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The Cruor Blades are a Loyalist Space Marine Chapter and a successor of the Blood Angels, created during an unknown Founding.

Chapter History[]

Cruor Blades Primaris Intercessor

Cruor Blades Chapter Colour Scheme as displayed by a Primaris Space Marine.

A loyal member of the Sanguinary Brotherhood of Blood Angels successors, the Cruor Blades have been overwhelmed with guilt since their failure to reach Baal before it came under siege by the Tyranids.

Now on a self-imposed crusade of penitence, their fleets sweep the Red Scar to purge it of the Tyranids and plunge into the hell of Imperium Nihilus.

They are determined to restore the light of the Imperium and to spread word of Dante's appointment as regent of the Dark Imperium by Lord Commander of the Imperium Roboute Guilliman.

Notable Campaigns[]

  • Angel's Halo, Battle of Acrabellar (Unknown Date.M42) - An ongoing battle of the wider Angel's Halo campaign, the Cruor Blades fought to save the Shrine World of Acrabellar from an invasion by the splinters of Hive Fleet Leviathan. The Blood Angels, Blood Scythes, Cruor Blades and Flesh Eaters are defending the Shrine World, with the spiritual well-being of several sub-sectors depending on its survival.

Chapter Culture[]

In combat, the Cruor Blades prefer to wield swords. These weapons, which can be of many different types, are often personally created by them using ancient techniques.

Some are known to be forged from pure gold mined from the deepest veins found on the Chapter's homeworld of Kremonas.

Amongst the Cruor Blades, raising one's blade before an individual and then lowering it slowly is a gesture that signifies great admiration and respect.

Notable Cruor Blades[]

  • Chapter Master Cyras Vitalion - Cyras Vitalion is the current Chapter Master of the Cruor Blades. He wields the curved, single-edged relic power sword Gorefalx as his personal weapon. Though the Blood Angels' homeworld of Baal was not his home, Vitalion believed it to have an important spiritual significance to his Chapter as the homeworld of the Cruor Blades' Primarch Sanguinius. He had made a pilgrimage to Baal following his rise to Chapter Master and had been gifted a Bloodstone by the Blood Angels' first captain, while he had reciprocated with twenty master-crafted swords, each made of pure Kremonas gold and shaped like a single feather of the wings of Sanguinius. During the assault on Baal of Hive Fleet Leviathan, Vitalion led the Cruor Blades to Baal to aid their progenitors. Though the Blood Angels and their Successor Chapters were ultimately victorious, the Cruor Blades did not arrive in time to aid the defence and Baal and its moons were devastated. Vitalion blamed himself for the delay in his Chapter's arrival. Though all of the Cruor Blades felt a similar sense of shame, Vitalion claimed that as the Chapter Master, that shame was his alone to bear. He vowed to gain vengeance upon the Tyranids and led the Cruor Blades into military action in the Red Scar during the Angel's Halo campaign against the remaining splinter fleets of the Leviathan.
  • Chapter Master Calixtus Gordia - Gordia was the second Chapter Master of the Cruor Blades after their Founding. He wielded a relic panabas sword in battle. With that weapon, Gordia killed the Drukhari overlord that had enslaved the Twelve Systems of Maniake in the 35th Millennium after leading the Cruor Blades against those malicious xenos. Six thousand standard years later, this panabas is now a relic of the Cruor Blades and is among numerous other such relic blades that adorn the walls of the Xiphos, the flagship battle barge of the Chapter.
  • First Captain Maktann Phoca - Maktann Phoca was a former first captain of the Cruor Blades Chapter who wielded a kampilan sword in battle. Phoca used that blade to kill a Heretic Astartes from each of the Traitor Legions. His kampilan is now one of the relic blades that adorn the walls of the Xiphos, the flagship battle barge of the Chapter.
  • Sergeant Baliol - Baliol is a sergeant of the Cruor Blades who is currently taking part in the Angel's Halo campaign.
  • Darmad - Darmad is a grim-faced Astartes of the Cruor Blades, who serves in Chapter Master Cyras Vitalion's Honour Guard. He is currently taking part in the Angel's Halo campaign, where Darmad wielded his dadao Primarch's Thunder against the Tyranids. This dadao is among the most fearsome swords that Chapter Master Vitalion had ever seen and is capable of cleaving a Chaos Space Marine in two.
  • Gigor - Gigor is a burly Astartes of the Cruor Blades, who serves in Chapter Master Cyras Vitalion's Honour Guard. He is currently taking part in the Angel's Halo campaign, where Gigor wields his massive, two-handed greatsword Righteous Might against the Tyranids.
  • Guol - Guol is a quiet and solemn Astartes of the Cruor Blades, who serves in Chapter Master Cyras Vitalion's Honour Guard. Guol is currently taking part in the Angel's Halo campaign, where Guol wields his two hook swords, Angel's Grit and Angel's Courage, against the Tyranids. According to Chapter Master Vitalion, few among the Cruor Blades took their Primarch Sanguinius' emphasis on artistry to heart as much as Guol did. As a result, Angel's Grit and Angel's Courage are true masterpieces forged by Guol's hands. Vitalion believes that even the Salamanders might envy Guol's craftmanship and skills at the forge.
  • Lybekion - Lybekion is an Astartes of the Cruor Blades, who serves in Chapter Master Cyras Vitalion's Honour Guard. He is currently taking part in the Angel's Halo campaign, where he wields two cutlasses against the Tyranids. Lybekion prefers cutlasses, but fights with such ferocity he frequently breaks one or even both of these blades during combat. While most of the Cruor Blades form personal attachments to their chosen swords by giving them a personal name, Lybekion does not, and thus has never grown attached to his blades. After learning of this, Chapter Master Vitalion often wondered if Lybekion did so because he had forged a particularly strong bond with a cutlass he had lost in the past. If this is true, then perhaps Lybekion has vowed to never again grow so connected to any sword that he wields.
  • Omia - Omia is an Astartes of the Cruor Blades, who serves in Chapter Master Cyras Vitalion's Honour Guard. He is currently taking part in the Angel's Halo campaign, where he wields his shamshir Heartpiercer against the Tyranids of Hive Fleet Leviathan.
  • Lekapis - Lekapis is an Ironclad Dreadnought of the Cruor Blades. He is currently taking part in the Angel's Halo campaign.

Chapter Relics[]

  • Gorefalx - Gorefalx is the relic, single-edged, curved power sword wielded by the Cruor Blades' Chapter Master Cyras Vitalion.
  • Gordia's Panabas - This relic panabas sword was wielded by the second Chapter Master of the Cruor Blades, Calixtus Gordia. This panabas is now a relic of the Cruor Blades and is among numerous other such relic blades that adorn the walls of the Xiphos, the flagship battle barge of the Chapter.
  • Phoca's Kampilan - This relic kampilan sword was wielded by a former first captain of the Cruor Blades, Maktann Phoca. This kampilan is now a relic of the Cruor Blades and is among numerous other such relic blades that now adorn the walls of the Xiphos.
  • Primarch's Thunder - This relic blade is a dadao wielded by the Honour Guard Darmad.
  • Righteous Might - A massive, two-handed relic greatsword wielded by the Honour Guard Gigor.
  • Angel's Grit and Angel's Courage - A pair of two relic hook swords wielded by the Honour Guard Guol.
  • Heartpiercer - A relic shamshir wielded by the Honour Guard Omia.
  • Bane of Ypsil - The Bane of Ypsil is an ancient Land Raider Redeemer found in the Armoury of the Cruor Blades.

Chapter Fleet[]

  • Xiphos (Battle Barge) - The flagship of the Cruor Blades' Chapter fleet.

Chapter Appearance[]

Chapter Colours[]

The Cruor Blades primarily wear silver power armour with dark red arms, shoulder plates and helmet. The red of their armour signifies the Cruor Blades' respect for their Chapter's Blood Angels heritage.

The Aquila or Imperialis on the chest is black, as well as the left knee plate.

The black squad tactical specialty symbol -- battleline, fire support, close support, Veteran or command -- is indicated on the right shoulder guard.

A red Low Gothic numeral centred in the middle of the squad specialty symbol indicates squad number.

The left shoulder pauldron proudly displays the Chapter's iconography.

Chapter Badge[]

The Cruor Blades' Chapter badge is a bright red blood drop with two crossed black swords behind it.

Sources[]

  • Codex Supplement Blood Angels (9th Edition), pp. 18-21, 31, 54, 58
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