Knights of Sanguinius

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## Knights of Sanguinius

Knights of Sanguinius armorial with Chapter Iconography

Knights of Sanguinius Battle-Brother of the 4th Company, 2nd Battleline Squad.

## Space Marine Chapter

### **Allegiance**

Imperium of Man
(*Fedelitas Constantus*)

### **Successor of**

Blood Angels
(Sanguinius Lineage)

### **Specialty**

Deep Striking, Lightning Strike Assualt, and Close Combat

### Successor Chapter(s)

N/A

The **Knights of Sanguinius** are a fiercely loyal 25th 'Bastion' Founding Space Marine Chapter created from the noble and proud sons of Sanguinius. They were born to defend the shrine world of Oleyuria in the Segmentum Obscurus and have done so since their birth. Already their name is sung throughout the northern Imperium, their first main actions in the Devastion of Baal Campaign. Here they fought like the Blood Angels themselves, striking fast with the fury and power of a thunder bolt. They earned the respect of many of their fellow brother Chapters and their genetic forebears..

They, like a lot of the Blood Angels Successor Chapters, have strong ties with the Blood Angels and the other Chapters of the Blood.

## Chapter Organization

As a they are a Blood Angels successor Chapter, the Knights of Sanguinius, honouring their fathers, have organized their Chapter in a similar way, although their Chapter is far more Codex-compliant following the arrival of the Primaris.

### Command Ranks

* **Lord Commander** - The Chapter Master of the Knights of Sanguinius. He wears a set of relic armour
* **Blood Captain** - The equivalent of Captains in other Chapters.
* **Blood Lieutenant** - The equivalent of Lieutenants in other Chapters.

### Specialist Ranks

* **Sanguinary Guard** -
* **Sanguine Librarians** -
* **Sanguinary Priests** -
* **Armoury of Sanguinius** -
* **Apostles Sanguine** -
* **Blood Champion** -
* **Blood Ancient** -

## Chapter Geneseed

The Knights of Sanguinius, like all Blood Angels' Successors, share many traits with their progenitors, including the 'twin flaws' that afflicts so many of the line of Sanguinius. This curse is manifested in the same way as it does to their Primogenitor: the Knights suffer from both of the genetic Flaws of the Red Thirst and the Black Rage. Those that fall to the Black Rage are similarly placed in the Death Company.

### Primarch's Curse: Twin-Curses

The Blood Angels carry within them the twin genetic curses of Sanguinius. Known as The Flaw, these genetic curses are known separately as the Red Thirst and the Black Rage. The Flaw of the Blood Angels has also been attributed to a combination of the genetic defects in the Legion's Omophagea gene-seed organ implant, and the psychic disturbance created during the final seconds of Sanguinius' life. During the battles of the Horus Heresy on Terra and Mars, the stored gene-seed imprint of the Blood Angels was lost, forcing the Legion to have to extract the gene-seed needed for their reconstruction after the Heresy from the fallen body of their Primarch himself. Every Space Marine created from the gene-seed drawn from Sanguinius after his death was doomed to fall to the Flaw.

#### The Red Thirst

Deep within the psyche of every Blood Angel is a destructive yearning, a battle fury and blood-hunger that must be held in abeyance in every waking moment. Few Battle-Brothers can hold this Red Thirst in check unceasingly -- it is far from unknown for Blood Angels to temporarily succumb to its lure at the height of battle. The Red Thirst is the Blood Angels' darkest secret and greatest curse, but it is also their greatest salvation, for it brings with it a humility and understanding of their own failings which make them truly the most noble of the Space Marines.

#### The Black Rage

The Blood Angels and their Successor Chapters still suffer from the psychic imprint left by Sanguinius' death (or by the daemonic "wound" caused on Signus Prime). This can cause them to go insane prior to or during battle and feel the rage that Sanguinius himself felt during the Battle of Terra. Rather than let them face a slow, insane death, Blood Angels will form those who have newly succumbed to the Black Rage into a special unit known as the Death Company.

They wear specially painted black Power Armour, and are often led by the few Chapter officers, notably Blood Angels Chaplains, who are still able to communicate orders to the insane troops and who are still obeyed by them, perhaps because Chaplains directly represent the authority of the Emperor. The members of the Death Company are then sent out to perform the most dangerous assaults, hoping for a quick and honourable death in combat.

## Deathwatch Service

Being a relatively new Chapter, only a few Knights have been able to answer the call of the Inquisition. Only twenty-three Knights have joined the Deathwatch, and only three are serving Long Vigil, one being Intercessor Sergeant Armiar, who has amassed a large tally of battle honours. It seems that the Knights sent to serve were useful assets for Deathwatch Kill-Teams due to their preference for close assault and melee combat.

## Chapter Fleet

The Chapter fleet of the Knights currently contains the following vessels:

* ***Angelum Sanguinum* (Gloriana - Class Battleship)** - the Flagship of the Knights of Sanguinius.

## Chapter Relics

Again, being a relatively new Chapter, the Knights do not have a massive amount of relics and artifcts than other older Chapters. However, after the Devastion of Baal Campaign, the Blood Angels themselves gave the Knights of Sanguinius a small collection of relics in thanks for defending their homeworld:

* ***The Fury of the Ninth*** -

## Chapter Appearance

### Chapter Colours

The Knights of Sanguinius go to war in deep red battle plate, with golden shoulder pad trim and aquilia, and white shoulder pad insets. The Knights utilize Codex iconology and systemology, with many special Blood Angels symbols as well.

### Chapter Badge

The symbol of the Knights of Sanguinius is that of a chalice with the Blood Angels symbol, ringed in laurels with two angelinic wings sprouting from the side.

## Notable Quotes

### About the Knights of Sanguinius

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## Gallery

Captain Amycus of the Second Company with his power sword and plasma pistolKnights of Sanguinius Battle-Brother of the 8th Company, 5th Close Support Squad.Knights of Sanguinius Sergeant of the 2nd Company, 7th Battleline Squad.