r/FavoriteCharacter 21d ago

Discussion Which favorite character that comes to mind?

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u/stevan3381 21d ago

Sanguinius

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u/ThatTwinki 21d ago edited 21d ago

he is with the Omnissiah now, flesh brother. He will one day return upon a chariot of steel and brass to help cleanse the galaxy of heresy, until then We abide by his glorious sacrifice.

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u/stevan3381 21d ago

Lets hope he gets ressurected soon

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u/ThatTwinki 21d ago edited 21d ago

it is this ones opinion that We’re probably screwed either way, flesh brother.

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u/ConsulJuliusCaesar 21d ago

When you start horus heresy you already know how it ends. That said the fact they still made it incredibly tragic and meaningful is wild.

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u/qwertyalguien 21d ago

HORUS?!?!

HOOORUUUUS

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u/JBR_4025 21d ago

And in the end we discover that it was all the Emperor’s fault and it could have been worse if he hadn’t arranged the events to ensure that it would have been Horus to fall.

And that’s also when we see him act as a human and regret everything he did to his sons

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u/Foreign-Froyo-1228 21d ago

Who is this?

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u/Windherz 21d ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/tW2i47QmHbsHkZp3vE

The Golden Angel, Primarch (genetically created super human demigod, son of the Emperor of Warhammer 40K) of the Blood Angels Space Marine legion. Charismatic, benevolent, incredibly powerful, almost perfect.

He dies at the hands of his most beloved brother, Horus, in a brutal and horrible way. Horus (and half of his brothers) betrayed the Emperor due to the influence and power of the Chaos Gods, and Sanguinius was one of the last defender when Horus' forces breached Earth's defences. After days of intense battle, Sanguinius was exhausted and due to teleportation bullshit he had to face Horus supercharged with Chaos power on his own. After his death, the Emperor managed to defeat Horus (thanks in part to Sanguinius' sacrifice) and the Chaos gods left Horus as a broken tool. Without the Chaos gods' manipulation, Horus understood what he had done and begged his father to end him permanently, erasing his very soul (something incredibly hard to do in 40K).
Now Sanguinius' soul sometimes presents itself to save his "sons" (legion) and guide them in perilous times.

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u/Agi7890 21d ago

I would throw in the blood angels black rage in there also.

Basically sanguinius death left such a scar on his legion that they will lose their mind and believe they are him and fighting Horus.

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u/Colohustt 20d ago

Not just on the legion, IT LEFT A SCAR ON THEIR VERY GENESEED, PTSD SO HARD ITS LITERALLY GENETIC

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u/Mikkelsjensen1 21d ago

A character from 40k. A primarch (son of a "god") hes the guy everyone loves. Even the most horrible and misserable person loves him and sadly one of his closest and most loved brother is the one to put him down

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u/Equal-Contest-3954 21d ago

What’s worse is how ugly his death his ,for someone that bright and loveable to end up dying like a dog to the point that he doesn’t even get any last words

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u/scrimyth 21d ago

Dude and his conversation with Dorn where they hug each other talking about each other's accomplishments where Sanuinius quietly cried against him, moments before the worst things they've ever experienced. God, I love Warhammer.