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==Fate of a Champion==
A Deathwatch Champion may fight on for decades, or endure for only a single engagement. It may be a Champion’s destiny to participate in a righteous purgation of xenos races beneath a dozen alien suns or to eliminate a single mighty enemy of sufficient stature to change the course of a war. Often they are tasked with setting right a blemish on the Deathwatch's reputation, an offense done to them or a failure to eliminate an individual target (a situation particularly common regarding the Orks and Eldar). Few Champions survive to eventually rejoin the ranks of their Chapter, and those that do usually bear terrible wounds.

Even through their death a Deathwatch Champion can serve a higher purpose. The naming of a champion is not a thing done lightly; the honor of the Deathwatch rests upon them, and if they fall in battle then it is imperative to the Deathwatch that their death be avenged, and their geneseed and wargear recovered. Other watch fortresses will commit aid if necessary to set right the loss of a fortress's champion.

Should a fallen Champion prove truly unreachable through even the most determined efforts of his Battle Brothers then [[Kill-Ship]]s will follow. [[Exterminatus|The Kill-ships will unleash their hellish payloads onto the enemy, turning the site of the Champion’s martyrdom into a funeral pyre of continental proportions.]]

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