Knights of Blood
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| Battle Cry | Unknown | |
| Number | Unknown | |
| Founding | Unknown | |
| Successors of | Blood Angels | |
| Successor Chapters | Unknown | |
| Chapter Master | Unknown | |
| Primarch | Sanguinius | |
| Homeworld | Unknown | |
| Strength | Unknown | |
| Specialty | Heavy assault, carnage | |
| Allegiance | Declared renegade, nominally loyalist | |
| Colours | Silver, dark red pauldrons and helmet. | |
A Successor Chapter to the Blood Angels, the Knights of Blood are a Renegade Space Marine Chapter. Although their frenzied warriors are dangerous to both friend and foe alike, they still purge the galaxy of the Imperium's enemies and are quick to remind Loyalist Chapters that there is a large difference between "Traitor" and "Renegade".
The Knights of Blood Chapter suffer the same deficiencies common to many of the later founding successor chapters of the Blood Angels - to wit, the Black Rage and the Red Thirst. The Knights started a galactic crusade to purge the foes of the Imperium, but committed so many excesses in the course of it that they were declared renegades by the High Lords of Terra in the beginning of M41. As such they kept their distance from any allies, to protect those allies from both the Inquisition and their own deficiencies. Some chapters ignore this decree, refusing to accept any declaration of renegade status from any other than a Space Marine, but other chapters are extremely zealous in prosecuting outcasts.
In 999.M41, the Knights of Blood assisted their founding Chapter in their defence of Baal against both the Daemonic hordes of Ka'Bandha and the Tyranids of Hive Fleet Leviathan. Being branded as renegades, they kept their distance from the other Chapters during the battles. There have been rumours of the presence of the Knights of Blood operating in the Jericho Reach for several years, but they have never appeared on any officially sanctioned order of battle, and as far as can be ascertained, no communications have been exchanged between them and the Achilus Crusade's high command.