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The Blood Swords are a [[Codex Chapter]] with the notable distinction of their [[Chapter Master]] being entombed within a [[Dreadnought]]{{Fn|2b1b}}:

|Founding Chapter=[[Blood Angels]]{{Fn|2a1a}}{{Fn|N.B.}}

|Chapter Master= Unknown. Previous Chapter Master [[Lord Daggan]]{{Fn|2b1b}}|Homeworld=[[Jaggafall]]{{Fn|32}}

|Colours=Crimson armor with white shoulder pad displaying the bleeding sword icon{{Fn|2a1a}}

The chapter has close ties and a shared history with the [[Star Dragons]] [[Chapter]], as their home worlds are near each other.{{Fn|6a5a}}

Currently the Blood Swords are serving with [[Containment Fleet Kappa]], near the [[Eye of Terror]], as part of their Chapter’s ongoing penitence crusade.{{Fn|6b5b}}

*Supported the [[Blood Angels]] on [[Baal]] during the recent conclave meeting of the [[Sanguinius]] bloodline, called by [[Chapter Master]] [[Dante]] to discuss the fate of the [[Founding Chapter]]. Assisted in the defense of the remains of the [[Primarch]] himself.{{Fn|2b1b}}{{Fn|2c1c}}

*777.[[M41]] - The [[Achilus Crusade]]{{Fn|54}}

*{{Endn|N.B.}}: In the novel [[Red Fury]] by [[James Swallow]], the Blood Swords are identified as a Successor Chapter of the [[Blood Angels]]{{Fn|2a1a}}; however, [[Codex: Blood Angels (5th Edition)]] states that the Blood Swords do not claim descent from the Blood Angels, despite the suggestiveness of the name.{{Fn|43}}

*{{Endn|1}}: [[How to Paint Space Marines]], {{Cite This}}*{{Endn|2}}: [[Red Fury (Novel)|Red Fury]] by [[James Swallow]]**{{Endn|2a1a}}: Chapter Five, pg. 85**{{Endn|2b1b}}: Chapter Seven, pg. 121**{{Endn|2c1c}}: Chapters Twelve and Thirteen*{{Endn|32}}: [[Codex: Space Marines (5th Edition)]], pg. 30*{{Endn|43}}: [[Codex: Blood Angels (5th Edition)]], pg. 54*{{Endn|54}}: [[Deathwatch Core Rulebook]] pg. 339*{{Endn|65}}: [[Accursed Eternity (Novella)]] by [[Sarah Cawkwell]] - [[Architect of Fate (Anthology)]]: **{{Endn|6a5a}}: Chapter 1, pg. 15**{{Endn|6b5b}}: Chapter 1, pg. 17===Uncited===*[[How to Paint Space Marines]], {{Cite This}}