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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}}

Taking Meros and [[Veteran Sergeant]] [[Orexis]]' squad, Raldoron lead a kill-team to remove Kyriss and Ka'Bandha and stop the Blood Angels from falling to the Red Thirst, picking Meros' brothers in [[Squad Cassiel]] and [[Warden]] [[Yason Annellus]].{{Fn|1h}} While on the way, they found Helik Redknife's squad, killed by Blood Angels.{{Fn|1i}} Raldoron and the others made their way to Ka'Bandha and Kyriss' sanctum, where they discovered what was fueling the ragefire: the tortured soul of [[Tagas]], Captain of the 111th Company and one of Raldoron's closest brothers, believed killed on Murder.{{Fn|1j}} Raldoron managed to kill Harox, but was nearly killed by Ka'Bandha, when Sanguinius returned, having been revived by the Librarians.{{Fn|1k}} When Kyriss proposed that Sangiunius take the Ragefire into himself, Raldoron urged his Primarch not to do so, but Meros allowed himself to be taken instead, temporarily freeing the Blood Angels of the Red Thirst.{{Fn|1l}} Following the battle, Captain Amit revealed to Raldoron that he had been the one who killed the Space Wolves, but Azkaellon, who had already lied to the Primarch saying that they were killed by the daemons, swore them both to secrecy, as Sanguinius' nobility would compel him to take full blame from [[Leman Russ (Primarch)|Leman Russ]], and with the Imperium facing civil war, the Adeptus Astartes needed unity.{{Fn|1m}}

During the [[Siege of Terra]], Raldoron was placed in command of the loyalist defenses at the Helios Gate of the [[Imperial Palace]]. Serving alongside [[Imperial Fists]] Captain [[Maximus Thane]], during the traitor assault on the Helios Gate he personally bested acting [[Night Lords]] commander [[Gendor Skraivok]] in battle.{{Fn|10}} Later during the defense of [[Colossi Gate]], Raldoron fought alongside [[Jaghatai Khan]], [[Constantin Valdor]], and [[Marshal]] [[Aldana Agathe]] against the [[Death Guard]] and hordes of [[Daemons]].{{Fn|11}} During the final teleportation assault aboard the ''[[Vengeful Spirit]]'', Raldoron and his 1st Company veterans accompanied Sanguinius alongside the [[Sanguinary Guard]].{{Fn|12}} However Raldoron and the other Blood Angels became separated from Sanguinius as his father went to face [[Horus]]. Instead, the warriors found themselves assailed by madness within the manifesting [[Inevitable City]].{{Fn|13}}

Sensing the death of Sanguinius, Raldoron fell into the madness of the [[Black Rage]] which erupted amongst the ranks of the Blood Angels. He and his fellow berserk warriors attacked both traitors under [[Abaddon]] and loyalists led by Valdor and Dorn.{{Fn|14a}} The madness eventually passed, and an ashamed and confused Raldoron and the scant dozen surviving Blood Angels accompanied Dorn, Valdor, and the other survivors back to the Imperial Palace with the bodies of the Emperor and Sanguinius.{{Fn|14b}} Raldoron later led a funeral service for Sanguinius alongside [[Azkaellon]], [[Satel Aimery]], and perhaps 500 surviving Blood Angels.{{Fn|14c}}

With the Legion eventually reduced to a [[Chapter]], he brought Sanguinius' mortal remains back to the [[Fortress-Monastery]] of [[Baal]] after the Siege.{{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''

**{{Endn|14b}}: 10:xix

**{{Endn|14c}}: Fragments (Agonal) - iii

*{{Endn|16}}: [[Ashes of the Imperium (Novel)]]

**{{Endn|16a}}: Chapter 13