeating the [[cultists]] and [[Chaos Space Marines]] within. During the battle Areios kills the Hand of Abaddon member dubbed the [[Butcher King]], but not before Five of the Eight other members of the Hand had escaped.{{Fn|3f}}