Blood Hammers

"It is here by decreed, that no Blood Hammer Astartes shall ever serve on Mars. Let it be known, that any scion of Mars that attempts to board one of my vessels, or order one of my Astartes, shall be purged with all the grace of a hammer."

- Former Chapter Master Uzi'Renz after the Tampering of Blood The Blood Hammers are a Codex-compliant Chapter that hail from the proud and noble blood of Sanguinius. From their conception they have been afflicted by the Red Thirst heavily, but strangely they do not seem to suffer as greatly from the Black Rage as many of their brothers do. The most brothers that have ever suffered from the Rage at one time was five. However, the Thirst affects them more than many others, so much so that they have incorporated the Thirst into their tactics as they know that many will suffer from it.

As of the 36th Millennium the Blood Hammers no longer train Techmarines on Mars; this is due to an incident where a Brother suffered from the Red Thirst while still on Mars. Fearful that the Flaw would be discovered, the Blood Hammers blamed it on Mars and for added affect decreed that they would no longer train their Techmarines on Mars. This has led to them relying heavily on their cousin Chapters for technical help, but also led to the development of the Remembrer of the Armory; a unit devoted to remembering the technological things taught by the Mechanicus and to training new Techmarines.

They are mostly Codex-compliant Chapter and deviate where the scions of Sanguinius always do. However, necessity has forced them to deviate in other minor ways, such as their specialized units of Hammerers; units completely engulfed by the Red Thirst that can take no orders and are used as a blunt-force tool to charge through enemy lines, much like the Death Company of other Blood Angels Chapters.