Aster Crohne
 Aster Crohne[1c] | |
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| Title(s) | The Ghost of Saiph |
| Born | c. Late M30, Saiph[1c] |
| Active Period | M30 - ??? |
| Species | Human |
| Type | Astartes |
| Gender | Male |
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| Occupation(s) | Centurion of the Blood Angels 94th Company |
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Aster Crohne, known as the Ghost of Saiph[3], was a Centurion in the Blood Angels Legion's 94th Company during the Great Crusade and Horus Heresy.[1a]
History
A veteran of the Blood Angels, Crohne served in the Legion in the days before the coming of Sanguinius. Recruited from the killing fields of Saiph, as a child, it is said none survived as many massacres and slaughters of Aster Crohne. He was among the few of his tribe from the wastes of his homeworld to survive recruitment into the Legion. He became known for his survival skills and bloody-minded tenacity that defied belief even within the IXth Legion. Upon the coming of Sanguinius and the reformation of the Legion from a force of bloodthirsty killers to that of noble warriors, Crohne was seen as a relic and garnered little favour from the new elite of his Legion, lingering as the rank of Judiciar.[1c] Despite Crohne's faithful service, Sanguinius came to lament the inclusion of the Saiph-born Blood Angels into his now enlightened Legion.[3]
He later became the 94th Company's brevetted commander[1a], after Archein Malaci was killed in the Inconnu Campaign[1b] and, due to no replacement having been chosen, Crohne led the Company in the Battle of Signus Prime.[1a] During the war on Signus he was one of the few Blood Angels to maintain his sanity and not succumb to the Red Thirst. Despite this, he remained an outcast among his peers, a symbol of the failings of the Blood Angels during Signus.[1c]
Aster Crohne later returned in 013.M31 to take part in a raid on Traitor-occupied Mars at Sanguinius' orders. Leading the 94th Company against Lukas Chrom's scrap code beacon on Mars, Crohne was badly wounded by a Brass Scorpion but was successful in destroying the beacon. His fate afterwards is unknown.[2]
Wargear
Crohne wielded the power axe known as the Saiphan Shard-axe.[3]
Images
Sources
- 1: The Horus Heresy Book Eight - Malevolence
- 2: Campaigns of the Age of Darkness: The Martian Civil War, pgs. 61-64
- 3: Warhammer Community: Heresy Thursday – Aster Crohne is the immovable object of the IX Legion (Saved archive page, dated 6 March 2025, last accessed 6 March 2025, original link: https://www.warhammer-community.com/en-gb/articles/08jlpgr0/heresy-thursday-aster-crohne-is-the-immovable-object-of-the-ix-legion/)
