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{|align="right" style="background-color:#B6B6B6"|align="right"|{{KhornePortal}}|-|align="right"|{{WorldEatersPortal}}|}[[Image:AngronSlaveArt.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Angron{{Fn|25a}}]]'''Angron''' (also known as '''the Red Angel'''{{Fn|5}} and originally as '''Angronius of Nuceria, '''Lord of the Red Sand'''{{fnFn|19}}) is the [[Primarch]] of the [[World Eaters]]. He was raised on the brutal world of [[Nuceria]], fighting as a gladiator slave and having his aggression enhanced by surgical implants known as the [[Butcher's Nails]]. The only Primarch taken into service of the [[Emperor]] against his will, he fell to [[Chaos]] during the [[Horus Heresy]], afterwards becoming a [[Daemon Prince]] of [[Khorne]]. Savage and in a state of constant rage, he was nonetheless renowned for his battle-prowess and alongside [[Leman Russ (Primarch)|Leman Russ]] and [[Vulkan]] was considered one of the most physically powerful Primarchs. The Chaos emissary to Lorgar called him the ''Fighter''.{{Fn|18}}

[[Image:AngronYoung.jpg|thumb|right|220px200px|A younger Angron on [[Nuceria]]{{Fn|26c}}]]During the Scattering, the boy that would become known as Angron was thrown to the [[Civilised World]] of [[Nuceria]], far from [[Terra]]. He plummeted into the icy mountains of that planet, and not long after a slaver found him and a scene of carnage. Surrounding the wounded young [[Primarch]] were the corpses of numerous [[Xenos]]. Imperial scholars would later theorise that they were [[Eldar]] who had foreseen the great bloodshed that Angron would cause and had tried unsuccessfully to stop him. After being enslaved and nursed back to health by the planet's ruling masters, known as ''High-Riders'', Angron was brought to the planet's capital, Desh’ea[[Desh'ea]].{{Fn|2}}

Still a frightened young child, he was subsequently dumped into a pit consisting of a single ziggurat with hundreds of other slaves. Acid filled the pit, and to the cheers of the spectators Angron was eventually forced to kill all around him in order to stand upon the ziggurat's uppermost platform and survive. Shedding a tear for the last time, Angron was proclaimed a promising newcomer to Desh'ea's arena combat and given the name ''Angron-Thal'kr'', which meant '''Child of the Mountain ''' and property of [[House Thal'kr]].{{Fn|25a25c}}  After this, Angron became a famed gladiator known as ''The Unbeaten'', becoming a fan-favorite favourite of Desh'ea and reaping many victories.{{Fn|25c25d}} The closest thing he had to a father during this time was the older Gladiator [[Oenomaus]], but after the duo managed to slay two Berserk berserk [[Ogryn]]s his masters ordered the two to fight one another to the death. Angron refused, and the High-Riders ordered that he undergo a psycho-surgery known as the [[Butcher's Nails]] as punishment.{{Fn|25d25f}} Upon the Nails being implanted, Angron was loosed upon Oenomaus and killed him in a blind frenzy. When Angron regained his senses, the despair of this revelation caused him to unleash a bestial howl for days.{{Fn|25e}}[[Image:Angron_Primarch_World_Eaters.jpg|thumb|250px|right|The Primarch Angron{{Fn|8a25g}}]]

The death of Oenomaus proved to be the last straw for Angron, and he led a slave revolt among his fellow gladiators. Gathering a great army of slaves, they fled into the mountains of the planet, where he lived for several years. The civilized cities sent armies to destroy Angron, but none were able to oust the Primarch and met the same demise. Nonetheless, the issue was never in doubt, his forces had little to eat in the barren mountains and were exhausted from the constant battling. His fate seemed sealed when seven well-equipped armies surrounded Angron and his starving forces. In desperation, Angron fed his trusted comrades his own blood to keep them alive. Just as the battle was about to begin, the [[Emperor of Mankind]]'s fleet arrived in orbit over the planet. The Emperor [[teleported ]] directly to Angron's point of deployment with a few trusted [[Adeptus Custodes]]. The Emperor promised Angron a legion made in his image, limitless power, and lifetimes spent perfecting the Art of Conquest. But, to his surprise, Angron refused. He chose instead to die amongst his comrades while fighting his oppressors.{{Cite This}}

Reluctantly, the Emperor returned to his flagship above. Yet just as the battle was about to begin, the Emperor teleported Angron against his will back up to the fleet. He could only watch in anguish as those he regarded as his brothers and comrades were quickly annihilated. In a rage, Angron killed one of the Custodes which surrounded him, but was forced into a state of submission by the Emperor's psychic might. Angron angrily asked why the Emperor did not intervene to save his comrades upon Nuceria's surface, but the Emperor dismissed the question as lacking vision. He was the Emperor and had his eyes set upon the Galaxygalaxy, not a single tyrant battling a slave revolt. The Emperor expressed hope that Angron, in time, would learn to understand what he had done. Angron stated to the Emperor that he was meant to die upon Nuceria, and now but a ghost remained. The Emperor replied that a ghost would suffice for what he had planned for him.{{Fn|23}}

Before Angron could reply he was teleported to a nearby vessel of the XII Legion, the War Hounds.{{Fn|23}} Angron initially refused to have anything to do with his Legion, and when several [[Space Marine Captain|Captain]]s tried to talk to him, he brutally killed them, as they had been ordered by the Emperor to not raise a hand against Angron. The dead included the acting [[Legion Master|Legion commander]], [[Gheer]]. Eventually, Captain [[Khârn]] of the [[8th Company (World Eaters)|8th Assault Company ]] managed to form a rapport with Angron, talking about the rituals of Angron's gladiators and the traditions of the War Hounds. Now convinced of their worthiness, Angron took full control over his legion, which he renamed the World Eaters, saying they would form new traditions together.{{Fn|2}} However, in the early days of Angron's leadership, he still refused to acknowledge most of his sons, who could not survive the implantation of the Butcher's Nails. At one point Angron simply abandoned his Legion, hijacking a [[Frigate]] and disappearing. After two years of searching Kharn was able to track him down to a [[Feral World]], where Angron lived like a savage and revealed that he was simply seeking a foe that could put him out of his misery. Kharn eventually convinced Angron to rejoin the Legion by reminding him that his Nucerian comrades would hate to see him in this state, and with the promise that he would try to lead the World Eaters to shed their weakness.{{Fn|25e25g}}

Most infamously, Angron ordered that the World Eaters conquer their targeted worlds within 31 hours - a single Nucerian day and the time he had scored his greatest victory upon the planet. The World Eaters consistently failed to capture worlds within this time limit, and each time Angron ordered decimation as punishment, forcing 1 of every 10 World Eaters to be killed by his other 9 brothers. After several of these episodes, [[Centurion (Rank)|Centurion ]] [[Mago]] finally refused to again enact decimation after the [[Ghenna Massacre|Ghenna Campaign]]. This caused Angron to be thrown into a raged frenzy, during which he murdered several nearby World Eaters until being subdued by his [[Librarian]]s.{{Fn|25b}} While Angron lay comatose and had his memories of Nuceria absorbed by the young [[Lexicanium]] [[Tethys (Librarian)|Tethys]], a crisis erupted across the Legion as [[Mago]] attempted to stop [[Gahlan Surlak]] from installing the perfected Butcher's Nails in all of the World Eaters. Mago's revolt came to its climax on [[Ghenna]], where Kharn slew the rebel [[Centurion (Rank)|Centurion]] while Angron slew Tethys.{{Fn|25f25h}} Now at the head of a Legion wielding the Nails, Angron reaped many victories during the [[Great Crusade]], although some criticized the extreme and bloodthirsty tactics he used to ensure the destruction of his opponents.{{Cite This}}

By the [[Siege of Terra]], Angron was a blood-crazed slave to Khorne. He demanded that [[Horus]] allow him to directly attack the [[Imperial Palace]], regardless of the fact that the Emperor's psychic barrier around the world would see him likely die in the process until such a time where the traitors could weaken it. After hearing that [[Mortarion]]'s [[Death Guard]] would instead be the first to assault Terra, Angron fell into a rage and massacred all he came across within the bowels of the ''[[The Conqueror]]''. [[Lotara Sarrin]] feared that he would murder the [[Tech-Priest]]'s attending to the vessels reactor, risking a catastrophic meltdown. This forced Kharn to confront Angron within the ship, where the Primarch revealed he knew of the 8th Captain's ultimate destiny and wished to supplant him as the Chosen of Khorne. The two battled, with Kharn being little match for his gene-father. However, before Angron could finish him, Kharn placed a teleport homer on the Primarch which transported him to the shifting maze within the nearby [[Night Lords]] flagship ''[[Nightfall]]'' within, Angron became trapped and spent his time battling the many traps within the maze.{{Fn|26a}} Later when traitor rituals weakened the Emperor's psychic barrier on Terra, Angron was shot out of the ''Nightfall'' and into space, where he made his way to the surface. Angron appeared in front of Terra as a flaming meteor, landing and slaying friend and foe alike. He fought his way to the walls of the Palace, where he saw [[Sanguinius]] and roared a challenge. Sanguinius refused, saluting his brother and stating that while they would battle one day this was not that day. Angron raged, but due to the lingering effects of the Emperor's barrier could not pursue him into the Palace.{{Fn|26b}} During the battle for the [[Lion's Gate Spaceport]] Angron destroyed a [[Capitol Imperialis]] and then a [[Leviathan (Transport)|Leviathan]], but was again unable to advance past the Palace walls.{{Fn|2727a}} When the Lion's Gate Spaceport fell to a massive traitor assault and the Emperor's shield shrunk to only encompass the [[Sanctum Imperialis]], Angron led a horde of World Eaters on to the Eternity Wall.{{Fn|27a27b}} Angron and Kharn led an assault on the Eternity Wall Spaceport, and in a moment of clarity the Primarch regained some of his old noble visage. He gave an opportunity for the defenders of the Spaceport to surrender, though they responded by blasting him to pieces with their gun batteries. Angron quickly regenerated, and along with his World Eaters massacred the defenders of the Eternity Wall Spaceport.{{Fn|2828a}} He later struck down the lone [[Imperial Army]] trooper [[Ollanius Piers]] as the mortal stood before him.{{Fn|28a28b}}

Before possessing the [[Butcher's Nails]] Angron displayed an inherent psychic ability which allowed him to not only feel but also somehow absorb the pain and negative emotions of others. He used this to calm child slaves in the caves of [[Nuceria]].{{Fn|25g25e}}

*{{Endn|15}}: [[The Horus Heresy (Artbook Series)]], Collected Visions, Vol. 3III: Visions of Treachery]], pg. 226

*{{Endn|25}}: [[Angron: Slave of Nuceria (Novel)]] :**{{Endn|25a}}: Chapter 10''Cover art''

**{{Endn|25c}}: Chapter 1210**{{Endn|25d}}: Chapter 1812**{{Endn|25e}}: Chapter 2116**{{Endn|25f}}: Chapter 26-2818**{{Endn|25g}}: Chapter 1621**{{Endn|2625h}}: Chapters 26-28*26: [[The Lost and the Damned (Novel)]]:

*{{Endn|27}}: [[The Last Wall (Novel)]] Chapter 8:**{{Endn|27a}}: Chapter 338**{{Endn|2827b}}: Chapter 33*28: [[Saturnine (Novel)]] :**{{Endn|28a}}: Part 2, Chapter 6**{{Endn|28a28b}}: Part 3, Chapter 5

*35: [[Angron: The Red Angel (Novel)]]:

*38: [[Arks of Omen: The Lion]]: