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'''Helbrute'''s are a kind of [[Chaos Dreadnought]]. These hulking monstrosities are [[Dreadnought]]s whose suits have been hideously corrupted by the powers of [[Chaos]] and are now consumed by maddening rage. It is considered a great misfortune to be entombed within a Helbrute, and over time the flesh of the injured body will meld with the metal of the machine it inhabits. This only fuels the maddening rage that Helbrutes display in battle, occasionally attacking their allies as much as the enemy.{{Fn|1}}{{Fn|3}}
Most Helbrutes are completely psychotic, evenbefore the Warp melds the metal of their prison with the flesh inside. A creeping insanity, mingled with desperationand fury, eats away at them over the long millennia. Betweenbattles, the sarcophagus containing the pilot is disconnectedand dragged clear of its armoured shell to lie inert andseething in the darkness. The Helbrute is chained like abeast when it is not actually fighting, for fear that someresidue of the pilot's soul may send it into a berserk rampage.As the ships of a Chaos Space Marine fleet approach theirprey, the Helbrute's heavy weapons are prepared and loaded,its power scourges and hammer-like fists are daubed in freshblood, and its sarcophagus is installed. The madness of theChaos Space Marine within burns ever fiercer as he risesfrom his dormancy. Once the fleets warriors have landed,the Helbrute is unleashed, a lunatic beast of flesh and metalintent upon venting its rage on everything in its path.{{Fn|3}}
==Notable Hellbrutes==
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*[[Khalos]]
*[[Krieger]]
*[[Morann (Crimson Slaughter)|Morann]]
*[[Mortis Metalikus]]
*[[Zathael]]
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