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|quote = '''''"Men crave food. They crave flesh, they crave power. We are not men, the [[Emperor of Mankind|Emperor's]] Angels. His [[Space Marines]] crave honour, they crave retribution, they crave justice. We are not angels. We are the blood-sons of [[Sanguinius]]. We crave only violence, bloodshed. There is no void in the deep of our souls, only [[The Flaw|the hunger]] - — an insatiable call to slaughter."'''''<br>|source=- ''The final data logs of Nassir Amit''{{Fn|7a}}
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[[File:Amit.jpg|thumb|300px|right|Amit the Flesh Tearer (Artwork by Clint Langley){{Fn|3b}}]]
'''Nassir Amit'''{{Fn|3a}}, also known as "the Flesh Tearer", was the [[Space Marine Captain|Captain]] of the Fifth Company of the [[Blood Angels]] [[Space Marine Legion|Legion]] during the [[Great Crusade]] and the [[Horus Heresy]].{{Fn|1}} Following the Heresy, Amit became the first [[Chapter Master]] of the [[Flesh Tearers]].{{Fn|2}}
==Biography==
Following the Heresy, Amit became Master of a Chapter of the [[Second Founding]], which bore his epithet Flesh Tearers.{{fn|2}} He later lead the Flesh Tearers to conquer [[Cretacia]] and take the planet as the Chapter's new homeworld.{{Fn|3b}}
Amit's final fate is unknown, as he left Cretacia aboard a ship which vanished at the edge of the [[system]].{{Fn|7b}} Following that, he was never seen alive and his body was never found.{{Fn|7c}} Eventually, his successor, [[Gabriel Seth]], found Amit's helmet in a reliquary aboard a Space Marine vessel which had become part of a [[Space Hulk]] that had materialised at the edge of the [[Corythos System]].{{Fn|3c}}{{Fn|7c}} After viewing the images contained in the helmet's cogitators, Seth fell unconscious and the relic was destroyed by [[Harahel]]. Amit's helmet showed Seth a universe of blood which he referred to simply as "the end...".{{Fn|7d}}
==Personality==
As Captain of the Fifth Company, Amit wore a suit of [[Artificer Armour]]{{Fn|1b}}, while in combat he used a custom made [[power sword]]{{Fn|1h}} and [[Astartes Combat Knife|flaying knife]]{{fn|1g}} with barbed edges, the source of his epithet.{{Fn|1h}}<br>
As Chapter Master of the Flesh Tearers, Amit wore a suit of [[Terminator Armour]], utilizing a pair of [[Chainfist]]s with integrated [[Storm Bolter]]s.{{Fn|3c}} As both Captain and Chapter Master, Amit tended to ignore cosmetic damage to his armour, leaving bullet marks and blade scars as they were, a habit which annoyed his fellow Blood Angels and even some of his fellow Flesh Tearers.{{Fn|1b}}{{Fn|3c}}<br>
Amit was the only Chapter Master of the Flesh Tearers to wear Terminator armour. It was believed by [[Chaplain]] [[Appollus]] that Amit's successors saw it as a prison, not allowing them to slake their thirst for bloodshed.{{Fn|7b}}
== See also Related Articles==
*[[List of Chapter Masters]]
*[[List of Founders]]
**{{Endn|1g}}: Chapter 16
**{{Endn|1h}}: Chapter 20
*{{Endn|2}}: [[Red Fury (Novel)]] - — [[Blood Angels: The Second Omnibus]], Chapter 9, pg. 178
*3: [[Flesh of Cretacia (Novella)]]
**{{Endn|3a}}: ''Back Cover''
**{{Endn|3d}}: Chapter Four
*{{Endn|4}}: [[Virtues of the Sons (Short Story)]]
*{{Endn|5}}: [[Ruinstorm (Novel)]], Chapters 8-118–11
*{{Endn|6}}: [[Titandeath (Novel)]], Chapter 24
*7: [[Hunger (Audio Drama)]]
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