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A side effect of the Black Rage is the Blood Angels' Space Marines vampire-like tendencies, known as the Red Thirst. The Blood Angels and all the Space Marines of their Successor Chapters generally have pale skin and a strong urge to drink the blood of their enemies. These traits have also been passed on to the Blood Angels' most well-known Successor Chapters, including the Flesh Tearers, Blood Drinkers, and Angels Sanguine. One Successor Chapter, the Lamenters, managed, by unknown means, to eliminate the flaws from Sanguinius' gene-seed, but has been stricken by extraordinary bad luck in battle and as such they have been nearly annihilated.
Overview
From the day of their Sanguination to their death on the battlefield, the Blood Angels fight not only with countless foes but with a burning urge inside them. It is the Red Thirst, the legacy of their Primarch Sanguinius, that plagues many Blood Angels with visions of death. In battle Blood Angels can harness these visions to evoke a ferocity that gave the Blood Angels Chapter its reputation for unparalleled brutal assaults. Sometimes, however, the Red Thirst is so overwhelming that the Blood Angels forget their noble heritage and completely lose control over themselves. It is not unheard of for Blood Angels squads to abandon advantageous positions to engage the enemy in hand-to-hand combat. More often than not these assaults turn out to be so devastating that unprepared enemy forces are simply swept away.
The Red Thirst is one of the two genetic flaws in the gene-seed of the Blood Angels and their Successor Chapters. This causes warriors to suffer an unusual bloodlust, instilling them with a thirst for the blood of their enemies. Those who succumb to the Red Thirst or the other flaw, known as the Black Rage, are either formed into the Death Company or locked away in the Tower of the Lost on Baal, until they change completely, going insane. These traits have also been passed on to their Successor Chapters, such as the Flesh Tearers, Blood Drinkers, and Angels Sanguine. One Successor Chapter, the Lamenters, managed by unknown means to eliminate the flaws from Sanguinius' gene-seed, but has been stricken by extraordinary bad luck in battle and as such have been nearly annihilated.
Sources
- Codex: Blood Angels (5th Edition)