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== History ==
Old One Eye spearheaded [[Hive Fleet]] [[Behemoth]]'s assault on [[Calth]], swatting away [[Leman Russ Battle Tank]]s as if they were insects. Its rampage was stopped when a forgotten hero of the [[Imperium]] fired a [[Plasma Pistol]] through its eye and into its brain. This shot was the first time Old One Eye was brought down, and it is still unable to regenerate its eye and is permanently scarred with a plasma burn running across its skull. Decades later after Behemoth had been driven from Calth, a band of smugglers stumbled across its body frozen intact in the ice-packs of Calth. They thawed it out hoping to get a bounty for the corpse, but Old One Eye's grievous wounds instantly began to heal. It soon awoke and slaughtered the smugglers. Isolated from the [[Hive Mind]] a Carnifex reverts to its instinct to mindlessly kill, and so Old One Eye's release heralded a series of Tyranid raids on Calth. Land conveys convoys were destroyed, hab-domes smashed and entire populations massacred. Lesser Tyranid creatures such as [[Termagant]]s and [[Genestealer]]s, also left behind from Behemoth's invasion, were drawn to Old One Eye's presence as a dominant leader. The people of Calth cried out for aid, and they were answered by Scout Sergeant [[Telion]] of the [[Ultramarines]]. Telion tracked down Old One Eye, but found it difficult to pierce its armoured flanks. As Telion's warriors were cut to pieces by the beast, Telion made a one-in-a-million shot that hit its ruined eye-socket. Old One Eye was overcome with pain and stumbled into a cavernous ravine. Telion led a search for the body, but Old One Eye was never found.{{Fn|1}}
The eventual fate of Old One Eye is unknown, but there have been several reports of Carnifexes matching its description causing havok across [[Ultramar]] and beyond. If all the legends are true, then Old One Eye has been killed more than a dozen times.{{Fn|1}}