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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}} Many interpret these restrictions as a sign that Beastmen will soon lose their abhuman status and be reclassified as [[Xenos Horrificus]], thus marked for eradication.{{Fn|6}}
Despite this, and partly due to the exigencies of the [[Great Rift]] and the difficulties faced by the Imperials in [[Imperium Nihilus]], while beastmen face further discrimination in the Imperial Guard faithful Abhumans are still recruited into the [[Frateris Militia]] as of the [[Era Indomitus]]. Lead by a [[Confessor-Sergeant]], they are often given [[autoguns]] by the [[Ecclesiarchy]], as they are deemed "unworthy" of wielding [[lasguns]]. They gladly lay down their lives for their beloved [[God Emperor| "Goat-Emperor"]] (possibly an unfortunate dialect and pronunciation issue) . {{Fn|12}} While the beastmen are labelled as 'moronic brutes' they will sometimes keep their truely canny nature hidden. Some prostate themselves in the presence of Ministorum priests, eager to atone. Others have a sense of superiority compared to the humans they fight besides, even seeming to have some degree of having pride in what they are. Beastmen have a faith and culture all their own that they keep hidden from their superiors.{{Fn|6}}
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==Chaos Beastmen==
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|quote = "You call us ugly. You call us mindless beasts. You sneer at the thought of us, spit when you speak to us. You give us bones to gnaw upon and your every instruction is a task to humiliate us. You also underestimate us. We are stronger than you, faster than you, tougher than you, and have more stomach for the kill than you. That is why your warriors are dead, and why my aze is at your neck. Before you die and I feed you to my beastmen, know that we are the children of the Gods, not you, and for good reason."<br>- [[Ironhorn]] [[Belghar Great-tusk]], before killing [[Elihm]] the Flenser, [[Militarum Traitoris]] warlord of the [[Dread Hounds]]{{Fn|19g}}
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Some beastmen have turned to the worship of the [[Chaos Gods]], sometimes called the children of Chaos. Each is an unruly mass of flesh, fur and teeth dedicated to the worship of the [[Chaos God]]s. They proclaim their loyalty through slaughter in battle, making violent sacrifices in the gods' names.{{Fn|19e}}
**{{Endn|19e}}: pg. 25
**{{Endn|19f}}: pg. 29
**{{Endn|19g}}: pg. 65
*{{Endn|20}}: [https://www.warhammer-community.com/en-gb/downloads/warhammer-the-horus-heresy/ Horus Heresy, Legacies of Darkness: The Imperialis Militia], pg. 5
