Baal - Coming of Sanguinius: It happened that after the Emperor of Mankind created the Primarchs on Terra at the end of the Age of Strife, the gestating transhuman infants were stolen from the chamber in which they lay in the Emperor's laboartories deep beneath the Himalazian (Himalayan) Mountains. The Forces of Chaos made off with the infants still in their gestation capsules and carried them through the Warp. Unable to destroy the Primarchs because of the powerful arcane protections laid on them by the Emperor, the daemonic powers nonetheless did their best to alter and mould the Emperor's work to their own evil ends. Thus it was that even the best of the Emperor's creations became corrupted at the outset.The gestation pod that housed the infant Sanguinius came to rest upon the surface of the moon of Baal called Baal Secundus, at the place now known as Angel's Fall. The infant Primarch was found by one of the wandering tribes of Humans who called themselves the Folk of Pure Blood, or simply "the Blood." The young Sanguinius' life almost came to an end then and there, for the touch of Chaos had changed him. Tiny vestigial wings, like those of an angel, emerged from his back. Many wanted to kill the child as a mutant, while others wanted to absolve the boy, for in all other ways he was as perfect a child as had ever been seen. Eventually innate Human compassion for the young prevailed and the child was spared.The infant Sanguinius was a prodigy -- he grew quickly and learned everything his adoptive parents could teach him. After three solar weeks Sanguinius was as large as a child of three Terran years. It is said that at this age he slew a giant fire scorpion with no weapon other than his bare hands, and that he never once showed fear at the colossal beast's attack. As Sanguinius grew, his wings also grew, changing from tiny vestigial things into mighty pinions that could bear him aloft upon the desert air. By the time he was a standard year old, he looked and acted like a man in his youthful prime.He could walk without a rad-suit in the most poisonous of Baal Secundus' deserts, and could shatter massive boulders with a single blow of his outstretched hand. In the use of all weapons he soon excelled his teachers. When a wandering band of mutants surprised the tribe, Sanguinius slew them all, although they numbered over a hundred. This was the first time the members of the Blood had ever seen him truly angry, for he felt his comrades' lives were in danger. When the blood-rage overtook him, Sanguinius was indeed terrible to behold -- his mighty Primarch powers awoke to fullness and a nimbus of light played about his head.Sanguinius distinguished himself in the fateful days and years that followed. He soon rose to leadership of the Blood, and under his guidance they rolled back the mutant tide. For a time Mankind had a respite on the moon of Baal Secundus. Sanguinius was worshipped as a god by his followers who felt that he could once again create a paradise in that dreadful land. It was shortly thereafter that fate intervened once more.The Emperor had been questing across the galaxy in search of His lost children and His incredible psychic powers led Him to Baal. His shuttle landed at the Conclave of the Blood, and he walked straight to Sanguinius' abode. Some amongst the Primarchs are said to have fought against the Emperor when first they met but this was not the case with Sanguinius. He immediately recognised the Emperor for who He was and bent his knee before the Master of Mankind. The Emperor raised him up and looked upon his people and saw that they were fair and noble. The best of their warriors He offered to raise up into Space Marines. The others were to be honourably left behind to defend Mankind's birthright upon Baal Secundus.The Emperor had performed the complex operation that would extract the gene-seed from Sanguinius' genetic code before he had been lost and implanted it into the warriors of the IX Legion of the Space Marines, the soon to be named Blood Angels Legion. Thus were the Blood Angels and their Primarch finally made whole. They joined the Emperor's fleet to participate in the Great Crusade.Later during the Horus Heresy, Baal became a central Loyalist hub in the Ultima Segmentum under the control of Warden Arkhad, who governed the world while Sanguinius and the rest of the IX Legion were deployed for the Signus Campaign. Many members of the Shattered Legions took refuge on Baal after the Drop Site Massacre on Istvaan V.Through the long millennia to come, after the tragedy of the Heresy and all that followed, life on Baal and its moons changed little, marked mostly by the trials among the people of the Blood for the right to become an aspirant of the Blood Angels.