NAME: Marcus Adarc

HOMEWORLD: Carroan Primus, A high gravity world rich in minerals and nothing else the surface atmosphere was useless to begin with and became choked with toxic gasses from mineral processing. The higher gravity makes constructing vast hive cities difficult. 90% of the population lives in the vast tunnel network under the surface the rest live as administrators and government personnel in the relatively diminutive hive city capital that is encapsulated is a pressurized dome. Occasionally imperial tithes found imperial guard regiments, but they are very rare mostly being satisfied by the mineral exports. The Imperial cult has evolved strangely on Carroan, it has become somewhat of a hybrid between the Imperial cult and Machine cult incorporating belief systems of both. This hybrid religion is viewed as strange and with dubious regard by inquisitors but since both religions are sanctioned they largely ignore it as a queer oddity.

AGE: 46

GENDER: Male

APPEARANCE: Marcus is somewhat tall and very broad, resembling Catachan natives. Hailing from a high gravity planet has made him very strong ensuring that he can carry or drag other Arbites out of danger while both are in full carapace armor. Despite his build he has very nimble fingers that have the stability of a surgeon while operating. His skin is extremely pale from his years on Carroan living under ground.
Marcus also seems to have a drop of Cadian in his blood giving him the purple hue to his eyes but it is his only obvious Cadian resemblance. He is unsure as to the origin of his Cadian ancestor as they must be a somewhat distant relative. His eye color could be some kind of unrelated mutation giving him the same trait.

ROLE: Combat Medic

UNIFORM: Marcus wears standard issue Arbites carapace armor with only minor modifications to easily carry more medical equipment such as more vials for his injector gun and bandages, along with a thick pad of triage cards on a chain. He has however painted medicae symbols on the shoulder pads of his armor to denote his rank as medic. Lastly he has a small pouch crudely, but securely, attached to his belt where he carries identification tags of deceased arbites, PDF, or citizens. One of his Bracers has been replaced with a medical injector gun loaded with various drugs and a retractable blade used to cut away clothing and armor.

EXPERTISE: Marcus has specialized in medicine even beyond his role as a combat medic. While he is not officially endorsed as a surgeon his skill at battlefield and emergency medicine is unquestioned. He is no miracle worker but many an Arbites or PDF would have died if under the care of a most other medics.

Not necessarily a skill, but Marcus is also quite calming to the wounded. It may be the cadence in his voice or the purple of his eyes, regardless of why all but the most grievously injured stop screaming in agony when Marcus begins to treat them. Even severe burn victims will quiet down after an opiate injection and some calming words from Marcus.

Marcus carries with him a copy of the Imperial Guard Uplifting Primer bartered for a vial of pain killers. After this he carries a couple decks of cards where he knows several group and solo games.

EQUIPMENT: Please list your character's gear here and please do so in the following format. Feel free to customize your gear with attachments and cosmetic personalizations, but remember that the base paint job of any piece of equipment and weaponry is black. We're a grim sort.

- Primary weapon: Las-Rifle

- Secondary weapon: Stub Gun

- Melee weapon: Shock Baton (Stained with blood from being used as medical equipment and as a weapon)

- Tertiary equipment: Distributed between a backpack and easy access satchel.
Gauze Oxygen
Bandages Medical Tape
Scalpels Splint
Suture kit Water
Stimpak Alcohol (for sterilization)
Painkillers Pen Light
Bonesaw IV kit
Injector Gun (gauntlet) x2 bags of IV fluid
Anti-biotic foam BVM (bag and mask for force air into the lungs)
Tourniquet Blessed Powder of Healing (quick-clot)

- Mementos:

BIOGRAPHY: On Carron Primus Marcus was born to a pair of low level administrators living in the underground portion of the hive. Marcus’ parents where loving and well educated compared to most imperial citizens and they gave him a pleasant childhood, as their only child his parents strove and used every favor and spare credit to push Marcus up the social ladder. Their endeavors paid off well managing to place him into an Officio Medicae school as a child; their dream was to have him grow up into a Medicae Temple administrator or a surgeon. In this school Marcus excelled outstripping most other students in his classes the Medicae Temple was a prime fit for him, given time he would rise very high in the ranks of the Administratum through the Officio Medicae.

Marcus heard little of what was happening throughout the planet as he was devoutly focused on his studies. His parents where oddly altruistic when it came to the average miner, they would use what little influence they had to try and improve their living conditions. On several occasions they succeeded in acquiring toxin scrubbers for the ventilation shafts or increasing rations due to the hard labor and high gravity. Some of this mentality managed to rub off on their son, by the age of 14 Medicae teachers would write displeased letters to his parents concerning his ‘caring’ about patients and how he would fail and would be a poor doctor if he spent too much time on a terminal patient while letting patients who could be saved die. Triage was a difficult lesson for Marcus, but it was also one he would not learn at the Medicae School.

Shortly after these reports on their son an emergency in the tunnels called both of his parents away. There was a riot among the miners that his parents administrated. They both had high standing with the miners themselves as they were the only administrators who would try and help. Marcus’ parents where at the riot trying to de-escalate the situation before the Arbites forcibly intervened, however the rioters began throwing things at the Arbites and started chanting disrespectful slurs until the Arbites had had enough. They began to open fire, cutting the riot apart with shotgun blasts and Las-fire. Both of Marcus’ parents were caught in the crossfire, his father was killed outright but his mother was seriously wounded but ignored for several hours while the Arbites worked to arrest those who incited the riot. By the time any medical personnel arrived his mothers wounds had grown so serious that she was declared to be an Imminent patient, or doomed.

Within hours of his mother’s eventual death the Schola Progenium came to shuttle young Marcus away. He was placed into the Arbites program and broken down rapidly. Marcus did not have the iron clad resolve that many of his peers did, and was broken within the first few months. Superior teachers at the school reveled in this and pushed Marcus down even farther digging into the core of his personality. After several years of the brutal treatment something deep snapped. Their torments no longer had much of any effect on him and the teachers quickly became bored with the broken child. When he was 17 he was being tested for certain aptitudes before his placement in an arbites precinct and he scored remarkably high on the various medical knowledge tests so the school retained him and pushed him through the medic training program. After several months training he was assigned to assist a medic on Aphrodus Primaris.

Shadowing medic Alerak for some months was very educational for marcus, finally being able to apply his knowledge in the field. More often than not he was treating fractured bones or stab wounds suffered by Arbites officers during routine actions, but his skill and demeanor where quickly take note of by his superiors.

It took several years after his full time assignment to precinct 47 for any major disturbances to happen. however, at one point there was an accident where a transport ship carrying several hundred tons of food to the district crashed destroying the vast majority of the food. The miners and underhive gangs where extremely upset at this and began causing problems because of it. Normally this would have been rectified quite easily by bringing in a new shipment of food without too much delay. however the Arbites judge in the precinct was a harsh and cruel man who enjoyed causing pain. He began halting all shipment of food due to the unrest causing a full scale riot with both the miners and gangs revolting at their harsh punishment. several hundred thousand imperial citizens where marching the street armed with mining lasers and black market weapons. The Judge of the precinct assumed the angry mob would be assaulting the space port where the transport ships where being held up. He dispatched the vast majority of his Arbites to the space port nearby to protect the valuable structure. Marcus was not among them. He was part of the token force left at the Precinct headquarters. The angry mob knew of who their oppressor was and who was leaning these cruel punishments on them and they stormed the Arbites fortress.

For over an hour Marcus was sprinting through the fortress patching up Arbites. Through the confusion Marcus managed to convince his commanders to establish a medical channel where he, and other medics could easily hear the locations of the wounded, Marcus even began talking regular Arbites through the medical procedures to save their comrades because there where too few medics to reach each call as it happened. The rioters eventually managed to break through the gates using mining charges and lasers, the Arbites force came together in a huge shield wall and tried desperately to hold them back while they awaited reinforcements from the units dispatched at the space port. Marcus was at the rear of the shield wall treating the wounded who where dragged away from the front. Marcus had his own triage area set up and other medics who came to help him began deffering to his judgement even those with more experience began to follow Marcus. After over two hours of combat reinforcments finally arrived and dispersed the rioters, and the Arbites restored order along with allowing shipments of food to prevent more violence.

Marcus was specifically given several honors after the ordeal, and earning him consideration for a place on the strike team.

PERSONALITY: Marcus is a very calm man, even in the heat of combat he is very capable of thinking clearly. This extends to when he is conducting an interview or interrogation. He never raises his voice or lashes out at the subject in rage especially when they are being disrespectful or argumentative.

He is also on a certain level caring about the average imperial citizen; while the idea of torture or brutal riot control is not abhorrent to him he does still feel a pang of emotion if such tactics are required. He will also try to save imperial citizens caught in the crossfire of a riot or battle, but he would still prioritize Arites or PDF forces.

MISCELLANEOUS: Just in case I forgot anything.