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'''Astorath''', known as '''Astorath the Grim''', is the [[High Chaplain]] of the [[Blood Angels]].{{Fn|1a}}
Astorath is a figure both revered and loathed within the ranks of the Chapter due to the duty he performs: as the Redeemer of the Lost, he must seek out those battle-brothers completely claimed by the [[Black Rage]], and end their suffering with a blow from his axe. As a result no battle-brother can feel entirely comfortable in his presence, as one day it might be their neck at the receiving end of his blade.{{Fn|1a}}
[[Image:AstorathArt.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Astorath the Grim]]
While his duties ultimately lie with his Chapter, Astorath also dispenses the final mercy of oblivion to those lost to the Rage in all Blood Angel [[Successor]] Chapters. As such he is always on the move, his grim duty bringing him to wherever the [[Sanguinary Brotherhood|Sons of Sanguinius]] battle.{{Fn|1a}}
A less-keen observer might mistake Astorath's presence on the battlefield as actually exacerbating the Black Rage in his brothers, but the truth is actually quite the opposite; Astorath can ''sense'' the onset of the Black Rage in brother Marines before any visible signs manifest, and as such appears on those forlorn battlefields where he fights to lead these doomed individuals in one last glorious charge before the Flaw completely overtakes their sanity.{{Fn|1a}}
