Skulltakers (Renegade Chapter)

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This article is about the the World Eaters warband. For other uses of Skulltaker, see Skulltaker (disambiguation).

The Skulltakers (or Skull Takers^[4]) are a warband of the World Eaters, led by Zhufor the Impaler.^[1b][2c] The warband originated as the Berserkers of Kharadon, a loyalist Space Marine chapter,^[2d] but after falling to chaos began to bear the livery of the World Eaters traitor legion^[1a] and absorbed both World Eaters as well as other renegades into its ranks.^[2b][2c]

Marine	Basic Data	Warband Symbol
	- Skulltakers - Origin: Berserkers of Kharadon[2d][3] Leader: Zhufor the Impaler[1b] Chaos dedication: Khorne[1b][2c] Colours: Blood red with brass or steel[2a][3] Strength: not stated Base of operations: Blood Dawn[2b]
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Overview

The Skulltakers' origin as the loyalist Space Marine Chapter the Berserkers of Kharadon was short-lived. During the period of 153.M34 to 184.M39 the Imperium lost any contact and it was somewhere during these five millennia that the Marines turned to Chaos, and rechristened themselves the Skulltakers.^[3]

Known campaigns

• Unknown date — Battle in the Telamon Cloud against the Iron Knights^[7]
• 813–830.M41 — Siege of Vraks:^[1b][2c] In the latter stages of the siege, the Skulltakers absorbed the Berserkers of Skallathrax warband into their ranks and struck an alliance with The Sanctified, thus making the followers of Khorne the dominating force among the defenders of Vraks.^[2c]
• ???.M41 — Cholercaust^[5]
• Late M41 — Operations in the Ghoul Stars^[6b]
• 999.M41 — Invasion of Ultramar^[6a]
• 999.M41 — 13th Black Crusade^[2e]

Known members

• Lord Zhufor^[1b][2c]
• Gorfan, commander of Zhufor's Chaos Terminator bodyguard^[2a]
• Muscara, commander of the Skulltakers contingent which fought in the Invasion of Ultramar^[6a]

Images

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  Warband symbol^[3]

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  A Skulltaker Renegade^[3]

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  Skulltaker in Terminator Armour (created by Marc Raley)^{[Needs Citation]}

See Also

Related Articles

• Chaos Space Marine Legions and Warbands (List)
• Renegade Chapters

Sources

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• 1: Imperial Armour Volume Six - The Siege of Vraks - Part Two
  • 1a: pgs. 13, 32
  • 1b: ^{[Needs Citation]}
• 2: Imperial Armour Volume Seven - The Siege of Vraks - Part Three
  • 2a: pg. 67
  • 2b: pg. 174
  • 2c: ^{[Needs Citation]}
  • 2d: pg. 139
  • 2e: pg. 88
• 3: Codex: Chaos Space Marines (4th Edition), pg. 21
• 4: Chaos Renegade Gallery at games-workshop.com
• 5: Legion of the Damned (Novel), Chapter 18
• 6: The Chapter's Due (Novel)
  • 6a: Chapter 5
  • 6b: Chapter 16
• 7: Imperial Armour Volume Thirteen - War Machines of the Lost and the Damned, pg. 36