Editing Astral Knights (section)

==Notable Members==
[[File:Artor-Amhrad.jpeg|thumb|200px|right|Artor Amhrad... Pure awesomeness.]]
Note that the marines of the Astral Knights seem divided on one main point. Many of the marines still cling to their lives as nobles and strive to keep that nobility alive while the rest of the marines become the typical "we don't care about our past" type.

*'''Dreadnought Thade:''' The last "Chapter Master" (more of an Acting Commander, really, but nobody would've challenged the guy for it, so...) of the Astral Knights, Thade was something of an angry old man of a lord watching over a destroyed kingdom. Life handed him a rough hand when the Sable Swords took over. What happened to the guy and the last thirty of the Knights under his command is left to people's imaginations, but he either led his remaining troops into a suicide "Crusade", got them all killed by flipping out and attacking their replacements, or anything in between. Wherever the Astral Knights are, know that the hearts of all who worship badasses go with them... Here's looking at you, Chapter Master Thade.
*'''Chapter Master Lord Artor Amhrad:''' The chapter master of the Astral Knights during the battle for Borsis. Amhrad discovered the previous chapter master's treachery and became chapter master after Hyalhi and Masayak helped him kill the traitor. He then made an oath to the people of Varvenkast that they would come back and save them in a time of dire need and he sticks to this oath to the very end. He dual-wields a matched pair of one-handed power axes due to his training with a saber and swordbreaker as a noble (not that that makes any sense since the two fighting styles would be radically different). Amhrad dies blowing up Yggra'nya's prison after being mortally wounded by the baddest [[Triarch Praetorian]] on Borsis, the Judicator.
*'''Chaplain Masayak:''' A chaplain of the Astral Knights who strictly follows the Codex Astartes. He has an interesting theory that even if a battle seems impossible to win, as long as he and his brothers believe hard enough, [[Orks|they can make the impossible possible]]. He was with Amhrad when the latter accused chapter master Derelhaan of treachery and delivered the killing blow while Derelhaan was distracted with Hyalhi (specifically he buried half his crozius into the back of Derelhaan's head). He was the last man standing with Amhrad before getting his head unceremoniously scissored off by the Judicator as he went to help his chapter master up.
*'''Chief Librarian Hyalhi:''' Chief librarian of the Astral Knights, and a powerful one at that. He is rare among librarians in that he has an unparalleled mastery of divination and sees the threads of fate much like [[Eldar]] Farseers do. This sets him apart from his brothers even more than usual. He has a hand-picked honor guard that he specifically chooses for their attitudes and thoughts as opposed to pure martial skill, reasoning that he needs advisers more than yes-men. Using his skill at dodging due to seeing the strands of fate, he distracted former chapter master Derelhaan long enough for Masayak to deal the killing blow. Hyalhi survives Borsis long enough to get to a savior pod with the memories of the chapter locked in his head for the Inquisition to find (making the novel somewhat of a flashback seen through different eyes but told from the same source).
*'''Techmarine Sarakos:''' The techmarine who first discovered Yggra'nya when a [[scarab]] interfaced with his data-port ifyouknowwhatimean. He was somewhat disliked by his brothers for his lack of emotion and humor. Due to his exposure to Yggra'nya and his tech-expertise (not to mention the plasma cutter in his servo harness), he was chosen to be part of Amhrad's five-man group to free the C'tan. He died by being overwhelmed while using a Lychguard as a living shield to deflect his fellow's blows.
*'''Captain Sheherz, Master of the Fleet:''' The Astral Knights' Master of the Fleet and (literal) captain of the ''Tempestus''. He calms the machine-spirit of the mighty ship to prepare it for its final task and is killed by a Necron warrior after being incapacitated in the crash.
*'''Assault-Captain Zahiros:''' Probably the third best example of an Astral Knight who can't let his past go, Captain Zahiros was the leader of the force sent to assassinate Heqiroth near the beginning of the campaign. The Necrons knew they were coming, however, and he was killed (in a duel with the Judicator) along with his entire force. However, he did manage to destroy an extremely important artifact before his death.
*'''Captain Ifriqi:''' Ifriqi led the assault on one of Heqiroth's strongholds. However, it was a trap and Heqiroth unleashed millions of scarabs on the Knights. Ifriqi died with most of the others after being drowned in a sea of metal pincers.
*'''Devastator-Captain Khabyar:''' The captain who led the final assault on Heqiroth as a distraction for Amhrad. He reaped a terrible toll but was eventually killed in battle.
*'''Codicier Valqash:''' The brother who accidentally discovered Yggra'nya's prison. He is one of Amhrad's five and leads the others to the tomb before being killed while guarding the others. He is the complete opposite of Hyalhi, being aggressive and using extremely aggressive psykic powers.
*'''Scout Sergeant Faraji:''' Faraji was the sergeant of the scout squad who initially discovered that Borsis was headed to Mars. As such, Amhrad took Faraji with him when he went to free Yggra'nya. Faraji was killed before he even managed to prime his meltabombs by praetorians who cut his legs off and then blasted his chest and head into ash. But seriously, he was just a scout sergeant, what did Amhrad expect?
*'''Brother Ghavin:''' A member of Hyalhi's honor guard who was mortally wounded in a battle with flayed ones. He volunteered to interface with a strange machine covered in brains and in doing so managed to communicate Yggra'nya's name before dying.
*'''Brother Kodelos:''' A former prince of Obsidia who loved flying and the second best example of an Astral Knight tied to his past. He was the pilot of the gunship ''Maxentius'' and managed to survive its crash landing. He ends up having a personal crisis of sorts, as he was supposed to nobly die in the sky, not on the ground like a commoner. He is saved by Khabyar's forces and joins them in their desperate attack. In his depression he realizes that key members of the chapter are missing and he puts together that the whole attack is a distraction. This proves to him that he can still be useful and he is reinvigorated and spurs his brothers on to fight harder. He is killed in the final stages of the battle when a [[Triarch Stalker]] shears him in half with its gauss weaponry. He is the winner of the least Space Marine Space Marine contest, as he cannot drop his past and when denied a glorious death he starts to question everything (not to the extent that it affects his performance, but he mentions that everything his body is doing is automatic). Kodelos had an interesting quirk where the other brothers who couldn't drop their past called him "prince" mockingly, to which he would respond that they were peasants.
*'''Former Chapter Master Derelhaan:''' The previous chapter master of the Astral Knights, Derelhaan was the scion of a house which totally destroyed a rebel house back in the day and the best example of an Astral Knight who just couldn't let his past go. He found out about some survivors of the house on Varvenkast and had the entire section of the hive they were in purged, just in case. Amhrad calls him on his bullshit and Derelhaan throws the captain into a wall. Before he can deal the killing blow, however, Librarian Hyalhi steps between them and distracts him long enough for Chaplain Masayak to embed his crozius in his head. This incident caused the Astral Knights who knew of the treachery to swear an oath to protect Varvenkrast in its time of extreme need. Note that only a few brothers know of this incident. Officially, Derelhaan died to insidious booby traps and the chapter's purge was totally justified.