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The When it became clear that almost two-thirds of the deployed forces had survived the [[life-eater]], Horus made plans to saturation bomb their positions from orbit. However, his stratagem was altered by the actions of Angron, who seemingly decided that the survivors of his legion should be cut down by his own hand. Descending to the surface, with a full 50 companies of World Eaters were probably at his back, Angron made straight for the first Legion largest concentration of his own betrayed troops and engaged them in close combat. Watching from orbit in outrage, Horus realised he had no choice but to commit his own ground forces in order to join reinforce Angron's move. Thus the Sons [[Battle of Horus in their revolt and would be Isstvan III]] was begun.{{Fn|15h}} The World Eaters were instrumental in the battles of [[Isstvan III]], [[Isstvan V]], [[Shadow Crusade]], and the [[Siege of Terra]] itself.{{Cite This}}
*[[Kunnar]], [[1st Company]] Champion, killed by Angron{{Fn|6}}
*[[Shinnargen]], Captain of the 2nd Company, killed by Angron{{Fn|6}}
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Angron and the World Eaters were first known to have worked to Lupercal's ends during the war with the [[Auretian Technocracy]], when Angron's 203rd Expeditionary Fleet linked up with the [[63rd Expeditionary Fleet|63rd]] of Horus. A war started under false pretences so that Horus could secure valuable [[STC]] machines with which to win the loyalty of the [[Mechanicum]], the World Eaters worked in concert with the Sons of Horus to obliterate the Auretian civilisation.{{Fn|23}}
When word of the rebellion on [[Istvaan Isstvan III]] arrived, Angron was a member of Horus' war council which determined that the imminent campaign of reconquest on the planet was the perfect opportunity to rid their legions of the personnel believed unlikely to turn against the Emperor. A sizeable grouping of World Eaters was attached to the forces deployed to crush the rebellion, and like all the other victorious warriors, they were betrayed by their fellows in orbit. The ''[[Conqueror (Ship)|Conqueror]]'', the World Eaters Legion flagship, was amongst the vessels which commenced a [[Virus bomb|viral bombardment]] of the planet.{{Fn|15g}}
Legion records claim that it was the World Eaters who made the first breach in the walls of the [[Imperial Palace]]{{Fn|19a}}, a claim perhaps verified by surviving Imperial vid-logs of the Siege, which show the World Eaters breaching the walls with Angron at their head{{Fn|5c}}. However, it is also said that it was one of their champions, [[Khârn]], who was the first to enter said breach{{Cite This}}.
*[[Angron]], Primarch.{{Fn|5d}}
*[[Dreagher]], 9th Captain, inspired the legion name 'World Eaters'{{Fn|6}}
*[[Ehrlen]], Brother-Captain, commanded the loyalist World Eaters strike force at the Battle of Isstvan III.{{Cite This}}
*[[Gheer]], Legion Master of the War Hounds, killed by Angron{{Fn|6}}
*[[Khârn]], originally Captain of the 8th Company{{Fn|6}}
*[[Lhorke]], [[Legion Master]] of the War Hounds, interred in a [[Contemptor Pattern Dreadnought]] ca. thirty years before Angron's discovery{{Fn|16c}}
*[[Macer Varren]], Captain, escaped the Isstvan system and recruited by [[Nathaniel Garro]] for [[Malcador (Character)|Malcador]]
*[[Vostigar Catacult Eres]] Captain
*[[Shabran Darr]] - Centurion
*[[Delvarus]] - [[Centurion (Rank)|Centurion]]
*[[Vorias]] - [[Librarian]]
*[[Headsman of Cellebos]] - Warband leader{{Fn|11}}
*[[Khârn]] – [[Chaos Champion|Champion of Khorne]], called "The Betrayer" after his actions at Skalathrax
*[[Kossolax|Kosolax the Foresworn]], supported - called '''the [[13th Black Crusade]]Foresworn'''.{{Fn|2}}
*[[Lheorvine Ukris]] - Known as ''Firefist'', commander of the [[Fifteen Fangs]] warband{{Fn|18}}
*[[Roghax Bloodhand]] - Warband Leader
**{{Endn|15e}}: p. 89
**{{Endn|15f}}: pp. 96-97
**{{Endn|15g}}: pp. 40-47**{{Endn|15h}}: pp.49-50
*16: [[Betrayer (Novel)|Betrayer]] by [[Aaron Dembski-Bowden]]
**{{Endn|16a}}: Chapter Seventeen
