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The Blood Swords are a Codex Chapter with the notable distinction of their Chapter Master being entombed within a Dreadnought^[1b]:

Marine	Basic Data	Chapter Symbol
	- Blood Swords - Founding Chapter: Blood Angels[1a][N.B.] Founding: Unknown Chapter Master: Unknown. Previous Chapter Master Lord Daggan[1b] Homeworld: Jaggafall[2] Fortress-Monastery: Unknown Colours: Crimson armor with white shoulder pad displaying the bleeding sword icon[1a] Specialty: Unknown Strength: Unknown Battle Cry: Unknown
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History

The chapter has close ties and a shared history with the Star Dragons Chapter, as their home worlds are near each other.^[5a]

Currently the Blood Swords are serving with Containment Fleet Kappa, near the Eye of Terror, as part of their Chapter’s ongoing penitence crusade.^[5b]

Notable Battles

• Supported the Blood Angels on Baal during the recent conclave meeting of the Sanguinius bloodline, called by Chapter Master Dante to discuss the fate of the Founding Chapter. Assisted in the defense of the remains of the Primarch himself.^[1b][1c]

• 777.M41 - The Achilus Crusade^[4]

Canon Conflicts

• N.B.: In the novel Red Fury by James Swallow, the Blood Swords are identified as a Successor Chapter of the Blood Angels^[1a]; however, Codex: Blood Angels (5th Edition) states that the Blood Swords do not claim descent from the Blood Angels, despite the suggestiveness of the name.^[3]

Related Articles

• Loyal Space Marine Chapters (List)
• Space Marine Forces (List)

Sources

• 1: Red Fury by James Swallow
  • 1a: Chapter Five, pg. 85
  • 1b: Chapter Seven, pg. 121
  • 1c: Chapters Twelve and Thirteen
• 2: Codex: Space Marines (5th Edition), pg. 30
• 3: Codex: Blood Angels (5th Edition), pg. 54
• 4: Deathwatch Core Rulebook pg. 339
• 5: Accursed Eternity (Novella) by Sarah Cawkwell - Architect of Fate (Anthology):
  • 5a: Chapter 1, pg. 15
  • 5b: Chapter 1, pg. 17

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