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{{Otheruses
|USE=First Archamus
|OTHERUSE=Second Archamus
|OTHERPAGE=Kestros
}}
{{Character
|Portal ={{ImperialFistsPortal}}
|Name =Archamus
|Image =23666.jpg
|Caption ={{PAGENAME}}{{Fn|3b}}
|Title =Last of the First<br>First of his name<br>Kye <small>(Former name)</small>
|Homeworld =[[Inwit]]
|Birth =800s.[[M30]]
|Active Period =800s.[[M30]] - 010.[[M31]]
|Death =010.[[M31]], [[Battle of Pluto]]
|Cause of Death =Killed by [[Alpharius]]
|Species =[[Human]]
|Type =[[Astartes]]
|Gender =Male
|Relatives =[[Rogal Dorn]] <small>("Father" via [[gene-seed]])</small>
|Occupation =[[Space Marine Captain|Captain]] of the [[Huscarl]]s
|Preceded by =
|Succeeded by =[[Kestros|Archamus II]] <small>(As Captain of the Huscarls)</small>
|Faction ='' ''
*[[Imperium of Man]]
**[[Imperial Fists]]
|Notes =
}}
'''{{PAGENAME}}''' was a [[Captain]] of the [[Imperial Fists]] during the [[Great Crusade]] and [[Horus Heresy]], acting as commander of [[Primarch]] [[Rogal Dorn|Rogal Dorn's]] [[Huscarl]] [[Honour Guard]].
===Overview==[[Image:23666.jpg|thumb|right|200px|{{PAGENAME}}{{Fn|3b}}]]=
Archamus was born '''Kye''' on [[Inwit]] in the early 800's.[[M30]]. As the recently discovered [[Rogal Dorn]] swore an oath to serve the [[Emperor]], Kye was one of the original [[Imperial Fists]] to be inducted into the [[Legion]] under him, an honored fraternity known as '''The First'''. During his training as an [[Aspirant]], Kye bonded closely with his squadmates Archamus and [[Yonnad]]. As part of the brutal training, the trio were forced to fight [[Combat Servitor|Combat Servitors]] together. During one such action Archamus died saving Kye. When Kye was subsequently inducted into the Imperial Fists and said his vows before Rogal Dorn, he took the oath name Archamus in his squadmate's honour.{{Fn|3}} Archamus would eventually rise to become Dorn's trusted praetorian and captain of his [[Huscarls]] guard. Throughout the [[Great Crusade]] and then the [[Horus Heresy]], all of the members of The First save Archamus eventually died. This led him to becoming known as the '''Last of the First'''.{{Fn|3a}}
In the aftermath of Archamus' death, his second-in-command [[Kestros]] became commander of the Huscarls as well as taking up the name as Archamus in memory of his commander.{{Fn|4}}
===Sources===
*{{Endn|2}}: [[The Purge (Novella)]], Ch. 4
*{{Endn|3}}: [[Praetorian of Dorn (Novel)]]
