Editing Grimaldus (section)

==Summary==
Grimaldus appears in the novel Helsreach, by [[Aaron Dembski-Bowden]], where Grimaldus not only survives getting an entire temple crumbled over him, but kills an [[Ork]] Warlord with a single strike of his [[Power Weapon|Crozius Arcanum]]; saves an [[Imperator Battle Titan]] Princeps from getting assimilated by her engine's spirit [[Awesome|by merely demanding her not to fall]]; steals an Ordinatus from the [[Adeptus Mechanicus]] and has his [[Techmarine]] hack it so it can kill what was probably the biggest Mega Gargant of the whole [[Third war for Armageddon]]; and gets his first human friend named Andrej (a Steel Legion Stormtrooper with even bigger balls than the average Imperial Guard) promoted to the rank of Captain.

Note that for nearly any other character, Grimaldus' Calgar-esque ability to not die, along with the above incident with the Princeps would condemn him to Mary Sue status. However, the character is so well-written, and simply so balls-to-the-wall badass and yet oddly endearing that not even /tg/ can find it in themselves to criticise him. On top of that, to contrast with said badass attitude in battle, for a large portion of the novel he's whiny about the fact he's (as he sees it) been left behind to fight for a doomed hive city by his Chapter. He eventually realizes that, more than defending a physical objective, it is to keep the spirits of the Imperial defenders up that he is there. Which is, after all, the core job of a Chaplain. And if anything else, Grimaldus is pretty damn fucking good at his job!

Recently, however, he became best buds with Pride Leader (Sergeant) Ekene Dubaku of the [[Celestial Lions]] and set about in an attempt to save their doomed Chapter from the wrath of the Inquisition (Spess Mehrine style!). He even called them naive for messing with the Inquisition because who in their right mind would? (Besides the [[Space Wolves]], anyway. But the space wolves are First Founding, everyone would notice if they suddenly disappeared.)

Regardless, they got a lot of Ork asses kicked and got shit done in [[rip and tear|true Space Marine style]]. Now there is some hope that the Celestial Lions might survive. Shows how choosing your allies plays a huge part in this mess. It is unknown how Grimaldus will react when he finds out that Dubaku was assassinated by a Callidus posing as a member of the Mentor Legion. Needless to say, it'll probably be badass and involve a crusade to Terra where the Templars will proceed to slaughter the Inquisition and the Assassins like [[The Beheading|the good old days.]]

Prior to the Black Templars being mashed into the Vanilla Marines codex, Grimy had a unique special rule similar to reanimation protocols. Upon losing his last wound Grimaldus would make a leadership test, if he passed he would fight on with one wound remaining. In the new Space Marines codex he was instead given It Will Not Die.

[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1D4jr-0_COg Grimaldus in animated glory...despite not looking right...]


As of 9th Edition, Grimaldus has recieved a new model that almost looks decent as a Primaris Marine, confirming the rumors he was going to pass the Rubicron. His model looks fine besides the Plasma Pistol looking not right and the Sword on his backpack. In spite of this, the Grimaldus kit is one of the few new primaris models that actually looks...acceptably decent.