World Eaters - Loyalist World Eaters: Lhorke, "The First" (KIA) - Lhorke was a Contemptor Pattern Dreadnought of the War Hounds Legion who was the former Legion Master of the XIIth Legion until he "died" on the world of Jeracau. But he was resurrected, honoured for his service and became the XIIth Legion's first Contemptor Pattern Dreadnought. He served as the leader of the first War Hounds to be interred within Dreadnoughts before the techniques for the creation of those cybernetic veterans had been perfected. Though they were unstable and volatile, his thirteen Dreadnought Battle-Brothers, interred within prototype Lucifer and Deredo Pattern Dreadnought chassis, variously abandoned or intentionally forgotten by the rest of the Legion, still listened to Lhorke as they had in life. Lhorke lived and died as a War Hound in the decades before the arrival of Angron, before the XIIth Legion took the name Eaters of Worlds to honour the Primarch's slain army of rebel gladiators, the Eaters of Cites. Lhorke's chassis still displayed the old Legion scratch kill-markings and on his breastplate he bore the armoured wolf's head, collared by a chain around its throat. He never received the kiss of the cortical implants known as the Butcher's Nails in his brain pan, though it would have been easy enough. Given his circumstances, beating the Butcher's Nails into his skull came with significant risk, and he was a relic by any virtue of the word. The World Eaters feared to risk him in the surgery, so he remained one of the few War Hounds among the rising ranks of the World Eaters. He was disgusted by the changes wrought upon his Legion by Angron, especially the forced mutilation of his Battle-Brothers' minds, which had turned his once noble warrior-brethren into half-lobotomised madmen who abandoned all notions of honour when they lost themselves to the berserker rage. Even so, Lhorke did not hate his brothers, but he did blame them. Every time he awoke from stasis, he was shocked by the continued degradation of his former Legion, particularly after Angron chose to betray the Emperor of Mankind. What tore at Lhorke most was the purge of the XIIth Legion conducted at the Istvaan III Atrocity, when the Traitor World Eaters had slaughtered their own brothers with impunity. During the culmination of the Shadow Crusade upon Angron's homeworld of Nuceria, the remaining Librarians of the XIIth Legion attempted to save their Primarch, who they perceived was falling prey to some type of unnatural sorcery at the hands of Lorgar, the Primarch of the Word Bearers Legion. Lhorke fought alongside Vorias' cabal of Librarians, killing the Ultramarines who battled like lions in the doomed hope of helping their Primarch Roboute Guilliman as he sought to slay Angron. Angered by Lorgar's attempts to corrupt his Primarch and his battle-brothers, Lhorke could no longer countenance what was happening to his Legion. The World Eaters had suffered enough. The madness wrought by the Butcher's Nails implants was already enough of a curse, and Lhorke was determined that his Legion would not endure corruption as well. Lhorke attacked Lorgar, his huge claw crashing against the Primarch's breastplate, throwing him from his feet. Seeing his brother in distress, the metamorphosing Angron roared with rage and came to his brother's aid. The metamorphosis of Angron into a Daemon Prince had not yet completed, and the Primarch's flesh blazed with eldritch fire. Beneath the fire, Lhorke saw a sliver of what was coming to be. Lhorke never saw the transformation complete. The Daemon Primarch's own claws crashed against his chassis, tearing the Contemptor Dreadnought's shell apart, and sending its wreckage tumbling across the ground. The biological revenant that was Lhorke himself -- a crippled and withered near-corpse -- broke against the rough earth, still trailing its life support cables and milky with amniotic fluid. It gave one breath, a sudden, sharp inhalation, and then Lhorke moved no more, a terrible monument to his failure to prevent the World Eaters from being consumed by Chaos.Skraal (KIA) - Skraal was a Loyalist Captain of the World Eaters who was most notable for his participation in the hunt for the traitorous Word Bearers' unique Battleship, the Furious Abyss. When the Ultramarines vessel Fist of Macragge was destroyed under mysterious circumstances, the Ultramarines Fleet Commander Lysimachus Cestus assembled an ad hoc strike force to investigate the warship's destruction. Skraal and his World Eaters worked alongside Battle-Brothers from the Space Wolves, Thousand Sons and the Ultramarines. Skraal led his World Eaters in a bold raid on the starport of Bakka Triumveron in an attempt to board the Word Bearers' vessel called the Wrathful. On that vessel the World Eaters valiantly fought against daemonic boarders. Those few World Eaters that survived were then led by Captain Skraal and an Ultramarines officer named Antiges during a daring sabotage mission aboard the Furious Abyss. Once on-board, the mission nearly ended in disaster when the Loyalist strike force was all but annihilated with the exception of Skraal. The World Eaters Captain managed to successfully avoid capture or being killed for several weeks, until he was finally able to link up with another Loyalist strike force under the command of Captain Cestus. Skraal willingly sacrificed himself to buy both Cestus and the Wolf Lord Brynngar Sturmdreng time to sabotage and destroy the Furious Abyss. The volatile World Eater savagely cleaved his way through the bodyguard of the Dark Apostle Zadkiel, suffering a score of mortal wounds until he was finally halted by a point-blank Bolt Pistol shot. Before collapsing from his wounds, Skraal managed one final fateful swing, cleaving Zadkiel's Bolt Pistol and hand. Enraged, the Dark Apostle impaled the World Eater Captain through the head with his Dark Crozius, killing him.Macer Varren (KIA) - A captain of the World Eaters Legion, Varren remained steadfastly loyal to the Emperor of Mankind when his Legion became corrupted by Chaos and threw in its lot with the Warmaster Horus during the Horus Heresy. He would later be recruited for Malcador the Sigillite's Knight-Errants, in the early 31st Millennium by Nathaniel Garro, a former Death Guard Battle-Captain, to become one of the seven Astartes who would form the core of what eventually evolved into the Grey Knights Space Marine Chapter. According to some legends, Varren was originally thought to have played a part in the seizing of the Death Guard Frigate Eisenstein during the virus bombing of Istvaan III, which was used by Garro to carry warning to the Emperor of the Warmaster Horus' betrayal.Endryd Haar - Known as the "Riven Hound", Endryd Haar was once a World Eater. Both he and his command were believed long lost on-Crusade when his brethren cast in their lot with the Traitors. Endryd was driven to cold madness by the revelation of his Legion's betrayal when he returned to find the Imperium riven by civil war, and he cast off all traces of his Legion's insignia and honours and swore a Death Oath to atone for the XIIth Legion's crimes. Leading a Blackshield unit known as "The Fangs of the Emperor", Endryd Haar fought alongside the Loyalists as a field commander in the dark days before the Siege of Terra, accepting any mission -- whatever the odds of survival -- so long as in doing so he could spill the blood of the enemy. Haar's ultimate fate is unknown.Centurion Shabran Darr (KIA) - Centurion Shabran Darr, known as "White Eyes", hailed from the Death World of Cuth'vasti. He was marked out as different from his fellow Astartes, possessing sallow stone-grey skin and the white-on-white eyes of its near-Abhuman natives. He was a relatively young World Eaters officer who had risen quickly in his Legions' ranks and distinguished himself in battle many times, earning himself a place in the 11th Assault Company and willingly accepted the Legion's Apothecaries' psycho-surgery to enhance his aggression. It is not known why such a loyal officer was selected for death on Istvaan III, but whatever the reason, Darr took part in the initial assault upon the planet's surface. When it became evident that he had been betrayed by his brothers he became almost insane with hatred, but managed to focus this into a cold, killing rage that allowed him to keep his wits. He was determined to live to kill his enemies rather than die in a blaze of violence as so many other of his Legion had. Darr soon became a leader of a Loyalist World Eaters guerrilla force that made the warren north of the Precentor's Palace in the Choral City their killing ground and there they fought to the bitterest end.Secutor-Sergeant Zkorroth - Secutor-Sergeant Zkorroth was a senior squad leader within the Terminator Company of the World Eaters Legion's 3rd Chapter during the Great Crusade and Horus Heresy eras. He was known as something of a tyrant within the ranks of the 3rd Chapter, having clawed his way to senior squad command rank as much by the domination of his peers as by the blood he shed in the wars of the Great Crusade. He is known to have slain at least three of his own brother Legionaries as punishment for what he regarded as lack of respect or commitment to the Great Crusade. It is said that Zkorroth finally found his true calling upon the cratered killing grounds of Istvaan III during the Istvaan Atrocity, revelling in the opportunity to test his strength and courage against so mighty an enemy as his own fellow Astartes. Witnesses claim that later, as the Loyalist Drop Pods streaked through the clouded skies of Istvaan V during the Drop Site Massacre, Zkorroth strained and bayed as a beast on the leash, so eager was he to spill the blood of his foe. His status after the conclusion of the Horus Heresy is currently unknown.Legionary Zhukel Dror (KIA) - Once a member of the 8th Assault Company of the World Eaters, Legionary Dror was one of many of his Legion betrayed at Istvaan III. His mortally wounded body was recovered during the aftermath, when it was discovered that he lived yet, albeit so grievously broken in mind he no longer knew friend from foe. Whether as cruel jest, experiment or retrieval of usable biological matter, Dror was shipped to Bodt along with hundreds of similarly wounded Legionaries, where ultimately he was inducted into the ranks of the Red Butchers. Legionary Dror was later unleashed upon the Loyalists invading Tredicimmia. Accounts of the bloodshed that followed are fragmentary at best, but Dror alone stood accused of slaying at least a dozen Loyalist Legiones Astartes and twice that number of Solar Auxilia before he was crushed beneath the armoured tread of a Mastodon armoured assault transport of the Iron Hands Legion.Legionary Mica Vulkov (KIA) - Mica Vulkov was a Legionary that served during the Great Crusade and the opening stages of the Horus Heresy. During Istvaan III campaign, Vulkov served as a section leader of the Tactical Squad, and was part of the first wave of Space Marine Legionaries sent down to the planet's surface. However, unbeknownst to Vulkov and his fellow Loyalist World Eaters, they had been marked for death by their Primarch Angron due to their continued loyalty to the Emperor. During the initial orbital bombardment by Warmaster Horus and the Traitor Legion vessels in orbit, Vulkov was engaged in fighting the Isstvanian rebels in the depths of a manufactorum unit, therefore, they survived the unleashing of the Life Eater Virus and subsequent firestorm. After the emerged in the aftermath of the orbital assault and subsequent destruction of all life on the planet's surface, they learned of the treacherous actions of their former brethren and those loyal to the Warmaster's cause. Enraged at such a base betrayal, Vulkov was incensed to the point of madness. Filled with seething rage, he fought the Traitor forces relentlessly, until he finally fell in battle. fighting alongside Loyalist Death Guard forces that had also been marked for death, against his former Legion.Legionary Wrathe (KIA) - Wrathe was a Legionary that served in the World Eaters Legion during the Great Crusade. A veteran warrior, he was marked for death during the Istvaan III Atrocity by his Primarch Angron, due to his loyalty to the Emperor. Surviving the initial viral bombing of Isstvan III by Horus' Traitor Legions thanks to the timely warning by Loyalist Captain Saul Tarvitz, Wrathe would later meet his ultimate fate when he died fighting alongside his fellow Loyalist World Eaters led by Captain Ehrlen when they were confronted by their traitorous former brethren, led by their Primarch Angron.Vorias (KIA) - Vorias was the Lectio Primus of the World Eaters' waning Librarius Division in the opening days of the Horus Heresy. Following the discovery of their Primarch Angron, it was not long before he introduced his own traditions upon his Legion, especially in regards to the use of the infamous neural implants known as the Butcher's Nails. Unfortunately, the Nails didn't take too well to those with psychic abilities, causing many within the Librarius to die horribly due to adverse reactions. Vorias worked in tandem with the World Eaters Apothecarion and the senior Magos of the XIIth Legion in trying to determine the reasons the Nails reacted so poorly in the presence of psychic minds. But this research was soon abandoned when the remaining Librarians realised that no one outside of their coterie cared about their well-being. Despite being ostracised and shunned by his non-psychic brethren, Vorias accepted his lot within the Legion, for he knew that his very presence caused them pain. Vorias was sanguine, accepting the truth beneath it all: he wasn't one of them. They were World Eaters. He was a War Hound. During the culmination of the Shadow Crusade upon Angron's homeworld of Nuceria, the remaining Librarians attempted to save their Primarch, who they perceived was falling prey to some type of unnatural sorcery at the hands of Lorgar, the Primarch of the Word Bearers Legion. Seeing his brother in distress, the newly ascended Daemon Primarch turned upon the creatures which had caused him so much pain over many decades. Vorias died an agonising death due to Angron's overpowering rage.Esca (KIA) - Esca was a Codicier of the World Eaters' waning Librarius Division in the opening days of the Horus Heresy. Like the few remaining Librarians within the Legion, Esca was not implanted with the neural implants known as the Butcher's Nails due to their adverse affects upon those with psychic abilities. He served in the elite 8th Assault Company as a part of Captain Khârn's command squad. Esca was the only man in the 8th Company to lack the Butcher's Nails, and therefore the only man who was shunned by his fellow warriors. Esca was brutally scarred, even by Legiones Astartes standards. His face was a smeared mess of pebbled scar tissue -- all part of the legacy of the Loyalist Death Guard Chainsword that had torn his features away during the brutal fighting that occurred during the Istvaan III Atrocity. Though a formidable warrior and powerful psyker, his innate abilities were looked upon as being useless. During the culmination of the Shadow Crusade upon Angron's homeworld of Nuceria, the remaining Librarians attempted to save their Primarch, who they perceived was falling prey to some type of unnatural sorcery at the hands of Lorgar, the Primarch of the Word Bearers Legion. Seeing his brother in distress, the newly ascended Daemon Primarch turned upon the creatures which had caused him so much pain over many decades. Esca was the last Librarian to be killed at the hands of Angron, a bloody offering which sealed the pact between the Blood God Khorne and the doomed World Eaters Legion.Damarkien (KIA) - Damarkien was a Codicier of the World Eaters' waning Librarius Division in the opening days of the Horus Heresy. Like the few remaining Librarians within the Legion, Damarkien was not implanted with the neural implants known as the Butcher's Nails due to their adverse affects upon those with psychic abilities. Like his fellow Librarians, he was ostracised and shunned from the company of his fellow non-psychic battle-brothers. During the culmination of the Shadow Crusade upon Angron's homeworld of Nuceria, the remaining Librarians attempted to save their Primarch, who they perceived was falling prey to some type of unnatural sorcery at the hands of Lorgar, the Primarch of the Word Bearers Legion. Seeing his brother in distress, the newly ascended Daemon Primarch turned upon the creatures which had caused him so much pain over many decades and killed the remaining Librarians himself.Haskal (KIA) - Haskal was a Codicier of the World Eaters' waning Librarius Division in the opening days of the Horus Heresy. Like the few remaining Librarians within the Legion, Haskal was not implanted with the neural implants known as the Butcher's Nails due to their adverse affects upon those with psychic abilities. Like his fellow Librarians, he was ostracised and shunned from the company of his fellow non-psychic battle-brothers. During the culmination of the Shadow Crusade upon Angron's homeworld of Nuceria, the remaining Librarians attempted to save their Primarch, who they perceived was falling prey to some type of unnatural sorcery at the hands of Lorgar, the Primarch of the Word Bearers Legion. Seeing his brother in distress, the newly ascended Daemon Primarch turned upon the creatures which had caused him so much pain over many decades. The Primarch's psychic rage caused the Codicier to die from a massive brain haemorrhage.Kheyan - Kheyan was a Codicier of the World Eaters' waning Librarius Division in the opening days of the Horus Heresy. Like the few remaining Librarians within the Legion, Kheyan was not implanted with the neural implants known as the Butcher's Nails due to their adverse affects upon those with psychic abilities. Like his fellow Librarians, he was ostracised and shunned from the company of his fellow non-psychic battle-brothers. During the culmination of the Shadow Crusade upon Angron's homeworld of Nuceria, the remaining Librarians attempted to save their Primarch, who they perceived was falling prey to some type of unnatural sorcery at the hands of Lorgar, the Primarch of the Word Bearers Legion. Seeing his brother in distress, the newly ascended Daemon Primarch turned upon the creatures which had caused him so much pain over many decades. When Kheyan attempted to flee, he ran into Angron's Equerry, Khârn. His former fellow-Legionaries gripped the fleeing Librarian and threw him to the ground before their Primarch's mercy. Angron brutally killed the Librarian with his own hands and devoured Kheyan's corpse whole down his now monstrous gullet.Ralakas (KIA) - Ralakas was a Codicier of the World Eaters' waning Librarius Division in the opening days of the Horus Heresy. Like the few remaining Librarians within the Legion, Ralakas was not implanted with the neural implants known as the Butcher's Nails due to their adverse affects upon those with psychic abilities. Like his fellow Librarians, he was ostracised and shunned from the company of his fellow non-psychic battle-brothers. During the culmination of the Shadow Crusade upon Angron's homeworld of Nuceria, the remaining Librarians attempted to save their primarch, who they perceived was falling prey to some type of unnatural sorcery at the hands of Lorgar, the primarch of the Word Bearers Legion. Seeing his brother in distress, the newly ascended Daemon Primarch turned upon the creatures which had caused him so much pain over many solar decades. The primarch's psychic rage caused the Codicier to die horribly, his skull detonating as though struck by a bolt shell, showering bone fragments and bloody-grey ooze across his last living brothers.