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'''Raldoron''' was the [[First Captain]]{{Fn|1a}} of the [[Blood Angels]] [[Space Marine Legion|Legion]], [[Chapter Master]] of the Protectors{{Fn|2}}, and [[Equerry]] to the [[Primarch]] [[Sanguinius]] during the [[Great Crusade]] and the [[Horus Heresy]]. He was chosen as First Captain because of his adaptable command style, something in sharp contrast with [[Azkaellon]], Commander of the [[Sanguinary Guard]]{{Fn|1a}}, and because he knew the hearts and minds of the battle-brothers of the IX Legion.{{Fn|1b}} He was also regarded as one of the most formidable warriors of the Legiones Astartes, compared with the likes of fellow First Captains [[Ezekyle Abaddon]] of the [[Black Legion|Luna Wolves/Sons of Horus]], [[Sigismund]] of the [[Imperial Fists]], and [[Jago Sevatarion]] of the [[Night Lords]].{{fn|5}} Following the Heresy, Raldoron became the first Chapter Master of the Blood Angels.{{Fn|6}}

Before joining the Blood Angels, Raldoron hailed from the hunter tribes of [[Baal Primus]].{{Fn|1c}}{{Fn|1d}} As a [[Neophyte]] dwelling beneath the [[Arx Angelicum]], he was encountered by [[Sanguinius]], who remakred that he was filled with pride.{{Fn|1d}}

Raldoron later accompanied Sanguinius with Captain [[Thoros]] to [[Nikaea]], for the great [[Council of Nikaea|council]] the [[Emperor of Mankind]] called for following the [[Ullanor]] Triumph.{{Fn|2}} While present, he participated in the questioning of [[Kasper Hawser]], along with fellow First Captain [[Typhus|Calas Typhon]] of the [[Death Guard]], [[Captain-General]] [[Constantin Valdor]] of the [[Adeptus Custodes]], and Primarchs [[Leman Russ (Primarch)|Leman Russ]] of the [[Space Wolves]] and [[Fulgrim]] of the [[Emperor's Children]].{{Fn|3}} In the aftermath of the Emperor issuing the Edict of Nikaea, Raldorn shared words with Captain [[Amit]] of the Fifth Company, who disagreed with the Edict, and warned Amit that his words bordered on courting censure.{{Fn|1a}}

Raldoron would later accompany Sanguinius when the Blood Angels, Luna Wolves, and [[Emperor's Children]] brought about the compliance of One-Forty-Twenty, also known as [[Murder]].{{Fn|4a}} He later participated in the diplomatic mission to the [[Interex]], and later presented [[Warmaster]] Horus with cause as to why the Imperium should make war on the Interex.{{Fn|4b}}

Following the [[Horus Heresy]], Raldoron succeeded Sanguinius as the new Master of the Blood Angels (no longer a Legion, but now a Chapter) and brought his mortal remains back to the [[Fortress-Monastery]] of [[Baal]] after the [[Battle of Terra]].{{Fn|6}}

While not particularly gregarious or outgoing,{{Fn|1n}} Raldoron was skilled at reading the hearts and minds of his battle-brothers, which is why Sanguinius chose him as First Captain.{{Fn|1a}} Raldoron's command style was also extremely fluid and adaptable, allowing him to change with the circumstances of battle.{{Fn|1b}}

Raldoron held great disdain for the [[Night Lords]], viewing them as an evil legion even before the Heresy.{{Fn|10}}

Raldoron possessed a suit of [[Power Armour#Mark 4 "Imperial Maximus Suit"|Mark IV Power Armour]], which he kept excellently maintained, but which seemed plain compared to that worn by Sanguinius and the Sanguinary Guard, though he did possess ornate pauldrons and a winged armlet for rare occasions.{{Fn|1g}} In combat he utilized a [[Power Sword]] known as the ''[[Encarmine Warblade]]'' and [[Bolt Pistol]].{{Fn|1i}} He also wielded a set of [[Combat knife|combat blades]] which were still on display in the [[Regio Quinquaginta-Unus]] by [[M41]].{{Fn|8}}

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*[[List of Chapter Masters]]

* 1: [[Fear to Tread (Novel)]]:

** {{Endn|1a}}: ''Melchior''