Foresworn (World Eaters)

The Foresworn are a large Berserker warband of Chaos Space Marines drawn from the World Eaters Traitor Legion. They follow the infamous Chaos Lord Kossolax the Foresworn.

Notable Campaigns

 * First War for Armageddon (444.M41) - The Daemon Primarch Angron, the favoured Champion of Khorne, unified his World Eaters after the Battle of Skalathrax, and led the XII Legion once again deep into the heart of the Imperium and invaded the Hive World of Armageddon in 444.M41, in a lesser known conflict that would come to be known as the First War for Armageddon. Kossolax led his Khornate warband, the Foresworn, in a bloody campaign of slaughter across the doomed planet. But in the end, victory was denied due to Angron's own foolish belief in his victory before completing a total conquest of the world which led to the failure of the overall campaign and his banishment to the Warp for one hundred Terran years. During their withdrawal a part of the Foresworn warband was left behind on Armageddon.
 * 13th Black Crusade (999.M41) - The Foresworn was a part of the Forces of Chaos under the leadership of the Warmaster of Chaos, Abaddon the Despoiler during the infamous 13th Black Crusade. This resulted in the largest mobilisation of both Imperial and Chaotic forces seen in the Milky Way Galaxy since the bygone era of the Horus Heresy.
 * Agripinaa - Due to its proximity to the Cadian Gate, the Forge World of Agripinaa suffered greatly during the Despoiler's 13th Black Crusade. This world was invaded by Kossolax the Foresworn and his large Berserker warband, who sacrificed millions of its citizens over 40 hours to summon a horde of Khornate Daemons, which included a mighty Bloodthirster. Four companies of the Blood Angels Space Marine Chapter answered the call to defend Cadia, arriving towards the middle of the conflict. A significant force of Blood Angels immediately fell upon the Chaos hordes assaulting Agripinaa, seeking out the leader of the attacking forces, the notorious champion of Khorne -Kossolax the Foresworn of the World Eaters. In an epic confrontation likened to the mythic conflict between the Blood Angels' Primarch Sanguinius and the mighty Bloodthirster Ka'Bandha at the closing of the Ultimate Gate, during the height of the Horus Heresy during the Battle of Terra, the Blood Angels took the fight directly to the enemy. Kossolax, fully aware that his bodyguard was no match for the frenzied Sons of Sanguinius, called upon the slavering Daemons of Khorne for aid. The summoning rite was an act of wanton, traitorous carnage, as the warlord ordered his World Eaters to sacrifice the lives of their Chaos Cultist allies in order to gain the favour of the Blood God. Uncounted thousands were slaughtered in mere hours, their blood flowing in rivers through the corridors of Agripinaa's primary hive. The sacrifice had the desired result, and as the first of the Blood Angels' veteran Assault squads screamed into battle, a blasphemous avatar of the Blood God ripped its way through the skein of reality to confront the Sons of Sanguinius. At the height of the battle, the Sanguinary High Priest, Brother Numitor confronted the Bloodthirster, and dealt it a blow that stunned it for a brief moment. Seizing the advantage, the brothers of the Death Company leapt upon its back, but the Daemon recovered, and severed the High Priest's arm with a crack of its long whip. The priest was holding one of the sacred Blood Chalice, bearing the blood of the Chapter's Primarch, and the blessed liquid was spilled across the tarnished paving. At that moment, a deathly still overcame the scene, the Blood Angels momentarily shocked beyond action at the sight of their Primarch's blood seeping into the ground. Then, the silence was broken, as Numitor staggered to his feet and bellowed the words of the Rite of Exsanguination. The assembled brethren of the Death Company were overcome with visions of the last time their Primarch's blood had been spilt by a servant of Chaos, when Sanguinius had fallen at the hands of the ultimate traitor, Warmaster Horus. The Death Company went berserk. They hacked down the Bloodthirster in a savage, rage-fuelled frenzy, oblivious to the fact that it dragged half their number down with it, before turning their hatred upon the warband of Kossolax the Foresworn. The World Eaters were expelled from Agripinaa at great cost to the Blood Angels, though the annals of the chapter's history will celebrate the casting out of the Greater Daemon. The warlord Kossolax was not found at the hive, and the Sanguinary High Priest Numitor has vowed to hunt him down, no matter the cost.

Notable Foresworn Members

 * Kossolax the Foresworn - Ordo Malleus records states that the individual known as Sergeant Solax of the World Eaters 3rd Assault Company before the Horus Heresy, is thought to be the beast now known as Kossolax the Foresworn. If this is indeed the case, Sergeant Solax has risen to the command of an entire company of Berzerkers known as the Foresworn. It is believed that he fought during the height of the Heresy during the Battle of Terra during the siege of the Emperor's Imperial Palace.
 * Hrothqar Furor – Known as the Ravager of Worlds, this Champion of Khorne served as Kossolax's lieutenant. During the First War of Armageddon, when the World Eaters were driven off the planet by Imperial forces, a portion of the Foresworn were left behind. Furor killed the acting warband leader in a death-duel and assumed command of the band of Bersekers. Furor had served in the warband of Kossolax the Foresworn in eight campaigns against the crumbling Imperium of Man.
 * Isakar Savagehand – The celebrated Slaughterer of Kairn, who sliced through his enemies with the obsidian blades of his Lightning Claws.
 * Volkarr, the Herald of the Skull Lord – Volkarr was able to blow a resounding funereal note on the brass carynx horn that was forever welded to the faceplate of his armoured helmet. The mournful sound cuts through the din of battle, grasping the lap-dogs of the "False Emperor" in the stifling grip of fear but, at the same time, filling the devoted of Khorne with renewed vigour, sending their overwrought minds into a frenzy of blood-letting and limb-lopping.
 * Baruch – A full head taller than any of the others, his warp-charged body is barely contained by his ancient Power Armour, his bulging-muscled arms bare of armour – tearing his enemies limb-from-limb with his bare hands.
 * The Reaper – Now an insane creature, its allegiance to Khorne is marked by a skull-rune brand repeated all over its filthy, bristle-haired flesh, dragged its gore-clogged talons through ork bodies and ripped the throats from their boar mounts with slavering shark-like teeth.
 * Zalel Eazar – The Chaos warrior's sutured skin rippled with the daemonic essence of the entity he had invited to share his physical form.
 * Brother Orrax – The Bearer of the damned icon known as the Eye of Kharnath.
 * Khorgha the Chosen – An Aspiring Champion of Khorne who slaughters his enemies with a dread-axe.

Warband Colours
The Foresworn of Kossolax wear the colours of devotees of the Blood God; blood-red coloured Power Armour with brass trim and black.

Warband Badge
The Foresworn's badge is the same as that of their Traitor Legion, the World Eaters, which is a fanged maw engulfing a world.