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The '''World Eaters''', originally known as the '''War Hounds''',{{Fn|6}} were the '''XII Legion''' of the original twenty [[Space Marine Legion]]s, created by the . Their [[EmperorPrimarch]] at the dawn of the is [[ImperiumAngron]], sometimes known as the '''Red Angel'''. They were among {{citethis}} The Legion was amongst the first Legions to turn to traitor during the [[ChaosHorus Heresy]] . Already known for their peerless martial savagery - thanks in part to the effects of the psycho-surgical implants known as the [[Horus HeresyButcher's Nails]] and now roam that most of their members possessed - the World Eaters would eventually devolve into a legion of blood-crazed maniacs dedicated to the [[galaxyChaos God]] and the [[Eye of TerrorKhorne]]; after , glorying in violence and slaughter and with no other purpose than spilling blood and taking skulls in the name of their god. After the catastrophic [[Battle of Skalathrax]], they were scattered into disparate [[warbands]], and have rarely fought as a unified Legion since.{{Fn|13a}}

Following the example of their [[primarch]], [[Angron]], they worship the [[Chaos God]] [[Khorne]], and glory in violence and slaughter for its own sake. Their warriors are some of the deadliest [[close combat]] fighters in the [[galaxy]], including amongst whom are counted large numbers of the infamous [[Khorne Berserker]]s.