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	A legendary figure in the 42nd Millennium, Dante has been a Space Marine for over 1600 years, including the last 1200 as Chapter Master. He embodies the [[Noblebright#8chan Anon Explains the Grim/Noble and Dark/Bright Spectrum\|Nobledark]] in the [[Grimdark]] of 40k, and has [[Chapter Master Slamguinius\|kicked the asses of countless xenos, mutants, heretics and daemons in countless wars upon countless worlds]]. If it exists, he killed at least one. He is also the Chapter Master equivalent of a very, very tired old dad.		A legendary figure in the 42nd Millennium, Dante has been a Space Marine for over 1600 years, including the last 1200 as Chapter Master. He embodies the [[Noblebright#8chan Anon Explains the Grim/Noble and Dark/Bright Spectrum\|Nobledark]] in the [[Grimdark]] of 40k, and has [[Chapter Master Slamguinius\|kicked the asses of countless xenos, mutants, heretics and daemons in countless wars upon countless worlds]]. If it exists, he killed at least one. He is also the Chapter Master equivalent of a very, very tired old dad.

	Sometime between the return of the Lion at the ending of 9th and the start of 10th, he crossed the Rubicon Primaris. Given that no-one on record has ever died from this procedure, it's pretty strange he didn'~~tdo~~ this earlier.		Sometime between the return of the Lion at the ending of 9th and the start of 10th, he crossed the Rubicon Primaris. Given that no-one on record has ever died from this procedure, it's pretty strange he didn't do this earlier.

	Between this happening offscreen, spending half its runtime on marketing Primaris Mephiston, and the fumbling of Primaris Death Company, ''Dante: Darkness in the Blood'' is a real still-birth of a novel. Possibly even an editor's deliberate abortion.		Between this happening offscreen, spending half its runtime on marketing Primaris Mephiston, and the fumbling of Primaris Death Company, ''Dante: Darkness in the Blood'' is a real still-birth of a novel. Possibly even an editor's deliberate abortion.

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	"I fear what I have seen. My visions plague me with darkness. So little of comfort can be gleaned from them. The consequences of our victory are dire indeed, as I have described in these writings, and yet there are some things I cannot bring myself to record, visions so dark that they fill my heart with despair.		"I fear what I have seen. My visions plague me with darkness. So little of comfort can be gleaned from them. The consequences of our victory are dire indeed, as I have described in these writings, and yet there are some things I cannot bring myself to record, visions so dark that they fill my heart with despair.

	The dreams of my father are dead, that is certain. Long aeons await of war and suffering that would break the heart of the Emperor to perceive. He never showed any sign that He saw the dark future advancing towards us. Does He know? I cannot credit that He does not. My gift of foresight – if gift it can truly be named – descends from His, and His is more potent than I can conceive. Time and again I have asked myself, did He always know, and did He foresee all that has come to pass? Or was He, like me, taken unawares? The brighter future I once saw has been burned to ashes and a second, rotten potentiality raised in its place. I curse you, Horus, I curse you to the end of days.I have written too often on these matters. I still cannot divine the answer. I shall instead write down my dream of last night. This brought some comfort to me when no comfort ought to be expected, and is thus worthy of record.		The dreams of my father are dead, that is certain. Long aeons await of war and suffering that would break the heart of the Emperor to perceive. He never showed any sign that He saw the dark future advancing towards us. Does He know? I cannot credit that He does not. My gift of foresight – if gift it can truly be named – descends from His, and His is more potent than I can conceive. Time and again I have asked myself, did He always know, and did He foresee all that has come to pass? Or was He, like me, taken unawares? The brighter future I once saw has been burned to ashes and a second, rotten potentiality raised in its place. I curse you, Horus, I curse you to the end of days. I have written too often on these matters. I still cannot divine the answer. I shall instead write down my dream of last night. This brought some comfort to me when no comfort ought to be expected, and is thus worthy of record.
	Dante unrolled the scroll, exposing the next page.		Dante unrolled the scroll, exposing the next page.

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	{{Topquote\|In the Time of Ending, we will see the final flight of the Dead Angel’s Host. They rise above us on howling wings. They fall upon us in a celestial storm. At their vanguard flies the Last Archangel. To the Neverborn, he will be the Death-that-Soars. To you and I, he will be a mortal man bearing the immortal face of his fallen father. To the Imperium of Man, he will be hope. A warrior of infinite courage. A soldier of infinite sorrows. Beware the golden mask that forever stares and never smiles, weeping tears of frozen gold.\|The Mourner’s Prophecies.}}		{{Topquote\|In the Time of Ending, we will see the final flight of the Dead Angel’s Host. They rise above us on howling wings. They fall upon us in a celestial storm. At their vanguard flies the Last Archangel. To the Neverborn, he will be the Death-that-Soars. To you and I, he will be a mortal man bearing the immortal face of his fallen father. To the Imperium of Man, he will be hope. A warrior of infinite courage. A soldier of infinite sorrows. Beware the golden mask that forever stares and never smiles, weeping tears of frozen gold.\|The Mourner’s Prophecies.}}

	This prophecy is independent of the one made by Sanguinius, but it is clear that the fluff has Dante fated for some epic climax. He is tired after sixteen hundred years of service, and clings onto the prospect of a final battle as personal motivation in these dark times.		This prophecy is independent of the one made by Sanguinius, but it is clear that the fluff has Dante fated for some epic climax. He is tired after sixteen hundred years of service, and clings onto the prospect of a final battle as personal motivation in these dark times.</div></div>

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	Finally, this account of Dante's situation from the ''Shield of Baal: Exterminatus''.		Finally, this account of Dante's situation from the ''Shield of Baal: Exterminatus''.
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	For over a thousand years, Commander Dante has been Chapter Master of the Blood Angels. Amongst the greatest of Adeptus Astartes lords, he has overseen centuries of war across the length and breadth of the Imperium. Always clad in ancient gold artificer armour, he wears the Death Mask of Sanguinius, which bears the likeness of his Primarch. To the Emperor’s armies Dante is a golden god and the doom of the enemies of Mankind, while to the Blood Angels he is revered and respected like no other since the days of Sanguinius. Dante’s deeds are legend across the Imperium, from slaying the Bloodthirster Skarbrand before the gates of Pandemonium to vanquishing the Eldar pirates of Ruden III; from freeing the Tau bond-world of Vetrim from its deceitful overlords, to winning victory during the Second War for Armageddon against the Ork hordes of Warboss Ghazghkull. And yet for all his triumphs a shadow hangs over Dante. The Chapter Master feels the weight of years of war heavy upon him. He has been forced to witness the slow degeneration of his battle-brothers as they succumb to their genetic curse. Like Sanguinary High Priest Corbulo, Dante hopes for a cure to the blood madness that afflicts his kin. Yet with every passing year that hope dwindles a little more. Only one thing keeps Dante from giving in completely to these doubts, a prophecy recorded in the oldest of the Chapter’s records. Penned by the Primarch himself, it speaks of a golden warrior standing in defence of the Emperor’s throne during the final battle for Mankind. Dante believes that he is the one the scroll speaks of, and so he fights on, awaiting the day when he will be needed to hold back the darkness one last time.~~</div></div>~~</div></div>		For over a thousand years, Commander Dante has been Chapter Master of the Blood Angels. Amongst the greatest of Adeptus Astartes lords, he has overseen centuries of war across the length and breadth of the Imperium. Always clad in ancient gold artificer armour, he wears the Death Mask of Sanguinius, which bears the likeness of his Primarch. To the Emperor’s armies Dante is a golden god and the doom of the enemies of Mankind, while to the Blood Angels he is revered and respected like no other since the days of Sanguinius. Dante’s deeds are legend across the Imperium, from slaying the Bloodthirster Skarbrand before the gates of Pandemonium to vanquishing the Eldar pirates of Ruden III; from freeing the Tau bond-world of Vetrim from its deceitful overlords, to winning victory during the Second War for Armageddon against the Ork hordes of Warboss Ghazghkull. And yet for all his triumphs a shadow hangs over Dante. The Chapter Master feels the weight of years of war heavy upon him. He has been forced to witness the slow degeneration of his battle-brothers as they succumb to their genetic curse. Like Sanguinary High Priest Corbulo, Dante hopes for a cure to the blood madness that afflicts his kin. Yet with every passing year that hope dwindles a little more. Only one thing keeps Dante from giving in completely to these doubts, a prophecy recorded in the oldest of the Chapter’s records. Penned by the Primarch himself, it speaks of a golden warrior standing in defence of the Emperor’s throne during the final battle for Mankind. Dante believes that he is the one the scroll speaks of, and so he fights on, awaiting the day when he will be needed to hold back the darkness one last time.</div></div>

	The ''Devastation of Baal'' gives strong traction to the possibility Dante is the Golden Warrior of Sanguinius' prophecies.		The ''Devastation of Baal'' gives strong traction to the possibility Dante is the Golden Warrior of Sanguinius' prophecies.

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	A legendary figure in the 42nd Millennium, Dante has been a Space Marine for over 1600 years, including the last 1200 as Chapter Master. He embodies the [[Noblebright#8chan Anon Explains the Grim/Noble and Dark/Bright Spectrum\|Nobledark]] in the [[Grimdark]] of 40k, and has [[Chapter Master Slamguinius\|kicked the asses of countless xenos, mutants, heretics and daemons in countless wars upon countless worlds]]. If it exists, he killed at least one. He is also the Chapter Master equivalent of a very, very tired old dad.		A legendary figure in the 42nd Millennium, Dante has been a Space Marine for over 1600 years, including the last 1200 as Chapter Master. He embodies the [[Noblebright#8chan Anon Explains the Grim/Noble and Dark/Bright Spectrum\|Nobledark]] in the [[Grimdark]] of 40k, and has [[Chapter Master Slamguinius\|kicked the asses of countless xenos, mutants, heretics and daemons in countless wars upon countless worlds]]. If it exists, he killed at least one. He is also the Chapter Master equivalent of a very, very tired old dad.

	Sometime between the return of the Lion at the ending of 9th and the start of 10th, he crossed the Rubicon Primaris. Given ~~his age,~~ this ~~seems like an ill-advised idea given the fatality rates for first born~~, ~~but~~ it ~~surprisingly worked~~.		Sometime between the return of the Lion at the ending of 9th and the start of 10th, he crossed the Rubicon Primaris. Given that no-one on record has ever died from this procedure, it's pretty strange he didn'tdo this earlier.

	Between this happening offscreen, spending half its runtime on marketing Primaris Mephiston, and the fumbling of Primaris Death Company, ''Dante: Darkness in the Blood'' is a real still-birth of a novel. Possibly even an editor's deliberate abortion.		Between this happening offscreen, spending half its runtime on marketing Primaris Mephiston, and the fumbling of Primaris Death Company, ''Dante: Darkness in the Blood'' is a real still-birth of a novel. Possibly even an editor's deliberate abortion.

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	Sometime between the return of the Lion at the ending of 9th and the start of 10th, he crossed the Rubicon Primaris. Given his age, this seems like an ill-advised idea given the fatality rates for first born, but it surprisingly worked.		Sometime between the return of the Lion at the ending of 9th and the start of 10th, he crossed the Rubicon Primaris. Given his age, this seems like an ill-advised idea given the fatality rates for first born, but it surprisingly worked.

	Between this happening offscreen, spending half ~~it's run time~~ on marketing Primaris Mephiston and the fumbling of Primaris Death Company, ''Dante: Darkness in the Blood'' is a real still-birth of a novel. Possibly even an editor's deliberate abortion.		Between this happening offscreen, spending half its runtime on marketing Primaris Mephiston, and the fumbling of Primaris Death Company, ''Dante: Darkness in the Blood'' is a real still-birth of a novel. Possibly even an editor's deliberate abortion.

	==Background==		==Background==

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	Dante's eyes are described as pale amber, while his once golden hair has long since turned white (WotDM and the novelisation ''Dante''. However, in the 2020 novel ''Darkness in the Blood'', Dante recalled himself to have black hair for some reason). In the ''Blood Quest'' comic series, his hair is long, going down to his chest à la Thranduil/Lucius Malfoy. [[Pretty Marines\|Bishounen]] much?		Dante's eyes are described as pale amber, while his once golden hair has long since turned white (WotDM and the novelisation ''Dante''. However, in the 2020 novel ''Darkness in the Blood'', Dante recalled himself to have black hair for some reason). In the ''Blood Quest'' comic series, his hair is long, going down to his chest à la Thranduil/Lucius Malfoy. [[Pretty Marines\|Bishounen]] much?

	Dante is so old that his age shows; his face is deeply wrinkled, and incredibly for a Space Marine, there are tell-tale signs of physical aging like loosening skin folds and loss of muscle definition. How old you ask? Apparently, the skins of ancient marines became thick and seamed with shallow wrinkles akin to cracks in leather. Aaand Dante has gone even further beyond that. His wrinkles at one point were so deep that they sharpened his "fine bone" face to "the point of brittleness", while the eyes ~~suck~~ into their sockets. Mainly the reason why Dante never shows his face in public; seeing him uncovered would shatter the mystique of the immortal golden hero. Okay, so not that Bishounen. Think Jedi Master Cin Drallig, with a flavour of Grand Moff Tarkin.		Dante is so old that his age shows; his face is deeply wrinkled, and incredibly for a Space Marine, there are tell-tale signs of physical aging like loosening skin folds and loss of muscle definition. How old you ask? Apparently, the skins of ancient marines became thick and seamed with shallow wrinkles akin to cracks in leather. Aaand Dante has gone even further beyond that. His wrinkles at one point were so deep that they sharpened his "fine bone" face to "the point of brittleness", while the eyes sunk into their sockets. Mainly the reason why Dante never shows his face in public; seeing him uncovered would shatter the mystique of the immortal golden hero. Okay, so not that Bishounen. Think Jedi Master Cin Drallig, with a flavour of Grand Moff Tarkin.

	In the novel ''Deus Encarmine'', Dante is described as having a 'hawkish countenance', including an aquiline jaw and nose. It is said he had the "aspect of a predator at rest". So, one can imagine a patrician face, which looks like a snarling Elrond when enraged. Aaand the fangs. Don't forget that Blood Angels like Dante have long fangs which grow as far to prickle the lower lip.		In the novel ''Deus Encarmine'', Dante is described as having a 'hawkish countenance', including an aquiline jaw and nose. It is said he had the "aspect of a predator at rest". So, one can imagine a patrician face, which looks like a snarling Elrond when enraged. Aaand the fangs. Don't forget that Blood Angels like Dante have long fangs which grow as far to prickle the lower lip.

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	Dante made one final charge, parrying and shattering one of the Swarmlord's bone swords; however, the momentum of the sword continued through the blow and impaled Dante through one of his hearts, leaving him gravely poisoned and bleeding to death. Before the Swarmlord could cleave Dante in two, his armor's sealing foam melded it to the bone sword, catching the Swarmlord unawares. Using this momentary hesitation, Dante fired the Perdition Pistol into the Swarmlord's face at point-blank range, melting it into hot Tyranid goop (though it still manages to sever its own arm and shoot Dante an epic death glare with one eye before finally dying).		Dante made one final charge, parrying and shattering one of the Swarmlord's bone swords; however, the momentum of the sword continued through the blow and impaled Dante through one of his hearts, leaving him gravely poisoned and bleeding to death. Before the Swarmlord could cleave Dante in two, his armor's sealing foam melded it to the bone sword, catching the Swarmlord unawares. Using this momentary hesitation, Dante fired the Perdition Pistol into the Swarmlord's face at point-blank range, melting it into hot Tyranid goop (though it still manages to sever its own arm and shoot Dante an epic death glare with one eye before finally dying).

	Dante finally succumbs to his wounds, wondering who the golden warrior that Sanguinius saw dying before the Emperor was. He awoke to the sight of the Sanguinor, standing beside Sanguinius himself. Sanguinius called Dante the greatest of his sons and said that Dante had earned his right to rest beside him for all time. Dante begged for eternal rest, [[Grimdark\|literally]] ~~[i]~~[[Grimdark\|crying]]~~[/i]~~ [[Grimdark\|as he asked for his father to finally let him die]], but Sanguinius regretfully told him that he still had a duty to perform in the mortal world, and poured strength into Dante, reviving him. Dante himself nearly has a mental breakdown over the fact that his suffering would continue, but he swiftly gets over it as the below is revealed to him.		Dante finally succumbs to his wounds, wondering who the golden warrior that Sanguinius saw dying before the Emperor was. He awoke to the sight of the Sanguinor, standing beside Sanguinius himself. Sanguinius called Dante the greatest of his sons and said that Dante had earned his right to rest beside him for all time. Dante begged for eternal rest, [[Grimdark\|literally]] ''[[Grimdark\|crying]]'' [[Grimdark\|as he asked for his father to finally let him die]], but Sanguinius regretfully told him that he still had a duty to perform in the mortal world, and poured strength into Dante, reviving him. Dante himself nearly has a mental breakdown over the fact that his suffering would continue, but he swiftly gets over it as the below is revealed to him.

	===Dark Imperium===		===Dark Imperium===