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Haarken Worldclaimer

Haarken Worldclaimer is a sinister Black Legion Chaos Lord and Raptor leader. He is known as Herald of the Apocalypse and Proclamator of Abaddon’s Reign.[2]

History

Origins

Haarken began his career as a member of the now-fractured Night Lords. Leading the Gloomtalons warband, he would lead daring raids on Imperial worlds and never struck the same place twice. His attacks were heralded by proclamations broadcast on planetary Vox networks pronouncing his victory and the doom that would soon befall the populace before his Raptors would descend from the skies and butcher whoever resisted. In the aftermath of the battle, Haarken would mutilate the corpses of those his warband killed. To carefully selected captives, such as Governors or planetary officials, he would offer a choice - turn their back on the Imperium and pay tribute to his warband, or suffer an agonizing death. To enforce these threats, Haarken would seed worlds he raided with Cultists that would report any treachery. Thus did the Gloomtalons grow rich on the tribute from worlds they terrorized.[8]

Haarken soon drew the attention of Abaddon the Despoiler, who was impressed with his methods of operation. Shortly before the Fifth Black Crusade, Abaddon offered Haarken and his Gloomtalons the honour of fighting alongside his Black Legion. Instead of promising riches, Abaddon instead offered Haarken the chance to instead strike a meaningful blow against the Imperium. Haarken immediately knew he had found a champion who could bring the Imperium to its knees and pledged himself to Abaddon. During the subsequent invasion of the Elysian Sector, Haarken and his Gloomtalons unleashed a horrific campaign of terror that prepared the region for the full invasion of the Black Legion. In the centuries after this campaign, Haarken was eventually able to cement his place as Abaddon's vanguard.[8]

Herald of Abaddon

Today, Haarken Worldclaimer serves as the mouthpiece for Abaddon, a task he takes heinous joy in. It is he who proclaims the death of worlds, often by driving his spear into the planets surface. Commanding a large Chaos Raptor contingent within the Black Legion, Haarken's forces serve to sow discord and terror in preparation for the arrival of the main fleet. Upon the arrival of his Lord's forces, Haarken targets enemy command and supply centres. He will butcher a planet's populace to break its will, facilitating its conquest by Abaddon.[5]

In addition to his battlefield role, Haarken is also known as a scholar of the Occult. He has studied the Grimoire Nostromo of Konrad Curze, the Clotted Scrolls of Angron, and even the Book of Magnus at the cost of his sanity. Haarken is known to utilise fear in battle much as the Night Lords do, broadcasting terrifying messages and sounds across his own Vox array. The effect of this is devastating and has been said to drive men to suicide.[3]

Haarken was first sent to conquer the embattled Imperium world Vigilus and claimed it would fall to his forces within 80 days.[1] During the Chaos invasion of Vigilus in the War of Nightmares, Haarken sought to capture the primary Imperial Hive spires from the top-down with his Raptor, Warp Talon, and Heldrake cohorts. Ultimately however, he was foiled by Marneus Calgar, who burnt down and toppled the spires to prevent their use by Chaos forces.[4] After Vigilus, Haarken was tasked by Abaddon to lead a massive Invasion of the Nachmund Gauntlet.[6]

After having conquered almost the whole of the Gauntlet in the Nachmund Rift War, Haarken made his move on Sangua Terra, the lynchpin of the Sanctus Wall. With the infamous Planet Killer as his flagship and making a pact with the Daemon Prince Tchorr'Kan, Worldclaimer and his forces were able to overwhelm and capture much of the planet from the Imperials, which were forced to flee from its capital Urbanosprawl Hive. Haarken now seeks to capture the remainder of Sangua Terra and with it the Nachmund Gauntlet and Imperium Sanctus beyond.[7]

Wargear

In combat, Haarken wields the legendary Helspear and utilises a Laud Hailer and Vox array to deliver his profane and terrifying messages to his enemies.[2] His personal flagship is the Battleship Herald of Damnation[6] and later the Planet Killer.[7]

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