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From Warhammer 40k - Lexicanum
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Due to differences in their vision for a Greater [[Imperium]], Astelan left the other Fallen after this event for the small world of [[Tharsis]]. The planet was gripped in the middle of a civil war, and Astelan saw his chance to make a difference. He approached Imperial Commander Dax and was immediately put in charge of the Imperial military presence on the planet. Tharsis had been primarily a farming world until Astelan's arrival, after which it was dominated by crime-rife cities and sprawling factories for making the weapons he used to win the war.
After much bloodshed, Astelan delivered what he had promised the Imperial Commander: victory. When he realized that Dax meant to institute leaders from the old noble houses again once the war was finished, Astelans Astelan's 'sacred bands' of elite warriors staged another revolution and killed the Imperial Commander, insisting that Astelan take his place. During the final stages of the revolt against the Imperial Commander, one lone space pod got out of the system and placed a distress call. The call was picked up by a [[Dark Angels]] ship passing by the sector, who retrieved the survivor and learned the story.
===Imprisonment===
The Dark Angels sent [[Interrogator-Chaplain]] [[Boreas]] to investigate, who ended up fighting Tharsis' soldier population until Astelan realized who had come to the planet he now ruled. Astelan gave the order to stand down and allowed the Interrogator-Chaplain and his [[Deathwing]] retinue into his command bunker, where he was placed under arrest and taken off-world for transport to the [[Tower of Angels]] for interrogation.
