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Hailing from the [[Hive World]] of [[Belial (Hive World)|Belial]], Leo and his comrades [[Ivan]] and [[Antoniev]] joined the Imperial Guard in order to escape the constant gang warfare of their world. He soon became a tank driver on the [[Baneblade]] ''Indomitable'' in the [[7th Belial]] [[Regiment]].{{Fn|1a}}
Leo and the ''Indomitable'' were deployed to [[Karsk IV]] in the early days of the [[Macharian Crusade]], and during the fighting their tank commander [[Lieutenant]] [[Doblinsky]] was killed. Leo, Ivan, and Anton along with two new recruits were the sole survivors of their tank crew.{{Fn|1b}} They next were assigned to take part in the securing of the city of Irongrad and battled the [[Cult of the Angel of Fire]], during which he enters a relationship with an [[Imperial Assassin]] dubbed [[Anna]] who in truth working for [[Inquisitor]] [[Hyronimus Drake]] and was disguised as a nurse.{{Fn|1c}} Through Anna, the group are assigned to guard the wounded [[Lord Commander]] [[Macharius]] at a hospital.{{Fn|1d}} During an attack on the city by [[Cultist]]s, Leo and his squad protected the wounded Macharius{{Fn|1e}} and helped Macharius in defeating the [[Lord of Change]] at the heart of the Cult. For their heroism, Macharius appointed Leo and his squad to his bodyguard unit.{{Fn|1f}}
Serving for the next ten years in Macharius' personal guard, Lemuel became embroiled in the battle against the [[Dark Eldar]] for control of the [[Fist of Russ|Fist of Demetrius]] after their ship ''[[Lux Imperatoris]]'' was lost in a [[Warp Storm]] and raided by the [[Xenos]].{{Fn|2a}} Fighting alongside Macharius, Drake, and [[Space Wolves]] under [[Ulrik Grimfang]] and [[Logan Grimnar]] they managed to drive the Xenos back from the ''Lux Imperatoris'', though they escaped with the Fist.{{Fn|2b}} Leo accompanied Macharius to [[Procrastes]] and then into the [[Webway]] in pursuit of the Dark Eldar Lord [[Ashterioth]], who sought to use the Fist to reach the [[Reality Engine]].{{Fn|2c}} During the final battle, Leo threw a [[grenade]] at Ashterioth which destabilized his connection to the engine, and before the Xenos could kill him he was saved by the intervention of [[Macharius]] and [[Logan Grimnar]].{{Fn|2d}}
