Editing Fabius Bile (section)

==Present Day==
Bile has kept himself busy since leaving the Emperor's Children behind. Most of his time is spent on the world of Urum, where he set up a loose organisation called [[The Consortium (Warhammer 40,000)|the Consortium]], a research facility/playground/artist's commune for other Chaos Apothecaries to practice their art in relative peace (and also partly addressing why there aren't many Apothecaries in the Traitor Legions any more). Despite having only very little time to live during the Heresy, he's survived through the millennia by cloning and jumping bodies on a regular basis, although the flaw in his gene-seed will keep on being replicated and get progressively worse. He estimates that he'll only live for another few centuries, which he'll spend finding a cure and finishing his great work.

A major part of his "great work" is to create and perfect a new human race - the imaginatively named "New Men" - who would be superior to the Astartes and reclaim the galaxy from both chaos and xenos. The closest attempt he's made thus far are known as Glandhounds - men AND women who are far stronger and more intelligent than regular humans, violently xenophobic towards anything that's not Fabius or another Glandhound, have very strong pack instincts and use them to bring down much larger prey, like Traitor Astartes Fabius doesn't like. Unlike other examples of master-race creators in fiction, he seems entirely unconcerned about being the ruler of the new race or even being around himself when it comes about. It doesn't sound like a bad idea in itself but it goes without saying that old humanity - or anyone else for that matter - is not permitted to coexist with his new race. It's partly why he allows Nurgulite apothecaries to join his Consortium, as their work on viruses and plagues would allow him to clear out old humanity before letting his New Men move in, all inoculated naturally.

It's hinted that he may have had something to do with the [[Obliterators|Obliterator virus]] (aka the turn-your-body-into-a-living-cannon virus) and there are rumors that he had a hand in screwing up the [[21st Founding]] as well, although this hasn't been mentioned in canon past oblique references.

Bile isn't a fan of [[Chaos]], mainly for its role in destroying what little cohesion the Emperor's Children had post-Heresy. He also sees its corrupting influence as running counter to his great work. He's also critical of the [[Emperor]] (beyond the usual traitor reasons) for stifling the growth of humanity as a psychic race. Fabius is [[Communism|oddly egalitarian]] for a mad scientist, complaining that the Emperor was foolish to only let gene-seed work on men. Amusingly, he draws comparisons between himself and the Emperor as both are creators of new races who often insist on worshiping them as gods. Another thing about him is that due to his attitude towards the Chaos Gods and his focus on science, he is the only known Chaos Space Marine that has kept faithful to the tenets of the [[Imperial Truth]], even though he is no longer faithful to the Imperium or the [[Emperor]]. He believes that what men call "Chaos Gods" are truly just mindless cosmic forces that are ascribed personalities by those driven insane by the Warp, and that Daemons are entities that, although seeming to be intelligent, ultimately lack self-awareness. He will even argue to daemons themselves that the gods are not real.

The sheer irony that Fabius Bile of all people is trying to save humanity from Chaos and aliens and to push humanity forward into a new state of power that would ensure mankind's survival and dominance is just...holy shit. So, doesn't that make him secretly a good guy? Nope. For one, he's the posterchild of eugenics. Even with a "the ends justify the means" perspective, his idea of saving humanity involves making gene-enhanced humans and [[/pol/|killing off those "Untermensch" non-enhanced humans]]. He also genuinely enjoys making others suffer, and is prone to betraying and lying to people.

He has an odd place in the very loose and volatile hierarchy of the Traitor Legions, being both incredibly unpopular (he is wanted dead by the Dark Council of the [[Word Bearers]] and Fulgrim himself, isn't exactly on good terms with Abaddon after his Horus-cloning shenanigans and portions of almost every other Traitor Legion would appreciate [[rip and tear|voicing their viewpoint on his work ethics tactfully]]) and highly in demand for his skills (his knowledge of gene-seed has saved more than one Traitor Legion from going completely extinct on multiple occasions). In other words, he's the smug, insufferable old coot everyone hates, but the guy is just too damn useful and knowledgeable to be retired.

As with a lot of big characters from earlier editions, his portrayal in the fluff is pretty inconsistent, varying between cackling mad scientist, sadistic torturer for the giggles, stern extremist, goal-obsessed manipulator, and weirdly paternal visionary. One audio adaptation gives him a thetting lisp, which is bafflingly amusing when imagining a space marine, let alone one [[Anal Circumference|using sexual torture devices on a Primarch]]. Then again, he is jumping bodies a lot...

Since the introduction of the [[Primaris Marines]] he has become obsessed with getting his hands on them, so he can experiment and created his own "improved" versions of them as well as cloning [[Guilliman]].

In recent fluff it is notable that he successfully cloned and raised Fulgrim, acquired a cache of pure [[Gene-seed]] and had a nice, constructive exchange with [[Trazyn the Infinite]]. It seemed good ole Trollzyn wanted a genuine Primarch for his collection, and that Fabius could still be a perfectly reasonable man willing to barter despite the whole 'mad scientist' thing. It probably helped that Necrons can't be [[fleshcrafting|experimented upon]] any longer, though...

As of [[Psychic Awakening]], it seems Bile has earned the [[Rage|ire]] of the [[Death Guard]] by [[Blood Ravens|"borrowing"]] a sacred relic of theirs, getting chased around the [[Scourge Stars]] as a result. Abandoning his renegade allies to [[Nurgle]]'s forces, Bile took off with his prize to the [[Cadia|Cadian Gate]] with [[Typhus]] hot at his heels, his nefarious purposes a mystery for now.

At the Cadian Gate, Bile encounters the [[Brazen Drakes|Shriven]], a renegade chapter who were on the run from the [[Adeptus Custodes]]. Seeing this as an opportunity to get rid of his Death Guard problem (and for more experiments), he allies with them. He augments them to become stronger, but essentially turned them into [[drug]] addicts. Picking a few chosen Shriven, he alters them into something called a Terata (A fucked up mix of Khorne Berserkers and [[Flayed Ones]]). With these new experiments, he decides on picking fights with the Death Guard and Custodes and has a good time with it. Even managing to capture a single [[Custodes]] and several [[Sisters of Silence]]. All of it culminates in a three-way battle that even has the [[Officio Assassinorum]] involved. Bile escapes mid-battle, leaving everyone to deal with each other. Bile is on a tight schedule after all, and his work couldn't be delayed any further.