By the end of the campaign only 157 Astartes of the original 800 committed to Baal remained alive. The Carmine Blades suffered heavy losses during the siege by the Great Devourer, losing their Chapter Master Kaan, and numerous company officers. During the defence of Baal from Hive Fleet Leviathan they were tasked with protecting the Astropathic Choir on the moon of Baal Secundus. 999.M41) - During the Devastation of Baal the Carmine Blades were among the Successor Chapters that answered Lord Commander Dante's call for aid, sending 8 companies to reinforce the Blood Angels. Still, the Carmine Blades have proved resilient and resourceful Successors of Sanguinius. Ritual scarification and the flaying of captured foes are still widespread problems.
Their newly formed order of Sanguinary Priests still struggles to curb the worst excesses of the Chapter's inherited warrior culture. Renamed the Carmine Blades, these Successors have accepted the Blood Angels' traditions only grudgingly. On that day the fate of the Chapter was irrevocably changed, its true identity revealed to all. Whatever the truth, the Chapter's real genetic heritage was revealed during a chance meeting with High Chaplain Astorath of the Blood Angels, as he was drawn instinctively to where the "cursed brothers" were interred.
It is unclear whether this came about as a result of an error within the Administratum, or an intentional ruse put in place by the Chapter's leaders in ages past.Ĭarmine Blades Chapter Colour Scheme as displayed by Primaris Marine Brother Oras, 2 nd Company, 8 th Squad (battleline). Officially they were recorded as Successors of the Ultramarines. The Astartes of this Chapter had long suffered from what they called the "blood-curse," but had hidden their flaw from prying eyes for fear of Inquisitorial sanction. Indeed, the Chapter was originally named the Swords of Haldroth after its feral recruiting world. The Carmine Blades were not recognised as Successors of the Blood Angels until the late 41st Millennium. Despite their barbaric practises, the Carmine Blades have proved resilient and resourceful.Ĭarmine Blades Chapter Colour Scheme as displayed by a Firstborn Space Marine. The Carmine Blades had at last an answer for the strange symptoms that they had worked so hard to conceal from those around them - they now had a name for the Red Thirst and Black Rage that they had hitherto been unable to explain.Ĭreated as they were from the Blood Angels' gene-seed, these genetic flaws inherited from Sanguinius greatly afflicted the Carmine Blades like many of the Blood Angels' contemporary Successor Chapters founded in later centuries. Indeed, the Carmine Blades is a Chapter that passed, perhaps accidentally, as descendants of the Ultramarines Legion for a considerable time, until a chance meeting with High Chaplain Astorath the Grim in the late 41 st Millennium revealed the truth behind its origins. Hailing from the Feral World of Haldroth, this Chapter was originally named the Swords of Haldroth. The Carmine Blades is a Loyalist Space Marine Successor Chapter of the Blood Angels, created during an unknown Founding.
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