Editing Azrael (section)

==Portrayal==
[[File:Azrael VS Kharn.jpg|300px|thumb|right|One of the most epic moments of Warhammer 40k.]]
[[File: Azrael_Draigo_double_team.jpg|300px|right|thumb|Nope. Azrael VS Kharn is still cooler.]]
[[File:Azrael-will_of_iron.jpg|100px|thumb|right|Azrael as depicted in the will of iron comics - gosh, those secrets really take their toll, don't they.]]
Recently, Azrael has been getting a lot more screen time from [[Black Library]], portraying him as a self-confident, witty and snarky bastard, almost completely at odds with the stoic and humourless reputation of the Dark Angels chapter or even the [[Gets shit done|down to business]] approach that [[Marneus Calgar|other Chapter]] [[Dante|Masters]] [[Kardan Stronos|might]] be like.

For example: when dealing with the [[Grey Knights]], other chapters deal with them warily, knowing that there is a strong possibility their own soldiers might be purged after the campaign. ''(Space Wolves and Blood Angels can attest to this)'' Instead Azrael deals with them so casually that he constantly pisses off [[Kaldor Draigo]] by cheekily misrepresenting his rank of '''Supreme Grand Master'''. He also quickly warms to the [[Gets shit done|personality]] of [[Catachan]] Colonel Strike when the human starts ordering Space Marines about, especially after [[Kaldor Draigo]] finds it irritating and so he takes the opportunity to just badger Draigo even further. Though at the end of the campaign, Draigo really does lose his cool and has a short brawl with Azrael in front of a squad of Deathwing Terminators, but is content to leave the matter to rest on the planet, partly because of Draigo's emotionally charged threats of running to the High Lords and destroying the Dark Angels, and mostly because Azrael had literally no idea [[Zahariel|why Draigo got so mad]].

Also, despite the Dark Angels sometimes coming off as emo dispassionate pricks, he is quite vocal about his support and admiration for humanity. He also proclaims his support for the common man of the Imperium, [[Salamanders|swearing to protect them]] where [[Grey Knights|another Chapter]] would [[Marines Malevolent|sacrifice them]] [[Khornate Knights|to gain victory]]. This is further exemplified in the Space Marine Legends: Azrael book, where as part of his trials to become Supreme Grand Master, he was faced with a recollection of his early history, where he as a tribal teenager got into a fight with another tribe; circumstances led him to stand over the knocked out body of a defeated enemy while he was still armed but the image paused for Azrael to explain himself. Azrael reacted quite strongly to the idea that he could be so honourless as to slay a defeated opponent, trying to argue that "mercy" was a virtue... a notion he would have to disabuse himself of if he wanted to take the Supreme Grand Master job.

Therefore, Azrael can still be a douchebag and can violently but efficiently turn on his allies whenever they are exposed to [[the Fallen]]. So in this regard, as least he's consistent with his chapter's priorities, although it's clear that he doesn't like it and feels the weight of guilt pressing down on him because of it.

Somewhere in the middle of the Pandorax campaign, Azrael got into a fight with Kharn, who mocked Azrael ''(and his stupid hat)'' the entire time. The audiobook "Trials of Azrael": where this fight takes place, has Azrael sounding suspiciously like Hugo Weaving, which exemplifies his personality - a bit of a dick, sardonic but ultimately well-meaning. As right near the end of the audiobook, where he retrieves a Mechanicus Adept, that had been guiding him onboard the ship he was lost on. Scared out of her wits and with Black Legionnaires at the door to come claim her, Azrael dispatches them and approaches the Adept, who still thinks the Chaos Marines are alive. Quietly muttering that she's not afraid of him, Azrael responds; ''"Really? Even in my wounded state, I thought I cut quite the imposing figure."'' At the end of the Pandorax campaign, he also snickers his way through the evil monologue of the end-boss Corpulax, robbing the moment of all of its intended gravity with his snorts and giggles, before getting all serious and explaining where the traitor space marine went wrong and then executing him.