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Following the transformation of Angron, the World Eaters went on to mindlessly slaughter any world they came across. Khârn accompanied Angron throughout this, and continued to insist that the Primarch was dying. Angron and his Legion refused all summons by Horus to muster at [[Ullanor]] in preparation for the drive on [[Terra]]. This eventually caused the [[Iron Warriors]] under [[Perturabo]] himself to track the World Eaters to [[Deluge]]. On the world, they found the population butchered and erected into a giant mound. At the top of it stood Kharn, who pleaded with Pertuarbo and his forces to leave before it was too late. Soon enough, Angron led an attack of World Eaters and Khornate Daemons against the Iron Warriors. Eventually the two sides came to an agreement to leave for Ullanor following the arrival of the [[Ultramarines]]. Khârn accompanied Angron to Ullanor and then to Terra.{{Fn|17}}
===The Battle of Terra===
By the time of the [[Siege of Terra]], Khârn was barely able to hold back the urge to murder anything around him, even valued comrades such as [[Lotara Sarrin]]. After hearing that [[Mortarion]]'s [[Death Guard]] would instead be the first to assault Terra, Angron fell into a rage and massacred all he came across within the bowels of the ''Conqueror''. Lotara Sarrin feared that he would murder the [[Tech-Priest]]'s attending to the vessels reactor, risking a catastrophic meltdown. This forced Khârn to confront Angron within the ship, where the Primarch revealed he knew of the 8th Captain's ultimate destiny and wished to supplant him as the Chosen of Khorne. The two battled, with Khârn being little match for his gene-father. However before Angron could finish him, Khârn placed a teleport homer on the Primarch which transported him to the shifting maze within the nearby [[Night Lords]] flagship ''[[Nightfall]]'' within, Angron became trapped and spent his time battling the many traps within the maze.{{Fn|20}}
During the drive into the [[Inner Palace]], Khârn was at the forefront of every assault. However he was eventually confronted by the [[Imperial Fists]] [[First Captain]] and his old sparring partner [[Sigismund]]. In the battle that followed not even Kharn's Warp-infused might could best the Imperial Fist, who much to his frustration refused to speak or acknowledge the World Eater. Finally Khârn was struck down by Sigismund, but before the final blow was struck the World Eater Captain remarked that even he was not as damaged as the embittered Sigismund had become. Sigismund then slew Khârn upon the soil of his original homeworld.{{Fn|24}} His corpse was later discovered by Kargos who ordered his comrades to bring Khârn back to the ''Conqueror''.{{Fn|29c}} After this point, an apparition of Khârn stalked the halls of the ''Conqueror'' alongside the wraith of his long-time comrade Lotara.{{Fn|29a}} When Lotara's ghost finally began to realize that her physical self had mutated into an undead monstrosity, the apparition of Khârn warned her not to look until eventually admitting that the monster was the ''true'' Lotara. Afterward, both spirits faded away.{{Fn|29c}}
===Coma, return, and Battle of Skalathrax===After Horus' defeat and their retreat from Terra, the World Eaters discovered that by some dark miracle, Khârn still lived. Whether Khorne himself breathed life back into the berserker's body or whether the relentless clamour of battle revived his blood-lusting spirit remains a mystery.{{Fn|1a}} Regardless, but since Khârn initially remained comatose and did not rouse as the World Eaters scattered during the Heresy [[Great Scouring]].{{Fn|30b}} The Legion tore itself apart without him or Angron to guide them.{{Fn|30a}} Even though many World Eaters lost hope that Khârn has survived would ever reawake, Captain [[Dreagher]] of the bloodiest battles [[9th Company (World Eaters)|9th Company]] firmly believed that his old comrade would eventually heal to lead the current age entire Legion once more. Thus, Dreagher took Khârn's body onto his ship, the ''[[Defiant]]'', where the World Eaters built a sort of shrine for him and never came so close tried to reawaken him for years.{{Fn|30a}}{{Fn|30b}} Khârn eventually regained his senses, but contrary to death againDreagher's hope the 8th Captain would further doom his Legion instead of guiding them.{{Fn|1a30a}}
===Later Actions===
[[Image:Kharn.jpg|thumb|right|'''Khârn the Betrayer''' wielding [[Gorechild]]{{Fn|7}}]]
Since Skalathrax, Khârn has become the unstoppable and bloody avatar of Khorneand has survived the bloodiest battles to the current age. He never came so close to death as during the Siege of Terra.{{Fn|1a}} He hunted through the [[Eye of Terror]], slaughtering any worthy enough to be killed in Khorne's name. One of the famous battles at this time was his fighting with [[Zarghan Ironfist]].{{Fn|11}} However, Khârn has taken countless lives and while [[Human]] skulls are the most desirable he is known to have slain every almost every kind of [[xenos]] and [[daemon]]. [[Hive Tyrant]]s, [[Necron Overlord]]s, [[Autarch]]s, and [[Warboss]]es have all met their end at Kharn's hand. Despite his crazed nature, Khârn will still offer his services to brave Chaos warlords. However, many are reluctant to call upon him, for his allies are often as at much risk as his enemies.{{Fn|13}}
Khârn has gathered a substantial following (for unclear reasons) as he has slaughtered his way across the galaxy. His band of [[Berzerkers]] and other devotees of Khorne has become known as the [[Butcherhorde]].{{Fn|15}}
**{{Endn|29b}}: Chapter 4
**{{Endn|29c}}: Chapters 34-35
*30: [[Kharn: Eater of Worlds (Novel)]]
**{{Endn|30a}}: Prologue
**{{Endn|30b}}: Chapters 1-2
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