Astorath

Astorath the Grim, Redeemer of the Lost

Astorath is the High Chaplain of the Blood Angels, is a figure both revered and loathed within the ranks of the Chapter due to the duty he performs: as the Redeemer of the Lost, he must seek out those battle-brothers completely claimed by the Black Rage, and end their suffering with a blow from his axe. As a result no battle-brother can feel entirely comfortable in his presence, as one day it might be their neck at the receiving end of his blade.

While his duties ultimately lie with his Chapter, Astorath also dispenses the final mercy of oblivion to those lost to the Rage in all Blood Angel Successor-Chapters. As such he is always on the move, his grim duty bringing him to wherever the Sons of Sanguinius battle.

A less-keen observer might mistake Astorath's presence on the battlefield as actually exacerbating the Black Rage in his brothers, but the truth is actually quite the opposite; Astorath can sense the onset of the Black Rage in Marine before any visible signs manifest themselves, and as such appears in those forlorn battlefields where they fight to lead these doomed individuals in one last glorious charge before the Flaw completely overtakes their sanity.¹

Wargear

Astorath is armed with the Executioner's Axe, a two-handed Power Axe so keen it could slice through power fields, and is clad in crimson-coloured Artificer Armour equipped with a black-winged Jump Pack. As a Chaplain he is also equipped with a Rosarius, as well as frag and krak grenades.²

Sources

• ¹ Codex: Blood Angels (5th Edition) Pg. 45
• ² Codex: Blood Angels (5th Edition) Pg. 82