With the arrival of new cards that appear detrimental to the World Eaters, but provide them with potent new strategies, alongside their Chosen of Khorne mission and the bloodthirsty rewards it grants, Angron’s Legion is a devastating force to go up against on the battlefield.Īre you capable of leading the Eaters of Worlds into battle, or will you succumb to the Nails? With his new ability to buff World Eaters, he is a potent force multiplier. Angron and Kharn butcher their way across Terra with no care for the Legion, so Dreagher steps in. There, on the world of Nuceria where Angron had risen to adulthood, a mighty ritual was enacted in which the World Eaters were bound to Khorne, the god of War and Battle, and Angron ascended to daemonhood, forever condemning the Legion to seek eternal bloodshed.Ĭaptain Dreagher, the man who gave the World Eaters their name, arrives to bolster their front line forces. After participating in the Isstvan atrocities, the bulk of the World Eaters descended on Ultramar, alongside the Word Bearers, to wreak havoc on Guilliman’s realms. Their fall to Chaos was hardly surprising. Angron insisted the Butcher’s Nails, crude psycho-augmetic implants, be given to each of his warriors, turning them into frothing berserkers. The discovery of Angron and the renaming of the Legion into the World Eaters only exacerbated this method of war. Originally named the War Hounds, they were known for their shock assault and bloody minded tactics, sent in to exterminate and make an example of, rather than bring to peaceful compliance. Where is your Emperor now? Dreagher, Captain The Twelfth Legion, World Eaters
Muster for Lupercal, for the time is now to strike down the False-Emperor! Will you try your hand with their new warlord and mission, and show everyone that the power of the warp is at your command? Their mission rewards the player for marking their troops, giving a devastatingly powerful reward to the Sons of Horus for their submission to the Dark Gods. Tybalt Marr, the new warlord released as part of the Galaxy in Flames expansion focused on their turn to Chaos, as well as several of their new cards making it far easier for the chosen of the gods to ascend to daemonhood. Daemons and marks of chaos were everywhere within the Legion, and by the time of the Siege of Terra, the Sons of Horus were well and truly damned. Taint had spread through the Legion in the form of the Warrior Lodges, propagated by the Dark Apostle, Erebus of the Word Bearers. They orchestrated the massacres at Isstvan III and V, as well as taking part in many of the Horus Heresy’s most devastating wars. Yet their arrogance and hubris would be their downfall, as Horus became corrupted by the Chaos Gods, and the vast majority, bar several staunch loyalists such as Captains Loken, Torgaddon and Qruze, fell to the Ruinous Powers.
It was no surprise they were regarded as the deadliest Legion in the Imperium’s arsenal. Given the best weaponry and armour available, they were pioneers of many Legion tactics, from decapitation strikes, to Terminator massed shock assaults. The Sons of Horus, formerly known as the Luna Wolves, were the Legion of the Warmaster himself. Tybalt Marr, Captain The Sixteenth Legion, Sons of Horus After the Iron Warriors withdrawal from Terra, Horus placed Mortarion in overall command, while he waited in orbit for the moment to strike, as Angron and his horde of butchers killed their way through the once mighty Imperial Palace. Through the Heresy, each played pivotal roles in major battles, culminating in the Siege of Terra itself. Alongside the Emperor’s Children, these three Legions were the first to officially declare rebellion from the Imperium, and instigated the Drop Site Massacre on Isstvan V, and the murder of their fellow brothers on Isstvan III.
Last but not least in our series covering the traitor Legions, the Sons of Horus, Death Guard and World Eaters take center stage.