Blood Angels - Deathwatch Service: The Blood Angels have a long history of service with the Deathwatch, the Chamber Militant of the Ordo Xenos of the Inquisition. When serving as Deathwatch Battle-Brothers, Blood Angels hold themselves and all around them to high standards of conduct and skill. The sons of Sanguinius are experts in the use of masterpiece weapons and the launching of army-shattering assaults. Their Vanguard Veterans are an inspiring sight in the ranks of the Deathwatch. The Blood Angels demand perfection in all they do, and this extends to their expectations of their peers. When selected as a Kill-team leader or ascended to the rank of Watch Captain or Watch Commander, Blood Angels are hard task masters indeed, yet completely competent in all they do. The tragedy is that behind the mask, the exemplar of perfection is wracked by the effects of the dreadful Flaw of the Chapter. By night, he slumbers fitfully in his sarcophagus, his blood being filtered by arcane machineries so that the Flaw might be cleansed away. None save his fellow Sons of Sanguinius will ever know of these afflictions, and even amongst themselves, such Battle-Brothers rarely acknowledge it openly, preferring instead to suffer in dignity, until their Apocryphon Oath is discharged and they can return to the bosom of their Chapter.The Blood Angels were not present at the outset of the Achilus Crusade in the Jericho Reach. They had been petitioned, though not in person, to contribute forces to it. A meme-locked Master Astropath was tasked with transmitting a high priority message for the attention of the Blood Angels Chapter Master, Commander Dante, seeking his aid in the coming offensive. It is believed that at the time the bulk of the Chapter was engaged in a series of suppression actions near the galactic core regions, and the three companies that might have been spared were re-tasked in the face of the Tyranids' attack on Ultramar. However, it appears that one or more of the Blood Angels Successor Chapters may have intercepted the message, or else had it passed on to them, for a company of the Angels Vermillion arrived at the muster point unheralded mere solar weeks before the frst assault, followed just a solar day before the opening of hostilities by two companies of the Flesh Tearers Chapter, another Blood Angels successor. Though kin, the forces of these two Chapters fought entirely separately and no interaction between them was ever witnessed. Just before the arrival of the Tyranids in the Reach, both Chapters withdrew from the warzone without further communication, but soon after, the leading elements of a Blood Angels Strike Force put in at Hethgard. The force's leader was Veteran Sergeant Tobius, who in addressing the Crusade's high command toldhow his squads had stood with their brother Chapters at the Battle of Macragge. While many of the veterans of that great battle had returned to Baal, this strike force had determined to follow the splinters of Hive Fleet Behemoth, and Tobius claimed that their mission had brought them to the Jericho Reach on the tail of Hive Fleet Dagon. Since their arrival in the Reach, the Battle-Brothers of the Blood Angels Chapter have fought many bold actions, some at the behest of Lord Tetrarchus and others according to their own agenda. Some have been conducted in concert with the Deathwatch, and Veteran Sergeant Tobius has attended the Chamber of Vigilance on several occasions. It is notable that the Blood Angels are well represented amongst the Deathwatch of Watch Fortress Erioch, many drawn in by the chance to work under the venerated Watch Commander MordigaelSince their arrival in the Jericho Reach, the Battle-Brothers of the Blood Angels Chapter have fought many bold actions, some at the behest of notable Imperial commanders and others according to their own agenda. Some have been conducted in concert with the Deathwatch. It is notable that the Blood Angels are well-represented amongst the Deathwatch of Watch Fortress Erioch, many drawn in by the chance to work under the venerated Watch Commander Mordigael. Perhaps because there are many Battle-Brothers of the Blood Angels serving in the ranks of the Deathwatch of the Jericho Reach, Watch Fortress Erioch has many warriors well-versed in operations based around the Stormraven Gunship. In fact, it is believed that like the Grey Knights, the Deathwatch in the Jericho Reach has had access to the Stormraven Gunship for quite some time, for its compact size, weapons configuration, and agility make it an ideal insertion and fire support vehicle for the small, self-contained Kill-teams of the Deathwatch.