The XII, unlike some of their fellow Legions, did not take their initial Terran recruits from any one locality or principality. Nonetheless, it is known that the XII were not always called the World Eaters – they began their wars in the Emperor’s name as the War Hounds. “…for the World Eaters to be assigned to a campaign meant only one thing for the enemy – extermination.”Ĭredit: with every Legion, the origins of the World Eaters are shrouded in fog, and trying to discern their history is primarily guesswork and supposition. The story of the World Eaters legion is the story of sons trying to emulate a father that had gone mad. The XII were a Legion deeply steeped in tragedy from the beginning – the moment the Emperor seized Angron at Desh’elika Ridge he set them on a blood-stained path that would eventually lead to the dark apotheosis of their Primarch on Nuceria. Welcome back to our Legion Overview series here on Goonhammer, where we’re looking at the mighty World Eaters – Angron’s gore-soaked hounds, masters of closer-quarters combat and the shock assault. “The treachery of many who were to turn their backs on the Emperor is often shocking and near unbelievable, even with the false clarity of hindsight… but in truth neither of these things can truly be said of the XII Legion… monsters long before Horus became corrupted, and monsters they remained…”
In this article, our sixteenth dive into the pre-Heresy archives, we wade through an ocean of blood to find out more about the mighty XII – the World Eaters. The Space Marine Legions of the First Founding make up the core factions and conflict of the Horus Heresy.
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