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[[Image:Dontoriel.jpg|thumb|right|230px|A Sanguinary Guard]]
The '''Sanguinary Guard''', also known as the '''Ikisat''' or the '''Burning Ones'''{{Fn|3}}, are the utmost elite of the [[Veteran Squad|Veterans]] of the [[Blood Angels]], proven in mind, body, and spirit, and exemplifying the values of their [[Primarch]] [[Sanguinius]] to an extent no other Space Marine can.{{cite thisFn|1a}}
==History==
Only a single survivor remained of that august force: [[Azkaellon]], Herald of the Primarch, and only because Sanguinius insisted that he remain on [[Terra]]. It was on his shoulders that the heavy burden befell of the reconstitution of the Order, to serve as a beacon of hope for the dark days that lay ahead. It is largely through his efforts that the legacy of the Sanguinary Guard survived in the Blood Angels, and spread to all its Successors.{{Fn|1a}}
[[Image:SangGuardHeresy.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Appearance of the Sanguinary Guard during the [[Horus Heresy]]{{Fn|5}}]]
Ten thousand years later, after the formation of the [[Great Rift]], the Sanguinary Guard again faced destruction against [[Hive Fleet Leviathan]]. In the ensuing [[Devastation of Baal]], only a single member of the Sanguinary Guard, [[Caraeus]], survived.{{Fn|2}}
SG10th.jpg|Sanguinary Guard (10th Edition){{Fn|9}}
Sanguinary Guard.jpg|Sanguinary Guard Squad (5th Edition)
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