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In 988.[[M41]], Xander Krast murdered a fellow Knight following a quarrel over a noblewoman’s hand. With ritual execution looming, Xander was freed by an unknown benefactor and fled his ancestral home of [[Chrysis]]. Xander’s brothers, tainted by familial association, took a ship and went after him. The pursuit raged across a dozen [[system]]s, but Xander – now fighting as the freeblade ''Iron Redeemer'' — eventually trades his freedom for his brothers’ assistance in defending the [[agri world]] of [[Tekara]] from [[Waaagh! Garshok]]. Working together, the brothers stalled the greenskin invasion long enough for a strike force from the [[Iron Hands]] of [[Clan Raukaan]] to arrive.{{Fn|1}}
During the climactic [[Battle of Devil’s Devil's Gorge]], Xander performed a suicide run against the [[Stompa]] ''[[Mork Wantz Ya]]!'' and was presumed slain when the walker’s reactor underwent a devastating chain reaction. Many of Clan Raukaan’s battle-brothers were slain in the explosion, and the survivors vengefully pursued the beaten remnants of Waaagh! Garshok across the [[Deinora Sector]]. Scattered and harried, the Orks left the [[Exodite World]] of [[Selesti]] — the planet that would have been their next target – wholly unmolested. Watching from deep within the [[webway]], the [[Shadowseer]] [[Sylandri Veilwalker]] saw her plan come to fruition, and allowed herself a brief moment of satisfaction before turning her attention to other matters.{{Fn|1}}
The surviving brothers returned to [[Chrysis]], and reported that Xander’s crime had been washed away in blood. Xander’s name was struck from the annals of [[House Krast]], though the brothers were careful to make no mention of the Iron Redeemer.{{Fn|1}}
