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===Post-Heresy===
In the end, the Forces of Chaos were defeated at Terra and the World Eaters fought their way to the [[Eye of Terror]] along with the other Traitor Legions. During this time, a large portion of the Legion was separated by from Angron, with many coming under the details control of which are a mysteryformer [[Devourers]] officer [[Goghur]]. {{Fn|33d}} They had no means of resupply or reinforcement and their ships were badly damaged. Under these conditions, even more of the Legion succumbed fully to the Butcher's Nails. Many of these warriors were imprisoned as feral animals to be unleashed later, while others were simply executed or even forced into the shell of a [[Dreadnought]]. With Kharn either dead or terribly wounded, the Legion found itself without cohesive leadership and their brotherhood fell apart as different Captains and Warlords fought for supremacy.{{Fn|38}}
These issues came to a head during the [[Legion Wars]] in battle for [[Skalathrax]] against a much larger [[Emperor's Children]] army. As the World Eaters debated what to do, Kharn finally awoke from his injuries and led an assault on the Emperor's Children. The campaign turned into a bloody quagmire under frigid conditions, and in the Night of Madness Kharn turned upon his brothers as they were on the cusp of victory. The incident finally broke the World Eaters as a Legion, which subsequently scattered into individual warbands. In the ten thousand years since the battle, the leaderless remnants of the World Eaters have slaughtered their way across the Galaxy. Since the opening of the [[Great Rift]] the World Eaters reappeared in numbers unseen since the Heresy, spearheading all eight fronts of the [[Blood Crusade]]s.{{Fn|38}}
**{{Endn|33b}}: Chapter 14
**{{Endn|33c}}: Chapters 1-2
**{{Endn|33d}}: Chapters 5-6
*{{Endn|34}}: [[Avenging Son (Novel)]], Chapter 29
*{{Endn|35}}: [https://www.warhammer-community.com/2022/05/04/warhammer-fest-online-all-the-massive-reveals-right-here/ Warhammer Community: Warhammer Fest online all the massive reveals right here (posted 4/5/2022)] (last accessed 4/5/2022)
