Ka'Bandha - Horus Heresy: Within the Daemonic pantheon of the Blood God, Ka'Bandha is regarded as one of his most prolific killers. He is a murderous engine of destruction, slaughtering in exalted joy for his lord Khorne.He first appeared during the dark days of the Horus Heresy in the early 31st Millennium upon the planet of Signus Prime located in the triple star system known as the Signus Cluster during the Signus Campaign.For untold generations this system had been a centre of Human civilisation and industrialisation. But it soon fell prey to the whims of the Chaos Gods, whose hidden witch-cabals and summoned Daemons rose up in violent insurrection and seized power. Overnight, they turned the once industrious star system into an extension of the Realm of Chaos, and a dominion of Daemons.The entire system became a charnel house and a place of evil. To rid himself of a potentially troublesome Loyalist Legion, the recently-corrupted Warmaster Horus despatched his brother Primarch Sanguinius and his Blood Angels Legion to the sector where they would be caught unawares and destroyed by the forces of Chaos.The valiant Space Marines were quickly assaulted by the Daemonic host as they entered the system. Despite the fact that they had never before fought against such a supernatural foe, the Blood Angels were sure that they would prevail. Discovering the rotten heart at its centre, Sanguinius and his Blood Angels assaulted the world of Signus Prime and its Daemonic hordes.Amidst the carnage, thousands of loyal Blood Angels were cut down by the foul hordes of Daemons. Soon the Plains of the Damned were awash in gore as the Blood Angels forced their way into the very heart of the Daemon Lord's realm. On the battlefields of Signus Prime, Sanguinius came face-to-face with the powerful Ka'Bandha, a Greater Daemon of Khorne, for the first time.The Daemon taunted the primarch, revealing Horus' planned treachery against the Emperor. Enraged, the angelic primarch fought the brutal Bloodthirster in single combat. Seizing the initiative during the battle, he surprised Ka'Bandha with his frenzied assault, stabbing his power sword into the Daemon's chest, ripping open a gaping wound.The massive creature roared in fury and pain, lashing out with his whip at the primarch's legs. Sanguinius was momentarily unbalanced as his legs were crushed in the whip's coils. The Daemon then smashed Sanguinius to the ground with the flat of his axe. The winged hero of the Imperium was stunned, helpless before the Bloodthirster's wrath.As his vision cleared, he looked up at the monster that towered over him. The Greater Daemon taunted the Angel one final time, let out a mighty bellow and then struck out across the battlefield, slaughtering 500 Space Marines with huge swathes of his massive axe. They psychic backlash of the deaths of so many of his sons traumatised Sanguinius, and the primarch fell into unconsciousness.It would not be until the closing days of the Horus Heresy that Sanguinius would once again confront the savage Daemon Lord. During the Siege of Terra, the Bloodthirster confronted the primarch atop the Ultimate Gate of the Imperial Palace which guarded the way to the Emperor's throne room.The Greater Daemon struck Sanguinius, casting the angel upon the broken stone. Preparing to strike a killing blow, the primarch called upon his last reserves of strength and power. With a massive effort, he confronted the Greater Daemon for the final time and leapt upon the Bloodthirster, seized him about the wrist and ankle and rose up high into the air.Sanguinius slammed the great beast across his knee, breaking the creature's back with a powerful crack. He swung the body of Ka'Bandha around and hurled the broken behemoth into the midst of the Daemonic host, slamming the Eternity Gate shut against the ravening hordes of Chaos.The servants of the Ruinous Power would not claim Terra that day, and the Traitor Legions were ultimately defeated when the Emperor bested their Warmaster Horus in single combat aboard his flagship the Vengeful Spirit.