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[[Image:AzaArt.jpg|thumb|right|{{PAGENAME}}Azkaellon]]
'''Azkaellon''' is a venerated member of the [[Blood Angels]], and the founder and [[Exalted Herald of Sanguinius|first commander]] of the [[Sanguinary Guard]], the Chapter's elite veteran fighting force and personal praetorians of the [[Primarch]] [[Sanguinius]]. Though his body is long since deceased, it has not decayed, something many hold to be an act of the [[Emperor]]'s grace. Moreover, many within the Sanguinary Guard suspect his soul to have become [[The Sanguinor]].{{Fn|1}}
===Heresy===
Azkaellon was present for the subsequent translation to the Signus Cluster, where a group of [[Word Bearers]] under [[Chaplain]] [[Tanus Kreed]] accompanied the Fleet. Azkaellon listened to strange background noise in [[vox]] transmissions, and dismissed it as merely a communications countermeasure.{{Fn|2d}} Upon reaching the bridge with his Primarch, he bore witness to the destruction of [[Phorus]]{{Fn|2e}} and subsequent meeting of the [[Council of Angels]], where Sanguinius ordered a scout team dispatched to [[Holst]] of Blood Angels and Word Bearers.{{Fn|2f}} However, the planet itself began attacking the Blood Angels, destroying the ''Paleknight''. Azkaellon then witnessed something he had never seen before: Sanguinius ordered Holst subjected to ''[[Exterminatus|exterminatus extremis]]'', destroying the whole of Holst. {{Fn|2g}} Azkaellon then debriefed the warriors who were present for the mission, along with First Captain Raldoron and [[Warden|High Warden]] [[Dahka Berus]], and was extremely skeptical of Apothecary Meros's tale.{{Fn|2h}} After the second mission to [[Scoltrum]] found survivors, Azkaellon was eager to know what they knew of the Nephilim, but Captain [[Dar Nakir]] said that they did not recognize them.{{Fn|2i}} As the Blood Angels fleet approached [[Signus Prime]], a psychic scream assailed the non-Astartes aboard the ship. Azkaellon was with Sanguinius and Raldoron when [[Kyriss]] the Perverse, the [[Keeper of Secrets]] who claimed rule of the Signus Cluster, greeted them.{{Fn|2j}}
Admiral [[Athena DuCade]], the [[Shipmaster]] of the ''[[Red Tear]]'', was driven mad and set the battleship on collision course with Signus Prime. Azkaellon advocated that they abandon ship, but Sanguinius refused, and the Blood Angels rode the ship down to the planet. Later, at a meeting of the Council of Angels, Meros told the assembled warriors that the ''Dark Page'', the vessel that carried the Word Bearers, had fled, leaving the ''Red Tear'' open, which Azkaellon confirmed. Captain [[Nassir Amit]] then revealed his concerns that Signus was a trap for the Angels, and that they had been betrayed by the Warmaster. Sanguinius nearly killed Amit in anger, but was stopped when Helik Redknife revealed that [[Magnus]] the Red, Primarch of the [[Thousand Sons]], had disobeyed the Edict of Nikaea. Azkaellon reacted by denying the revelations to himself, until Sanguinius ordered the Blood Angels to swear an [[oath of moment]] to eradicate the enemy.{{Fn|2k}}
==Sources==
*{{Endn|1}}: [[Codex: Blood Angels (5th Edition)]], pgs. 50-5150–51
*2: [[Fear to Tread (Novel)]] by [[James Swallow]]
**{{Endn|2a}}: Melchior
**{{Endn|2n}}: Chapter 16
**{{Endn|2o}}: Chapter 20
*{{Endn|3}}: [[Bloodline (Short Story)]], by '''James Swalllow''' *{{Endn|4}}: [[Red Fury (Novel)]] - — [[Blood Angels: The Second Omnibus]], by '''James Swallow''', Chapter 13, pgs. 250-252250–252
*{{Endn|5}}: [[Pharos (Novel)]] Chapter 24
*{{Endn|6}}: [[Angels of Caliban (Novel)]] Chapter 30
*{{Endn|7}}: [[Virtues of the Sons]]
*{{Endn|8}}: [[Ruinstorm (Novel)]]
*{{Endn|9}}: [[Titandeath (Novel)]] - — Chapter 28
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