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1Characters belonging to the Blood Angels, both on the Tabletop and in the novel series.
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7!! Sanguinius
8One of twenty Primarchs created by the Emperor of Mankind, Sanguinius and his brothers were scattered to the stars by the Chaos Gods. Landing on Baal Secundus, Sanguinius' time in the Warp caused a mutation; angelic wings appearing on his back. Found by 'the People of the Pure Blood', a tribe that had experienced some limited mutation from the nuclear wars, Sanguinius went on to unite Baal and its moons. When the Emperor found Sanguinius, he immediately bowed before his father, who gave him command of the IX Legion of the Adeptus Astartes, renamed the Blood Angels.
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10During the Great Crusade, the Blood Angels mirrored much of Sanguinius's nature, including his gentle spirit and appreciation of beauty. At the same time, the Blood Angels also became the Imperium's best shock troops, mirroring Sanguinius's own desire to come to grips with his foes in close quarters combat. Sanguinius became close friends with Horus, but that friendship was shattered when Horus fell to Chaos and the Literature/HorusHeresy began. At the climax of the heresy - the Siege of Terra - Sanguinius participated in the defense of the Imperial Palace, and joined the Emperor and Rogal Dorn in their journey to the ''Vengeful Spirit'', but became separated during teleportation. Finding Horus first, Sanguinius battled his brother and former friend, but having fought for several days before, was not at full strength and only managed to cause a chink in Horus' armor. Legend has it, this was perhaps the only thing that afterwards enabled the Emperor to defeat Horus. Sanguinius was subsequently killed by his brother, and the psychic shock of this manifests itself in the rest of the Blood Angels as 'The Flaw' from that day on.
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12* AncestralWeapon: The Spear of Telesto, forged by the Emperor for Sanguinius as a gift.
13* BewareTheNiceOnes: He ''is'' the originator of the [[UnstoppableRage Black Rage]] and the [[OurVampiresAreDifferent Red Thirst]], despite his constant kindness.
14* BlingOfWar: Almost mandatory for Primarchs, but Sanguinius generally took it the extra mile, especially with the strands of fine silver chain and pearls strung in his wings.
15* CainAndAbel: Abel to Horus' Cain
16* TheConscience: For Horus before he went mad.
17* CulturedBadass
18* CulturedWarrior
19* DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu: During the Horus Heresy, he fought Ka'Bandha, a [[BigRedDevil Bloodthirster]] of [[WarGod Khorne]], and had his legs broken on Signus Prime. During the Siege of Terra, he paid Ka'Bandha back by ''breaking its spine over his knee!''
20** Incident on a Signus Prime shows that broken legs are definitely not enough to stop the Angel. Despite his wounds, Sanguinius kept fighting and managed to banish both Ka'Bandha and Kyriss.
21* DreamingOfThingsToCome: His most well-known psychic ability.
22* TheDutifulSon
23* EvilFormerFriend: Inverted, he was Horus' most beloved brother.
24* AFatherToHisMen
25* FourStarBadass: Was designed to be this.
26* GentleGiant: Moreso than any of the other nice primarchs.
27* HeroesPreferSwords: Wielded a force sword during the Great Crusade and the Horus Heresy.
28* HeroicSacrifice[=/=]DyingMomentOfAwesome: Revered above all the other Primarchs in the Imperium for his sacrifice.
29* IncorruptiblePurePureness: It's said that each Primarch inherited a trait from their father–Rogal, his determination; Magnus, his potent psychic powers; Horus, his ambition; etc.–and it's generally agreed that Sanguinius inherited The Emperor's Humanity.
30* KingInTheMountain: Notably averted. Despite every other First Founding Chapter having legends about their Primarch returning for a final battle with Chaos, it's explicitly stated that there are no provisions for the second coming of Sanguinius. It's partly why Rafen has so much trouble believing Arkio is Sanguinius reborn.
31* MasterSwordsman: In ''Deus Sanguinius'', Mephiston says that Sanguinius was the match of any warrior who ever lived.
32* MayflyDecemberRomance: Apocryphal earlier editions suggested he was or had been at one point married to a normal mortal woman.
33* MeaningfulName
34* MessianicArchetype: First to the natives of Baal and later to the Imperium
35* NiceGuy: Was practically a saint by 40K standards.
36* OneManArmy: Enough to [[FoeTossingCharge carve through a horde]] of Bloodletters like so much grass, and ''then'' have enough fight in him to kill their commanding Bloodthirster by snapping its spine over his knee.
37** When Custodes and Imperial Fists were forced off, Sanguinius stood alone guarding the Eternity Gate against daemonic hordes and Black Legion troops. Should Horus wait a little longer with his duel, the Angel would have wiped his entire legion.
38* PapaWolf
39* TheParagon: Horus even said so himself.
40* ParentalFavoritism: Daddy's favourite after Horus.
41* PrettyBoy: Was ''very'' handsome. As in, eunuch Space Marines from legions not known for their aesthetic appreciation gibbered a bit at the sight of him.
42* PrettyInMink: Many depictions have him with something resembling a leopard skin either thrown over one shoulder of his armor, or used as a cape.
43* PsychicPowers: While not as demonstrably prolific a psyker as Magnus or Lorgar, Sanguinius has shown the gift of foresight, the ability to use a force sword, telekinesis powerful enough to safely land a crashing starship, and a BattleAura he put to good use while fighting Ka'Bhanda on Signus Prime.
44* RaisedByNatives: Raised by the tribesmen of Ba'al Secundus.
45* RedBaron: The Great Angel, Lord of Angels, All-Beloved, the Pure One.
46* TenderTears: From a heart so pure, gentle and kind that they were said to have turned into ''diamonds'' when they hit the ground.
47* WingedHumanoid
48* YouShallNotPass: During the Siege of Terra, he held the Eternity Gate to the Imperial Palace, by himself, against one of the traitor legions, and paid back Ka'Bandha by breaking his spine. And lived.
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50!!Commander Dante
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52''"For eleven hundred years, I have fought and I have seen the darkness in our galaxy. I have seen the vileness of the alien and the heresy of the mutant. I have witnessed the sin of possession. I have seen all the evil that the galaxy harbours, and I have slain all whose presence defiles the Emperor. I have seen what you will see. I have fought what you must fight, and I have slain what you must slay... so fear not and be proud, for we are the sons of Sanguinius, the protectors of Mankind. Aye, we are indeed the Angels of Death."''
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54Commander Luis Dante is the Lord of the Host and Bringer of Sanguinius' Light. A golden angel descending from the skies, bringing hope to the loyal citizens of the Imperium. Alive for more than one and a half millennia, Dante possesses the experience of war unlike any other non-Dreadnought Space Marine.
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56Such is his experience that he was the overall commander of the Second Battle for Armageddon forces, given full command by Marneus Calgar and Tu'Shan.
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58He is well known for his perfect mastery of flight, being able to fall from the skies with incomparable precision.
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60* AncestralWeapon: His Axe of Mortalis.
61%%* BadassBookworm: Tactical genius.
62* BigGood: During the Second War for Armageddon. Unofficially for his and all other Blood Angel descendant chapters.
63* CommandingCoolness: That's ''Lord'' Commander Dante.
64* DeathFromAbove: He is so skilled with this that he never misses.
65** In a special Apocalypse Formation, not only does his formation never miss, but it can charge in the turn they deep strike.
66* DeathGlare: He wears the Death Mask of Sanguinius. Just by being present, it curses an opponent. When assaulted by him, your close combat skill can drop to 1.
67* {{Determinator}}: He believes that he has lived far longer than he should. The only reason he keeps fighting is his faith in the Emperor, and his unwavering belief that one day, he will be the golden warrior of a prophecy that will stand between the Emperor and the darkness.
68* EliteArmy: Heads the Sanguinary Guard, the Chapter's elite troops and successor to Sanguinius' bodyguard.
69* TheFaceless: He is one of the few Space Marines commanders always depicted wearing his helm or the deathmask that comes with his office. Only in private will he take his mask off. It is an indicator of how desperate the situation is toward the end of ''The Devastation of Baal'' that he takes his mask off when addressing the remainder of the Blood Angels and their successor chapters before what they believe is their last stand against Hive Fleet Leviathan.
70* FourStarBadass: Notable in that among a council of ''other Chapter Masters'', all of them unanimously deferred to Dante as their supreme commander during the Armageddon War. This council included Logan Grimnar, the Great Wolf of the Space Wolves who generally does not take a back seat to anyone else. He made an exception for Dante.
71* FragileSpeedster: He can be insta-killed by any weapon with high enough strength. However, he is really fast - both in movement and close combat.
72* GeniusBruiser: Tactical genius, thousand plus years of experience, and also a hard hitter.
73* GoodIsNotNice
74* HandCannon: His can destroy Land Raiders.
75* IncorruptiblePurePureness
76* ItsRainingMen: Master of it.
77* LightningBruiser: He's a Space Marine. Though more Lightning than Bruiser.
78* MaskOfPower: His curses an enemy. Also, it makes the enemy weaker in close combat.
79* MilesToGoBeforeISleep: Older than most Astartes by many centuries, there is a part of him that longs for rest. But prophecies from the age of Sanguinius foretell a time when the Emperor will be in grave peril and depend on a golden warrior to defend him. Dante believes there is at least a chance this refers to him, so he will not let himself die until this has come to pass. [[spoiler: ''The Devastation of Baal'' strongly implies that the spirit of Sanguinius himself will not let Dante die]].
80* TheMusketeer: Power Axe and Infernus Pistol
81%%% "In some depictions." is not context. It might not even be accurate.
82%%%%* MysticalWhiteHair:
83* OfficerAndAGentleman: Over a millennium of war experience with his Blood Angel refinement make him this.
84* OldSoldier: 1,500+ years and still kicking. He has been Chapter Master of the Blood Angels for 1,100 of those years. In Dante's case, it's even more notable as Blood Angels often succomb to the Black Rage before reaching old age (at least for a Space Marine). Dante has, for some reason, managed to suppress it not only longer than anyone else in the chapter, but longer than most of the citizens (and warriors) of the Imperium has been alive.
85* PoweredArmour: Golden Artificer's Armour.
86* Really700YearsOld: The oldest non-Dreadnought Space Marine in the Imperium. He's over 1,500 years old, and he has been Chapter Master for 1,100 years.
87* ReasonableAuthorityFigure
88* TranquilFury
89* WhoWantsToLiveForever: Has shades of this. ''The Devastation of Baal'' shows that he craves the release of death. Only his sense of duty and belief in the prophecy keep him going, [[spoiler: though the spirit of Sanguinius may also have something to do with it]].
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91!! Mephiston
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93Chief Librarian of the Blood Angels and Dante's right hand man. Born '''Calistarius''', he participated in the Second War for Armageddon. During the Battle of Hades Hive, he fell to the Black Rage and was inducted into the Death Company. At the final assault on the Ecclesorium building, he was buried under rubble for seven days and seven nights, his mind teetering on the edge of madness and his body on the verge of death. Through sheer will alone, Calistarius cast out the Black Rage and burst from his tomb as Mephiston, Lord of Death. After tearing through several bands of Orks and punching straight through the biggest one there, Mephiston made the long walk back to Imperial lines. Eventually ascending to the rank of Chief Librarian, Mephiston has served as the lieutenant and friend of Dante for years.
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95%%* BadassBookworm
96%%* BadassCape
97* DeathGlare: It's an actual tabletop rule.
98* DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu: Once throttled the life out of a daemon ''with his bare hands!''
99* GlassCannon: YMMV: Subverted, he is extremely tough (toughness 6 to be specific) and one of the most powerful characters on the tabletop, but he lacks any sort of invulnerable save unlike most other Blood Angels HQ.
100* HeroicWillpower: One of only two Blood Angels to come back completely from the Black Rage.
101* ICallItVera: Vitalis.
102* LightningBruiser: Thanks to his "Wings of Sanguinius" psychic power, he can fly, and is also one of the hardest hitting characters in the entire game.
103* MagicKnight
104* TheresNoKillLikeOverKill: His "Sword of Sanguinius" Psychic power can double his strength to the maximum stat, and, because he can use his force weapon in the same turn, he can have strength 10 instant-death attacks.
105* NumberTwo: To Dante.
106* OneManArmy: On the Tabletop people will throw ''whole squads'' at him and he still takes them.
107* PsychicPowers: The most powerful psyker among the Blood Angels, and a contender for the most powerful among the Space Marines.
108
109!! Corbulo
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111Leader of the Sanguinary Priests (the Blood Angels Apothocaries), Corbulo's duty is to guard the Red Grail, a cup used to carry the blood Sanguinius lost in the battle with Horus.
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113* BadassPreacher
114* ChainsawGood: Carries ''Heaven's Teeth'', a irreplaceable Chainsword from the Great Crusade.
115* CombatMedic: He is the high priest of the Blood Angels; not only he is skilled in combat, but he's on a continuous search for the cure of the Flaw.
116* FeelNoPain: Every Sanguinary Priest grants this to every battle brother that is close to him.
117** Even more, such is his skill and power, that when making a Feel No Pain save, he will only fail one time out of six.
118* GenerationXerox: Noted as bearing a great resemblance to Sanguinius.
119* MacGuffinGuardian: His task to protect the Red Grail.
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121!!Astorath the Grim
122''"Treat them with honour, my Brothers. Not because they will bring us victory this day, but because their fate will one day be ours."''
123
124Astorath the Grim is the Blood Angels' High Chaplain, and also the Redeemer of the Lost.
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126Being the Redeemer of the Lost, Astorath possess a unique job: to grant mercy to every Death Company Battle Brother that didn't fall in battle, in the form of a clean death. It was long ago decided this duty would be one best suited for a single brother, and thus far a single brother has been all that was needed. However, as he is the only one responsible for the culling of these lost men, he must travel far and wide amongst each Blood Angel successor fortress, and find those who are soon to fall.
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128* AncestralWeapon
129* AsskickingLeadsToLeadership: Since he must kill the Death Company battle brothers, his job is not the safest one.
130%%* BadassPreacher
131* BlessedwithSuck: One of the reasons he became Redeemer of the Lost is due his power to "feel" those Battle Brothers that will fall to the Black Rage.
132* GrimReaper
133* LightningBruiser: He is fast, like most of the Blood Angels. However his axe allows him to hit really hard, and, since he is a Chaplain, he makes himself even stronger when he assaults.
134* TheMagnificent
135* MercyKill: This is his job, and responsibility to the entire Death Company.
136* MySignificanceSenseIsTingling
137* PoweredArmour: Red Artificer Armour.
138* SciFiWritersHavenoSenseofScale: How is he supposed to take care of ''every single'' Battle Brother that falls to the Black Rage?
139** Lemartes takes on his duties within his own chapter the majority of the time, which helps alleviate the burden.
140* TheDreaded: To his own Chapter and their Successors. Because he can sense who will fall to the Black Rage before the victim himself does, he often arrives just before the onset of symptoms. This has turned into a superstition that his arrival causes people to fall to the Rage, where quite the opposite is true. However, no one dares argue with him while he holds the axe.
141* UnstoppableRage: In-game he can make the army fall to the Red Thirst half of the time.
142
143!! Erasmus Tycho
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145Captain of the Third Company following the Second War for Armageddon, where he assumed command after his captain was killed fighting the Orks. He was scared during the battle and bore a hatred of the Orks ever since. After Armaggedon, he oversaw the destruction of Orilan, and was saved by Ramius Stele from a daemon of Chaos. [[spoiler: Which is what Malfallax may have wanted Tycho to believe]]. During the Third War for Armageddon, Tycho succumbed to the Black Rage and inducted to the Death Company, where he was killed fighting Orks.
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147* BlingOfWar: Wore solid gold Artificer Armor.
148* TheCaptain: Third Company's captain.
149* FantasticRacism: Against the Orks.
150* GoodScarsEvilScars
151* ICallItVera: Blood Song his [[BifurcatedWeapon combi-melta bolter]] [[SwissArmyGun that can use special-issue bolts]]
152* ItsPersonal: With the Orks.
153* MaskingTheDeformity: was the victim of a psychic attack by an Ork Weirdboy which caused the right half of his face [[FrozenFace to be frozen in a rictus grin]]. He takes to wearing a golden half-mask to cover this deformity, but it gradually chips away at his sanity until he finally snaps and succumbs to the [[TheBerserker Black Rage]].
154* NiceJobBreakingItHero: [[spoiler: In giving Stele the blood debt]].
155* NotAsYouKnowThem: Was lost to the Black Rage.
156* PosthumousCharacter: It's acknowledged that, in the current timeline, he is very much dead. To drive the point home, there's two sets of rules for depicting him in a game; one from just after he received the scar from the Ork, and one in his Death Company form. Obviously, you can't field both versions at the same time.
157* ThrowItIn: Was a generic Space Marine captain in an early battle report of White Dwarf, who suffered an ignominious fate early in the battle. The Angels of Death codex brought him back to life.
158
159!! Lemartes, Guardian of the Lost
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161Chaplain Lemartes is the warden of the Death Company and never have they been such a potent force as under his guidance. Though Lemartes himself is afflicted by the accursed Black Rage, his formidable willpower has allowed him to remain in control of his actions, leaving him free to lead the Death Company in glorious charges that eclipse all the deeds of legend.
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163* AncestralWeapon: His Blood Crozius; it is said to be the personal weapon of the first High Chaplain of the Blood Angels.
164* AttackAttackAttack: He ''is'' part of the Death Company.
165* TheBerserker: He is this to the Blood Angels, so that should tell you just how angry he is!
166* BadassPreacher
167* {{Determinator}}: He stands in the very brink of the Black Rage. All the time.
168* LightningBruiser: He is as fast as Dante and the Sanguinor and can be even faster when charging. He also hits the enemy like a truck.
169* LimitBreak: His Fury Unbound rule. Wound him if you dare. That'll break his limits and he'll hit even harder.
170* MajorInjuryUnderreaction: You just wounded him? Thanks, now he has three times as many attacks as usual and he hits even harder.
171* ScreamingWarrior: He is a chaplain. He is in a state of complete fury. Do the math.
172* UnstoppableRage
173
174!! Rafen
175
176The protagonist of the Blood Angels series, Rafen was born to Akam of the Broken Mesa clan of Baal Secundus, and the elder brother of Arkio. During the initiate rights, he failed a test by Brother-Sergeant Koris, while his brother Arkio passed, and went into the deserts to redeem himself. During the self-imposed quest, the Thunderhawk carrying Koris and the initiates crashed in the desert, and he saved the lives of the others. Koris deemed him worthy of being a Blood Angel, and since another initiate had died, he was allowed to travel to Baal and join the Blood Angels. He eventually served in Koris's squad in the Sixth Company while Arkio went on the Bellus Expedition.
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178* TheAtoner: [[spoiler: For allowing Fabius Bile to abscond with a vial of Sanguinius's blood.]]
179* BigBrotherInstinct: He promised his father to protect his brother.
180* {{BFS}}: Uses a power sword in ''Red Fury'' and ''Black Tide''. [[spoiler: Probably the one he used against Arkio.]]
181* CainAndAbel: [[spoiler:Uniquely, he's the Cain, but he's upholding God's will. Sort of.]]
182* DecliningPromotion: After stopping Arkio's schism, he is offered a captaincy, a massive promotion for a mere battle-brother. He turns it down in exchange for Arkio's surviving followers being subjected to rites that have a chance of cleansing and redeeming them instead of being summarily executed.
183* FatalMacGuffin: Narrowly subverted. He reclaims [[spoiler: the vial of Sanguinius's blood by injecting it into himsef to keep it away from Bile.]] This naturally has near-fatal side effects and he's only narrowly saved by being put back into the sarcophagus he was incubated in while being implanted as an Astartes, which manages to drain the excess [[spoiler: Primarch blood]] from his system.
184* GoMadFromTheRevelation: [[spoiler:Absolutely loses it when he learns that Fabius Bile is planning to make a clone of the Emperor. Any Space Marine would feel the same way.]]
185* OnlySaneMan: Genuinely feels like this during ''Deus Encarmine'' and ''Deus Sangiunius''.
186* SergeantRock: During ''Red Fury'' and ''Black Tide''.
187
188!! Arkio
189
190Brother of Rafen and son of Akam of the Broken Mesa Clan. His mother died giving birth to him, so his father charged Rafen with his wellbeing. Passing the Blood Angels initiate tests, he joined the Bellus Expedition under Captain Simeon and Inquisitor Lord Ramius Stele to locate the long lost Spear of Telesto, a weapon used by Sanguinius during the Great Crusade. After using the Spear in battle, he begins to mutate into a physical reincarnation of Sanguinius, and the other Blood Angels feel that he is Sanguinius reborn. [[spoiler: Which is exactly what Stele wants to lead the Blood Angels to Chaos]].
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192* CainAndAbel: [[spoiler:Interestingly, he's the Abel, but is rejecting God's will.]]
193* TheChosenOne: [[spoiler:Of Tzeentch.]]
194* DueToTheDead: He orders the progenoids of those who opposed him to be harvested anyway.
195* MessianicArchetype: [[spoiler: Is not this, and intended to be a DarkMessiah]].
196* RedemptionEqualsDeath
197* UsedToBeASweetKid: After the mutations began, Arkio went from a humble man to genuinely believing he was Sanguinius, and developed all the pride one would expect from it.
198
199!! Sachiel
200
201Born into what could be considered aristocracy among the tribes of Baal Secundus, Sachiel considered his passing of the Blood Angels initiate tests to be a matter of course. Joining the Sanguinary Priests, he became an Apothecary and joined the Bellus Expedition. By the time the Bellus returned to known space, Sachiel had become a High Priest and the ranking Chaplain of the Expedition, as his predecessor had died. As people begin to believe that Arkio is the reincarnation of Sanguinius, Sachiel became one of his trusted advisers. [[spoiler: Just as Stele had intended.]]
202
203* AlasPoorVillain: [[spoiler:Rafen has this reaction to his death.]] [[invoked]]
204* BadassPreacher
205* CombatMedic
206* ChainsawGood
207* FatalFlaw: {{Pride}}
208* UnwittingPawn: [[spoiler: To Stele]].
209
210!! Koris
211
212A veteran sergeant of the Sixth company, Koris recruited and a number of initiates, including Rafen, Arkio, and Sachiel. When belief begins to spread that Arkio is the reincarnation of Sanguinius, Koris maintains a healthy skepticism.
213
214* {{BFS}}: Wields a power sword.
215* FightingFromTheInside: [[spoiler: After Stele induces the Black Rage, he tries to warn Rafen of Stele's heresy.]]
216* HeroicSacrifice
217* TheMentor
218* SergeantRock
219* VeteranInstructor
220
221!! Turcio
222
223A battle-brother of the Fifth Company, part of Koris's squad along with Rafen.
224
225* TheAtoner: [[spoiler: For following Arkio.]]
226* NumberTwo: To Rafen.
227* MarkOfShame
228
229!! Corvus
230
231A battle-brother who joined the ''Bellus Expedition''.
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233* TheAtoner
234* HeroicSacrifice
235* MarkOfShame
236
237[[/folder]]
238
239[[folder: Imperium of Man]]
240
241!! Inquisitor Lord Ramius Stele
242
243Raimus Stele is an Inquisitor in the Ordo Hereticus, tasked with seeking out heretics against the Imperial Church. [[spoiler: After glancing at some forbidden material, he began studying the Warp in the hopes learning more. However, his attempt to cast a spell of binding on Orilan released the daemon Malfallax, causing mutations that forced the Adeptus Terra to declare an Exterminatus on the planet. Escaping with his bodyguard and former lover Marian, Stele managed to brook safe passage onto Captain Tycho's ship, where he finally pledged himself to Malfallax, killed Marian to avoid being exposed, and was credited with saving Tycho from Malfallax.]] Earning the gratitude of the Blood Angels, he was given a blood debt and later placed in charge of an expedition to find the Spear of Telesto. [[spoiler: Now he plans to use Arkio as a false messiah to turn the Blood Angels to the Chaos Gods.]]
244
245* BigBadDuumvirate: [[spoiler:Forms a trio with Malfallax and Garand.]]
246* BaldOfEvil
247* HoistByHisOwnPetard
248* PsychicPowers
249** PsychicNoseBleed: His psychic powers take a lot out of him.
250* StateSec
251
252!! Gabriel Seth
253Chapter Master of the Flesh Tearers, one of the Blood Angel's 2nd Foundings for the past 280 years. When he took over he was placed of a chapter with a ZeroPercentApprovalRating for their reckless slaughter of anything and the chapter's losses (form both casualties and the Black Rage) was at the point were there recruitment can no longer replace them. Seth vowed he will save their chapter in other their reputation and form themselves. Plays a major role in Red Fury.
254
255* AntiHero: Well, it's the role he plays. Where the Blood Angels reflect all that is good about Sanguinius, the Flesh Tearers represent Sanguinius' wrath.
256%%* BadassCape: Wears one.
257* TheBerserker: He holds himself in check only through iron will, and is well aware that the Flesh Tearers can slip into this at the drop of a hat.
258* {{BFS}}: Bloodreaver, a massive [[ChainsawGood chainsword.]]
259* BrutalHonesty: Flat out tells Dante that the Blood Angels should disband due to the losses they suffered.
260** Seth considers his role to be akin to that of Nasser Amit: he speaks frankly and honestly and calls out people when he has to (which is almost always).
261* CombatPragmatist: He ''will'' kick you in the nuts.
262* DoNotGoQuietly: Having learned that the Flesh Tearers are eventually going to die out from attrition, Seth has decided that if they're going to die, they'll do so in combat.
263* FireForgedFriends: With Dante during the events of ''Red Fury'': starts out telling Dante to disband the Blood Angels to being the first to aid them.
264* GoodIsNotNice: Seth is as good as any of the Blood Angels, but he's not nice about it.
265* JerkassHasAPoint: Seth is the exact amount of dick at the exact right time to get his point across and make you realise that yes, he's right.
266* OldSoldier: He has served as Chapter Master for over 280 years. That's not even taking into account how long he was serving before he became Chapter Master.
267* PragmaticVillainy[=/=]ShootTheDog: Somewhere in the middle of the two. Very Pragmatic and doesn't matter what he needs to do to save his Chapter.
268* TokenEvilTeammate: He comes off as this, but he's just as good and noble as any of the Blood Angels sucessors.
269* VitriolicBestBuds: Ends up as one with Dante. Being unafraid to SpeakTruthToPower also helps in this regard.
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272
273[[/folder]]
274
275[[folder: Chaos]]
276
277!! Malfallax
278
279[[spoiler: A greater daemon of Tzeentch, Malfallax spent years trying to turn Inquisitor Ramius Stele to Chaos, until he finally succeeded on Orilan. Over the next few decades, Stele and Malfallax concocted a plan with Warmaster Garand of the Thousand Sons to turn the Blood Angels to Chaos Undivided using Arkio as a false messiah.]]
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281* BigBadDuumvirate: Forms a trio with Garand and [[spoiler: Stele]].
282* BodyHorror: Gives this out like candy.
283* EnemyMine: [[spoiler: He offers an alliance against the Blood Angels to Fabius Bile at the end of ''Black Tide''. Fabius refuses...for now]].
284* EldritchAbomination
285* FeatheredFiend: Lord of Change.
286* VillainousBreakdown: [[spoiler:Even after being sent back to the Warp, it was so enraged that it would take ages to think of anything but its anger. But time has no meaning in the Warp.]]
287* WalkingWasteland
288
289!! Garand
290
291A Warmaster of the Word Bearers, Garand is a powerful Chaos Space Marine. [[spoiler: He conspires with Malfallax and Stele to turn the Blood Angels to Chaos Undivided.]]
292
293* AsskickingLeadsToLeadership: A Chaos Warmaster. He wouldn't have gotten the job any other way.
294* BigBadDuumvirate: Forms a trio with Malfallax and [[spoiler: Stele]].
295* ItsPersonal: His feelings toward the Blood Angels, over Fortrea Quintas.
296* PsychicPowers
297* TimeAbyss: He was one of the Space Marines who took part in the Literature/HorusHeresy.
298* YouHaveFailedMe: While he escapes the battle at the end of the first duology unscathed, shortly afterwords [[spoiler:he receives a summons to return to the Eye of Terror to explain the failure of his scheme to Abaddon personally. Even ''he'' doesn't think his odds of leaving that interview alive are very good.]]
299* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: [[spoiler: To Iskavan.]]
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301!! Iskavan
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303Dark Apostle of the ninth host of the Word Bearers, Iskavan the Hated lead the ninth host on Cybele against the Blood Angels of the Sixth Company. After being forced to retreat, Iskavaan headed to Shenlong, where he planned to battle the Blood Angels and regain his honor. [[spoiler: In truth, he was to be sacrificed by Garand as part of the plan for turning the Blood Angels, because of the ninth host's failings.]]
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305* EvilSorcerer
306* GeneralFailure: [[spoiler: Garand's opinion.]]
307* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice
308* TheMagnificent: Iskavan the Hated.
309* SummonBiggerFish: After losing the Ikaari Fortress to the Blood Angels, Iskavan decides to summon a Blood Thirster of Khorne. [[spoiler:Garand interrupts the spell to let him die.]]
310* TakingYouWithMe: [[spoiler:Abandoned by Garand, he decides to unleash every viral weapon on Shenlong to kill the Blood Angels.]]
311
312!! Fabius Bile
313
314Once the Chief Apothecary of the Emperor's Children, Fabius Bile fell to Chaos along with the rest of his Legion during the Literature/HorusHeresy. Cast out for not worshiping Slaanesh, Bile sold his services to the rest of the Chaos Space Marines by becoming the "Primogenitor", making clone stock for the Traitor Legions recruits. [[spoiler: Impersonating a dead biologist, Bile managed to abscond with a vial of the blood of Sanguinius, which he intends to trace back to its source--making a clone of the Emperor of Mankind.]]
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316* BigBad: Of ''Red Fury'' and ''Black Tide''.
317* CloneArmy: His trade is making them. Also, he's cloned [[spoiler:himself]] multiple times which has the twin benefits of [[spoiler:allowing him to work on multiple tasks at once and be very difficult to kill. After Rafen and his colleagues kill him three times, they're left wondering how many more of him are out there. The answer, of course, is at least one more.]]
318* CruelAndUnusualDeath: [[spoiler: Rafen [[DisneyVillainDeath flings him off the tallest tower in his facility]] and he's [[DevouredByTheHorde torn apart by Tyranids]] as soon as he hits the ground]].
319* DeadPersonImpersonation: [[spoiler: How he was able to get onto Baal; he took the identity of Harans Serpens, a noted Imperial biologist who had disappeared several decades earlier to gain Apothecary Caecus's trust (the Blood Angels only found out Serpens was dead when it was too late to stop Bile]].
320** [[spoiler: He also planned to escape the destruction of his facility in ''Black Tide'' by teleporting onto the ship that brought Rafen and his men while wearing Blood Angels power armour, hopefully allowing him to pass unnoticed long enough to trigger a bio-weapon designed to target Blood Angels to let him take control of the ship]].
321* EvilutionaryBiologist: As his "New Men" will attest.
322* GenuineHumanHide: We at TV Tropes are required to remind at every possible chance that Fabius Bile's labcoat is ''made of human skin!''
323* MadScientist: From the perspective of anyone outside of Chaos.
324* WhyWontYouDie: [[spoiler: Because he cloned himself.]]
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