{{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.{{fn|2a}}

Prior to ==Biography=='''Krieg Acerbus''' was raised in a tribal culture, as evidenced by the scars that ringed his mouth. Inducted into the [[Horus HeresyNight Lords]] and before [[Konrad CurzeSpace Marine Legion|Legion]]'s death, '''Acerbus''' acted as he was a giant of a [[CaptainSpace Marine]] in the and a fine warrior. Like [[Night Lords|VIII LegionKheron Ophion]], he is described as courageous, an unusual trait for a Night Lord. He seemed to have This, combined with his chosen weapon of a long-term rivalry with great [[Zso Sahaalpower axe]], earned him the title '''Axemaster'''.{{fn|1b}} During the [[First CompanyGreat Crusade]] captain. Acerbus claimed that he was a member of the [[Night HaunterKyroptera]] foresaw Sahaal's disappearance and allowed it to happen, so that his "worthy witterings" would not obscure his vision. {{Fn|6}}

At the time of the [[Horus Heresy]], Acerbus also claimed that Night Haunter wished for his was the youngest of the [[Konrad Curze]]'s [[legionSpace Marine Captain|Captain]] to sow fear in his name s and eat the terror one of the Imperium, which conflicts his [[Chosen (Chaos Space Marines)|Chosen]]. He had a long-standing rivalry with [[First Captain]] [[Zso Sahaal]],{{fn|1a}} who believed he was overly burdened by pleasure in the Legion's claim work. Along with Captains [[Jakr]], [[Fal Kata]], and [[Nadigrath]], he led an armada that attacked a vanguard fleet of the [[Ultramarines]] in the [[Anseladon Sector]] shortly before Curze used fear as a tool, but it was never his ultimate goal's assassination.{{fn|4}}

When Curze gathered his Chosen in his palace on [[Tsagualsa]] and told them he was going to die, Acerbusdid 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 [[Talos (Character)Callidus Temple|Talosassassin]] and [[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 Sahaalemerged from the [[warp]] in [[M41]], Acerbus answered his distress call in search of the [[Corona Nox]] all give conflicting accounts — 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]].{{fn|5}} ==Related Articles==*[[List of Daemon Princes]]

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