He later proved instrumental in the aftermath of the Battle of Calth, successfully summoning the Ruinstorm to effectively split the Imperium in two. īy subscribing you agree to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Opposed by Magnus the Red, Erebus won over Horus to his cause with visions of a future that deified the Emperor and a select few primarchs, rejected the rest, and had seemingly forgotten Horus’s contributions compared to the offer of replacing the Emperor and possessing unimaginable power. The grief-stricken Ezekyle Abaddon and Horus Aximand turned Horus over to their care and Erebus projected himself into Horus’s fever visions disguised as the late Hastur Sejanus. Erebus suggested to the Mournival that Davin’s Serpent Lodge could heal their primarch. Temba played his part, wounding Horus with the anathame as Erebus intended, and the Luna Wolves’ apothecaries couldn’t heal his wounds. Įrebus gave the weapon to the traitor Governor of the planet Davin, Eugen Temba, and played Horus’s pride to get him to lead his expedition fleet back to Davin and personally bring it back to compliance. This was not simply out of greed – it was all part of his carefully managed plan to corrupt the Warmaster and bring him under the influence of his own secret masters, the Warp powers of Chaos. During negotiations with the Interex, Erebus stole an archaic anathame sword from their closely guarded Hall of Devices, precipitating the war.

Some time before the time of first contact with the Interex, Erebus began associating with the Luna Wolves legion and with the Warmaster in particular. Like Kor Phaeron, Erebus kept these secrets from his primarch. It is unknown when Erebus himself began worshiping Chaos, but it may have been through his faith in the Covenant of Colchis before joining Lorgar, which worshiped aspects of the Chaos Gods. Erebus would play a vital role in his legion’s new plans. After the pilgrimage of the Word Bearers into the Eye of Terror, Lorgar and his legion fully embraced Chaos. Thus Erebus, aided by Kor Phaeron, were able to slowly poison Lorgar into accepting Chaos. Feeling abject humiliation after the Emperor‘s punishment for their legion’s deification of him, Erebus began to tell Lorgar that were other gods in the universe that could be worshiped. He was a fearsome and intimidating Astartes warrior, sections of the Book of Lorgar tattooed across his shaven scalp to terrify his enemies. However at the onset of the Heresy and the end of the Great Crusade, Erebus held the prestigious position of First Chaplain of the Word Bearers Legion. It is unknown exactly how or when Erebus fell to the Dark Powers, though a likely time would have been the Battle of Davin and his discovery of the Serpent Lodgeduring the Great Crusade. Lorgar, Primarch of the Word Bearers Heresy Actions Erebus refers to himself as the Hand of Destiny, the mortal instrument of the plans of the Ruinous Powers. He was the harbinger of the Horus Heresy, instrumental in converting first Lorgar and then Horus to Chaos. Today delve into the single man most responsible for the Horus Heresy – the father of lies – First Chaplain Erebus of the Word Bearers.Įrebus is one of the most prominent members of the Word Bearers Chaos Space Marines and a member of the Dark Council of Sicarus.

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