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Champion · Legion XII · traitor

Khârn the Betrayer

Khârn the Betrayer — captain of the 8th Company and Angron’s equerry, appointed as the “cool head” beside the frenzied primarch. At the Siege of Terra he stormed the Lion’s Gate spaceport and, according to legend, slew a million defenders before he was carried away broken. On Skalathrax he burned the shelters of his own Legion, driving his brothers into battle.

Role
Champion
Legion
XII World Eaters
Side
Traitor
Key events
2 events

Fate

Survived the Heresy (Khorne preserved him). After the war, on Skalathrax, he burned the shelters of his own Legion, driving his brothers into battle — for which he became the “Betrayer”, who shattered the World Eaters. Khorne’s immortal champion.

Key events

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Relations

  • Sigismund — Khârn the Betrayerduel

    The Templar and the Berserker. Two archetypal champions of the VII and XII Legions. Their rivalry runs through the Heresy and flares up in the Siege: Sigismund against Khârn — a clash of regulations and the Nails, after which both survive, but the Legions are no longer what they were.

    Event: The Siege of Terra · 014.M31 · Pyrrhic loyalist victory
  • Khârn the Betrayer — Angronoath

    The Equerry and the Primarch. Khârn is captain of the 8th Assault Company and Angron’s equerry, who kept the XII Legion within the bounds of regulations longer than anyone. His loyalty to Angron outlives Nuceria, the Siege and Skalathrax, where Khârn, now as “the Betrayer”, will hack down his own brothers — the logic of the Nails carried through to its end.

    Event: Battle of Nuceria · ascension of Angron · 008.M31 · Traitor victory

Sources

  1. WH40k Fandom: Khârn the Betrayer
  2. WH40k Fandom: Battle of Skalathrax
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