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| - The son of Axan, war-chief of the Broken Mesa Clan on Baal Secundus, Rafen had ventured to the Blood Angel's place of trials at Angel's Fall alongside his younger brother Arkio. Considered a firebrand amongst the tribe, it was suggested that many of the elders allowed him to make this journey not in the hopes that he would prove worthy of becoming a Space Marine, but so that the tribe might be spared his reckless nature. Before the two had left their father's side, Axan made Rafen promise that he would always look out for his younger brother, a vow he held to even decades later. Bold and outspoken, Rafen was physically adept and completed the challenges assigned to him by the recruiting officer, Brother-Sergeant Koris of the 5th Company, though his arrogant belief that he could face all tr
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| - The son of Axan, war-chief of the Broken Mesa Clan on Baal Secundus, Rafen had ventured to the Blood Angel's place of trials at Angel's Fall alongside his younger brother Arkio. Considered a firebrand amongst the tribe, it was suggested that many of the elders allowed him to make this journey not in the hopes that he would prove worthy of becoming a Space Marine, but so that the tribe might be spared his reckless nature. Before the two had left their father's side, Axan made Rafen promise that he would always look out for his younger brother, a vow he held to even decades later. Bold and outspoken, Rafen was physically adept and completed the challenges assigned to him by the recruiting officer, Brother-Sergeant Koris of the 5th Company, though his arrogant belief that he could face all trials alone and unaided resulted in him abandoning his sibling and many of the other Aspirants in a reckless desire to prove his strength. Eventually, seeking to puncture the youth's pride, Koris offered Rafen one final challenge: defeat him, and his place in the Blood Angels would be ensured. Rising to take the bait, Rafen proved no match for the Veteran Space Marine, and was cast out of Angel's Fall in shame. Arkio, meanwhile, had shown the humility and restraint demanded of the Sons of Sanguinius, and was selected along with several of the other Aspirants to become part of the Chapter. Realising what his arrogance had cost him, Rafen departed Angel's Fall, and wandered the deserts of Baal Secundus in search of his death. Guided by a vision of what he interpreted to be the face of Sanguinius, what he found instead was Koris' Thunderhawk, the vessel having been brought down by a storm on its way to the Blood Angels' fortress-monastery with the successful Aspirants. Koris had been rendered unconscious by the impact, and even worse, the craft had landed in the hunting grounds of a nest of fire scorpions, one of the Baal System's most dangerous fauna. Despite the demands from several of the Aspirants that this dishonoured youth leave their company, Rafen remained to assist, organising the Aspirants into a team which repelled the masses of fire scorpions and eventually slew their queen at the cost of one of the Aspirants' lives, sending the swarm into disarray. With the danger passed, Rafen prepared to resume his exile, but the now-recovered Koris, seeing how the youth had redeemed himself and realised the value of brotherhood (a concept so critical to the success of Astartes), gave him the chance to take the fallen Aspirant's place. Accepting the offer gratefully, Rafen eventually became a Blood Angel, guided by both his promise to Axan and a realisation of his prior folly to become a warrior worthy of the Emperor and Sanguinius.
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