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ADDITIONAL RULES FOR OFFICIAL SPECIAL CHARACTERS Walk with caution within these blasphemed halls. Some of the most wanted and reviled characters of the 41st millennium are described here. These men lived and fought in the glorious times when the Lion and the Emperor walked amongst men. They breached the trust and allowed their arrogance cloud their judgement. Their petty ego was their failure. The fell and forever condemned their brethren and their successors to infamy. You may field any of the following special characters in their appropriate position, only with the express permission from your opponent. The special characters must be used exactly as described and cannot be given additional wargear. The point cost and effects of their wargear is already included in their profiles.

FALLEN ANGEL SPECIAL CHARACTERS

Chapter Master Astellan

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The man whose base treahcery began the battle between Jonson's and Luthor's forces.

Wargear: Artificer armour, Master crafted Combi-weapon plasma gun, master-crafted power sword, purity seals

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Special Rules: Independent Character: Unless accompanying a Command squad, Force Commander Astelan is an independent character and follows the independent special rules in the Warhammer 40k rulebook. Unquestionable loyalty: Force Commander Astelan's unquestionable loyalty to the Emperor is exceptional; he has continued to pursue the Emperors dream these past 40,000 years. Therefore in game terms he will attack the Emperors enemies so ferociously that will not stop until all are defeated and dead.  To represent this on the first turn of each Assault and close combat roll a D3 and add it to his Attacks this is used instead of the additional attack gained by assaulting.  Force Commander Astelan must sweeping advance he may not consolidate.  Force Commander Astelan will always move closer to the closest enemy to him. Undying Faith To The Emperor: Astelan's quest to relive the great crusades of the Emperor, keep him fighting whilst most others would fall, utterly determined to achieve his dream he will shake off even the most fatal of blows. This undying faith grants Astelan a 5+ invulnerable save. Militant General:  Force Commander Astelan when stranded on a Tharsis managed to train up local civilians and guardsmen into an elite fighting force. Due to this Astelan always does rigorous training on his troops and hence is allowed 0-2 stormtrooper squads as a troops choice. See below. Command Squad: May be accompanied by a Fallen Command Squad see below. Loyalist Fallen:  Astelan is a Loyalist Fallen and so follows all their special rules.

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Astelan was the Grand Master of the 1st chapter of Dark Angels and fought alongside the emperor during the Great Crusade.  However he was suspicious of his Primarch Lion El'Jonson during the battle of Altyes when the Primarch gave an order which he disagreed with which would cost the lives of many civilians.  After directly disobeying his Primarch he was sentenced to stay on Caliban during the rest of the Crusade.  After hearing of the Horus Heresy he intended to travel to Terra to protect the Emperor, however certain members of the Dark Angels disagreed with him and fired upon his ships as he went to leave.  Battle ensued on Caliban and a few "Traitor" ships managed to leave the system.  However ships began to return and fearing for their lives Astelan gave the order to fire on the ship only to find it was El'Jonson returning from the Crusade.  Battle ensued on Caliban once again and the "Fallen" were cast into the warp through space and time. Astelan then landed on the planet Scappe Delve many millennia in the future after convincing a rogue trader to take him off the barren world, he arrived on a space station where he met two other Fallen Methelas and Anovel who had established themselves as mercenaries for hire. Astelan told the fallen of his dream to relive the crusade in the name of the Emperor, the Fallen prepared to leave the space station killing all mercenaries about the ship and boarding the Saint Carthen a heavily armoured ship and finally destroyed the ancient star dock. On their journeys crusading in the name of the Emperor they stumbled upon the world of Tharsis, a world wrecked with civil war, clearly shunning the light of the Emperor Astelan descended upon the world in the hope of returning them to the Emperor. Methelas and Anovel felt they were needed elsewhere not on a single world so left with the Saint Carthen.

By Michael de Coursey, 2002