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 '''Lemartes''' is a particularly strong-willed [[Chaplain]] of the [[Blood Angels]], the only [[Battle-brother]] to date who has managed to contain the [[Black Rage]]. He now serves as '''Guardian of the Lost''', the Warden of the Angels' [[Death Company]].{{Fn|1}}

Lemartes 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 [[High Chaplain]] [[Astorath]]. Yet after the battle, when he was taken to the company's field [[Apothecarion]], Lemartes insisted that he 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 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 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 Rage is inevitable, while to others he is a sign of hope that perhaps other Blood Angels can also master their curse.{{Fn|1}}

Like all [[Chaplains]], Lemartes wears all-black [[power armour]] with a skull-visaged [[Death Mask]] and a [[Rosarius]]. He also uses a [[Jump Pack]].{{Fn|1}}

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