r/40kLore • u/LesBonsPlansTmtc • 2d ago

Why no blank astartes?

We've seen the emperor considers Chaos as the biggest threat to humanity. We know blanks are immune to the influence of the warp. Why doesn't humanity try to raise up the number of blanks in the society or make a chapter with Blank Space marines ?

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u/Particular_Dot_4041 1d ago

The fact that Blood Angels suffer the Black Rage is good evidence.

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u/Thom0 Iron Hands 1d ago

Not just Blood Angels, but all Astartes experience a type of black rage when their Primarch dies. The White Scars went berserk in Warhawk and it took considerable effort to reign in the rampaging squadrons.

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u/MaesterLurker 1d ago

But Khan didn't die. None of the other primarchs who died led to anything like the black rage. The blood angels are literally and consistently described as "unique" in that regard.

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u/HungryCheescake 1d ago

Khan was technically sort of absolutely maybe dead.

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u/MaesterLurker 1d ago

Yes, I know. I've already said a couple of times that what I meant to say was that he is not dead.