Editing Knights of Blood (section)

==Story time!==
In the short story, 'Reflection in Blood' by [[James Swallow]], Sergeant [[Rafen]] and squad parley with a group of Knights of Blood who outwardly don't display signs of either of the twin curses (i.e. the [[Flesh Tearers]] [[Angry Marines|sheer ballscrunchingly volatile anger barely restrained]] behind a mask). In fact they seemed quite civil despite one member of the squad being a dumbass and accusing them of being thieves along with renegades, as they had shown up in good faith to return a fallen brother's wargear and progenoids.

That, surprisingly barely got a rise out of them, and the leader, Ser Kord brushed it off. After things had wrapped up, Rafen asked the million dollar question, if they were willing to do this, could they not return to Baal with them? Ser Kord merely replied sadly "Baal has been lost to us." Then the dumbass asked them [[derp|what was stopping them from slaying them for being renegades.]] To which Ser Kord merely smiled gently and the '''Epistolary''' that had been attached to the squad suddenly [[Not as Planned|became aware of a COMPANY of the Knights of Blood that had been ]][[Creed|hidden by Ser Kord.]]

Without a [[Psychic Hood]].

Without even giving a whiff of corrupted sorcerer [[Chaos|stench]].

Without sending off any red flags to the Epistolary that he was even channelling the warp, let along concealing that many men.
 
[[Awesome|Let that sink in for a minute.]]

Needless to say Rafen and Co. beat a hasty retreat after - for such a [[Flesh Tearers|bloodthirsty]] chapter the Knights of Blood demonstrated a surprising amount of [[Reasonable Marines|patience.]]

That being said, this depiction of them is now questionably canonical. In [[Devastation of Baal]] the Knights of Blood were almost completely fallen to the Red Thirst, such that their physical appearance had begun to mutate into monsters like those locked in the Tower of Amareo. Then again, it’s possible the KoB began degenerating some time after these events.