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===The Epic of Garanius the Seedbearer===
It was roughly one hundred and thirty years after the Conservators took up residence in the Asharn March that the young chapter faced its most dire threat since the incursion of the Ork Waaagh which had first left them decimated and disgraced. A rampaging chaos warband tore into the March like a serrated knife, leaving misery and destruction in their wake. In the face of the dread foe the Conservators deployed their full battle strength. Predator tanks which had not seen the light of day in decades were fielded in force and the full might of the chapter was brought to bear. The battle was long and terrible, but the Astartes held their ground until help arrived in a most unexpected, but most welcome form.

The Ordo Malleus had taken note of their plight and a detachment of Grey Knights had been nearby by a happy coincidence. The Knights were dispatched and the battle was joined. With the holy warriors on their side the Conservators turned the tide of battle in their favor, overpowering and finally crushing their hated foe, those who stood and fought died to the last, only those who fled into the warp in shame and defeat lived to tell of their attempted invasion. When the smoke had cleared a celebration was held, the Conservators giving their holy brothers fine gifts to show their appreciation for the assistance. As they returned home the Grey Knights were adorned with white capes trimmed with cloth-of-gold, and had been given a large, finely crafted tapestry to return to the halls of titan, commemorating their victory together.

It was some while later that the body of a fallen Knight was found, frozen in ice on a frigid tundra. By a small miracle his gene seed was still intact. A debate arose over what to do with the remains. Traditionally such matters were handled by giving the fallen marine an honored burial in the Conservator's burial grounds, and putting his armor, wargear and gene seed to good use in the chapter. However this was done not from greed, but from the understanding that the Conservators needs were greater than that of the more well equipped chapter they were taking from, and in the future they would again fight at the side of the chapter to whom they owed the gene debt.

However it was unlikely that they would again fight beside the warriors of the Grey Knights, encountering them being such a rare event. Further, it was decided that the holiest warriors of the Imperium had a far greater need for their fallen brother's progenoid and wargear than the Conservators ever would. So it was decided that they would return the seed, intact, to the Knights of Titan, along with the body of their fallen warrior.

It was finally decided that Garanius, chief apothecary of the third company, would undertake this task. Taking four battle brothers as his escort, he performed surgery on himself to implant the Grey Knight gene seed into his own body to sustain it, using powerful drugs to avoid organ rejection. The apothecary and his small escort set out across the stars on a pilgrimage to Holy Terra itself to return the fallen paladin to his rightful resting place in the burial vaults of Titan.

The following voyage has become one of the chapters most celebrated tales, a legend of heroism and guile that saw the five marines, heroes all, trekking without proper supply or transport across the length and breadth of the Imperium, a journey of years. They bartered and pleaded passage in cargo bays and warships, fought through warzones and survived uprisings and rebellion. They learned much, saw much, and did battle with the enemies of mankind wherever they were seen. At long last they gazed upon the shining beacon of Terra itself, and returned the Knight to Titan's embrace that he might rest at last.

Amazed that such a small, struggling chapter had undertaken such a voyage to return a single fallen brother to his comrades, the Knights honored the Conservators as they had once been honored, with a fine gift to show thanks. While the five heroes did not remember much of their encounter with the Knights, they awoke aboard a fast Inquisitorial transport which carried them all the way home. In their possession was a slab of polished basalt, hewn from Titan's crust and blessed by a Grey Knight chaplain. It has since become the chapter's holiest relic. The tale of Garanius Seedbearer is among the most beloved tales of the chapter, told to all who join their ranks, and well loved by the people. One famous playwright in the March created an adapted play based on the epic tale, which has since gone on to popularity even outside the March itself.

To this day, the epic voyage remains one of the most impressive feats any Conservator has ever accomplished.