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I have an idea for the Watch Commander: Todtgrimm of the Angels Revenant (literally Old Germanic for "death mask"), a venerable Astartes nearing his 400th year of life, having spent more than half of it in service to the Deathwatch. There's an old joke circulating throughout the ranks of the Watch Fortress regarding the Forbearer, as he is also known, claiming that he will only keel over and expire the exact moment the God-Emperor gives him permission to die. What may seem a crass remark to outsiders becomes far more understandable when one views the full breadth of the Commander's honor roll.

Commander Todtgrimm is the sole survivor of three separate Kill-Teams, fought and won against some of the most nightmarish xeno-breeds ever encountered by the Imperium, and even endured (albeit barely) the destruction of his Chapter homeworld of Libethra at the hands of the undying Necrons. Given the terrific toll these decades of unyielding catastrophe have taken on his mind and body, it is a small miracle in itself that he hasn't been confined to the adamantium sarcophagus of a Dreadnought.

Clad in relic Mark IV Maximus Power Armor nearly as ancient as he is, the Forbearer wields the Grasp of Command, an archeotech Power Fist discovered at the heart of Malepertus during its initial cleansing capable of manipulating electromagnetism to devastating effect. With it, Todtgrimm can deflect and redirect solid projectiles, short out enemy electronics, or simply crush them within their own armor by merely clenching his armored fist, or close in to deliver blows that can rend open tank plating.

So yeah. That's essentially cliffnotes. I would in all likelihood probably create a full-on character article for him if that's what we're going for.