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'''Vitrian Messinius''' is the [[White Consuls]] 10th Company{{Fn|7d}} [[Space Marine Captain|Captain]] and [[Master of Recruits]] who commanded [[Indomitus Crusade Fleet Tertius]]' [[Battlegroup Saint Aster]] as a [[Lord Lieutenant]].{{Fn|1c}} Since the first major battle of the [[Pariah Crusade]] he has been declared by Guilliman as [[Fleetmaster]] of all of Tertius as well as Warden of the [[Nephilim Sector]].{{Fn|7d}}

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|1c}}

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|1c}} 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|1d}}

Messinius was on the [[Zar-Quaesitor]] for [[Belisarius Cawl]]'s reveal and demonstration of the [[Primaris]] [[Space Marines]]. During the combat demonstration he felt a tingle in the back of his neck and left to investigate. In a corridor nearby he met [[Alpha Primus (Space Marine)]], who believes Messinius has some sensitivity to the warp since he felt his manipulation. [[Alpha Primus (Space Marine)]] says he is loyal to the throne and says he called Messinius to warn him, and told him not to trust everything [[Cawl]] says, but did specify that [[Cawl]] has no desire to rule and wants the salvation on mankind. He also informed Messinius that he's different in some way than the standard [[Primaris]] [[Space Marines]]. After they talked Messinius returned to the display hall to finish watching the demonstration. He ordered his troops to perform a sweep, but knew they would find nothing.{{Fn|1b}}

Messinius met [[Inquisitor]] [[Rostov]] again when [[Rostov]] was looking for reinforcements to fight the [[Hand of Abaddon]]. [[Rostov]] informed Messinius of everything he'd learned relating to the [[Hand of Abaddon]] since the [[Battle of Machorta Sound]]. After listening Messinius informed him that he couldn't divert entire battle groups for him while success was so uncertain, however he was able to give him a modest force. He also made it clear that he did not appreciate [[Rostov]] bringing along the [[Oblivion Knight]] [[Syreniel]] as a subtle manipulation to remind him of the [[Emperor]]'s will. Regardless, Messinius promised [[Rostov]] that if he could find this fortress, and if his fears were founded, Messinius would send him a greater force to deal with the threat.{{fn|5b}}

During the [[Pariah Crusade]], Messinius was appointed by Guilliman to accompany [[Belisarius Cawl]] to [[Planet 7/2]] as [[Fleet Primus]] and [[Fleet Tertius]] waged ruinous diversionary attacks.{{Fn|7a}} Leading 150 former [[Greyshield]]s who had just been declared official White Consuls, Messinius' forces took grievous losses to the [[Necrons]]. However Cawl was successful in interfacing with the Necron command pyramid on the planets surface to disrupt the [[Pariah Nexus]] and the survivors escaped back into orbit with a [[Pharos]] device.{{Fn|7b}} Wounded during the battle, in the aftermath Messinius underwent the [[Rubicon Primaris]] to become a [[Primaris Space Marine]].{{Fn|7c}} While in recovery he met with Guilliman, who appointed Messinius as the new [[Fleetmaster]] of [[Fleet Tertius]] as well as the Warden of the [[Nephilim Sector]].{{Fn|7d}}

Messinius was left in command of an Imperial presence to the southeast of the Nephilim Sector. While he was supposed to expand and reinforce what Guilliman had reconquered, the effects of the anomaly on normal humans made that difficult, and the unexpected arrival of [[Orks]] put them on the defensive.{{Fn|6}}

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|1c}}. Messinius also uses a more modern [[Plasma Pistol]].{{Fn|3}}

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*In the novel [[Avenging Son (Novel)|Avenging Son]] Messinius explicitly tells [[Ferren Areios]] that [[The Emperor]] is not a god, and that the space marines don't worship him.{{Fn|1d}} In the final book in that series, [[The Silent King (Novel)|The Silent King]], Messinius and the entire [[White Consuls]] chapter worship the emperor as a god.{{Fn|7d}}

*[[List of Space Marine Captains]]

*{{Endn|1}}: [[Avenging Son (Novel)]]

**{{Endn|1a}}: Chapter 1