Auricblood Knights

Auricblood Knights armorial with Chapter iconography.

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

The **Auricblood Knights** are a Loyalist Chapter of the Adeptus Astartes descended from the Angels Encarmine Chapter, and by extension, Sanguinius' Blood Angels. This Chapter was created through unusual circumstances through the use of unsanctioned experiments during the 19th Founding by the Inquisition, through the use of Daemonhost possession techniques similar to those of the Exorcists to alter the presence of Astartes in the Warp. These unconventional techniques, combined with a ritual similar to the Angels Encarmine's Rite of Holos and the esoteric practice of biomechanical engineering by the Chapter's Techmarines, caused the Auricblood Knights to be highly resistant to the effects of Chaos. This made the Astartes of this Chapter significantly more resistant to their inherited gene-curse known as the Black Rage. This combined process is called Ichorgilding. Although this comes at the cost of their altered presence in the Warp amplifying the Auricbloods' more physical aspect of the Flaw of Sanguinius, the Red Thirst, with most battle-brothers often struggling to resist their cravings for blood.

## Chapter History

During the 19th Founding, a Radical Inquisitor began performing experiments with the use of Daemon Possession to alter the Warp presence of Astartes with Blood Angels' gene-seed. The hope would be that by inoculating these Astartes to the effects of the Warp, the Chapter members would be disconnected from the psychic imprint of Sanguinius' dying presence and be capable of full immunity to the Flaw. A collaborating Genetor from the Adeptus Mechanicus believed that the spiritual tie between blood, Sanguinius, and his legion, via the effects of the Warp was evident due to the epigenetic effects of the Black Rage and Red Thirst on Astartes brain tissue. This Genetor suggested that by removing the Chapter's blood or changing it in some way, the Chapter might be able to disconnect themselves further from their gene-sire.

The process they created was one in which the fully formed Astartes of the Chapter are possessed as Daemonhosts for a time before having the Daemon expelled by a specialized Chaplain-Apothecary known as a Bloodsmith. This Bloodsmith calls upon a Daemon with powerful bindings to keep it secured inside the body of the Astartes host and the body of the recipient is opened up. The Marine's bone marrow is replaced with an array of biomechanical devices made of organic materials. This array does not produce red blood cells and instead produces a substance which behaves similarly to perfluorocarbons, carrying oxygen throughout the Marine's body more efficiently than regular haemoglobin-based blood. The Daemon is then expelled after it seals the open surgical wounds of its host at an unnatural rate. The substance is clear and so the Astartes' bloodstream takes its' colour from the yellowish hue of its plasma, resulting in a golden yellow colour. From this, the process came to be known as Ichorgilding and the Chapter members became known as as '*Auricbloods*'.

While the Chapter saw no need to separate themselves from their Primarch they saw mixed results with the experimental practice. It was very clear to them that they faced the risk of the Black Rage significantly less than their progenitors, the Angels Encarmine, and perhaps even less than most other Blood Angels successors, the alteration to their Warp presence and its ties to blood enhanced the craving for that blood significantly. It was as if something in their presence in the Warp was missing and that which was around it mishappen, making the filling of the void impossible. The Auricbloods craved blood from their Red Thirst at an enhanced level.

## Chapter Homeworld

### Fortress Monastery

The Chapter's Fortress Monastery is the House of Ichorgilding on their homeworld of Idothra. As the name implies, its primary purpose is the induction of Astartes and the "Ichorgilding" procedure.

## Chapter Organization

### Specialist Ranks

Hemotechs- The Hemotechs are an ancient order of Apothecary-like Astartes tasked with the routine medical care of the Chapter and the sacred art and science of Ichorgilding. While the Chapter maintains true Apothecaries they serve as combat medics for emergency aid and geneseed extraction.

## Chapter Gene-Seed

As with the Blood Angels, the Chapter still has the twin flaws of Sanguinius, the Red Thirst which causes the Chapter to have an intense thirst for blood, and the Black Rage which causes the imprint of Sanguinius on the Vengeful Spirit to drive the afflicted Auricblood Knight into a frenzy.

## Relations

### Allies

* **Fratres in Augmentationem** - The Fratres in Augmentationem are one of the known councils or permanently standing alliances which the Auricblood Knights hold.

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