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[[Image:Lemartes.jpg|thumb|right|'''Chaplain Lemartes''']]
Lemartes is a particularly strong-willed [[Chaplain]], holding office within the [[Blood Angels]] Space Marine Chapter.<sup>1</sup>
Also known as the '''Guardian of the LostLemartes''', Lemartes leads into battle is a particularly strong-willed [[Chaplain]] of the [[Blood Angels ]], the only [[Battle-brother]] to date who have fallen has managed to contain the [[Black Rage]]. Although afflicted by He now serves as '''Guardian of the rage himselfLost''', he is able to maintain some measure the Warden of control over his fury through sheer force of will. Lemartesthe Angels' control over the rage is different from that of [[Chief Librarian]] [[MephistonDeath Company]]'s, in that while the latter has conquered the rage, the former uses it.{{Fn|1}}
== History ==Lemartes' authority is matched succumbed to the Black Rage while the Blood Angels were preparing to deploy against [[orks]] on [[Hadriath XI]]. Like all members of a [[Death Company]], his only options were to fall in battle, or, in the unlikely event he survived, to be executed by that of [[Space Marine Commander|CommanderHigh Chaplain]] [[DanteAstorath]]; such is . Yet after the respect battle, when he commands among his brotherswas taken to the company's field [[Apothecarion]], Lemartes insisted that he is was in control of himself. Astorath hesitated, because Lemartes was clearly in the grip of the Rage, yet he was still coherent and able to restrain himself from attacking his own brothers. Astorath made the incredible decision to send Lemartes in [[stasis]] back to [[Baal]], to be thoroughly examined by the [[Sanguinary Priests]].{{Fn|1}} Every test the Sanguinary Priests ran showed the same startling conclusion: Lemartes had been struck by the Rage, yet his willpower was keeping it in check, a thing unheard of in the blood-frenzied nature entire history of the [[chapter]]. They warned Astorath that it would be impossible for Lemartes to stay in control forever, so Astorath offered him his unique role as leader of the Death Company.{{Fn|1}} Under his guidance, those suffering Blood Angels lost to the Rage fight like heroes of legend, winning some measure of redemption before they fall. Between engagements, Lemartes is returned to stasis to protect his battle-brothers from the Rage. Some whisper that Lemartes's eventual fall to the Black Rage with nothing more than is inevitable, while to others he is a wordsign of hope that perhaps other Blood Angels can also master their curse. {{Fn|1}}
==Wargear==
Bearing the Like all [[RosariusChaplains]] on his , Lemartes wears all-black [[Power Armourpower armour]], Lemartes gazes out onto the battlefield through his with a skull-visaged [[Death Mask]] and a [[Rosarius]]. He strikes fear into all who cross his path as he launches into the skies with his also uses a [[Jump Pack]], throwing himself into .{{Fn|1}} His primary weapon is the heart of enemy ranks and cleaving swathes through the opposition with the '''[[Blood Crozius''']], a master-crafted an ancient [[Crozius Arcanum]] said to have been wielded carried by the ChapterBlood Angels's very first [[High Chaplain]], and gifted to Lemartes by Astorath.{{Fn|1}}
== Miniatures ==
==Sources==
*[[Codex: Blood Angels (3rd Edition)]]*[[Codex{{Endn|1}}: Blood Angels (4th Edition)]] (pg 8)*<sup>1</sup>[[Codex: Blood Angels (5th Edition)]] (, pg . 43)
*{{Endn|2}}: [http://www.games-workshop.com/gws/catalog/productDetail.jsp?catId=cat440161a&prodId=prod1700041a Games Workshop Website] (last accessed September 25, 2012)
===Uncited===
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*[[Codex: Blood Angels (3rd Edition)]], {{Cite This}}
*[[Codex: Blood Angels (4th Edition)]], pg. 8
 
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