The Helsworn

The Helsworn were a warband, originally a of the traitor legion, before swearing allegiance to and joining the forces of the in the mid-32nd Millennium.
Originally known as the Eversworn, a Chapter within the XVII Word Bearers legion of the , they rechristened themselves as the Helsworn following their to the , and subsequently fought in the alongside the rest of their legion. Following the Heresy, however, Kalat Zûr, the charged with leadership of the Helsworn, became increasingly frustrated with his Primarch's choice to remain in self-imposed solitude within the on , believing that the Traitor Legions should instead have been preparing to strike once more at the . As a result, he would come to admire Abaddon the Despoiler and his commitment towards the destruction of the Imperium's rotten edifice, eventually throwing his support behind the Despoiler shortly after the outset of the , killing his dissenting and in so doing.
In the millennia since, the Helsworn would prove themselves to be relentless in their quest to see the Imperium unmade, using their talents in demagoguery and manipulative oration to sow the seeds of heresy within the Imperium's realms, as well as striking with fury and zeal at its and in lightning raids meant to shake the hearts of the faithful. Kalat Zûr would soon cull enough favor in the eyes of the to secure his ascent to immortal , leading the Helsworn as an eldritch of . By the the time of the , however, Zûr would come to have lost much of his faith in the Despoiler as well, believing the Warmaster of Chaos to have made too little progress against the Imperium in too long a time (even in spite of Abaddon's successful assault against the during the ), though he would keep his true loyalties and aspirations between only him and his most loyal of servants.