Editing Blood Jaguars (section)

=== ''Codex'' Divergence ===
Apothecaries are modified Sanguinary Priests, giving the blood of Sanguinius to Neophytes through a bloodletting ritual instead of by drinking. They favor obscuring masks and spend much time amongst themselves, their own little coven of priests.

Librarians also take on a religious role, leading many major services dedicated to the Sun Emperor (he who walks the darkest road shines brightest.) They decorate armor in midnight blue with solar designs, and are the most pious. Most of the Blood Jaguars respect them as some of the most important among their ranks.

The Centzon Tlaloc are the Blood Jaguar equivalent of the Sanguinary Guard found in the Blood Angel and their fellow Successor Chapters. They alone are allowed to wear the limited numbers of Terminator Armour the chapter has. They are known for their ardour and unwavering devotion, tasked with the ultimate safety of the Chapter Master. On rare occasions, they are also assigned as guards for other commanders as a sign of Xipet T'otec's favour.
[[File:Black Jaguars Cuextecatle.png|thumb|250px|A Blood Jaguars battle-brother assigned to the ranks of the 'Black Jaguars', the Chapter's Death Company.]]
The Tlīltik Ocelotl or 'Black Jaguars', are the Chapter's equivalent of the Blood Angels' infamous Death Company, which is not an actual part of the Blood Jaguars' standard organisation of ten companies. This company stands apart from the rest of the Chapter as a separate entity, and is made up of those battle-brothers who have completely succumbed to the psychosis of the Black Rage. These unstoppable and fanatical berserkers are led into battle by one of the Chapter's Tlamacazqui (Chaplains), who maintain a tenuous hold over this formation of psychotic killers. Every warrior in their ranks is a boon on the battlefield, possessed of righteous strength and holy fury. Armoured in black and gold, and marked by the symbolic wounds suffered by their fallen Primarch Sanguinius, the 'Black Jaguars' are a grim foreshadowing of the Blood Jaguars Chapter's final fate. Every warrior in their ranks is a boon on the battlefield, possessed of righteous strength and holy fury. Yet once the storm of war passes, madness and execution are all that await these tormented souls, driven past redemption by the curse in their tainted blood.

The Blood Jaguars maintain very few serfs, as the bulk of their failed aspirants either die during the Dark Road Under the Sun or are sacrificed (some even offering themselves in an attempt to make up for perceived sin.) Their Techmarines are also not terribly well-provisioned, and are very few in number, most of the chapter's weapons are heavily modified and very old. Many in the Mechanicus do not approve, and do not take many of their Battle-Brothers to Mars for training.