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When Astelan emerged from the Warp, he found himself on an Imperial world called [[Scappe Delve]], whose inhabitants were forced to live in underground shelters due to the hazardous nature of the environment. Falling in with the inhabitants, he was shocked to discover that 9,000 years had passed since he had last perceived the [[galaxy]]. After absorbing this information, and spending much time reading up on all the available Imperial historical and cultural records, he grew to pity the current state of the Imperium. Determining to attempt to "light a signal fire" to respark the philosophies of the Great Crusade, he sought a way off-world, ultimately leaving the planet on the ship of the [[Rogue Trader]] [[Rosen Trialartes]], the ''[[Saint Carthen]]''.{{Fn|5d}}
However, Astelan soon discovered that Trialartes was secretly smuggling weapons to unsavory organizationsorganisations, and that even if he had had the time or inclination to deliver Astelan to Caliban as the Space Marine wished, the Rogue Trader claimed that no such planet existed at the co-ordinates Astelan gave him. Astelan therefore reluctantly accompanied the smuggler to the mercenary port of [[Port Imperial]] in the hopes of finding a more tractable ship-captain. There, fates conspired to bring him into contact with two other [[Fallen|Fallen Angels]], [[Methelas]] and [[Anovel]], who had arrived there one hundred years earlier and ultimately set themselves up as the commanders of the [[space station]]. Caliban-born Fallen, Astelan did not recognise them, but they knew him instantly, and placed themselves under his command. Dreaming of a new beginning of an age of greatness, the trio proceeded to systematically commandeer weapons systems and armour plating from the other ships in the docks in order to refit the ''Saint Carthen'' as a combat-capable vessel fitting to launch a new crusade with. Once this act was completed, they turned their newly acquired weapons on the ships they were stolen from as well as Port Imperial itself. As the three Fallen began their crusade by hunting down and exterminating the pirates who used Port Imperial as a waystation, Astelan was further informed of the changes in the Dark Angels by the other two.{{Fn|5d}}
===Tharsis===
