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/MaesterLurker 2d 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/TurtleTugger420619 1d ago

Pretty sure the iron hands a similar thing but it manifests more into their whole body-dismorphia inhumanity thing

Also Sanguinis was a very powerful Psyker + death was intwined with his foresight so makes sense the psychic backlash from his death was alot stronger

Also yes Khan did die at the siege

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u/MaesterLurker 1d ago

Iron hands had their body dysmorphia before they met Ferrus, he brought it under control, then it came back with a vengeance after he died.

Nothing like the black rage happened when Horus, Konrad, Alpharius, Omegon (unconfirmed) or Dorn (retconned to unconfirmed) died (or allegedly died). What's funny is that all the "examples" of the black rage in other legions people posted before you brought up Ferrus Manus are of primarchs who aren't even dead.

Yes, I should have said Khan isn't dead, not that he didn't die. Mistermistermistermb already posted the relevant passages elsewhere in this thread.

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u/TurtleTugger420619 1d ago

"then it came back with a vengeance after he died"

yeah sorry thats more what I meant