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From Warhammer 40k - Lexicanum
→Canon Conflict: Abaddon was already around in the Heresy and nobody know what he was precisely in charge of. Anyway it could have been somebody el
The true origins of the Defiler are unclear. When first introduced in the [[Codex: Chaos Space Marines (3rd Edition, 2nd Codex)]], it is stated that the first Defilers were fashioned at the command of Abaddon the Despoiler.<sup>1</sup> In the [[Codex: Chaos Space Marines (4th Edition)]] the Defiler's origins are stated as "shrouded in mystery".<sup>2</sup> This is not a conflict per se, as the original origin story could be from a universal stand-point, where as the "mystery" origin could be from the Imperium's point of view.
"''...and from behind the ridge line emerged a great construct of steel and cables, armor and brass. It clattered across the stone on four jointed piston hissing legs; crab-walking as it crushed the unwary in its path. An angular turret thrust up from the center of the mass, overloaded with guns and fearsome blades protruding in a spine-like formation. It had a main cannon made from black iron with a yawning muzzle dripping with penitent chains. The machine moved like it was alive, its flanks arterial red and dressed in the ebon detailing of the Word Bearers.''" <sup>7</sup>
''"Garro spun the length of Libertas around his gauntlets and plunged the point of the power sword into the apex of the turret where a screaming deamonic mask glared out with eyes of burning black."'' <sup>8</sup>
Although never called a "Defiler", the machine's description perfectly matches that of a Defiler. This would also mean that Abaddon could not have ordered the creation of Defilers, as they had already been in existence since the [[Horus Heresy]]pretty closely.
==Defiler Variants==
