Ezekiel

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[[Image:Easykill.jpg|thumb|left|300px|Shhhhh.]]
'''Ezekiel''' is the Grand Master of [[Librarian]]s of the [[Dark Angels]] Chapter of [[Space Marines]]. He also holds the titles Holder of the Keys and Keeper of the [[Book of Salvation]]. He holds the keys to every door in the Rock (besides the ones to [[Lion El'Jonson]]'s bedroom and Luther’s cell) and the [[Book of Salvation]], which lists the names of all the <s>[[Fallen Angels]]</s> {{Blam|+++HERETICS AND SCUM WHO MOST CERTAINLY DO NOT COME FROM THE DARK ANGELS, THE MOST LOYAL <s>LEGION</s> CHAPTER AND AFFILIATED SUCCESSOR CHAPTERS OF ALL+++}}.

Not to be confused with [[Abaddon|the other guy named <s>Ezekiel</s> Ezekyle.]]

==History==
Ezekiel (meaning: God will strengthen, and indeed He did) was found on Delphyna III, a planet which had devolved into barbarism, where people had rejected technology and [[grimdark|replaced it with human sacrifice]]. Whilst the Dark Angels were righteously introducing the locals to the business end of a flamethrower, they came across a town which was actually eerily pleasant. In a rare moment of 40k cleverness, the Dark Angels brought in their [[Librarian]] to assist them in investigating the town hall. Inside they found a bat-shitload of lunatic ravings and a young boy [[FATAL|chained up in the basement.]] Sensing immense psychic power from the boy, the Librarian queried why the boy was still chained up, since he was powerful enough to free himself. The boy replied: [[Just as Planned|"I saw salvation coming on wings of fire. Now it is here."]]

The boy would become Ezekiel, and while he was [[Teclis|feeble and wasted in body]], he was genetically compatible enough to be a space marine. Subject to the harshest of [[Anal Circumference|physical]] and [[Rebecca Black|mental]] testing since he was a [[psyker]], he took the whole thing without complaint, which clearly puzzled the chapter's Librarians.

When the Librarian in charge then attempted to read the boy's mind, that Librarian had a stroke... when he recovered eighty days later, he announced that the boy would make it as a Dark Angel, since there was nothing they could do to him which he had not [[rape|suffered]] [[Grimdark|already]]. Ezekiel was promoted immediately to Codicier ''([[Ragnar Blackmane|skipping]] Lexicanum)'' and made it to Epistolary within ten years, making his [[Mary Sue|rise through space marine ranks meteoric]]!

During a duel with a Greater Daemon, the psychic backlash caused Ezekiel to temporary lose his divination power, which was also why Ezekiel lost his eye to stray bolter fire from Orks on '''Honoria'''. Just as his company feared the worst without him to guide them, he reappeared on the lines of battle (after he had been saved from death by the company's Apothecary just hours before) with a crude augmetic in place, and hunted down the Ork Warboss and challenged him to a duel, whereupon the Ork's axe meeting Ezekiel's blade caused the axe to shatter and take out the Warboss' eye, [[JUST AS PLANNED]]. It's worth noting that Ezekiel and that same Apothecary help deliver a woman's baby after she is slain by a stray Ork round. That same woman's husband possessed the cybernetic eye that Ezekiel currently uses.

Following this, due to feeling inferior to Ezekiel's [[Cato Sicarius|obvious superiority]] the Chief Librarian of the Dark Angels stood down, taking a demotion so Ezekiel could take the job (actually, the novel ''Eye of Ezekiel'' revealed that the Chief Librarian did plan to step down eventually, but he also had the excuse of causing terrible damage to the Chapter by attacking the [[Necrons]].)
[[File:Ezekiel.png|thumb|350px|right|Books are, as always, necessary to be a wise-ass librarian.]] From here Ezekiel would oversee and approve every promotion and indoctrination within the Chapter's '''Inner Circle''', and there have been instances where marines have actually declined promotion rather than stand under Ezekiel's judgement. This has probably something to do with one case of where a sergeant was offered promotion to captain of the 10th company, so Ezekiel probed his thoughts for a day and night... afterwards the sergeant took his bolt pistol and blew his own brains out. While Ezekiel said that he found nothing in the sergeant's mind that would have prevented his promotion, the sergeant clearly found [[/d/|some]][[/b/|thing]] in there he couldn't live with.

It was Ezekiel who persuaded Azrael not to tamper with history and to destroy the Tuchulcha Engine, which was the main reason why Caliban itself was destroyed in the past and the Fallen were scattered in the first place!

==Tabletop==
{| class=wikitable
! || Pts || WS || BS || S || T || W || I || A || Ld || Sv
|-
| '''Ezekiel:''' || 145 || 5 || 5 || 4 || 4 || 3 || 5 || 3 || 10 || 2+
|}

He's a level 3 librarian with access to the same disciplines as regular Dark Angels librarians. Mind Worm is no longer his sole province.

He carries '''The Book Of Salvation''' which gives +1 A to all DA units within 6", which can have the hilarious effect of stacking with DA banners and righteous repugnance meaning the Dark Angels' dedicated melee units can have an insane volume of attacks.

He also has '''Traitor's Bane''' an awesomely named but completely average master-crafted force sword which has been placed in his regular gear, rather than being a relic. This has the effect of granting him an additional attack when combined with his master-crafted bolt pistol.

Beyond that, he has near-Captain stats (-1 WS), a psychic hood and artificer armour, making him half decent in a stand-up fight.

On his own, he's not quite the psychic powerhouse of [[Varro Tigurius]] or [[Njal Stormcaller]] in terms of both power selection or ability to re-roll failed powers. However, he does have his own unique '''Librarius Conclave''', which is different from the vanilla codex one. In this case, while he is accompanied by two or more other Librarians, they can loan each other their knowledge of powers, harness Warp Charges on 3+ at a cost of the donor librarians not being able to cast powers, '''but''' you also boost the range of the Mind Worm Primaris power to 24".

Comparatively, thanks to a combination of the Draft Psychic Power FAQ and the way Gladius Strike Forces are put together, vanilla Conclaves have been nerfed badly. Get 3 Librarians together and one nominated Librarian can harness Warp Charges on 2+. but despite having access to phenomenal cosmic powah, unless the players are using Tigurius himself, that nominated generic Librarian is limited to manifesting only two powers per turn at most, while his brethren stand around like idiots. You could of course not use the benefit of the formation, but then you're stuck with a tax of a minimum of three Librarians, since there is no other way to squeeze them into a Gladius Strike Force. Dark Angels can at least take them individually as part of Inner Circle command choices.

===8th edition===
{| class=wikitable
! || Pts/PL || M || WS || BS || S || T || W || A || Ld || Sv
|-
| '''Ezekiel:''' || 110/8 || 6" || 2+ || 2+ || 4 || 4 || 5 || 3 || 9 || 2+/4++
|}

That's right, Ezekiel comes standard with a 4++ now. His weapons have been given their names back and actually do stuff rather than just grant rerolls. so now the Deliverer is S:4 AP:-1 D:2, and Traitor's Bane is S:+1 AP:-3 D:D3 (Damage:D3+1 against Psykers). Plus he has the [[Book of Salvation]]: friendly Dark Angels within six inches who get killed in the Fight phase, [[Awesome|may immediately pile in and make one more attack before they die]]. As for psychic prowess, he can cast/deny two power per phase, has +1 to Deny rolls if the enemy psyker is within 12 inches, knows Smite and all three Interomancy powers, so he can wound his opponent and force them to fight last and inflict a -1 to all of their To-Hit rolls. Sadly no sign of him getting any [[Varro Tigurius|psychic rerolls]] or [[Njal Stormcaller|casting buffs]], though as an actual warrior, Ezekiel is still one of the most competent Librarians out there with good WS/BS and solid weapons and armour.

==Gallery==
<Gallery>
File:Darkangels-1024.jpg|To be near him is a scary experience.
</Gallery>

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Gargoyle (Tyranids)

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[[File:Bloody_Gargoyles.jpg|400px|thumb|left|As if normal Gaunts weren't bad enough already...]]

{{topquote|Fly my pretties. Fly!|The Wicked Witch of the West}}

A '''gargoyle''' (''Gauntii avius'') is a winged variant of the [[termagant]] and possesses the same armament and same [[Chitin|chitinous shell,]] except for a [[Blinding Venom|venom gland that allows it to spit acid.]] When not under the command of a synapse node Gargoyles are known for being weak and cowardly, shying away from combat. However, they are also described in the fluff as being lethal in a confined space, with [[Tyranid_Bio-Weapons#Claws and Teeth|claws]], [[Tyranid_Bio-Weapons#Bio-Flail|spikes]], [[Tyranid_Bio-Weapons#Scything Tail|barbed tails]], flapping wings, and venom flying everywhere. They typically like to dive upon exposed and weakened units like Imperial Guard command squads, as it can be rather difficult to fight off a swarm of acid spitting, gun toting bats that view you as a tasty slice of cake. Other preferred targets include isolated characters, back-field support units such as heavy weapon teams, and below-strength squads. Any target that is alone, vulnerable, and/or weakened would be ideal preferred prey for a swarm of Gargoyles.

Basically, imagine the Bio Raptors from Pitch Black. But they can see. And light doesn't hurt them. And they have guns. And spit blinding venom like the Dilo from Jurassic Park. Yeah, pretty fething scary.

=== On the Tabletop ===

Prior to 8th edition, Gargoyles were Termagants with wings and a hefty points increase. They were rather unpopular, but not any more so than the rest of the Tyranid 5th-7th Edition Fast Attack choices. Now in 8th/9th they are only 2 points more than a Termagant despite having considerably more capability. Even so, you still need to know what you're doing to get the most mileage out of these guys.

In game their main use is to Deep Strike right behind enemy lines, away from fighting, and then attack things like command units, snipers, heavy weapon teams, and gun emplacements. They will wipe out these things through massed [[fleshborer]] fire, and if the unit is sufficiently depleted, dive in to melee and use their acid to finish them off.

An example of this tactic would be to use two winged hive tyrants with twin-linked [[Brainleech Devourer|brainleech devourers]], supported by 30 gargoyles each, to rape the living shit out of enemy lines. Place them where the enemy has a crapload of important but vulnerable support units and then pelt them to death with so many dice rolls that they drown in them.

Really though, gargoyles are simply bats with guns, and use numbers (like all Tyranids) mixed with speed to force an opponent's death from aforementioned dice drowning. Thankfully, the newest Gargoyle models are now plastic, not the hellish metal ones, and as of pre-Codex 9th Edition they remain reasonably priced at 7 points per model. Gargoyles would be even better if they could use devourers, but then, flying dakka bats with acid spit would be [[Hive Crone|absurd]].

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