{{cite}}'''Krieg Acerbus''' is a [[Daemon Prince]] of [[Chaos Undivided]]and the '''Axemaster''' of the [[Night Lords]].{{Fn|2a1c}}. He commands His warband is the largest warband of [[the Night Lords]] [[Astartes]] in the galaxy.{{Cite thisfn|2a}}

Prior to the [[Horus Heresy]] and before [[Konrad Curze]]'s death, ==Biography=='''Kreig Acerbus''' acted was raised in a tribal culture, as a [[Captain]] in evidenced by the scars that ringed his mouth. Inducted into the [[Night Lords|VIII Legion]]. He seemed to have a long-term rivalry with [[Zso SahaalSpace Marine Legion|Legion]], the he was a giant of a [[First CompanySpace Marine]] captainand a fine warrior. Acerbus claimed that Like [[Night HaunterKheron Ophion]] foresaw Sahaal's disappearance and allowed it to happen, so that his "worthy witterings" would not obscure his visionhe is described as courageous, an unusual trait for a Night Lord. Acerbus also claimed that Night Haunter wished for This, combined with his chosen weapon of a great [[legionpower axe]] to sow fear in his name and eat , earned him the terror of the Imperium, which conflicts with Sahaaltitle '''Axemaster'''s claim that Curze used fear as a tool, but it was never his ultimate goal.{{Cite thisfn|1b}}

At the time of the [[Horus Heresy]], Acerbus, was the youngest of the [[Konrad Curze]]'s [[Talos (Character)Space Marine Captain|TalosCaptain]] s and one of his [[Chosen]]. He had a long-standing rivalry with [[First Captain]] [[Zso Sahaal]] all give conflicting accounts ,{{fn|1a}} who believed he was overly burdened by pleasure in the Legion's work. When Curze gathered his Chosen in his palace on [[Tsagualsa]] and told them he was going to die, Acerbus did nothing to conceal his great desire to become his heir.{{fn|1b}} After Curze was killed, Acerbus was among those who stood by until they realised the [[Callidus Temple|assassin]] [[M'Shen]] had taken various relics, some of which were supposedly promised to them as the Haunter's heirs.{{fn|2b}} ===Daemon Prince===In the millennia since the Heresy, Acerbus ascended to become a [[Daemon Prince]],{{fn|1c}} leading the largest warband of the fragmented Night Lords.{{fn|2}} His warband view fear not as a means, but an end in itself, believing this the enduring lesson of the Night Haunter.{{fn|1c}} When Zso Sahaal emerged from the [[warp]] in [[M41]], Acerbus answered his distress call in search of the [[Corona Nox]] - the crown of the Night Haunter which Sahaal had wrested from M'Shen. While Sahaal claimed it marked him as the Haunter's heir, Acerbus maintained that he was only ever meant to be its keeper, that Curze had foreseen Sahaal's exile and allowed it to happen so that his legacy "worthy witterings" would not obscure Curze's vision of a Legion to eat the terror of the [[Imperium]]. Sahaal, though wounded by Acerbus, managed to escape into the icy wilderness of [[Equixus]].{{fn|1c}} Acerbus and intentionshis warband seem to maintain some distance from the rest of the Legion, howevernot noted to have taken part in either of the known major gatherings in the years since they scattered - the raid on the Callidus Temple on [[Uriah III]]{{fn|3}} and the gathering to debate the [[13th Black Crusade]].{{Cite thisfn|4}}

*1: [[Soul Hunter Lord of the Night (Novel)]] by [[Aaron Dembski-Bowden]], **{{Endn|1a}}: Part Two: Kingdom of Fear**{{Endn|1b}}: Part Four: Communion**{{Cite ThisEndn|1c}}: Part Five: Dominus Nox*2: [[Lord of the Night Soul Hunter (Novel)]] by [[Simon Spurrier]], **{{Cite ThisEndn|2a}}: Chapter VIII: Warmaster**{{Endn|2a2b}}: Chapter XVII: Soul Hunter*{{Endn|3}}: Part Five[[Throne of Lies (Audio Drama)]]*{{Endn|4}}: Dominus Nox[[Void Stalker (Novel)]], Epilogue Tertius