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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==
==Wargear==
As Captain of the Legion's 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}} Amit was notably 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}} 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=also==
*[[List of Chapter Masters]]
*[[List of Founders]]
