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==Origins==
[[Image:DeathCompanyLogo.png|thumb|right|200px|The Death Company's sigil.]]
After Brother [[Alatros]] succumbed to the Thirst on [[Melchior]], Sanguinius was forced to execute him, [[Raldoron]] applied the paint himself, swore the Apothecary, [[Meros]], who had removed his geneseed, to total secrecy, and remarked to the corpse, ''"you are in the company of death. I hope you will find peace there."''{{Fn|2}}
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|1a}} 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]], [[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 [[Space Marine Company|company]] markings were blotted out by black paint, and his [[gene-seed]] was removed for analysis, rather than being returned to the [[Space Marine Legion|Legion]]'s stores.{{Fn|2}}
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