Xander Krast
Xander Krast was an Imperial Freeblade Knight.[1]
History
In 988.M41, Xander Krast murdered a fellow Knight following a quarrel over a noblewoman’s hand. With ritual execution looming, Xander was freed by an unknown benefactor and fled his ancestral home of Chrysis. Xander’s brothers, tainted by familial association, took a ship and went after him. The pursuit raged across a dozen systems, but Xander – now fighting as the freeblade Iron Redeemer — eventually trades his freedom for his brothers’ assistance in defending the agri world of Tekara from Waaagh! Garshok. Working together, the brothers stalled the greenskin invasion long enough for a strike force from the Iron Hands of Clan Raukaan to arrive.[1]
During the climactic Battle of Devil's Gorge, Xander performed a suicide run against the Stompa Mork Wantz Ya! and was presumed slain when the walker’s reactor underwent a devastating chain reaction. Many of Clan Raukaan’s battle-brothers were slain in the explosion, and the survivors vengefully pursued the beaten remnants of Waaagh! Garshok across the Deinora Sector. Scattered and harried, the Orks left the Exodite World of Selesti — the planet that would have been their next target – wholly unmolested. Watching from deep within the webway, the Shadowseer Sylandri Veilwalker saw her plan come to fruition, and allowed herself a brief moment of satisfaction before turning her attention to other matters.[1]
The surviving brothers returned to Chrysis, and reported that Xander’s crime had been washed away in blood. Xander’s name was struck from the annals of House Krast, though the brothers were careful to make no mention of the Iron Redeemer.[1]
Sources
- 1: Warhammer 40,000 7th Edition Rulebook (E-Book) — Time of Ending
