BLOOD ANGELS: SANGUINARY GUARD Games Workshop Warhammer 40000

The Sanguinary Guard, known during the Great Crusade as the Ikisat or the "Burning Ones," for their ardour and unwavering devotion, are the most elite Veteran Astartes of the Blood Angels Space Marine Chapter. A Sanguinary Guard is also present in all Blood Angels Successor Chapters whose lineage can be traced back to the dark days of the Horus Heresy.

The Sanguinary Guard essentially serves as the Blood Angels' version of a Chapter honour guard.

The Sanguinary Guard fight with the weapons traditional to their honoured position, wrist-mounted Angelus Pattern Bolters that leave the hands free to wield a master-crafted Power Sword known as an Encarmine Sword.