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An'ggrath the Unbound

An'ggrath the Unbound, the Guardian of the Throne of Skulls, Most Favoured of Khorne, Lord of Bloodthirsters and the Deathbringer is the mightiest Bloodthirster yet summoned from the warp, and Khorne's most favoured servant. His name is only whispered among the Inquisitors of the Ordo Malleus and the ranks of the Grey Knights, for it invokes dread into even the greatest of the Emperor's heroes.

Among the ranks of Khorne's daemons, An'ggrath is one of the greatest and most revered. Created by his god to be the ultimate expression of Khorne's bloody creed, no one can hope to stand before him and live.

In the past 10,000 years, An'ggrath has only been summoned forth from the warp on two occasions. Those that attempt to summon him must have first pleased Khorne with their devotion and slaughter. Few would dare attempt it. Those that do attempt to summon An'ggrath risk Khorne's displeasure and wrath. Both successful summonings have resulted in terrible destruction to the Imperium. Worlds have fallen beneath An'ggrath's cloven hooves before the Grey Knights were able to stop his rampage.

The second and most recent summoning of An'ggrath was the result of a coalition of Chaos sorcerers during the latter stages of the Siege of Vraks campaign.1 Where Lord Zhufor of the Skulltakers warband had been blessed by Khorne with the true name of the daemon he did not have the resources to summon An'ggrath; thus he entered into alliance with the Sorcerers of The Sanctified in order to summon the greater daemon.1

Though An'ggrath was eventually summoned at the height of the Vraks campaign, he was defeated by a force of GreyKnights]] led by Inquisitor Lord Hector Rex who banished him in personal combat with the artifact-sword 'Arias.

Sources

1Imperial Armour Volume Seven - The Siege of Vraks - Part Three