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@Neithan 02 : At the very end of Hammer of Daemons there is one passage of Alaric’s final conversation with Inquisitor Nyxos.

- "Can I fight as a Grey Knight again?"

- "Ah, what an interesting question. There is more than one way for a Grey Knight to serve, and many more for you. You have imagination, Alaric, dedication, yes, but creativity too. How many Grey Knights could have survived on Drakaasi? Whether it was right or not, how many could have thought it up in the first place ?"

- "Not many." admitted Alaric

- "That is something to be proud of. It is another blade in the Emperor’s hand. I dare say my word would get you back into the training halls of Titan, if that is where you can best serve, but matters at the Eye are reaching a dire state and we need more than just soldiers, even Grey Knights. (...) Think about what you can do for your Emperor, instead of what sins you committed in the past. Ihave some very particular plans for you, Justicar Alaric. You might be surprised just what a man of your skills might achieve."

and even before that, at the end of Dark Adeptus it is said :

"And then there was Alaric hmself. He was intelligent, curious and imaginative. They were qualities normally buried by the training of a Grey Knight, but when confroned with the foulest of enemies, they shone through Alaric. That was why Alaric had convinced the Castigator to take on daemon’s flesh when any other Grey Knight would just have died screaming prayers. Probably the Grand Masters of the Grey Knights saw it as something unstable and unwanted and would keep Alaric from ever attaining the rank of brother-captain that he deserved. But Nyxos had seen enough of Alaric’s qualities to know that perhaps there was some other role he could serve within th Inquisition, where a sharp mind and a Space Marine’s body could be put to best use."