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A Bloodletter with Hellblade

Bloodletters are the Lesser Daemons of Khorne, eager foot soldiers that form the core of his vast legions. Possessed of enormous strength, they are renowned for the savage ferocity of their charges. As a host, they march as one in complex formations with supernatural precision, manoeuvring for the utmost advantage, but in battle they try to outdo each other in ruthless acts of cruelty and savagery.^{1 2 3}

Overview

Bloodletters possess bestial, snarling faces and wiry, crooked bodies surrounded by a reek of gore, and skin the color of blood. Like all of Khorne's creatures they are formidable and ferocious warriors, among the deadliest in the galaxy with savage ferocity and, being daemons, immense strength considering their body mass. Each Bloodletter is a natural master of combat, borne of constantly fighting their brethren in the warp when not killing enemies on the battlefield.^{1 2 3}

Led into battle in vast legions by the most veteran of their number, the Heralds of Khorne, they tend to march in disciplined regiments accompanied by horns and drums, a living example of Khorne's militarism and a sharp contrast to the armies of other Chaos Gods. However, the craving for skulls, bloodshed and competing for personal glory and the glory of Khorne in battle usually turns this discipline into frenzy once they charge the enemy. Bloodletters are notorious for their fearsome advances and ferociously brutal charges but are also capable of vile and low tactics.^{1 2 3}

Hellblades

Bloodletters wield Hellblades: great two-handed weapons given to them by Khorne, each said to be possessed by an angry daemon. They are powerful warp-forged blades of wicked sharpness that no mortal-made armor can withstand. Legend says the core of each Hellblade is formed of the souls of raging daemons and that pure hatred sharpens their edges. Over the millennia countless foes have had their wills broken by the carnage wrought by these evil weapons.^{1 2}

Bloodcrushers

Only the strongest Bloodletters can hope to claim a Juggernaut of Khorne as their mount. Those who succeed become Bloodcrushers, Daemonic Knights that are feared for their almost unstoppable charges.¹

Notable Bloodletters

• Skulltaker

Images

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  2nd edition Bloodletter miniature

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  3rd edition Bloodletter miniatures equipped with axes

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  4th edition Bloodletter miniatures

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  5th edition Bloodcrusher miniature

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  5th edition Bloodcrusher miniatures⁴

Sources

• ¹: Codex: Chaos Daemons (4th Edition)
• ²: Deathwatch: Mark of the Xenos, p. 109
• ³: Liber Chaotica: Khorne
• ⁴: White Dwarf 368 (UK), p.4
• Realms of Chaos: Slaves to Darkness