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Unlike other [[Legions]], the Helbrutes of the [[Thousand Sons]] cause exclusively hatred among the surviving [[Chaos Space Marines]] of the Legion. The first Helbrutes of the Thousand Sons were created from those Dreadnoughts of the Legion who underwent the largest and worst mutations on the [[Planet of Sorcerers]]. However, the Thousand Sons cannot create new Helbrute from their own Legionnaires. [[Rubric Marines]] are not suitable for this, as they no longer have the physical and spiritual substance necessary for the revitalization of the Helbrute systems. Therefore, the Thousand Sons are forced to resort to deception. They lure other Legionnaries into their ranks, promising them enormous knowledge and unimaginable power. However, after many trials (each of which is designed to ritually attach their soul to Helbrute's systems), these Legionnaires are flensed and their body reduced with warpflame, turning the Legionnaire's body into a burnt mass of organs, bones and nerve fibers. Then this unfortunate creature, still conscious and fully aware of what is happening to him, is placed in an amniotic sac, which, in turn, is inserted into Helbrute, which immediately activates its systems. The torment of the Legionnaire, gradually losing his mind, nourishes the power of Helbrute, giving him the opportunity to move and fight, as the Legionnaire’s unimaginable hatred is directly connected through the nervous synapses to the cogitation arrays of Helbrute. Thus, Helbrute turns into a crazy machine full of madness and hatred, seeking to destroy the enemies of their [[Sorcerer]]s masters. Between battles, the amniotic sac with the body of the Legionnaire is removed from Helbrute and hangs in special halls, where, protected by ward, they surrounded by daemons trying to get to them. This further enhances the madness and hatred of the Legionnaire, which with each new battle turns his Helbrute into a more and more destructive machine. Only death can save such a Legionnaire from his endless suffering.{{Fn|4}}