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Before that, he nearly met his ends at the hands of a [[Genestealer]], as the [[Raven Guard]] were clearing out an infestation of the [[Xenos]] within a [[Mining World|mine]]. The Genestealer surprised him and tore out his eye and disemboweled Illith, but he was able to kill the Xenos with his [[Combat Knife]]. Illith's injuries caused him to collapse beside the [[Xenos]] and was assumed to be dead, when he was later found by an [[Apothecary]]. It was only when his [[Gene-seed]] was about to be recovered, that the Apothecary discovered that Illith still lived. He was able to recover from his injuries, but the attack marred Illith with a scar that caused the left side of his mouth to be in a permanent snarl. His missing eye was replaced by a flickering red [[Bionic]] orb, that according to the Chapter's legends was created on [[Mars]] during the [[Great Crusade]]. For a time, the Bionic was worn by a legendary [[Space Marine Legion|Legion]] Shadow Captain before it was lost on a battlefield. The Bionic was later found by the [[Adeptus Mechanicus]] and eventually returned to the Raven Guard. Illith has refused to confirm if this is true or not though.{{Fn|1}}
He is also among the few [[Raven Guard]], who had the abilities of the ancient [[Mor Deythan]],{{Fn|1}} which in [[M42]]{{Fn|2}} was rare among those [[Chapter]]s descended from the [[Primarch]] [[Corax]]. It was because of these powers, that [[Chapter Master]] [[Kayvaan Shrike]] selected Illith, [[Space Marine Sergeant|Sergeant]] [[Artarix]], [[Shadow Captain]] [[Aevar Qeld]] and the [[Knights of the Raven]] Captain [[Mordren]], to be members of the newly restored order{{Fn|1}}. The [[Great Rift]]{{Fn|2}} had caused the [[Imperium]] to be beset by foes and Shrike would use the Mor Deythan's abilities in targeted attacks, that would topple these threats. The four would only be gathered together by him for such missions, with Illith normally in command, and their first undertaking was eliminating the [[Alpha Legion]] [[Chaos Lord|Warlord]] [[Mazik]].{{Fn|1}} The Mor Deythan's second mission was boarding a [[mag-train ]] on [[Delephron]], in order to kill an [[Ordo Hereticus]] [[Interrogator]] who had learned disastrous information that would draw the Inquisition's gaze to the Raven Guard. They were not the only ones seeking the Interrogator though, and the Mor Deythan clashed with [[Nurgle]] [[Chaos Raptor|Raptors]] who attacked the mag-train. The Mor Deythan were able to kill many of the Raptors and as they searched for the Interrogator they found a maddened [[Astropath]]. From the [[Psyker]]'s repeated ramblings, they learned that the missing [[Iron Ravens]] [[Successor Chapter]], which had been drawn into the [[Warp]] a thousand years ago, had now returned. The Astropath claimed, however, that their time in the Warp had corrupted the Iron Ravens and the Mor Deythan knew the Inquisition's discovery of this, would be dire for the Raven Guard. They realized that this was the information the Interrogator had found and they planned to immediately take the Astropath to Shrike. However the Mor Deythan noticed that the Nurgle Raptors had passed by the carriage and yet the Traitors had left the Astropath alive. Illith was now worried the Raptors could be seeking something else on the mag-train, and ordered Artarix to stay with the Astropath, while the remaining Mor Deythan advanced after the Traitors. When they caught up to the Raptors, the Mor Deythan could see the Traitors were pursuing a fleeing figure. Illith charged Qeld with capturing the person before they escaped, while he and Mordren dealt with the Raptors. However Qeld was captured by the Raptors and borne away from the mag-train, while the fleeing figure escaped into another carriage. By that point, Illith believed the survivors on the mag-train had been corrupted by the Nurgle Raptors and ordered them to be purged. While they did so, however, the fleeing figure escaped from the mag-train, without the Mor Deythan realizing it. After the mag-train was purged, Artarix and Mordren wished to find the captured Qeld, but Illith refused. He claimed their first priority was to warn Chapter Master Shrike of the Iron Raptors return and then they would begin the search for Qeld. The fleeing figure from the mag-train, however, turned out to be their original target, Interrogator [[Bledheim]], who soon informed [[Inquisitor]] [[Sabbathiel]] of the Astropath's rantings.{{Fn|2}}
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