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The '''Cthonian Headhunters''' were multiple [[Traitor Guard|Traitor]] [[Solar Auxilia]] cohorts , that had an obsessive adulation of the [[Sons of Horus]] [[Traitor Legion|Legion]], who they often deployed alongside in the [[Great Crusade]] and [[Horus Heresy]].{{Fn|1}}
==History==
This obsession led the Headhunters to have little regard for the organization and heraldry mandated in the [[Liber Armorum Terranicus]] and they instead utilized iconography drawn from the culture of [[Cthonia]]. Among them were a claw with red and black bands that was their symbol. Others included an axe symbol for the Headhunters' armoured corps, rune-marked skulls of vanquished enemies to denote victorious campaigns they took part in and an [[Eye of the Serpent]] icon, which signified the Headhunters had sworn to serve [[Horus]] against those loyal to the [[Emperor]]. Their armor was also black and red, which marked the Headhunters bonding to the [[Sons of Horus]] and also shared the same roots as those worn by the [[Justaerin]]. These colors symbolized the darkness of Cthonia's underworld and the spilled blood that was the currency of its people.{{Fn|1}}
*19th - [[Horus Heresy]] - [[Burning of Prospero]]{{Fn|2}}
*142nd - Horus Heresy{{Fn|1}}
==Known Members==
*[[Balthazzar Dupain]] - Commander{{Fn|3}}
==Known Battles==
*[[Great Crusade]]{{Fn|1}}
*[[Horus Heresy]]{{Fn|1}}
**[[Burning of Prospero]]{{Fn|2}}
**[[Siege of Terra]]{{Fn|3}}
==Sources==
*{{Endn|1}}: [[Liber Imperium]], pg. 164
*{{Endn|2}}: [[The Horus Heresy Book Seven - Inferno]], pgs. 22-32
*{{Endn|3}}: [https://www.horusheresylegions.com/shadow-of-the-warmaster-neutral-release/ The Horus Heresy: Legions Website: Reinforcements arrive for the neutral factions (Posted on 14/04/2023)] (Posted on 14/04/2023)
[[Category:Sons of Horus]]
