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Beastmen are known to have first appeared during the [[Age of Strife]].{{Fn|8}} At some point in their ancestry they attained their characteristic traits, some Imperials state they merged with animal strains. In general they have , their key characteristics consist of cloven hooves, digitigrade legs (legs that appear to be backwards jointed, goat-like the hind legs of a goat) horns, and bestial faces that resemble animals. Their arms and hands are usually similar to a standard humans, allowing them to use human weapons and tools.{{Fn|6}}

They were formerly freely recruited in number for the [[Imperial Guard]], where they were valued mainly for their bloodlust; they fought for the Emperor in order to atone for their sin of being born mutants. They were led by Beastmen called '''Packmasters'''.{{Fn|7}} and included In present day, beastmen regiments can be found in the [[Militarum Auxilla]].{{Fn|17}} However,  Beastmen are seen less in Imperial service than they were before. They are now subject to severe Imperial persecution and have been placed on the '''Register of Proscribed Citizens (Class A-G worlds)''' by the [[Adeptus Arbites]]. As such, they are effectively precluded from settlement on, or transportation to or from, more than three hundred thousand worlds of the Imperium and are forbidden from being conscripted as an [[Imperial Tithe]] obligation.{{Fn|4}} These Many interpret these restrictions are as a sure sign that Beastmen will soon lose their abhuman status completely and be reclassified as [[Xenos Horrificus]] and , thus marked for eradication.{{Fn|6}}