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|Descendants=[[Angels Encarmine]]^4a4-p.54, [[Angels Sanguine]]^4a4-p.54, [[Angels Vermillion]]^4a4-p.54, [[Blood Drinkers]]^4a4-p.54, Exsanguinators^4a4-p.54, [[Flesh Eaters]]^4a4-p.54, [[Flesh Tearers]]^4a4-p.54, [[Knights of Blood (Chapter)|Knights of Blood]]^4a4-p.54, Knights Sanguine^4a4-p.54, [[Lamenters]]^4a4-p.54,<br>[[Blood Swords]]^5,7,8 (Claimed otherwise in Codex: Blood Angels 5th ed.)^4a4-p.54, [[Blood Legion]]⁹|Colours=Blood Red Armor with Black Aquila¹<br>Tactical Helmet: Red^4h4-p.71<br>Assault Helmet: Yellow^4h4-p.71<br>Devastator Helmet: Blue^4h4-p.71<br>Veteran Helmet: Gold ^4h4-p.71<br>(in older codices the golden helmets were only true for Honour guard)

During the [[Great Crusade]], the Blood Angels became known as being excellent shock assault troops, and formed a rivalry with the similarly assault-oriented [[World Eaters]] Legion.^4l4-p.6

As Waaagh! Ghazghkull ravages the hive world of [[Armageddon]], the Blood Angels, as well as their brothers from the [[Ultramarines]] and the [[Salamanders]] arrive to lend the beleaguered planet aid. Such is Commander Dante's reputation that Tu'shan and Calgar cede overall command of the Space Marine strike force to him. The Blood Angels bear the brunt of the close-quarter fighting, eventually culminating in a massed drop-pod assault into the heart of Ghazghkull's forces that finally broke the back of the ork army^4j4-p.16.

Despite the bulk of the Chapter deployed against the threat of [[Hive Fleet]] [[Leviathan]], Commander Dante still deploys the 3rd Company led by Captain [[Tycho]] to Armageddon when the hive world falls under Warboss Ghazghkull's baleful attention once more. During the ensuing conflict, Captain Tycho succumbs to the Black Rage, finally meeting a valiant end as part of the Death Company upon the walls of Hive Tempestora. Brother-Captain Machiavi succeeds him in command of the Company.^{4a4-p.54; 10-p.32}

In 999.M41 a tendril of Hive Fleet Leviathan is on a direct course for the Blood Angels homeworld, [[Baal]]. Exacerbating this already terrible threat is a massive daemon army led by the dread [[bloodthirster]] [[Ka'Bandha]], which has already struck at Ammonai, the outermost planet of the Baal system. Facing a possible war on two fronts, Commander Dante sends out a call for all Chapters descended from the Blood Angels to send forces to aid their ancestor Legion; the [[Flesh Tearers]] are the first to do so, deploying the entire Chapter for war. Ultimately all but the [[Lamenters]] do so, even the renegade [[Knights of Blood (Chapter)|Knights of Blood]]^4b4-p.17.

As adherents of the [[Codex Astartes]], the Blood Angels divide their battle brothers among the chapter into [[company|Companies]]. There are 10 companies in the Blood Angels and each one is led by a [[Space Marine Captain|captain]] who is guarded by elite veterans known as the [[Space Marine Honour Guard Squad|Honour Guard]].³ The only exceptions to the Codex structure allowed by the Blood Angels and its Succesors are the [[Sanguinary Guard]]^4f4-p.50 and the [[Death Company]].

The First Company is composed of the Chapter's [[Veterans|Space Marine Veterans]], warriors with experience forged in countless battles throughout the Imperium and trained in the use of sacred suits of [[Tactical Dreadnought Armour|Terminator Armour]], while the second to fifth are the Battle Companies who carry the weight of the Chapter's combat duties.^4k4-p.8

The subsequent companies are 'Companies of Reserve', composed of squads with the same designation who often act as support for the Battle Companies, as well as provide replacements for casualties by the line formations: the Sixth and Seventh Companies are composed entirely of Tactical Marines, while the Eight Company is a made up of [[Assault Marines]], and the Ninth Company has a full complement of [[Devastators]]. Finally, the Tenth Company is composed of the Chapter's [[Space Marine Scout|scouts]], aspirants who have not yet earned their place as full-fledged Marines of the Chapter.^4k4-p.8

The current leadership of each Company, as well as the Company's designation, are as follows:^4c4-p.9*'''First Company, "Archangels":''' Captain [[Karlaen]], [[Shield of Baal]]^4c4-p.9*'''Second Company, "The Blooded":''' Captain [[Aphael]], [[Master of the Watch]]^4c4-p.9*'''Third Company, "Ironhelms":''' Captain [[Machiavi]], [[Master of Sacrifice]]^4c4-p.9*'''Fourth Company, "Knights of Baal":''' Captain [[Castigon]], [[Lord Adjudicator]]^4c4-p.9*'''Fifth Company, "Daemonbanes":''' Captain [[Sendini]], [[Keeper of the Arsenal]]^4c4-p.9*'''Sixth Company, "Eternals":''' Captain [[Raxiatel]], [[Caller of the Fires]]^4c4-p.9*'''Seventh Company, "Unconquerables":''' Captain [[Phaeton (Blood Angels)|Phaeton]], [[Master of the Marches]]^4c4-p.9*'''Eight Company, "Bloodblades":''' Captain [[Zedrenael]], [[Lord of Skyfall]]^4c4-p.9*'''Ninth Company, "Sunderers":''' Captain [[Sendroth]], [[Master of Sieges]]^4c4-p.9*'''Tenth Company, "Redeemers":''' Captain [[Borgio]], [[Master of Recruits]]^4c4-p.9

Each company of the Blood Angels are given a company badge worn on the right shoulder pad^4h4-p.71:

Finally, the [[Sanguinary Guard]] are a separate formation of the Chapter's [[Veteran Squad|Veterans]], tracing their origins to Sanguinus' personal bodyguard, and is composed of the uttermost elite of the Blood Angels.^4f4-p.50

*[[Assault Squad]]s. The whole First Company, if not deployed in Terminator Armour, will be used as Assault squads as well as the Seventh and Eighth squad of the Battle Companies, also the Eighth Company squads are deployed as Assault squads.¹ Assault Squad helmets are yellow in color.^4h4-p.71

*[[Devastator Squad]]s Are deployed in each Battle Company as the Ninth and Tenth squad and the Ninth Reserve Company is dedicated to Devastator squads.¹ Devastator Squad helmets are blue in color.^4h4-p.71

Even among the vaunted Veterans of the Chapter, there are warriors that stand above their brothers in might of arms and sheer skill. These are the [[Sanguinary Guard]], an order that traces its origins to the days of the [[Great Crusade]], where they served as their Primarch's personal bodyguard, and even accompanied [[Sanguinius]] when he, the [[Emperor]], and [[Rogal Dorn]] confronted [[Horus]] in the arch-traitor's battle barge. Clad in golden [[Artificer Armour]] and armed with wrist-mounted [[Angelus Bolters]], they wade into battle wielding [[Glaive Encarmine|Glaives Encarmine]], ancient power weapons of terrible power.^4f4-p.50

All Chapters descended from the Blood Angels maintain units of Sanguinary Guard as a legacy of their parent Legion, and all follow the same color scheme except for the Angels Encarmine, whose Sanguinary Guard wear alabaster-white colored armor instead.^4g4-p.80

Even those in a [[Space Marine Dreadnought|Dreadnought]] cannot escape the grasp of the Black Rage when it strikes, turning the machine into a raging [[Death Company Dreadnought]]^4m4-p.29

The Blood Angels currently maintain a fleet composed of two [[Battle Barge|Battle Barges]] (named ''Blade of Vengeance'' and ''Bloodcaller''), seven [[Strike Cruisers]], and sixteen Rapid Strike Vessels.^4c4-p.9

* [[Azkaellon]] - Herald of the [[Sanguinary Guard]] during the Horus Heresy, who eventually supervised the division of the Blood Angels Legion into Chapters^4f4-p.50

* [[Astorath the Grim]] - High Chaplain and Redeemer of the Lost^4e4-p.45

* [[Sepharam]] - ''Exalted Brother of Sanguinius'' and current leader of the [[Sanguinary Guard]]^4c4-p.9* [[Bellerophon]] - ''Keeper of the Heavengate'' and commander of the Blood Angels fleet^4c4-p.9* [[Incarael]] - ''Master of the Blade'' and senior [[Techmarine]] of the Chapter^4c4-p.9* [[The Sanguinor]] - A mysterious and myth-enshrouded figure that appears to aid the Blood Angels during times of need^4d4-p.51

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