Editing Castellan Crowe (section)

==Y He No Part of Ward's Dick Club?==
Because he's a badass.

He's a badass because he wields a [[Daemon Weapon#Daemonblade|daemon sword]].

A daemon sword called the '''Black Blade of Antwyr.'''

A daemon sword that could not be destroyed by the [[Inquisition]].

A daemon sword that mindfucked every other guy that had ever wielded it.

A daemon sword that corrupted ''three full sectors'' and required the entire Grey Knights Chapter to step in and stop it.

A daemon sword that actively tries to murder Crowe every time he wields it.

A daemon sword that has near-infinite power and might possibly be [[Malal|a God in its own right, just waiting to be unleashed...]]

But Crowe just uses it as a regular sword, because using that near-infinite power would corrupt him.

Somewhat surprisingly, this pleased many [[Writefag]]s, most of whom had grown weary of the overused "[[Elric|evil-thing]][[Fulgrim|-fucks-up]][[Warcraft|-and-corrupts-good-guy]]" trope and rather enjoy a more heroic take on it.

Also, ''barely'' enduring the influence of a single daemon weapon makes a lot more sense (and is a lot cooler than) <s>not only surviving in the Warp, but actively destroying all the Chaos Gods' shit.</s> than being able to stroll through the [[Warp]] unharmed, destroying things and killing daemons, without any of that shit actually happening for reals because it gets remade after the Draigo-Jack are done there - But then again, that ''is'' the [[Warp]], so sense might not fair to judge upon.

Although, Especially in the 5th edition book Ward makes sure to note how Crowe is the '''purest''' Marine of the '''purest''' '''purifier''' order of the '''purest''' space marines that are the Grey knights, so uhh, while a cool dude, even he is not safe from Ward taint. ''To be fair though, you're going to have that with ANY specialized group. If we were talking about the White Scars it would read like "Khan is the '''fastest''' Marine of the '''fastest''' '''racing''' order of the '''fastest''' space marines that are the White Scars." Any time you have a group that does one thing specifically, you will have one person that does it exceedingly well. It would be Mary Sue-Matt Ward bullshit if someone from like, the Ultramarines was better at banishing daemons than Grey Knights were. It's only when someone from another specialized group's skill exceeds those of a specialized groups skill set that their validity is called into question.''

7th Edition also adds and takes away from his sueness in equal measure by making him the leader of the '''Purifier''' Order (where the '''purest''' of the '''pure''' are grouped) and making him the most likely guy to take the place of [[Kaldor Draigo|Kaldor Titanfucking Draigo]], but he keeps refusing because he has a bigger job taking care of the extremely foul blade and trying to keep track of what it says so he might find that one golden nugget of truth amongst a sea of insults.

Also, Crowe is one of only two named individuals in the Imperium of Man that currently carries the antiquated title of "Castellan" (it is used more commonly in the Black Templars). The other holder of the title is, of course, [[Creed|very well-known]].