History ComicBook / Bloodquest

The ''Bloodquest'' series was a three-part graphic novel set in the ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer40000}}'' universe, by Gordon Rennie and illustrated by [=Colin MacNeil=]. It follows the story of Literature/BloodAngels SpaceMarine Captain Leonatos, who is sent on a quest to retrieve the Sword of Belarius, an very important relic to their Chapter that he himself lost.

* BadassBeard: Lysander grows one [[spoiler: after returning from Eidolon.]]

-->'''Tranio''': ''[[FamousLastWords Just... Just this, warp-spawn... Will his brides find your Master so appealing once I've detonate a krak grenade down his throat?]]'' (pulls a grenade an shoves it down the Daemon Prince's mouth)

* BadassGrandpa: Brother Cloten looks very old indeed, in contrast to [[PrettyBoy the typical Blood Angel look]]. Upon landing on the Daemon World of Eidolon, he is the first one to jump into battle before any "whelp". Later becomes HandicappedBadass when he loses his arm.

* TookALevelInBadass: Leonatos began as a simple extra for majority of first two books before his proof as capable warrior in his fight against a Slaneeshi warrior at cost of his right eye. In addition, [[spoiler: he is one of two protagonists (him and Cloten) of third book and finally a SoleSurvivor of the group.]]

* DwindlingParty: The comic starts with a one-hundred company, until it gets reduced to 10 men at the start of the quest. However, only three (Tranio, Palamon, and Valerius) joined in his quest with rest being [[MilitaryMage an aging Librarian]], [[TheBerserker BlackRage-afflicted sergeant]], and three stowaways (Lysandar, Proteus, and Menelius). All of the total number of the party being nine members. [[spoiler: By the end of the series, only Lysander is left alive.]]

The Bloodquest series was a three-part graphic novel set in the ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer40000}}'' universe, by Gordon Rennie and illustrated by [=Colin MacNeil=]. It follows the story of Literature/BloodAngels SpaceMarine Captain Leonatos, who is sent on a quest to retrieve the Sword of Belarius, an very important relic to their Chapter that he himself lost.

* BloodKnight: Due to his [[TheBerserker Black Rage]], Brother Cloten's approach to problems tended towards aggression.

* DeathSeeker: Brother Cloten was brought along because he has a death wish and he wishes to die in combat rather than have the Black Rage consume him.

* DwindlingParty: The comic starts with a one-hundred company, until it gets reduced to 10 men at the start of the quest. [[spoiler: By the end of the series, only Lysander is left alive.]]

* DemonicPossession: [[spoiler: Palamon]] is killed and briefly taken over by the Daemon Prince of Nurgle, before being gunned down. Most tragically, [[spoiler: Leonatos]] is taken over by a Tzeentchi daemon and becomes a Chaos Lord in charge of a new Black Crusade.
* DiscOneFinalBoss: Garshûl the Destroyer, an Ork Warboss

* TheExile: Leonatos and his squad are effectively this as punishment for losing the Encarmine Blade. Hell, their ship is even entitled like this.

* MysteriousBacker: Haeroth the Damned, a Dark Angel Space Marine that was stranded on Eidolon for too long, helps the heroes during their stay in the cursed planet.

* TakingYouWithMe: Tranio takes out Khorne's Prince this way.

-->'''Tranio''': ''[[FamousLastWords Just... Just this, warp-spawn... Will his brides find your Master so appealing once I've detonate a krak grenade down his throat]]''? (pulls a grenade an shoves it down the Daemon Prince's mouth)
* YouHaveFailedMe: Khorne himself smites his warriors for failing to claim the Blood Angels' souls.
* YouShallNotPass: [[spoiler: Valerius, Tranio and Leonatos]] pulls this to ensure his battle brothers escape from Eidolon.

* GoGoEnslavement: A slave girl is briefly seen collared to [[AFateWorseThanDeath a Slaaneshi warrior.]]
* IfYouAreSoEvilThenEatThisKitten: Lysander and Cloten are forced to do shoot civilians when they pretend they have gone renegade in order to infiltrate a Chaos warband in Part III.
* HeroicSacrifice: Several Blood Angels die like this, including [[spoiler: Tranio, Cloten and Leonatos]].

* ShootTheDog: While masquerading as Renegade Marines, [[spoiler: Cloten and Lysander]] are forced to gun down Imperial civilians during a Chaos invasion or they would risk blowing their cover. They are horrified and disgusted by what they have done, but they knew it was necessary.

* [[spoiler: DecoyProtagonist: Leonatos is TheHero for the first two parts, then the focus shifts to Lysander and Cloten for the third part when Leonatos makes a FaceHeelTurn]].

* IfYouAreSoEvilEatThisKitten: Lysander and Cloten are forced to do shoot civilians when they pretend they have gone renegade in order to infiltrate a Chaos warband in Part III.

The Bloodquest series was a three-part graphic novel set in the ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer40000}}'' universe, by Gordon Rennie and illustrated by Colin MacNeil. It follows the story of Literature/BloodAngels SpaceMarine Captain Leonatos, who is sent on a quest to retrieve the Sword of Belarius, an very important relic to their Chapter that he himself lost.

* TheAtoner: Leonatos and his squad.

* PollutedWasteland: The City of Ebolis in Eidolon, capital of Nurgle's empire.
* RapePillageAndBurn: A Black Crusade is underway in Part 3.

The Bloodquest series was a three-part graphic novel set in the TabletopGame/{{Warhammer40000}} universe, by Gordon Rennie and illustrated by Colin MacNeil. It follows the story of Literature/BloodAngels SpaceMarine Captain Leonatos, who is sent on a quest to retrieve the Sword of Belarius, an very important relic to their Chapter that he himself lost.

* BigBad: The Daemon Prince of Tzeentch is responsible for the entire conflict in the story. He possesses the Ork Warboss who stole the Sword of Belarius, has it sent through the Eye of Terror to lure Leonatos and his squad just so he can have their souls, and after [[spoiler: possessing him and using as his host]] he launches a massive Black Crusade rampaging through several planets.

The Bloodquest series was a series of three TabletopGame/{{Warhammer40000}} graphic novels written by Gordon Rennie and illustrated by Colin MacNeil. It follows the story of Literature/BloodAngels SpaceMarine Captain Leonatos, who is sent on a quest to retrieve the Sword of Belarius, an very important relic to their Chapter that he himself lost.

* ManipulativeBastard: The Daemon of Tzeentchi.

** When Bubonnikus offers safe passage to the group if they surrender one of their members (who is dying of a daemonic infection), they'd rather fight their way out than give their own brother to the demons.

* BadassGrandpa: Brother Cloten looks very old indeed, in contrast to [[PrettyBoy the typical Blood Angel look]]. Upon landing on the Daemon World of Eidolon, he is the first one to jump into battle Later becomes HandicappedBadass when he loses his arm.
* BadassBeard: Lysander grows one.

* FemmeFatale: The Daemon Princess of Slaanesh.

** Cloten is already compromised due to having succumbed to the Red Thirst and his body is slowly mutating as he nears the Black Rage. [[spoiler: He manages to overcome it completely, which is a impressive given only two Blood Angels - Brother Rafen and Lord Mephiston - in their entire history had managed it.]]

* NoOneGetsLeftBehind: After [[spoiler: returning the Sword to their Chapter]], the squad's survivors start a new quest of their own to find and rescue [[spoiler: Leonatos, who was lost inside the Eye of Terror.]]

* BadassGrandpa: Brother Cloten looks very old indeed, in contrast to [[PrettyBoy the typical Blood Angel look]]. Later becomes HandicappedBadass when he loses his arm.

* MysterousProtector: Haeroth the Damned, a Dark Angel Space Marine that was stranded on Eidolon for too long, helps the heroes during their stay in the cursed planet.

* BigBad: The Daemon Prince of Tzeentch.
* BittersweetEnding: Just barely a DownerEnding, as typical with Warhammer 40K. [[spoiler: In the end, the Sword of Belarius is returned to the Space Marines and a new Black Crusade is stopped, but Leonatos' men were all killed in action with the exception of Lysander. To make things even worse, Leonatos himself was possessed by a Daemon and manages to wrestle temporary control just in time to perform a HeroicSacrifice and bring down the Black Crusade with him.]]

* TheExile: Leonatos and his squad are effectively this as punishment for losing the Encarmine Blade.

* BandOfBrothers: Leoantos' squad.

* ColdBloodedTorture: Cloten was experimented on by [[MadScientist Fabius Bile]].

* HeroicWillpower: The heroes survive being stranded inside a [[EldritchLocation Daemon World]] where the Forces of Chaos corrupt everything in its domain. Those that survive remained pure and noble.

* OurVampiresAreDifferent: Its the Blood Angels, what did you expect? Though only Brother Cloten succumbs to the Red Thirst and manages to partially pull himself out. [[spoiler: He ends up conquering it altogether.]]

* [[spoiler: DecoyProtagonist: Leonatos is this for the first two parts, then the focus shifts to Lysander and Cloten for the third part]].

* NoOneGetsLeftBehind: After [[spoiler: returning the Sword to their Chapter]], the squad's survivors start a new quest of their own to find and rescue [[spoiler: Leonatos, who was lost inside the Eye of Terror.]]
* ShootTheDog: While masquerading as Renegade Marines, [[spoiler: Cloten and Lysander]] are forced to gun down Imperial civilians during a Chaos invasion or they would risk blowing their cover. They are horrified and disgusted by what they have done, but it was necessary.

* BittersweetEnding: Just barely a DownerEnding, as typical with Warhammer 40K. [[spoiler: In the end, the Sword of Belarius is returned to the Space Marines and a new Black Crusade is stopped, but Leonatos' men were all killed in action with the exception of Lysander.]]

* DyingAsYourself: [[spoiler: Leonatos.]]
* TheExile: Leonatos and his squad are effectively this.

* PollutedWasteland: Nurgle's city in Eidolon.

The Bloodquest series was a series of three Tabletop/{{Warhammer40000}} graphic novels written by Gordon Rennie and illustrated by Colin MacNeil. It follows the story of Literature/BloodAngels SpaceMarine Captain Leonatos, who is sent on a quest to retrieve the Sword of Belarius, an very important relic to their Chapter that he himself lost.

* YouHaveFailedMe: Khorne himself smites his warriors for failing him.

* BittersweetEnding: Just barely a DownerEnding, as typical with Warhammer 40K. [[spoiler: In the end, the Sword of Belarius is returned to the Space Marines and a new Black Crusade is stopped, but Leonatos' men were all killed in action - with Lysander being the only survivor.]]

* [[spoiler: DecoyProtagonist: Leonatos is this for the first two parts, then Lysander and Cloten become the protagonists for the third part]].
* DemonicPossession: Most tragically, [[spoiler: Leonatos]] is taken over by a Tzeentchi daemon and becomes a Chaos Lord in charge of a new Black Crusade.

* OurVampiresAreDifferent: Its the Blood Angels, what did you expect? Though only Brother Cloten succumbs to the Red Thirst and manages to partially pull himself out.

-->'''Qug''': ''Any last words, Human, before my mother tears out your spinal column and fashions it into a necklace for one of his favorites Daemon brides''?

The Bloodquest series was a series of three Warhammer 40,000 graphic novels written by Gordon Rennie and illustrated by Colin MacNeil. It follows the story of Literature/BloodAngels SpaceMarine Captain Leonatos, who is sent on a quest to retrieve the Sword of Belarius, an very important relic to their Chapter that he himself lost.

* TheAtoner: Leonatos and his team.
* BadassGrandpa: Brother Cloten looks very old indeed, in contrast to [[PrettyBoy the typical Blood Angel look]]. Later becomes HandicappedBadass when he loses his arm.]]
* BittersweetEnding: Just barely a DownerEnding, as typical with Warhammer 40K. [[spoiler: In the end, the Sword of Belarius is returned to the Space Marines and a new Black Crusade is prevented, but Leonatos' men were all killed in action - with Lysander being the only survivor.]]

* DwindlingParty: The comic starts with a one-hundred company, until it gets reduced to 10 men at the start of the quest. [[spoiler: By the end of the series, only Lysander is left alive.]]

* OurVampiresAreDifferent: Its the Blood Angels, what did you expect? Though only Brother Cloten succumbs to the Red Thirst and manages to partially pull himself

* BittersweetEnding: Just barely a DownerEnding, as typical with Warhammer 40K.
* DeathWorld: The Daemon World of Eidolon.

* [[spoiler: DecoyProtagonist: Leonatos is this for the first two parts, then Lysander and Cloten become the protagonists.

* OurVampiresAreDifferent: Its the Blood Angels, what did you expect? Though only Brother Cloten succumbs to the Red Thirst.
* YouShallNotPass: [[spoiler: Valerius and Leonatos]] pulls this to ensure his battle brothers escape from Eidolon.