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'''Gorefather''' and its twin, [[Gorechild]], were two huge [[chainaxe]]s used during the [[Great Crusade]] by [[Angron]], [[Primarch]] of the [[World Eaters]] [[Space Marine Legion|Legion]].{{Fn|1}}
Gorefather was destroyed during the [[Battle of Armatura ]] when Angron became entombed by a fallen building and was forced to use Gorefather and Gorechild to climb out, the damage ruined their teeth-tracks.{{Fn|3a2a}} [[Khârn]] would recover Gorechild, despite the World Eaters views on "inherited weapons" and had it repaired as his personal weapon.{{Fn|3b2b}} Gorefather was not recovered.
Gorechild has served as Khârn's weapon ever since.{{Fn|1}}
==Sources==
*{{Endn|1}}: [[Codex: Chaos Space Marines (4th Edition)]], pg. 48
*{{Endn|2}}: [[Battle for the Abyss (Novel)|Battle for the Abyss]], ([[Horus Heresy Series]]) by [[Ben Counter]], Chapter Thirteen, pg. 266*{{Endn|3}}: [[Betrayer (Novel)]] by [[Aaron Dembski-Bowden]]**{{Endn|3a2a}}: {{Cite This}}, pg. 97**{{Endn|3b2b}}: {{Cite This}}, pgs. 109-111
[[Category:Chain Weapons]]
