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Sachiel was born into one of the few tribal families on [[Baal]] which had permanent landholdings.{{Fn|3a}} After his induction into the [[Blood Angels]], Sachiel eventually joined the [[Sanguinary Priest]]s and was later one of the leading members of the ''[[Bellus]]'' Expedition, to recover the [[Spear of Telesto]] from [[Ork]]-held space.{{Fn|1}}{{Fn|2a}}
The mission was a success, and Sachiel soon attached himself to the rising star of [[Arkio]], who went from being a humble [[Battle Brother]] to a daring and inspiring leader, whom many believed to be the reincarnation of the Blood Angels' [[primarch]], [[Sanguinius]]. He enthusiastically supported Arkio's decisions to form a new conscript army from the liberated [[human]] population of [[Shenlong]], and even encouraged Arkio's notion of supplanting Lord Commander [[Dante]], as [[Chapter Master]] of the Blood Angels.{{Fn|1}}
During the preparation of the army, Sachiel burst in on [[Inquisitor]] [[Ramius Stele]], Arkio's other close advisor, and was horrified to see the Inquisitor consorting with the forces of [[Chaos]].{{Fn|3b}}
However, Stele [[psychic]]ally blocked these memories, which did not surface again until the confrontation on [[Sabien]], between Arkio's nascent cult and the loyalist force commanded by [[Chief Librarian]] [[Mephiston]]. When Arkio was wounded in hand-to-hand combat with his brother [[Rafen]], the sight of the "Blessed One" being wounded shook the faith of all his followers, but Sachiel, as a Sanguinary Priest, was able to sense the [[chaotic]] corruption of Arkio's blood once it was exposed to air, which removed Stele's blocks on Sachiel's memory.{{Fn|3c}} Realizing that he had been duped and manipulated by Stele, and had assisted in a rebellion against the Blood Angels to satisfy his own conceit, Sachiel collapsed with shame, shortly before Stele drove a psychic spike into the Priest's head, killing him.{{Fn|1}}{{Fn|3c}}
== Character ==
Sachiel's main weaknesses were his vanity and ambition. Coming from the closest thing the feral natives of [[Baal]] had to a landed aristocracy, he considered himself above his fellow Baalites, and later his fellow Blood Angels. He took his acceptance into the [[Chapter]] and his ascension up the ranks of the Sanguinary Priests for granted, and was rankled not to hold the [[Sanguinary High Priest|highest rank]] of all.{{Fn|2a}} On several occasions, he would look at the replica of the [[Red Grail]] issued to him as a Sanguinary Priest, and dream of one day replacing [[Corbulo]] and possessing the original as his own.{{Fn|3a}}
Arkio's brother [[Rafen]] reflected that he had never liked Sachiel, even before his long absence on the ''Bellus'' expedition, because of the Priest's ingrained hauteur.{{Fn|2a}}
Inquisitor Stele, who was a master at manipulating others, once reflected that Sachiel was one of his easiest "subjects," simply because the Priest's ambition and blind piety made him easy to sway.{{Fn|3a}} Sachiel, at least, realized this about himself in the moments before his death.{{Fn|1}}{{Fn|3c}}
== Sources ==
*{{Endn|1}}: [[The Blood Angels Omnibus]] by [[James Swallow]], ''Appendix Angelus'', pg. 627
*{{Endn|2}}: [[Deus Encarmine (Novel)]] - — '''The Blood Angels Omnibus''' by '''James Swallow'''**{{Endn|2a}}: Chapter Two, pgs. 42-4442–44*{{Endn|3}}: [[Deus Sanguinius (Novel)]] - — '''The Blood Angels Omnibus''' by '''James Swallow'''**{{Endn|3a}}: Chapter Six, pgs. 425-426425–426**{{Endn|3b}}: Chapter Seven, pgs. 447-450447–450**{{Endn|3c}}: Chapters Ten-Eleven, pgs. 509-512509–512
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