Black Crusade Character: Galgamesh the Glutton

Character Name: Galgamesh the Glutton                              Played By: Todd

Race:  Chaos Space Marine                                                     Archetype: Sorcerer

Background

Like most other humans Garth was born into this world as an appendage ridden ball of flesh. Ironically his appearance as a baby closely resembles the creature he has become now more than any other time before his corruption. A severe disease had laid waste to the bloated body of the near dead child and he was actually presumed to be beyond life even before his birth. A rasping, wretched breath startled the doctors into action and over the course of 2 days they were able resuscitate the poor babe and remove the patches of green rotted flesh that covered his body and consumed his mother. 

Even still Garth lived a terribly painful and difficult childhood, only surviving through an immense amount of willpower. His pain and his imperfections were slightly mitigated as he grew older, when he came to the realization that he had the ability to tap into a source of unknown and extreme power. Over time Garth was able to compensate for his weaknesses with his new found strength of mind. Even though great chunks of muscle and connective tissues were missing from various parts of his body he was able to recreate the use of his limbs through sheer telekinetic force of will. He was as spry and nimble as any healthy child with full use of their body and probably even quicker than most.

Before reaching adulthood Garth was contacted by a group of librarians from clan Raukaan who had been scouting him for some time. Specifically Zephyr the clans divination expert. Normally one with physical abnormalities as severe as Garth would not be considered a liable candidate for the gene seed but Zephyr prophesied that the strange boy would be the catalyst to important events within the clan. So after vigorous tests he was accepted into their ranks and started his transformation into a space marine. 

The biscopea implant was the most important to Garth as it was able to completely heal his torn body. The pain was excruciating, even worse than he expected or ever endured. Worse still was that after completion he was left with severe phantom pains making a mockery of his desires for comfort. They plagued his every waking moment, even still he was able to conceal this fact from the rest of the clan. Excelling quickly through the training he was promoted to power armour in short order and began his much anticipated initiation into clan Raukaan's force of librarians. 

Not long after he was sent to help in the Siege of Vraks and was to be pitted up against Necrosius and his apostles of contagion. A vicious battle took place even before he reached the planet as a warp storm opened and spewed the spawns of Nurgle directly into his ship. Garth awoke from stasis to find half his contingent already dead and rotting. The only thing that saved his life  was the sickness he endured as a baby for it granted him a subtle immunity to the corruption. With that defending him he was able to fend off the creatures and there corrupting joyous affection, ending them swiftly and with no joy of his own... In fact joy was something Garth never felt, for in his constant battle with the pain he endured there was no room for joy. 

When the battered ship finally reached the planet he was the only one remaining and was barely alive. The ship on autopilot acted out its final pre-programmed orders and emptied as much of its payload on the targets specified before crashing into the planets surface. 

Necrosius breached the crashed ship under guidance from Father Nurgle and found the decrepit form that was Garth nearly entirely rotten among a pile of his fallen allies, yet still clinging to life. Nearing his final breath Garth opened his eyes for what he presumed to be the last time. His gaze was held fast at that instant as he stared at the bizarre form that was Necrosius. A strange whisper entered his mind, a jovial fat mans voice and it promised him everything. It asked simply for him to embrace the infection and consume the rotted flesh of his fallen allies. Whispers of a life without pain, of immortality, of more power than he could possibly imagine and of course a promise to end the pain and let him for once experience joy like nothing he has ever before felt. 

Garth began first with his closest friend who had been one of the first to die and thus was one of the most decomposed. He feasted upon the feted corpses one after another and with every bite felt the power of Nurgle flow into his body building up the rot and expanding it. Upon completion of his grizzly task Garth was no more and in his place was something new, something wretched, something bloated but most importantly something that was happy and without pain. Letting out a gargantuan belch that instantly turned into maniacal laughter he proclaimed himself Galgamesh the Glutton! In this selfish, traitorous act he fulfilled Zephyr's prophecies and brought much shame to the clan, forcing them to create new sanctions against aspiring librarians.

Nurgle then left his mind and it has been his joyous quest ever since to gain once again his fathers whispers.

Appearance

Galgamesh is a bloated, infection-ridden monster. His facial features are distorted and grotesque, and covered in weeping sores and pustules. Covering his disgusting frame is a suit of remarkably well maintained power armour, painted a deep green to symbolize his allegiance to grandfather Nurgle, He carries with him a force sword, and a flamer with which to cook his enemies for their consumption.

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