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==History==

====Formation====

The Blood Angels were created from the genetic material of their Primarch [[Sanguinius]]. As with all of the Primarchs, Sanguinius was genetically engineered to be a supreme super-soldier but was cast into the [[warp]] during his infancy along with his brothers, and found on the nuclear-blasted moon of [[Baal|Baal Secundus]].

====The Coming of Sanguinius====

Upon taking command of the Legion, Sanguinius gathered his troops and while standing alongside the famed Primarch [[Horus]] bent the knee to them, offering them his total loyalty and service without reservation. To the shunned and isolated IXth, this treatment was new and unexpected. He further earned the hearts of his legion at [[Teghar Pentaurus]], where he gave his blood in the maelstrom of combat and came to understand the true nature of his sons after witnessing their bloodlust and hunger. Sanguinius knew that if this path would continue, one day his Legion would become monsters. Yet, he did not despair. He sought to remake the Blood Angels into a force for nobility by having each company fight alongside a [[Luna Wolves]] contingent for the next decade. Besidees gaining stature in the eyes of their peers, the nobility and honor displayed by the Luna Wolves began to influence the sons of Sanguinius. Their Primarch was able to instill a sense of pride in them to replace their desire for carnage and bloodshed. At [[Anaxis XII]], the Blood Angels, Luna Wolves, and [[Imperial Fists]] under their respective Primarch's fought against a massive [[Hrud]] migration that solidified their new status and bonds with the other top Legion's of the Great Crusade. At [[Kentaurus Beta]], they learned from Sanguinius the art of bloodlessly pacifying a planet. Soon enough fury became tempered by wisdom, and Sanguinius succeeded in his quest to reforge the Blood Angels. They soon not only became noble warriors of their own rights, but also icons across the entire Imperium.{{Fn|44}}

During the later part of the [[Great Crusade]], the Blood Angels became known as being excellent shock assault troops, and formed a rivalry with the similarly assault-oriented [[World Eaters]] Legion.{{Fn|4a}} Throughout the Great Crusade, the Blood Angels became renowned for its 'wars of ultimatum'. These campaigns of open domination against non-Compliant worlds began with Sanguinius or one of his praetors affording a world one opportunity to embrace Unification or face a 'Day of Revelation', in which they would suffer the fury of the Blood Angels unleashed. Many foes confronted by the gathered Blood Angels Legion hosts were overcome with dread and awe, and capitulated without hesitation. Those who did not would see the shining countenance of the Angel Sanguinius transformed into savage fury as blinding destruction was delivered from on high.{{Fn|33}}