Angels Sanguine
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The Angels Sanguine are a Successor Chapter of the Blood Angels.[1]
Contents
Overview
They were created during the Second Founding and were composed of those Blood Angels that were considered the most glorious and faithful to the image of their Primarch Sanguinius. Before the Angels Sanguine were sent to forge their own history, the Sanguinary Priests of the new Successor Chapters were gathered and presented with the Red Grail of the Blood Angels. Within the Red Grail was what remained of the blood of their Primarch and the newly anointed Sanguinary Priests were required to drink from it; thus the blood and vitality of Sanguinius would be preserved in the bodies of his children in these successor Chapters.[12]
The Angels Sanguine never remove their masks in the presence of anyone outside their Chapter. Even amongst their battle-brothers, their faces are usually hooded.[6] What drives the Chapter's Battle-Brothers to shield their faces from the gaze of others is unknown.[3a]
It is said that beneath the gleaming masks of the Angels Sanguine is a will of iron, but the truth is somewhat darker. Their terrible secret is known only to a few souls outside the Chapter, but despite this they have a long and glorious history.[2] When they are seen without their masks, though, the Angels Sanguine are described as having unusually ruddy skin and coarse facial features.[14]
Notable Battles and Campaigns
- 261.M33: The War of Broken Wings — The Chapter's own homeworld is assaulted by the Night Lords.[8b]
- 864.M41: The Vandred Atrocity.[11]
- 999.M41: Thirteenth Black Crusade — The Angels Sanguine fielded 7 companies against Chaos forces in this campaign.[1]
- M42: The Devastation of Baal.[14]
- ???.M42: The Red Scar Campaign
- Undated: 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, and assisted in the defence of the remains of the Primarch himself.[6]
- Undated: Deployed with Task Force Iscon.[4]
Heraldry
The Angels Sanguine show company belonging using the same icons as the Blood Angels displayed on the battle-brothers right knee pad. Battlefield role is shown using a combination of Codex Astartes standard icons in white on the right pauldron and the colour of their helmets following the Blood Angels' system. Squad designation is shown with a black Low Gothic number on top of the icon on the right pauldron.[3b][15]
Gene-seed
A flaw in the Angels Sanguine's Gene-seed requires them to have Aspirants, with a genetic make-up compatible with the people of the Blood Angels' Homeworld of Baal.[12] The Gene-seed deviancy of the Angels Sanguine give its battle-brothers unusually ruddy skin and coarse angelic features.[14]
Recruitment Worlds
Black Rage
Members who enter the Black Rage are strapped to the Tablet of Lestrallio, in the Angels Sanguine's Fortress Monastery. Those who regain their senses are presented with the Shroud of Lemartes, as a symbol of their mastery of the Black Rage.[5]
Chapter Elements
Artefacts and Relics
| Artefacts and Relics | |||
| Name | Type | Sources | |
| Grail of Angels | Blood Chalice | [12] | |
| The Mask of the Watcher | Death Mask | [7] | |
| Shroud of Servius | Holy Garment | [12] | |
| Shroud of Lemartes | Garment | [5] | |
| Tablet of Lestrallio | Black Rage restraint | [5] | |
Named Vehicles
- Blood Brother — Baal Predator. Part of the Task Force Iscon.[4]
Notable Angels Sanguine
- Sentikan — Chapter Master.[6]
- Ashok — Librarian. Member of the Deathwatch attached to Captain Quiron Octavius's Kill Team.[5]
- Reontrek — Chaplain of the Chapter's First Company, who led a detachment of its Death Company into the catacombs of Hegelian IX.[12]
- Servius — Apothecary in the Blood Angels Legion during the Horus Heresy and later became the first Sanguinary High Priest of the Angels Sanguine Chapter during the Second Founding.[12]
- Iscon — Captain. Slew the Eldar Corsair Prince Nhilus the Ardent in a duel in 721.M41 and due to that he became a legend of the Angels Sanguine.[13]
- Bolthus — Captain. Took part in the Devastation of Baal in M42.[14]
See also
Sources
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- 1: Codex: Eye of Terror, pg. 16
- 2: Codex: Angels of Death (2nd Edition), pg. 34
- 3: Codex: Blood Angels (5th Edition):
- 4: Imperial Armour Volume Two - Space Marines and Forces of the Inquisition, pg. 47
- 5: Warrior Brood (Novel), Chapter 3
- 6: Red Fury (Novel) — Blood Angels: The Second Omnibus, Chapter Seven, pg. 115
- 7: Deathwatch: Honour the Chapter, pg. 129
- 8: Index Astartes: Death Company
- 9: How to Paint Space Marines, pg. 82
- 10: Codex: Blood Angels (7th Edition), (E-Book), Successor Chapters - Angels Sanguine
- 11: Codex: Dark Eldar (7th Edition), (E-Book) — The Three Ages of the Dark City
- 12: The Blood of Angels (Short Story)
- 13: Imperial Armour Volume Two - Second Edition: War Machines of the Adeptus Astartes, pg. 20
- 14: The Devastation of Baal (Novel), Chapter 12
- 15: Codex: Blood Angels (7th Edition), pg. 18
