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Chaos Portal Khorne

A Bloodthirster^[12b]

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Bloodthirsters are the Greater Daemons of Khorne.

Overview

Bloodthirsters are the most savage and martial of the Blood God's servants. Their bloodlust extends beyond mortal comprehension and their power is said to be only matched by the Primarchs of old.^[1][2][3]

They manifest as towering, muscular behemoths with bestial, almost canine faces, bloodied manes and sharp horns and are clad in the Brass Armour of Khorne which protects them from magic spells and from ranged attacks.^[1][3][4] More noteworthy are their great leathery wings that allow them to dive into the midst of battle.^[3]

In combat they use immense Axes that have been forged in the heat of Khorne's wrath and bear the essence of a caged Greater Daemon in conjunction with a long whip known as a Gorewhip that allows them to attack more distant foes.^[1][4] Some of the most favored Bloodthirsters of Khorne will also wield great Firestorm Blades.^[12a]

Notable Bloodthirsters

• An'ggrath the Unbound ^[4]
• Ka'Bandha ^[6]
• Skarbrand the Exiled One ^[5]
• Ka'jagga'nath - known as "Lord of the Bloodtide". Banished back to the Warp by the Grey Knights.^[9a]
• Gore Lord - master of the vast Daemonic warband the Brazen Host.^[7]
• Vangash'hagash the Ever-Bloody - rules the Daemon World of Kathalon, continually battling Daemonic legions of Tzeentch.^[8a]
• An'kha'arak - Butchered 50,000 Imperial servants at Toreus^[8c]
• Anarkh'ad'nron^[8b]
• Kar'Voth - Killed in the Warp by Kaldor Draigo.^[9b]
• Slayer of Worlds
• Kor'agar'and
• Cruor Praetoria - A group of twelve Bloodthirsters who acted as Angron's bodyguard during the First War for Armageddon.^[11]

Images

A Bloodthirster as depicted in Dawn of War.[10]

A Bloodthirster model.

Bloodthirster leading an army.[Needs Citation]

Sources

• 1: Realms of Chaos: Slaves to Darkness, ^{[Needs Citation]}
• 2: Codex: Chaos Space Marines (3rd Edition, 2nd Codex), ^{[Needs Citation]}
• 3: Liber Chaotica: Khorne, ^{[Needs Citation]}
• 4: Codex: Chaos Daemons (4th Edition), ^{[Needs Citation]}
• 5: Imperial Armour - Apocalypse, ^{[Needs Citation]}
• 6: Horus Heresy: Collected Visions, ^{[Needs Citation]}
• 7: White Dwarf 368 (UK), pgs. 25-27
• 8: Codex: Chaos Daemons (4th Edition)
  • 8a: pg. 18
  • 8b: pg. 19
  • 8c: pg. 20
• 9: Codex: Grey Knights (5th Edition)
  • 9a: pg. 15
  • 9b: pg. 39
• 10: Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War
• 11: The Emperor's Gift (Novel) Chapter 16, pg. 201
• 12: Black Crusade: The Tome of Blood
  • 12a: pg. 41
  • 12b: pg. 86