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{{Ambig|subject=the [[Dark Angels]] [[Space Marine Captain|Company Master]]|disambiguation=Balthasar}}
[[Image:Balthasar.jpg|thumb|right|135px|Company Master Balthasar{{Fn|2}}]]
'''Balthasar''' is the [[Space Marine Captain|Company Master]] of the [[Dark Angels]] [[Space Marine Company|Fifth Company]]. Balthasar only recently took command of his company, promoted from his post as a [[Deathwing]] [[Space Marine Sergeant|Sergeant]] to succeed Company Master [[Zadakiel]] after his death at the hands of the [[Crimson Slaughter]]. His lifetime of servitude to the Deathwing has honed him into a crafty and cunning tactician. He holds a great personal anger against the Crimson Slaughter for murdering his mentor.{{Fn|1}}{{Fn|5}}
Balthasar is known amongst the [[Inner Circle]] of the [[Chapter]] for his low tolerance of [[psyker]]s, although his negative opinions of the Dark Angels' own [[Librarian]]s were more due to his conviction that their psychic powers were the reason why they were chosen to become [[Space Marines]], rather than skill in battle.{{Fn|3a}}{{Fn|3b}}
