Carmine Angels

Carmine Angel armorial with Chapter iconography.

A Carmine Angels Battle-Brother of the 2nd Company, 2nd Battleline Squad.

### **Specialty**

Rapid Assault, Close-Quarters Actions, Line-Breaker Attacks, Crusade Campaigns, Drop Assaults, Demolition Actions

### **Colours**

Carmine red torso, arms, legs, helmet, backpack, pauldron trim and black pauldron inset

### Successor Chapter(s)

N/A

"*His light was the brightest, following in his beloved father's footsteps. It is our pride and honour to strive towards the Angel's path.*"
—Rubicante, First Exalted Herald of the Carmine Angels
Born during the early years of the 32nd Millennium at the behest of Rogal Dorn, the **Carmine Angels**, like the hundreds of other Chapters created during the 3rd Founding are ancient and storied warriors. Created from the ancient assault cadres of the Blood Angels Legion known as the Dawnbreakers, the Carmine Angels are proud crusaders, descending from the skies to bring furious retribution to those enemies of the Imperium.

As with all members of the Ninth, the Carmine Angels were heartbroken by the death of their Primarch however, where the Angels Vermillion cut themselves off from their former brothers, the Blood Drinkers descended into vampiric barbarity, the Carmine Angels clung (perhaps out misplaced vanity) to the mandate their father had given them as Dawnbreakers; to serve as symbols of justice and angelic retribution.

## Chapter History

As with countless other Chapters created during the infancy of the 32nd Millennium, the seeds of the Carmine Angels' existence were sown during the evil days of the Horus Heresy. Where many that would become early successors in both the 2nd and 3rd Founding rose to prominence due to the differences between themselves and their parent Legion; the unrestrained savagery of the Flesh Tearers and the suicidal despair of the Mourning Cherubim of the 2nd, the callous barbarity and mutilation of the Draconian Impalers and the bloody cannibalism of the Flesh Eaters, the Carmine Angels were very much simply a continuation of their status in the IXth Legion.

In the early years, in the bright days of the Great Crusade, Samael Cantos, a famous Dawnbreaker Champion, serving under Captain Raziel served extensively alongside the Emperor's Children with the Sons of Chemos' perfectionism and the Blood Angels' belief in aesthetic excellence bringing the two together as close friends. As the two detachments of the Legions were drawn back to the main bodies of their forces, with Emperor's Children assaulting the Laer and Raziel and his company re-joining Sanguinius, the two forces swore oaths of allegiance and brotherhood towards with each other. These oaths however, would soon become an immense source of shame; during the madness of the Signus Campaign, the sorcerous manipulations of the Dark Gods, unleashed by the Ninth bloodline's most hated enemy; Ka'Bandha, Raziel and Lucien would be driven into feral insanity like the rest of their Legion. Much to the shame of the Dawnbreaker Champion, he would slaughter his Legion-Brother, gorging on his blood before his sanity was restored. During the Siege of Terra, the warriors that would become Carmine Angels, like so many detachments of legionnaires were lost in the dust-choked ruins after the fall of the Ultimate Wall. Propelled on by their guilty fury, the Dawnbreakers that would become the Carmine Angels stalked the choking miasma, descending on any traitor they found, with those of the 3rd Legion especially being subjected to the unrestrained fury of the Red Thirst.

It would be during the Great Scouring however that the warriors who would become the Carmine Angels would distinguish themselves from their Blood Angels brethren. On the world of Demiu, against the ravenously insane World Eaters, the future Sentinels of Baal faced off against the deranged Captain Garak Tharn. Unlike the rest of his Legion, Tharn was attempting to throw off the relentless influence of the Blood God (albeit unsuccessfully) that had laid claim to the XIIth Legion and, even as both Khorne's demands and the Butcher's Nails impulses tore the remains of the demented World Eater's mind apart, he knew only death would save what twisted honour remained. Thus, his end would finally, blissfully come as he warred against the future Carmine Angels and their first Sentinel; Samael Cantos, a former Champion of the Dawnbreaker cohorts and slated to be the Captain of one of the Blood Angels' assault companies.

During the 3rd Founding, the Carmine Angels, whose apprehensions about their once-brothers-now-cousins; the Draconian Impalers (who, during the days of the Horus Heresy and the 2nd Founding had been serving with the warriors of Nassir Amit 'the Flesh Tearer') came to a boil. Having grown increasingly distrustful and revolted by their cousin's brutality, when the trial of Vlad Rhapthorne, now dreadnought-bound came about, it was the Carmine Angels who were one of the biggest advocates for the now Draconian Impalers' exile, fearful that their former brothers had become corrupted much like their former brothers-in-arms of the Emperor's Children.

## Chapter Homeworld

As a fleet-based Chapter, the Carmine Angels know no true homeworld. As with other Chapters such as the Imperial Fists and Blood Ravens, they do have primary recruitment grounds, with the Isiaan System, with its capital being the Chapter's primary muster point. Wracked with storms and endless volcanic flows, Kur is a vicious death world. A terrifying planet, the world is of little use beyond brutally testing those the Carmine Angels take as potential recruits.

## Chapter Recruitment

No matter where their recruits are drawn from, those hopefuls are always taken to the Chapter's primary muster point; the Isiaan system on the volcanic death world of Kur.

First, is the Circle of Abstinence; those recruits are made to survive on the scorched surface of Kur for a week without any manner of sustenance. Whilst simple, the sheer blasted, volcanic brutality of Kur leaves such a task monstrously difficult.

Next comes the Circle of Bloodshed. An obvious thing. The recruits must fight to get to the Angel's Ascent; the largest active volcano on the planet. However, as with all things; the Circle of Bloodshed is not as simple as it may seem. Always the recruits are watched, their actions seen and their honour quietly tested.

The final trial, is in many ways, a final tempering of the soul. The Circle of Fidelity, seems simple compared to the others. A pilgrimage to Baal, to the Arx Angelicum those recruits that have succeeded must stand before the body of Sanguinius, ruminating on their own existence how and *if* they can live up to his legacy and the duties the Carmine Angels demand of them. Despite the peaceful nature of this trial, it is the most crushing, with massive numbers of aspirants either killing themselves or breaking down under the sheer weight of history and expectations.

## Notable Campaigns

* **Signus Campaign (004-009.M31)** - A horrific period of the XIIth Legion's history, shrouded in the darkness of a time better left forgotten for all save the children of the Angel, it was during the Signus Campaign that the chaotic forces of the Dark Gods were unleashed against the Blood Angels, enflaming the blood-hunger that lurked in their gene-seed. When the forces of Kyriss the Perverse and drove the shipmistress of the Red Tear to madness, resulting in her sending the Gloriana plummeting into the corrupted surface of Signus Prime, those future members of the Carmine Angels, under Captain Raziel served alongside their legion brethren. fighting tooth and nail against the demented hordes led by the bloody-handed Ka'Bandha and the foul Kyriss. When the mighty Bloodthirster of Khorne unleashed the fury of the Ragefire upon the unprepared warriors of Baal, Samael, like his Legion-Brothers was sent into a blood-hungry frenzy beyond even the feral insanity of the World Eaters. Such was the depths of the future first Sentinel's madness, he tore Captain Raziel's throat out feeding on the blood of his beloved brother. After Sanguinius' triumph over the repulsive forces of the Dark Gods, and restored his sons to sanity, Samael was almost incandescent with horror and sorrow. Samael's act of fratricide whilst in the throes of the Red Thirst would leave a deep and lasting scar upon the Dawnbreaker's psyche and upon the future beliefs of the Carmine Angels.
* **The Siege of Terra (014.M31)** - During the Siege of Terra, after the fall of Mercury Wall, rather than retreating, the future Carmine Angels stalked the immense and dust-smothered ruins of the defences, ambushing and butchering the disorganised remains of the traitor legions. More and more, the Emperor's Children betrayal gnawed at Samael and his men until the Red Thirst re-emerged resulting in the furious Dawnbreakers slaughtering the chem-addled degenerates of the Emperor's Children in a savage bloody rage. When the retreat to the Sactum Imperialis was called, the Carmine Angels only did so with incredible reluctance.
* **Great Scouring (014-021.M31)** -
* **First Watch of the Angels (024.M31-028.M31)** - Severed from their beloved Legion during the 3rd Founding, the Astartes now known as the Carmine Angels took to the stars.
* **First Cherubic Crusade (697-700.M35)** - The **First Cherubic Crusade** was a joint effort by the Angels of Anguish, Carmine Angels, and Mourning Cherubim chapters of Adeptus Astartes to defeat an Ork WAAAGH! led by **Warlord Snaggrakka da Planet Krumpa** in the Imperial system of **Cherun**. After nearly three years of brutal fighting, the Astartes were able to turn the tide of battle with a desperate move by the Angels of Anguish, releasing their Death Company members onto the ork horde. In the end, the orks were defeated, but the cost of the battle was high, with many space marines losing their lives in the conflict. The **Cherubic Crusade** was declared a pyrrhic victory, but it showed the strength and determination of the Adeptus Astartes in the face of overwhelming odds.
* **Second Cherubic Crusade (233-235.M40)** - The Second Cherubic Crusade was sparked by a sudden and unexpected invasion by the brutal and massive Ork WAAAGH! into the **Cherun** system. The sector had enjoyed a period of relative peace and security after the last crusade, and the planetary defense forces had grown complacent, allowing the Orks to gain a foothold on the planet's surface. A desperate distress call was sent out, summoning reinforcements from the Angels of Anguish, Carmine Angels, Immortals, Iron Wyverns, Lightning Wraiths, Mourning Cherubim, Nemean Lions, Omni-Legion, and Imperial Guard forces. The Carmine Angels led by Sentinel Arakiel and Captain Ieshim Durmah, the defenders of the Cherun system mobilized to push back the Ork invasion and protect the system from falling into the hands of the savage xenos. The Crusade was fought tooth and nail across Cherun's treacherous terrain, with the fate of the system hanging in the balance. In the end, although the Astartes were successful in pushing back the Ork WAAAGH! and defending the Cherun system, the cost was high and the scars left by the conflict would be felt for generations to come.
* **Devastation of Baal (999.M41)** - As with virtually all the Astartes of the Blood, the Carmine Angels rose to the defence of their Primarch and progenitor's homeworld as Hive Fleet Leviathan descended on Baal. Stationed on Baal Secundus also the Carmine Blades, the Dawnbreakers of the Ninth took horrendous casualties fighting off the ravenous hordes of Tyranids. Such was the horrifying intensity of the siege of Secundus and the defence of the astropathic choir that the Carmine Angels took even more brutal losses than their Haldrothian brethren, such was the fury of Ka'Bandha's return that the Red Thirst drove countless members of the Chapter into the blood-hungry madness that dogs all the Sanguine Brotherhood, even as the Tyranids began devouring the biomass of Baal Secundus, the Carmine Anges were reduced to a mere twenty Marines.

## Gene-Seed

Like all those drawn for Sanguinius' bloodline, the Carmine Angels suffer from the twin flaws of the Red Thirst and Black Rage. Despite their age relative to other Chapters such as the Immortals and Stormborn, the Carmine Angels suffer from the Red Thirst more acutely than many of their cousins as shown with their savage prowess in combat. Rather horrifyingly, rather than the slow degradation into the Black Rage shown by other members of the Sanguine Brotherhood, the only sign of the Primarch's final pained echo is usually an easily missed remark where a battle-brother believes himself to be Sanguinius, before falling to the deepest most insensate depths of the Black Rage.

Interestingly, many have come to believe that the gene-seed of the Carmine Angels was imprinted with a fraction of Sanguinius' pride, as with many of the Ninth's successors, the Carmine Angels are seen as representing a fraction of their gene-sire's personality. Whilst normally welcoming and affable in nature, a noticeable ego is seemingly apparent in the Chapter. As remarked by the Dark Angels' Lord of Repentance Asmodai "A dangerous strain of pride runs rife in them. Arrogance tainted their gene-line long ago." However, given the Interrogator-Chaplain's own obsessive nature, the truth of the statement is perhaps dubious.

## Chapter Organisation

### Officer Ranks

* **Sentinel** - As the Carmine Angels patrol the breadth of the imperium, standing guard over the realms their lost father sacrificed himself for. The Sentinel of Chapter, as with every other Leader of Astartes, is every bit an embodiment of the brotherhood they rule. Like all Carmine Angels they are prideful yet supremely skilled, warriors of astounding artistry, each of the Sentinels are inspirations to their driven and proud brothers inheritors of the Lord of Hosts.
* **Sanctifier** - The title borne by the chaplaincy of the Carmine Angels, the Sanctifiers much like the rest of the Sanguine Brotherhood, are charged with leading the Death Company and keeping watch on their Chapter-brothers for signs of the twin-curses that blight their gene-line.

### Specialist Ranks

* **Dawnbreakers** - Even compared to their 1st Company brethren, the warriors known as the Dawnbreakers are some of the greatest veterans and mightiest warriors of the Carmine Angels. Effectively serving as an additional 'honour company' the Dawnbreakers are almost more extensive cadre of Sanguinary Guard. Those who are guarded by the Dawnbreakers are those watched by the Sentinel, marked for greatness and to be defended by those who embody the Carmine Angels of old. Amongst the Dawnbreaker honour company, the first amongst equals is known as the Arch-Champion.

#### Companies

Whilst the Carmine Angels roughly follow the edicts of the Codex Astartes, instead of a Devastator Company, the 9th are a secondary assault company. Primarily this is believed to be due to the Carmine Angels' history as a famous assault cadre in the Blood Angels Legion.

## Combat Doctrine

"*We are the breakers of the dawn, we strike with the falling stars. Our blade is the fire of the sun and the ice of the moon. We are the Carmine Angels and we have flown with the Brightest One.*"
—1st Verse in the Contemplations of the Blood
As could be expected from a Chapter drawn from the Dawnbreaker assault cadres of the IXth Legion, the Carmine Angels favour massive close-quarters, shock assaults from jump-pack armed infantry. Skilled as they are in shock assaults, the Carmine Angels are masters of demolition, diving into the throng of battle, deploying their explosives before leaping away, obliterating the fortifications of their foes or saturating beachheads with a vicious rain of shrapnel from their grenade dischargers.

## Chapter Beliefs

For Carmine Angels, being born from the warriors of the Dawnbreakers, the heavenly elites, bringers of light and justice, to have flown alongside their fallen sire is a mighty point of pride. In many things, pride is a great virtue of the Carmine Angels; fortunately, where the Emperor's Children were undone by pride turned to arrogance, the Carmine Angels do not take their perceived supremacy as a given all their pursuits must be measured, trained and practiced relentlessly. Artisans, warriors, orators, it matters not, every vocation must never be taken for granted. To the Carmine Angels though perfection may be an impossible achievement for any save Sanguinius and the Emperor of Mankind, to strive for it is to walk their path. In many ways, the Carmine Angels still see themselves as holding the same position as they did back in the days of the Ninth Legion. Seeing the idea of the Sanguine Brotherhood as little more than a pretence. In all things though, purity must be maintained; purity to what they see as the ways of the Blood Angels legion, purity in purpose, all must be preserved. Such clarity and fidelity of purpose is believed to be the biggest reason the Chapter advocated for the Draconian Impalers' exile, as the Carmine Angels see the Night Lord-like brutality as a corruption of Sanguinius' purpose for his sons.

Even though they have long since accepted that the 9th Legion of old is no-more, they still cleave massively to the old traditions and teachings of their Primarch, even their warcry, "By his blood do we triumph!" is simply a portion of an old Blood Angels' prayer of battle.

## Deathwatch Service

Proud as they are, the Carmine Angels regularly send brothers to the Deathwatch. Though they are often seen as egotistical by their fellow Kill-Team members, the Carmine Angels affable, if somewhat condescending attitude and sheer skill often still allows them to be well respected. Since the horrendous casualties the Chapter took during the Devastation of Baal, they have not been able send more brothers to the Long Watch as they try to recover in the chaotic Imperium Nihilus.

## Notable Chapter Space Marines

* **Sentinel Samael Cantos** - Once a Champion of the Dawnbreaker assault cadres, Samael Cantos served as the Carmine Angels' first Sentinel. Though never officially a Captain until the time of the Great Scouring, after the events of Signus Prime, Samael effectively served as Raziel's replacement, leading the company and the Dawnbreakers through the horrific Siege of Terra, slaughtering the warriors of Fulgrim, those who they had once called friends. After the breaching of the Ultimate Wall rendered the assaulting traitor legions into little more than than a chaotic horde in the immense dust cloud choking the Imperial Palace, Samael Cantos led fragmented remnants of his company in a series of shock assaults against the fragmented forces of Horus, stalking the smothering dust-choked land. Where warriors such as the future Mourning Cherubim retreated behind the Eternity Gate and the Draconian Impalers endured on their section of the Imperal Palace, besieged on all sides, still burning from the Emperor's Children's betrayal and wracked with guilt for his Ragefire induced murder of his Captain, Samael vented his untrammelled fury upon the Chaos-delirious traitors.
* **Sentinel Lucien Malakbel** - The current lord of the Carmine Angels, as the highest ranking survivor of the Chapter, Lucien, who was once simply a veteran sergeant of the 3rd Company, was promoted to Sentinel after the Devastation of Baal rendered the Carmine Angels little more than twenty Astartes from disparate squads.

## Chapter Fleet

Due to their nature as a Chapter of the 3rd Founding, the fleet of the Carmine Angels is immense, with many of the vessels being ancient veterans of the time of the Legions. Because the Carmine Angels suffer the Red Thirst with a greater intensity compared to their brother Chapters, many of the Carmine Angels' ships are devoted to the

* **Light-Bringer (Battle-Barge)** - At the head of the Carmine Angels' fleet, rides the massive Light-Bringer. Serving as both the flagship of the Sentinel and the Fortress-Monastery of the Chapter, this tremendous vessel's storied history stretches back to the days of the Great Crusade. As with so many ancient battle-barges, the Light-Bringer is part-warship, part-testament to history. Each and every wall of this craft bears the artisans touch, detailing the glorious triumphs and bitter defeats of her masters.
* **Hesperus (Battle-Barge)** - The twin ship of the massive Light-Bringer, Hesperus has served the Carmine Angels since the earliest days of the Chapter. Since the onset of the twin curses that plague all of Sanguinius' sons, Hesperus has since become a truly immense crypt for all those fallen to both the Black Rage and the Red Thirst. Like countless other vessels of the Ninth which have been turned to such a grim purpose, the majority of Hesperus' internals have been removed, replaced with assault launchers, drop pods and boarding torpedoes. Due to their nature as a fleet-based Chapter, the huge battle-barge is also home to the majority of both the Sanguinary Priesthood and the Chaplaincy, both to corral their insensate, curse-fallen brethren and, to possibly on some bright day, to find a cure for the twin blights.
* **Aurora's Son (Strike Cruiser)** - 'The Herald of the Dawn' One of the Carmine Angels' most famous vessels, Aurora's Son is the most wide ranging of the Chapter fleet

## Chapter Relics

* **Dawn's Fire** - The ornate and ancient spear of the Sentinel of the Chapter. Seeming to still shimmering with the heat of a rising sun, Dawn's Fire is one of the few remaining examples of the Falling-Star Pattern power spears. Inscrolled with the artistry the Chapter was known for, Dawn's Fire glows with the light the Chapter brings, searing away those foul things that would destroy the Emperor's realm. Unfortunately, during horror of Signus Prime, Dawn's Fire was used to slaughter Captain Raziel by a Red Thirst maddened Lucien. Given the warp-twisted nature of that campaign, it is rumoured that an echo of that same blood-hungry fury lives within the spear. Despite this, the proud masters of the Carmine Angels refuse to abandon the weapon, despite every single Sentinel having died thanks to the oldest blight of the Ninth.
* **Fallen from Heaven** - Wielded by the Dawnbreaker 's Arch-Champion of the Carmine Angels, this massive excoriator chainaxe, began life in the Chapter as trophy taken by Garak Tharn, a former praetor of the World Eaters during the Great Scouring. With great reaping swipes, Fallen from Heaven carves a bloody swathes through the enemies of the Sentinel.
* **Bloody Coronet** - A shaped like a twisted and razored crest of golden wire, the Bloody Coronet is a sacred relic of the Carmine Angels, seeming to shimmer with a sanguine light. It was made by Cantos in remembrance of the fallen Captain Raziel, forged from a mixture of his sword and fragments of Cantos' armour. During the final days of the Siege of Terra, when the future Carmine Angels prowled the monstrous dust cloud of the Palace, the venomous rage that the betrayal of both the Sons of Horus and Emperor's Children had caused to fester in the hearts of Cantos and his men overflowed, deprived of his weapons the Red Thirst flared and the first Sentinel viciously beat a chem-addled member of the Third Legion to death with the Iron Halo.

## Chapter Appearance

### Chapter Colours

Rather appropriately, the primary colour of the Carmine Angels is the carmine shade of red, the only other colour is the black of the pauldron inset. Usually detailing is either white or a silver.

Like the Blood Angels, the Carmine Angels company designation is displayed on the right shoulder plate. Much like the majority of the Chapters of the Blood, the Carmine Angels' display the differences with variations of the blood drop pattern. As well as the standard markers of the Sanguine Brotherhood, the Carmine Angels display their ranks with the upper part of their helmets, with the snout section of the maximus armour sharing that colouration, with the exception of Captains and the Sentinel; for the Sentinel of the Chapter, the entire colour scheme is the mark of their rank. Like the Dawnbreakers their Chapter was first drawn from, the Sentinel of the Carmine Angels, have a black helmet, pauldrons and backpack, with a golden trim.

* **Sergeant**: Grey upper helmet
* **Veteran**: White upper helmet
* **Veteran Sergeant**: Black upper helmet
* **Captain**: Entirely white helmet

### Chapter Badge

The Carmine Angels' Chapter icon is that of a sword upon a blood drop, the ancient symbol once used by Samael Cantos and his assault cadre.

## Chapter Relations

Despite the esteem with which they hold themselves, the Carmine Angels have attempted to maintain dependable alliances with the rest of the Imperium. Though they are seen to waver on edge of outright arrogance, the Dawnbreakers' temper their ego with a more genial attitude.

### Chapters of the Blood

As a Chapter descended from the Ninth Primarch, the Carmine Angels are part of the united conclave known as the Sanguine Brotherhood. As an ancient member of the council with great rolls of honour, their word has some weight to it. Despite attempting to maintain good relations with the rest of their cousin Chapters, clashing egos do still occur, with the Flesh Tearers, Children of Seth and Heart Rippers in-particular having notably frosty relations with the Carmine Angels. Perhaps the darkest, and most fraught connection the Carmine Angels have amongst those successors of Sanguinius is the Draconian Impalers, with the Sentinels of Baal being one of the loudest voices advocating for their expulsion from the Sanguinary Brotherhood, the two Chapters have a rivalry that verges on blood feud and meetings between the two are rarely resolved peacefully. Despite these terse relations, the Carmine Angels still maintain good relations with the likes of the esteemed Stormborn, who see the Carmine Angels as worthy rivals and venerable warriors.

### Tyranids

Since the Devastation of Baal, and the ravaging of countless Chapters of the Blood, including themselves, the Carmine Angels have held a deep, burning loathing for the Tyranid blight. During the defence of Sanguinius' children's ancestral homeworld, the Carmine Angels took truly staggering casualties, reduced to a mere twenty Astartes. Since the Chapter's restoration thanks to the arrival of the Indomitus Crusade and its Primaris reinforcements, the Carmine Angels have attempted to scour away any trace of the loathsome spawn of the Hive Mind from the face of the galaxy.

### Emperor's Children

"***You**. I remember you!*"
—Unknown Carmine Angel during the Siege of Terra
Aside from Tyranids which befoul the beautiful skies their Primarch once flew, perhaps the most hated foes of the Carmine Angels is the degenerate hedonists of the 3rd Legion. During the early years of the Great Crusade, before the rot of Laer slowly twisted the Emperor's Children into the monsters they are today, those warriors that would go on to become the Carmine Angels served extensively alongside the Emperor's Children, even swearing oaths of blood and loyalty to their prideful allies. After the Signus Campaign however, when the Blood Angels discovered the extent of Chaos' corrupting influence amongst the Legions, those future Carmine Angels, spat on these pledges of friendship, horrified and outraged at the repulsive and base creatures their once esteemed allies had degenerated into. Appalled by the debauched monstrosities the warriors of Fulgrim had become and desperate to prove to both their legion brothers (and, perhaps themselves) that they themselves had not been corrupted by their association with the Chemosians and remained loyal, future Carmine Angels were and remain, extremely thorough and brutal in their campaigns against Fulgrim's hedonistic sons, violent and exhaustive to the point of paranoia in their rigorous purges of the Emperor's Children, to them there is none so foul as those hideous traitors they once called friends. Many believe that the Carmine Angels' insistence that the Draconian Impalers be expelled from the gathering of Sanguinius' sons is a reaction to their own fears regarding their former friendship with the warriors of Chemos, seeing the Lords of Wallachia's actions as corruption by the hated Night Lords.

## Notable Quotes

### By the Carmine Angels

"*Those cousins who scorn us for our pride should attempt understand it first. We are children of Sanguinius, our forefathers flew in his wake, bringing the light of the Imperium of Man to the disparate strands of humanity. Whilst the Flesh Tearers may cleave to Amit's achievements they will never have flown with our father. We are the Sentinels of Baal and we have flown with the Angel.*"
—High Sanctifier of the Carmine Angels, Aquinas Ezek
"*We are ruled by a Sentinel for a reason. Always the master of the Carmine Angels must be vigilant, for the blood-hunger does flourish amongst us Dawnbreakers, always testing our pride, our resolve.*"
—Sanguinary Priest Belhor
"*We were betrayed once Rhapthorne. Never again.*"
—Samael Cantos 1st Sentinel of the Carmine Angels to Vlad Rhapthorne of the Draconian Impalers regarding his advocacy of the Chapter's exile from the Sanguine Brotherhood
"*Time of shame, hunger in the darkness. We answered the blood's call and we were lesser for it.*"
—Contemplations of the Dawn, Book of Signus, Verse X
### About the Carmine Angels

"*Arrogance blinds them. The Undying Martyr has spoken, they ignore his wisdom.*"
—Captain Calderon of the Angels Penitent
"*A true tragedy. But for their own stupid loyalty to my father they would be honoured guests in my realm of delights. Alas.*"
—Fulgrim, fallen Primarch of the Emperor's Children, lamenting the Carmine Angels' loyalty to the Imperium

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A Brother-Captain of the Carmine Angels, 9th Company.