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Admiral [[Athene DuCade]], the [[Shipmaster]] of the ''[[Red Tear]]'', was driven mad and set the battleship on collision course with Signus Prime. Azkaellon advocated that they abandon ship, but Sanguinius refused, and the Blood Angels rode the ship down to the planet. Later, at a meeting of the Council of Angels, Meros told the assembled warriors that the ''[[Dark Page]]'', the vessel that carried the Word Bearers, had fled, leaving the ''Red Tear'' open, which Azkaellon confirmed. Captain [[Nassir Amit]] then revealed his concerns that Signus was a trap for the Angels, and that they had been betrayed by the Warmaster. Sanguinius nearly killed Amit in anger, but was stopped when Helik Redknife revealed that [[Magnus]] the Red, Primarch of the [[Thousand Sons]], had disobeyed the Edict of Nikaea. Azkaellon reacted by denying the revelations to himself, until Sanguinius ordered the Blood Angels to swear an [[oath of moment]] to eradicate the enemy.{{Fn|2k}}
Azkaellon accompanied Sanguinius in the subsequent [[Battle of Signus Prime]], but was separated from his Primarch when Sanguinius engaged [[Ka'Bandha]] the [[Bloodthirster]] and was injured.{{Fn|2l}} In his desperation to protect the Angel, Azkaellon shoved Meros aside as he tried to revive the Primarch, a wild look in his eyes. Teleporting back to the ''Red Tear'', the Apothecaries were unable to revive Sanguinius, and a malign influence began affecting the Blood Angels, inflaming their anger at the Primarch's injury. Unable to contact the rest of the Council of Angels, Azkaellon urged Raldoron to abandon the campaign to protect Sanguinius. [[Mkani Kano]], Raldoron's Adjutant and a former [[Librarian]], revealed that his brothers in the Librarium had gathered and were ready to use their powers to revive Sanguinius. Though Azkaellon opposed breaking the Edict, Raldoron agreed, leading a strike team including Meros and one of the survivors from Scoltrum, [[Tyllian Niobe]], who was a [[Blank|Pariah]], to destroy the Warpcraft causing the rage.{{Fn|2m}} Azkaellon remained with the Librarians, and warned that if he say any evidence of sorcery, he would cut their heads with his [[Glaive Encarmine]].{{Fn|2n}}
Despite his loyalty to Sanguinius, Azkaellon and the Sanguinary Guard gave into the rage and joined their brothers on the battlefield, abandoning the Primarch. Freed from the Warp's malign influence due to the sacrifice of Apothecary Meros, Azkaellon later helped oversee the removal of the Blood Angels presence in the Signus Cluster. When Warden Berus brought him the bodies of Helik Redknife and his fellow Space Wolves, they realized the importance of their wounds being caused by Space Marines, and kept the truth hidden from Sanguinius. Later, when Captain Amit confessed his role in the deaths of the Space Wolves to Raldoron, Azkaellon swore both warriors to silence, saying that if Sanguinius knew the truth, he would blame himself and would not lie to [[Leman Russ (Primarch)|Leman Russ]], which threatened the solidarity of the Adeptus Asartes at a time of war. While Raldoron reluctantly saw the logic within, Amit asked how he would quiet the pain in his heart. Azkaellon told him that was his burden to bear.{{Fn|2o}}
*{{Endn|9}}: [[Titandeath (Novel)]], Chapter 28
*{{Endn|10}}: [[The Lost and the Damned (Novel)]], Chapter 30
*{{Endn|11}}: [[The End and the Death: Volume I (Novel)]] – , 3:vi*{{Endn|12}}: [[The End and the Death: Volume III (Novel)]]:
**{{Endn|12a}}: 9:vii
**{{Endn|12b}}: Fragments (Agonal) - iii
