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'''Kargos''', known as '''The Bloodspitter''', was an [[Apothecary]] in the [[8th Company (World Eaters)|8th Company]] of the [[World Eaters]] during the [[Great Crusade]] and [[Horus Heresy]]. {{fn|1a}}

A member of Captain [[KharnKhârn]]'s command squad, he earned his nickname "Bloodspitter" for his habit of spitting blood into the eyes of his enemies in arena combat aboard the [[Conqueror (Ship)|Conqueror]]. {{fn|1e}} During these bouts Kargos was often paired with the ferocious [[Blood Angels]] Captain [[Nassir Amit]]. {{fn|1d}} The two gained a strong bond, particularly after [[Sanguinius]] and [[Angron]] themselves witnessed a much-publicized fight to the death with two World Eaters champions.{{Fn|3b}} Uncharacteristically for the World Eaters Legion, Kargos possessed a great sense of humor and wit and often used it to calm his comrades during their rages.{{Fn|11c}}

Kargos followed his legion into rebellion, and helped to kill his loyalist brethren during the [[Battle of Isstvan III]]. In the battle's aftermath, he saved the life of Kharn Khârn who had been horribly wounded in combat.{{Fn|1a1b}} By the [[Siege of Terra]], Kargos had succumbed fully to madness, his Apothecary tools broken. He nonetheless was the one to discover the body of Kharn Khârn after his battle with [[Sigismund]], taking up his former Captain's [[Chain Axe]] ''[[Gorechild]]''.{{Fn|3c}} Guided by the [[Word Bearers]] [[Chaplain]] [[Inzar Taerus]], Kargos took part in the invasion of the [[Inner Palace]]. During an assault on a refugee convoy, Kargos was met by his former chain-brother Nassir Amit and had his throat cut. However he was able to recover, swearing retribution against Amit who simply told him to "eat shit [sic], traitor".{{Fn|3a}}

Despite his mortal wounds, he somehow recovered and even managed to escape Terra after Horus' s death. He joined the bulk of the now-leaderless World Eaters fleet during the [[Great Scouring]], and killed the captain of one company to take charge of his warriors. Thus, Kargos rose to lead his own warband, and even served in the Legion's consultative "Enclave".{{Fn|5}} At some point, he also became a [[Chaos Champion]] of [[Khorne]].{{Fn|2}} When the World Eaters ultimately sought refuge at [[Skalathrax]] in the [[Eye of Terror]], finding the world already claimed by the [[Emperor's Children]], Kargos was one of the commanders advocating for an immediate attack.{{Fn|5}}

[[Image:Kargos.jpg|thumb|center|180px|Original art of Kargos Bloodspitter, Champion of Khorne.{{Fn|12}}]]

*1: [[Betrayer (Novel)]]:**{{Endn|1a}}: ''Dramatis Personae''**{{CiteEndn|1b}}: ''Prologue''**{{Endn|11c}}: [[Betrayer (Novel)]],ch. 6**{{Cite thisEndn|1d}}: ch. 10**{{Endn|1a1e}}: Prologuech. 15*{{Endn|2}}: [[Codex Imperialis (Background Book)]] , pg.77

*{{Endn|5}}: [[KharnKhârn: Eater of Worlds (Novel)]], Chapter 11