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Uniquely amongst the Primarchs, he sported a pair of angel-like wings from his back, though whether this was by the design of the Emperor or a mutation caused by the high levels of radiation on Baal is unknown. He was also said to have psychic powers, especially the ability to divine the future. Using these skills, Sanguinius led The Blood against the numerically superior [[Mutant]] hordes of Baal. While he was known for his loyalty and amicability, in battle Sanguinius was known for his total and unstoppable wrath to those who threatened his people. Thanks to the effort of Sanguinius, The Blood was victorious over the Mutant hordes of Baal and he became worshiped by his people as a god.{{Fn|1}}
Ultimately, the [[Emperor]] arrived on Baal and, disguising himself, infiltrated an address by Sanguinius to his followers. There, the Master of Mankind witnessed his lost son give an impassioned speech that displayed both humility and courage. However , like [[Konrad Curze]], Sanguinius had already foreseen the arrival of the Emperor and immediately recognized him. When Sanguinius confronted the Emperor, he demanded his father swear an oath to leave the Pure of Baal in peace. Moreover , he asked what would happen if he refused the Emperor's offer, being the only Primarch to do so. The Emperor stated that he knew Sanguinius would not refuse, for he yearned to save the people of the galaxy just as he had saved those on Baal. Moreover, the Emperor agreed to Sanguinius' terms regarding the Baalites. Satisfied, Sanguinius pledged himself to the Emperor.{{Fn|25a}} The Emperor inducted the best warriors of Sanguinius' tribe into his preexisting [[Space Marine Legion]], which soon became known as the Blood Angels.{{Fn|1}}
[[Image:GreatAngelArt.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Sanguinius and his Blood Angels{{Fn|24}}]]
===The Great Crusade===
Sanguinius would not be reunite reunited with his legion immediately, instead spending 3 years with [[Horus]] and his [[Luna Wolves]] to learn the ways of the Imperium. During this time, he grew close to [[Abaddon]] and [[Tarik Torgaddon]]. He first met his then-savage Revenant Legion during the [[Pacification of Teghar Pentarus]], but shocked all assembled by first learning the name of each and every one of his warriors. Giving a speech before his assembled sons, Sanguinius stated that he would swear an oath to his Legion instead of the vice-versa. Sanguinius stated he hoped he could live up to leading his sons, and that he would stand with them whatever may come be it glory or damnation. He declared the IXth Legion to be scattered and broken no longer, and that they alone would conduct the coming campaign without the aid of the Luna Wolves. Sanguinius' humility roused the assembled warriors, who immediately pledged themselves to their Primarch.{{Fn|25a}}
During the subsequent war on Teghar Pentarus, his first kill was a ferocious [[carnodon]]. The pelt of the beast was fashioned into a ceremonial war cloak for the Primarch.{{Fn|6a}} The noble angel was highly respected by all the legions, and by all his brother Primarchs. Even Horus highly valued his brother's advice. During the Emperor's Crusade, Sanguinius and [[Horus]] became close brothers and it was said that they were closer than any of the other Primarchs. He provided counsel that Horus listened to during the incident with the [[Interex]]{{Fn|3}} (during the [[War on Murder]]),{{Fn|2a}} shortly after Horus became Warmaster and was generally the one with the most sway on Horus, after the Emperor.{{Fn|3}} It was Sanguinius who convinced Horus to accept the name change of the Luna Wolves to the Sons of Horus. Horus even revealed that he believed Sanguinius should have been proclaimed Warmaster instead of him, and pointed to Sanguinius to be the new Warmaster when he thought he was dying on Davin.{{Fn|3}}
====Pilgrimage====
Following the Trial of Curze, Sanguinius, Lion El'Jonson, and Guilliman all agreed to try and breach the [[Ruinstorm]] to reach Terra and aid the Emperor who they now knew still lived. Sanguinius was now beginning to suffer from the beginning stages of the [[Black Rage]], which infected Sanguinius' mind due to the prophetic visions of his own death. In a fit of hysteria , Sanguinius nearly struck down one of his own sons aboard the ''[[Red Tear]]''. He was desperate to prevent all of his sons from falling as he was,
and was seeking any answer.{{Fn|11}}
On Davin, a mass [[Drop Pod]] assault was conducted but nothing was found and the population was absent. The four Primarchs eventually traveled to the temple where Horus had been subjected to the ritual by [[Erebus]] and the [[Serpent Lodge]] that had corrupted him. Inside the temple, Sanguinius stood at the altar where Horus had been laid and proclaimed that he would change his destiny. This activated Davin itself, [[Warp]] storms roared above and a portal opened up that swallowed up Sanguinius. Inside the portal on Davin, Sanguinius was back on [[Terra]] in a beautiful garden at the [[Imperial Palace]]. He for the first time was experiencing a vision that was not his death aboard the [[Vengeful Spirit]]. He saw [[Lorgar]] dead by his hands and the remaining traitor Primarch's brought before him in chains. The [[Emperor]] congratulated Sanguinius on his victory and named him the ''Imperator Regis'' of the Imperium. With Sanguinius as the Emperor's Regent, he went on to lead a great campaign that purged the Imperium of all corruption and evil and the galaxy was his to rule. Seeing this future and observing the Emperor's mannerisms, he became suspicious as to what was going on. At last, he cut down the image of the Emperor who was revealed to be the [[Daemon]] [[Madail]] in disguise.{{Fn|11}}
Sanguinius and Madail engaged in a vicious duel. Madail had unleashed a Daemonic horde through the portal to prevent Guilliman and The Lion from breaking through. The host included a massive [[Soul Grinder]], which was destroyed in a combined effort by The Lion and Guilliman. On the other side of the portal, The Angel was eventually pinned by Madail's host of Daemonic troops, and the Preacher of [[Chaos Undivided]] announced that Sanguinius would serve or die. Madail dubbed Horus an imperfect vessel, and urged Sanguinius to strike Lupercal down and take up the mantle as [[Warmaster]] of Chaos. If he did so, Madail declared, his sons would be spared of the [[Black Rage]]. However , despite the temptation , Sanguinius denied the Daemon and broke free of his captors. Sanguinius and Madail again engaged in a duel, but this time the Daemon was impaled by both the [[Blade Encarmine]] and [[Spear of Telesto]]. The two wounded warriors wrestled with one another until they were both in the portal, torn between the Materium and Immaterium. On Davin, Guilliman and The Lion saw Sanguinius' upper half sticking through the portal and rushed to his aid, but were blocked by Daemons. The stalemate endured, until Sanguinius' [[The Sanguinor|Herald]] stepped forth and declared that he would take The Angel's place in the portal. Realizing that this was his herald's destiny and that he needed to confront Horus at Terra for the Imperium to endure, Sanguinius solemnly agreed. The Sanguinor charged into Madail, and as he tackled the Daemon back through the portal , he was transformed into a golden angelic form. The Primarch's and their escorts managed to escape the Temple just as it collapsed.{{Fn|11}}
In the place of where Davin once was, a breach in the Ruinstorm was visible. The path led to Terra, but upon further study , it became apparent that somehow Horus had foreseen this route , and a large blockade was erected to block them. Guilliman and The Lion agreed to distract the blockade while Sanguinius and the Blood Angels made directly for Terra, for that was their destiny. Sanguinius took Curze with him, stating he would face their fathers father's justice. However once aboard the ''[[Red Tear]]'' Sanguinius revealed that he would allow Curze to follow his destiny as well, death at the hands of an Imperial [[Officio Assassinorum|Assassin]]. Sanguinius stated that while it may take millennia for him to be found, Curze's fate would catch up with him eventually. With that, he sealed Curze in a stasis coffin and jettisoned the frozen Primarch into space as the Night Haunter roared in rage.{{Fn|11}}
====Terra====
Sanguinius along with Jaghatai Khan later appeared at the [[Battle of Beta-Garmon]], though over a month late due to difficult Warp travel. Sanguinius immediately took over the confused loyalist war effort and launched a major offensive towards [[Beta-Garmon II]]. During the battle, which saw over a thousand [[Titan]]s battle one another, Sanguinius and his [[Sanguinary Guard]] boarded the traitor [[Imperator Titan]] ''Axis Mundi'', destroying it from the inside.{{Fn|13a}} However the entire battle on Beta-Garmon II was an elaborate ploy from Horus, whose real target was [[Beta-Garmon III]]. The loyalist forces on Beta-Garmon II were largely destroyed in a shower of orbital debris caused by the detonation of the [[Starfort]] ''The Anvil'', and in the aftermath of the disaster Sanguinius and the Khan agreed that Dorn's gambit at Beta-Garmon had reached its limit and it was time to return to Terra.{{Fn|13b}} During the final phase of the [[Solar War]] Sanguinius appeared in Dorn's [[Bhab Bastion]] alongside Jaghatai Khan and Malcador. He expressed belief that Dorn's defensive efforts in the [[Sol System]] were ultimately futile, as the war would be decided at Terra and he was destined to face Horus.{{Fn|14}}
In the subsequent [[Battle of Terra]], Sanguinius was a key symbol of morale for the besieged loyalist forces. He was forbidden from flying in the open or leaving the Palace Walls by Rogal Dorn, something that he would sometimes violate. During the early stages of the siege he led a sortie out of the Walls to rescue [[Jaghatai Khan]] from swarms of [[Death Guard]] as well as inspire the beleaguered [[Conscript]]s manning the outer defenses around the Palace.{{Fn|16a}} Later during the first Traitor Astartes assault upon the Walls of the Palace Sanguinius led a Blood Angels, Imperial Fists, and [[Legio Solaria]] counterattack out of the Helios Gate to buy time for the Imperial Army troops outside to retreat within. During this battle , he was confronted by [[Angron]], who roared a challenge at The Angel. Sanguinius refused, instead saluting his brother and proclaiming that while they would one day battle today was not that day.{{Fn|16b}} Later Sanguinius was put in charge of the defenses of [[Gorgon Bar]], fighting alongside [[Imperial Fists]] Captain [[Fafnir Rann]] and large amounts of [[Imperial Army]]. During the battle, Sanguinius discovered that his visions had grown to include real-time visions of what some of his brother Primarchs were currently seeing. Sanguinius saw the siege through Angron's own eyes. During the battle for Gorgon Bar, Sanguinius was able to fell a [[Legio Vulpa]] [[Warlord Titan]] by assaulting its head, an act so impressive that its three accompanying [[Warhound Titan]]s fled at the sight of The Angel.{{Fn|17c}} Such was the inspiration provided by Sanguinius that Gorgon Bar held under a large [[Iron Warriors]] assault.{{Fn|17a}} After the battle Sanguinius informed Dorn that he had a vision of Angron sensing the destruction of [[Nuceria]] by the [[Dark Angels]], indicating that The Lion was still alive.{{Fn|17b}}
[[Image:HHEternityGate.jpg|thumb|right|350px|Sanguinius' stand at the [[Eternity Gate (Imperial)|Eternity Gate]]{{Fn|20}}]]
During the final stages of the Siege of Terra, Sanguinius led the defense of the [[Eternity Gate]], entrance to the [[Sanctum Imperialis]] itself. Before the hopeless battle , Sanguinius stated any of the defenders who wished to could leave, though apparently none did. He then took to the skies and beheaded the traitor [[Reaver Titan]] ''[[Daughter of Torment]]'', which had previously delivered Horus' terms to the defenders after unveiling the tortured form of Blood Angels Captain [[Idamas]]. In the subsequent battle , Sanguinius heroically led the defense, slaying traitors wherever they appeared before being assailed by the [[Bloodthirster]] [[Ka'Bandha]], the same creature he had fought at [[Signus Campaign|Signus]]. Sanguinius was able to break the creature's back with the hilt of his sword, sending the Daemon back to the earth to be consumed by the lesser of his kind.{{Fn|25b}}
Though weakened from his fight with Ka'Bandha, Sanguinius nonetheless next faced his Daemonic brother [[Angron]]. After a climatic airborne battle, Angron impaled Sanguinius upon his [[Black Blade]]. However , Sanguinius used the opportunity to rip out Angron's [[Butchers Nails]], causing the Daemon Primarch's head to explode. With Angron banished into the Warp, the [[World Eaters]] lost whatever sanity they had and began to cut down their own allies. This broke the traitor advance just short of the Eternity Gate, which managed to finally seal shut as the surviving loyalists fled inside.{{Fn|25c}}
====Sacrifice====
[[Image:HorusvSang.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Sanguinius faces Horus aboard the ''[[Vengeful Spirit]]''{{Fn|28}}]]
Just hours after sealing the Eternity Gate, a still-bleeding Sanguinius was summoned by the Emperor Himself to the [[Golden Throne]], learning that Horus had lowered the [[Void Shield]]s of the ''[[Vengeful Spirit]]'' and his Father intended to launch a teleportation assault aboard the vessel. Much to Sanguinius' dismay, the Emperor informed him that he would not join in the assault but rather stay behind to command the remaining loyalist forces on Terra. Sanguinius later confronted The Emperor as He was fitting on His armor for battle, stating that he was refusing to stay behind. The Emperor was unmoved, until Sanguinius finally revealed his prophetic visions of his death at Horus' hand. To the Emperor's surprise, Sanguinius stated he did not seek death at Horus' hands but rather sought to change his fate by challenging it head-on. This persuaded the Emperor to change His mind and allow Sanguinius to take part in the assault, for the Master of Mankind had spent many lifetimes attempting to defy fate the same way.{{Fn|27a}}
Upon teleporting aboard the ''Vengeful Spirit'' alongside the [[Sanguinary Guard]] and veterans under [[Raldoron]], Sanguinius was scattered throuighout throughout the vessel along with the other Imperials. However, he and his Blood Angels were the only boarding party to initially reach their intended target of Disembarkation Deck Two, fighting through swathes of Sons of Horus, Daemons, and Word Bearers.{{Fn|27b}} Inside the corrupted Vessel Sanguinius was guided by the wraith of [[Ferrus Manus]], whose soul had been returned to the mortal realm on a whim by Horus as a form of psychological torture.{{Fn|29a}}
Still preparing to face his father, Horus deliberately let Sanguinius reach him within the heavily mutated [[Lupercal's Court]].{{Fn|29b}} Planning to turn Sanguinius to Chaos so that they may confront their father together, Horus was genuinely disappointed when Sanguinius refused his offer to join him in ascendency.{{Fn|29b}}
Instead, the already heavily injured Sanguinius attacked Horus with all his might, displaying ferocious combat ability. Horus was still held back by his true power, engaging in a purely martial battle with Sanguinius in hopes of breaking him down so he may accept the powers of the Warp. However , Sanguinius fought so stubbornly and viciously that Horus grew frustrated and even took several wounds.{{Fn|29c}} In the end, Horus was forced to change his plans when he detected that the Emperor was incoming towards his location. Horus finally decided to kill Sanguinius and unleashed his full power, reaching into the 8th dimension to grab Sanguinius and slam him to the ground mid-flight. Horus proceeded to batter his brother with ''[[Worldbreaker]]'' and impaled him several times with his [[Talon of Horus|Talon]] before the skull of Ferrus Manus. Horus let out a disappointed sigh as his brother died and his body was strung up by Daemons.{{Fn|29d}}
Others state that the only damage Sanguinius did was create a small dent in Horus' armour. Some say, however, that it was through this chink in Horus's armour that the Emperor was able to deliver the fatal blow. Thus the belief is that Sanguinius did not die in vain; but by dying, allowed Horus to be slain and the Heresy destroyed.{{Cite This}}
