Alastor (Chaplain)
"The Emperor's Tarot shows us the way, and victory is just ahead! Onward! Humanity stands!"
Alastor is a veteran Primaris Chaplain of the Ultramarines Chapter.[1b]
History
He was among the Primaris Space Marines that joined the Ultramarines on the onset of the Indomitus Crusade. Alastor then served in an Indomitus Crusade Fleet, and aided its forces in reclaiming many of the Imperium's lost worlds.[1a] However, during the Crusade, the Battlegroup that the Chaplain was serving in became trapped within a Warp Storm.[1b]
Though it eventually escaped, years had passed for the Battlegroup and Alastor had formed a profound bond with those who had fought by his side during their captivity. Since then, the Chaplain has become a veteran warrior and his long years of service to the Indomitus Crusade have been recognised by the Adeptus Mechanicus. To reward him for this, the Mechanicus has embedded the Chaplain's Crozius Arcanum with an arcane device, reputed to be from the Dark Age of Technology. Alastor is also well respected within his fleet and is known for keeping up its forces' morale with his feats during battle. His unfaltering faith in the Emperor and the belief that Mankind will inevitably emerge victorious over its foes, does so as well. It has also been noted that Alastor's roars can break the will of the Imperium's enemies much faster than many other Chaplains.[1b]
However, his service was nearly ended, when Alastor's Indomitus Crusade Fleet was ambushed by the Prophet's Black Legion warband. This left its Space Marine Commander with no choice but to order the fleet's warships to escape into the Warp. Despite doing so though, the Sorcerer Lord tracked them within the Warp and launched an attack on the Commander's Battle Barge flagship. Alastor was among the Imperials who fought to protect it, but as they did so, the Prophet began secretly summoning Daemons within the Battle Barge. They materialized throughout the flagship and once he was done, the Sorcerer Lord ordered his warband to withdraw. Shortly afterwards, the Daemons caused catastrophic damage to the Battle Barge and the Commander enacted an emergency exit from the Warp.[1a]
While the fleet survived doing so, it was left scattered within a sector of the Imperium Nihilus.[1a] The Commander then began regrouping his forces and as he did so,[1c] he learned that that very same sector was now being invaded by the Prophet. The Commander then led Alastor and the rest of his forces against the Sorcerer Lord's warband in order to save the sector's worlds.[1d] Thanks to the Commander's leadership, the fleet was able to foil[1f] the Prophet's plot to pull the sector into the Warp,[1e] though the Sorcerer Lord escaped before the Imperials could kill him.[1f] The vengeful Prophet then sought to free the imprisoned Daemon Prince Halphas, so that he could destroy the fleet and its Commander.[1g] However, despite succeeding in doing so, the Imperials defeated the Daemon Prince. Afterwards, the Commander confronted the Prophet and once again defeated the Sorcerer Lord.[1h]
