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==History==
Though of an unclear [[Founding]], the Angels Resplendent were founded in [[M34]], putting them around the 8th or 9th Founding. Like many of the less bloodthirsty successors of the Blood Angels, the Angels Resplendent practiced a wide variety of artistic endeavors alongside their martial practice and training. It was common, almost expected, for brothers to be artists when not on campaign, with emphasis placed on painting, sculpting and calligraphy. As each marine was expected to partake in some form of artistic expression, the action itself became pseudosemi-meditative and the marines often found themselves mentally grounded and secured by creating art. As a result, for several thousand years they fielded little-to-no [[Death Company]] and it was believed the ritual act of creation helped the body and mind of the brothers. {{Fn|2}}
At some point during [[M41]], [[Chapter Master]] Varzival took the [[1st Company]], the majority of the [[Librarians]] and many of the senior Chapter officers on a great crusade across the [[Imperium]]. During this time the Chapter was left in the hands of the [[Chaplains]] and that is when the chapter changed forever. A stranger washed up on the shores of a river near the [[Fortress Monastery]], a tall and whip-cord thin man with a deep stomach scar, and glowing eyes. The stranger was brought before the Chaplains and over the course of weeks and months he explained that the Chapter was hiding from the legacy of [[Sanguinius]]. The Chaplains would eventually declare the man a prophet of the [[Emperor]] and that the Angels Resplendent were no more.
