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===The Corruption===
[[Image:Betrayer_final.jpg|300px|thumb|right|Lorgar and [[Angron]] during the Heresy.]]
It was this event, roughly 43 years before the beginning of the [[Horus Heresy]], that turned the Word Bearers to [[Chaos]]. Whilst Lorgar brooded over the Emperor's reproach, Kor Phaeron and Erebus, his top lieutenants, whispered to Lorgar of the great Chaos gods: beings that welcomed, even demanded zealous worship and devotion. Lorgar was slowly poisoned against the Emperor by Kor Phaeron and Erebus, who were appointed Master of the Faith and First Chaplain respectively, and were tasked with converting the entire legion to Chaos. After a failed attempt to get answers on the nature of the universe from his close friend and brother [[Magnus]], Lorgar decided to go on a pilgrimage to discover the truth for himself{{Fn|3}}. Eventually Lorgar's psychic abilities lured him to newly-discovered [[Cadia]], insisting he heard a voice calling for him. There, he encountered [[Ingethel the Ascended]] who showed him the [[Chaos|"Primordial Truth" of the universe]]. Ingethel convinced Lorgar that humanity had to accept and welcome the Gods of Chaos, and failing to do so would have their race share the same [[Fall of the Eldar|fate as the Eldar]]. Finally, after being shown a horrifying vision of the future (hinted to be the [[Emperor]] on the [[Golden Throne]]){{Fn|3b}}, Lorgar was finally converted by the Ruinous Powers.{{Fn|3c}} The Word Bearers came to venerate the gods of Chaos, but instead of throwing their support to one god, they worshiped [[Chaos Undivided]], a pantheon composing the four Chaos gods{{Cite This}}. Later, Lorgar journeyed with [[Ingethel the Ascended]] deeper into the [[Eye of Terror]] where he defeated an [[Eldar]] [[Avatar]] upon a shattered [[Crone World]] and went on to best the mighty [[Bloodthirster]] [[An'ggrath the Unbound]] in battle, a sign he was chosen by the Dark Gods. After the fight, Lorgar met [[Kairos Fateweaver]] who told him that Lorgar now had a choice: he could achieve either personal vengeance for his shame by slaying [[Roboute Guilliman]] in the future (a hint at the [[Battle of Calth]], still decades away) but thus doom [[Horus]] in his rebellion or put personal satisfaction aside and taste the shame and bitterness forever but work for the greater goal of illuminating humanity with the Primordial Truth. Fateweaver made it clear how vital this decision would be, as this was a rare occasion where both his heads spoke the truth. Contemplating his course of action the last stage of this pilgrimage, Lorgar demanded to see a vision of the future if the forces of Chaos lost the upcoming war with the Imperium. What Lorgar saw changed him forever.{{Fn|8}}
Later, Lorgar journeyed with [[Ingethel the Ascended]] deeper into the [[Eye of Terror]] where he defeated an [[Eldar]] [[Avatar]] upon a shattered [[Crone World]] and went on to best the mighty [[Bloodthirster]] [[An'ggrath the Unbound]] in battle, a sign he was chosen by the Dark Gods. After the fight, Lorgar met [[Kairos Fateweaver]] who told him that Lorgar now had a choice: he could achieve either personal vengeance for his shame by slaying [[Roboute Guilliman]] in the future (a hint at the [[Battle of Calth]], still decades away) but thus doom [[Horus]] in his rebellion or put personal satisfaction aside and taste the shame and bitterness forever but work for the greater goal of illuminating humanity with the Primordial Truth. Fateweaver made it clear how vital this decision would be, as this was a rare occasion where both his heads spoke the truth. Contemplating his course of action the last stage of this pilgrimage, Lorgar demanded to see a vision of the future if the forces of Chaos lost the upcoming war with the Imperium. What Lorgar saw changed him forever.{{Fn|8}}
===Horus Heresy===
Now an agent of Chaos, Lorgar dispatched his trusted subordinate [[Erebus]] to [[Davin]]. There, the [[First Chaplain]] orchestrated a series of events in cooperation with Davin [[Chaos Cult]] priests that saw [[Horus]] corrupted by the Ruinous Powers.{{Fn|9}} The Legion kept their new devotion secret, until Warmaster [[Horus]] declared his own faith in Chaos, and began the galactic civil war known as the [[Horus Heresy]]. The Word Bearers quickly joined the rebellion, and many of the worlds they had conquered since their conversion turned as well, having been corrupted by the Word Bearers during their conquest{{Cite This}}. During the [[Drop Site Massacre]], Lorgar and his Word Bearers revealed their true colors along with the [[Night Lords]], [[Alpha Legion]], and [[Iron Warriors]]. Lorgar engaged [[Corax]] in combat, with the [[Raven Guard]] Primarch having the upper hand until the intervention of Curze.{{Fn|3b}} During the Traitor War Council after the battle on Isstvan V, Lorgar encountered the Daemonically-possessed [[Fulgrim]] and in a rage viciously assaulted the corrupted Primarch. Only the intervention of Horus himself stayed Lorgar's hand, for Lorgar saw total daemonic possession as opposed to a "shared" bond between vessel and Daemon as a perversion of the natural order.{{Fn|8}}
