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The World Eaters were instrumental in the [[Siege of Terra]] itself: Legion records claim that it was the World Eaters who made the first breach in the walls of the [[Imperial Palace]],{{Fn|19a}} a claim perhaps verified by surviving Imperial vid-logs of the Siege, which show the World Eaters breaching the walls with Angron at their head.{{Fn|5c}} However, it is also said that it was one of their champions, Khârn, who was the first to enter said breach. Kharn is said to have fallen during the siege at the hands of [[Sigismund]],{{Fn|39}} while others state he was terribly wounded.{{Fn|38}}
The World Eaters were at the forefront of the assault on the [[Eternity Gate (Imperial)|Eternity Gate]] at the final stages of the Siege of Terra. Led by [[Angron]] himself, the World Eaters nearly reached the doors of the Gate before Angron was defeated in combat by [[Sanguinius]]. Angron's banishment to the [[Warp]] broke whatever sanity the World Eaters had left, and they began to cut down their own allies. The chaos caused by this act helped break the traitor advance on the [[Sanctum Imperialis]] just short of the Eternity Gate.{{Fn|44}}
[[Image:Worldeater.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Post-Heresy World Eater]]
