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'''Raldoron''' was the [[First Captain]]{{Fn|1}} of the [[Blood Angels]] [[Space Marine Legion]], [[Chapter Master]] of the Protectors{{Fn|2}}, and [[Equerry]] to the [[Primarch]] [[Sanguinius]]. He was chosen as First Captain because of his adaptable command style, something in sharp contrast with [[Azkaellon]], Commander of the [[Sanguinary Guard]]{{Fn|1a}}, and because he knew the hearts and minds of the battle-brothers of the IX Legion.{{Fn|1b}} He was also regarded as one of the most formidable warriors of the Legiones Astartes, compared along with the likes of fellow First Captains [[Ezekyle Abaddon]] of the [[Black Legion|Luna Wolves/Sons of Horus]], [[Sigismund]] of the [[Imperial Fists]], and [[Jago Sevatarion]] of the [[Night Lords]].{{fn|5}}
==Biography==
Raldoron was present for the joint Blood Angels/[[Luna Wolves]] campaign against the [[Nephilim]] on [[Melchior]]. Following the battle, Raldoron discovered Brother [[Alotros]] had fallen to the [[Red Thirst]] and become "lost", he immediately informed his Primarch. Sanguinius went to deal with Alotros himself, but when he emerged, [[Horus|Horus Lupercal]] was with him, meaning that the Primarch of the Luna Wolves had discovered the secret of the lost. After exchanging harsh words with Azkaellon, Raldoron ordered [[Apothecary]] [[Meros]] to oversee the extraction of Alotros's [[progenoid]] glands, then ordered him to never speak a word of what had happened here.{{Fn|1a}}
Raldoron later accompanied Sanguinius with Captain [[Thoros]] to [[Nikaea]], for the great [[Council of Nikaea|council]] the [[Emperor of Mankind]] called for following the [[Ullanor]] Triumph.{{Fn|2}} While present, he participated in the questioning of [[Kasper Hawser]], along with fellow First Captain [[Typhus|Calas Typhon]] of the [[Death Guard]], [[Captain-General]] [[Constantin Valdor]] of the [[Adeptus Custodes]], and Primarchs [[Leman Russ (Primarch)|Leman Russ]] of the [[Space Wolves]] and [[Fulgrim]] of the [[Emperor's Children]].{{Fn|3}}
==Sources==
** {{Endn|2a}}: Nikaea
* {{Endn|2}}: [[A Thousand Sons (Novel)]], by [[Graham McNeill]], Chapter 18, pg. 308-311
* {{Endn|3}}: [[Prospero Burns (Novel)]], by [[Dan Abnett]], Part Two, Chapter Ten
* {{Endn|4}}: [[Horus Rising (Novel)]], by '''Dan Abnett'''
* {{Endn|5}}: [[The First Heretic (Novel)]], by [[Aaron Dembski-Bowden]], Chapter 24, pg. 412
[[Category:Characters (Blood Angels)]]
