Editing Knights of Blood (section)

==Where are they now?==
In 999.M41, the Knights of Blood were gathering near Baal to assist their founding Chapter in their defence of [[Baal]] against both the Daemonic hordes of [[Ka'bandha]] and the [[Tyranid]]s of [[Hive Fleet Leviathan]]. Being branded as renegades, they kept their distance from the other Chapters during the battles as to not imperil any of their cousin chapters still in good standing.

The Tyranids 8e codex reveals that while under the command of [[Gabriel Seth]], the chapter was wiped out to a man in a suicidal charge that prevented Seth and other successor chapters from being overwhelmed by the Tyranids and Ka'bandha's forces. This is corroborated by Devastation of Baal, which shows the same events from Gabriel Seth's point of view and shows a rather touching goodbye.

Until that point, Seth and his Flesh Tearers had been actively avoiding the Knights of Blood, viewing it as a sign of mistrust from Dante that they be forced to fight alongside renegades and not alongside the primary force on Baal. However as the battle progressed, desperation forced Seth to team up with the Knights' Chapter Master Sentor Jool as Tyranids and Daemon overran their respective positions. It was then as all seemed lost that Jool revealed the truth of his chapter. As it turns out, the Flaw had begun to mutate them into monsters like those caged in the Tower of Amareo, and when Ka'Bandha arrived they had decided to use what was left of their self-control to die as Loyalists rather than being branded as renegades or being corrupted into the service of Khorne.

Jool then explained that it was he who had requested to fight alongside Seth, knowing that out of all the sons of Sanguinius, the Flesh Tearers would understand their plight the most. Lamenting the fate of his Chapter and warning Seth that he too was at risk of following them into damnation, Jool led his remaining men in a mad charge against the combined might of the Tyranids and Ka'bandha. After shedding a single manly tear, Gabriel and his remaining Flesh Tearers evacuated the planet, narrowly saving them from the Black Rage. Sentor Jool perished at Ka'Bandha's hand, but not before [[Awesome|personally refusing the Bloodthirster's offer of servitude in exchange for an eternity of bloodshed in Khorne's name]].

Dante and Seth are later seen discussing the fate of the rebuilt Chapters following the arrival of Primaris reinforcements. Both confess that the Knights of Blood are too cursed to be rebuilt, their legacy still too tainted. Yet nevertheless, both acknowledge the Knights died as heroes and loyal sons of Sanguinius.

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