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Chaos · Unit

Bloodthirsters

Towering winged Greater Daemons of Khorne, each a living avatar of slaughter capable of butchering entire armies with Great Axes of Khorne and molten whips.

Chaos Daemons World Eaters

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Fan art to see: Bloodthirster of Khorne by slaine69 (on the artist's page, not hosted here)

Lore & origins

Greatest and most terrifying of all the servants of the Blood God, a Bloodthirster is war given monstrous immortal form. Organised into eight sacred Hosts corresponding to the eight tiers of Khorne's Brass Citadel—from the Exalted Bloodthirsters of the First Host to the Eighth Host's legions of red ruin—each Bloodthirster commands eight cohorts of Bloodletters. Where a Bloodthirster tears through the veil into realspace, the skies rain boiling blood and mortal soldiers go mad with berserk bloodlust.

Appearance & wargear

A colossal, crimson-skinned winged behemoth with curling bull horns, cloven hooves, and brazen Collar of Khorne armour, wielding a two-handed Great Axe of Khorne or an Axe of Khorne paired with a roaring Bloodflail and Lash of Khorne.

Weapons & Vehicles

Standard Armament & Combat LoadoutA Bloodthirster carries a colossal Great Axe of Khorne or an Axe of Khorne paired with a Lash of Khorne and Bloodflail.
ChainaxeMelee Weapon

The screaming, blood-drenched motorised war-axe of the World Eaters and Khorne Berzerkers, trading all defensive finesse for bone-shatt…

GorechildRelic Weapon

The legendary mica-dragon-toothed chainaxe forged for Primarch Angron and rebuilt for Khârn the Betrayer, tearing through ceramite and …

BloodlettersMonsters & Daemons · Support

The lesser daemons of Khorne, red-skinned horned warriors who hack down their foes with burning hellblades.

Khorne BerzerkersElites · Support

Frenzied melee warriors of Khorne, driven to murderous rage by the Butcher's Nails implanted in their brains.

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Battlefield role & tactics

Serving as the apex warlord and titan-slayer of Khornate daemon legions, a Bloodthirster leaps across the battlefield on tattered wings to decapitate Imperial Knights, Primarchs, and Baneblades.

Notable battles & users

  • 014.M31 — The Bloodthirster Ka'Bandha duelled Primarch Sanguinius at Signus Prime and again before the Eternity Gate during the Siege of Terra.
  • 999.M41 — Eight Bloodthirsters of the Cruor Praetoria manifested during the Devastation of Baal to prevent the Tyranids from claiming Blood Angels skulls before Khorne could.

Further reading

Lexicanum · Warhammer 40k Wiki