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The advent of the [[Black Rage]] is associated with the end of the [[Horus Heresy]], caused by the [[psychic]] shock felt by every Blood Angel when [[Sanguinius]] died at the hands of [[Horus]].{{Fn|1x}} Prior to then, the [[Red Thirst]] was a rare but dreaded phenomenon, known only to Sanguinius and some members of his inner circle, including [[First Captain]] [[Raldoron]], [[Sanguinary Guard]] Commander [[Azkaellon]], and [[High Warden]] [[Dahka Berus]], and the Legion's [[Chief Apothecary|Master Apothecary]] on [[Baal]]. On the rare occasions when a [[Battle Brother]] was lost to the Thirst, his armour's [[company]] markings were blotted out by black paint, and his [[geneseed]] was removed for analysis, rather than being returned to the [[Legion]]'s stores.{{Fn|2}}

After Brother [[Alatros]] succumbed to the Thirst on [[Melchior]], forcing Sanguinius to execute him, Raldoron took steps applied the paint himself, swore the Apothecary, [[Meros]], who had removed his geneseed, to conceal the deathtotal secrecy, and remarked to the corpse, ''"you are in the company of death. I hope you will find peace there."''{{Fn|2}}