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*AintTooProudToBeg: In the climactic battle between him and Sanguinius, as Sanguinius was about to rip off his Butcher's Nails, Angron begged, whimpering ''"no"''. Although Sanguinius doesn't comply, he took the shame of Angron's begging to his grave.



* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: Quite possibly the most tragic of the Primarchs. Angron was spirited away by The Emperor against his will and watched his gladiator brethren slaughtered while he himself is tasked the hateful job of bringing worlds to compliance. The Butcher's Nails implanted in his brain gave him terrible pain, rendered it impossible for him to feel any emotion other than rage, was slowly killing him, and dampening his Primarch aura so he couldn't use his empath abilities and his sons don't respect him. When the Heresy broke out, most of his sons abandoned him and sided with the Imperium, while the remaining accepted the Blood God's gifts too eagerly, becoming nothing more than savage beasts. He figured out too late that the Emperor he despised had very good reasons for his actions, and the gods he traded him for are far, far worse. He was transformed into a Daemon Prince against his will, cursed to an eternity of agony and servitude. During the Siege Of Terra, even in his Daemon form he was thoroughly humiliated and beaten by Sanguinius, the Primarch he was unfavorably compared with, with the fight ending with Angron begging and pleading to his brother for mercy as the Blood Angel rid the World Eater of his Nails and brain. Then, he realized that Sanguinius was destined to die in the Siege, a fate he envied and knew he'll never receive.

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* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: Quite possibly the most tragic of the Primarchs. Angron was spirited away by The Emperor against his will and watched his gladiator brethren slaughtered while he himself is tasked forced the hateful job of bringing worlds to compliance. The Butcher's Nails implanted in his brain gave him terrible pain, rendered it impossible for him to feel any emotion other than rage, was slowly killing him, and dampening his Primarch aura so he couldn't use his empath abilities abilities, and his sons don't respect him. When the Heresy broke out, most of his sons abandoned him and sided with the Imperium, while the remaining accepted the Blood God's gifts too eagerly, becoming nothing more than savage beasts. He figured out too late that the Emperor he despised had very good reasons for his actions, and the gods he traded him for are far, far worse. He was transformed into a Daemon Prince against his will, cursed to an eternity of agony and servitude. During the Siege Of Terra, even in his as a Daemon form Prince he was thoroughly humiliated and beaten by Sanguinius, the Primarch he was unfavorably compared with, with the fight ending with Angron begging and pleading to his brother for mercy as the Blood Angel rid the World Eater of his Nails and brain. Then, There, he also realized that Sanguinius was destined to die in the Siege, a fate he envied and knew he'll never receive.
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* TheMcCoy: Deconstructed. Of his brothers, Angron seemed set to inherit The Emperor's innate compassion and empathy for others, but the Butcher's Nails warped it beyond repair. It says something about Angron's character that even with the Nails he possessed enough empathy to feel camaraderie and companionship with his fellow slaves, and rallied them to fight for their freedom. Unfortunately, when The Emperor abducted him, this empathy caused him to spiral into a bottomless abyss of anguish and resentment–becoming totally fixated on the brothers and sisters he lost at Desh'elika Ridge, and never forgiving his father's choice to save only him. From then on, it could be said that every single decision Angron made after that moment was fueled by raw unfiltered emotion, it's just that the emotion in question was rage.

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* TheMcCoy: Deconstructed. Of his brothers, Angron seemed set to inherit The Emperor's innate compassion and empathy for others, but the Butcher's Nails warped it beyond repair. It says something about Angron's character that even with the Nails he possessed enough empathy to could still feel camaraderie and companionship with his fellow slaves, and rallied them to fight for their freedom. Unfortunately, when The Emperor abducted him, this empathy caused him to spiral into a bottomless abyss of anguish and resentment–becoming totally fixated on the brothers and sisters he lost at Desh'elika Ridge, and never forgiving his father's choice to save only him. From then on, it could be said that every single decision Angron made after that moment was fueled by raw unfiltered emotion, it's just that the emotion in question was rage.
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* NotQuiteDead: [[spoiler:In the [[Literature/HorusHeresy]] novel ''The End And The Death Vol. III'', as the Emperor finally slays his traitorous son aboard the ''Vengeful Spirit'' he states that "I forgive you, and I will wait for you", implying that even after unmaking Horus both physically and spiritually, the Master of Mankind intends to face his favored son at least once more sometime in the future.]]

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* NotQuiteDead: [[spoiler:In the [[Literature/HorusHeresy]] ''Literature/HorusHeresy'' novel ''The End And The Death Vol. III'', as the Emperor finally slays his traitorous son aboard the ''Vengeful Spirit'' he states that "I forgive you, and I will wait for you", implying that even after unmaking Horus both physically and spiritually, the Master of Mankind intends to face his favored son at least once more sometime in the future.]]
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* NotQuiteDead: [[spoiler:In the [[Literature/HorusHeresy]] novel ''The End And The Death Vol. III'', as the Emperor finally slays his traitorous son aboard the ''Vengeful Spirit'' he states that "I forgive you, and I will wait for you", implying that even after unmaking Horus both physically and spiritually, the Master of Mankind intends to face his favored son at least once more sometime in the future.]]
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* SociopathicSoldier: To wit, after the Emperor abducted him and had him put in control of a Space Marine Legion, he was simply furious and uninterested. The Emperor had the Legion's Captains talk him down without laying a hand on Angron... until Khârn succeeded, Angron simply killed the unfortunate Captains that tried to talk to him.

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* SociopathicSoldier: To wit, after the Emperor abducted him and had him put in control of a Space Marine Legion, he was simply furious and uninterested. The Emperor had the Legion's Captains talk him down without laying a hand on Angron... until Khârn succeeded, Angron simply killed the unfortunate Captains that tried to talk to him. After becoming compliant, Angron essentially became The Emperor's attack dog–let off the chain for especially brutal campaigns and scorched-earth tactics, of which he excelled.
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* MindScrew: Due to XX Primarch(s) fondness for trickery, duplicity and obfuscation, no one really knows anything concrete about Alpharius/Omegon and they make sure it stays that way.
-->''I am Alpharius''\\
''This is a lie''
---> opening lines of ''Alpharius: Head of the Hydra''

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* EvilIsEasy: The Primarchs got a massive boost in power when they fell to Chaos. Best demonstrated when Angron and Horus fought Sanguinius–The Great Angel proved so skilled and powerful that both of his corruption brothers basically had to cheat to keep up, and for Angron, even that wasn't enough to win.



* NearVillainVictory: The Horus Heresy was just barely a loss. The Emperor was left an inch from death after battling Horus and only managed to kill him thanks the interference of a figure who has been lost to history providing a critical distraction to get his head in the game at the last moment. Most Chaos Marines hold Horus in contempt as they are convinced that they would be ruling the Imperium now had he not choked at the finish line.

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* NearVillainVictory: The Horus Heresy was just barely a loss. The Emperor was left an inch from death after battling Horus and only managed to kill him thanks the interference of a figure who has been lost to history providing a critical distraction to get his head in the game at the last moment. Most Chaos Marines hold Horus in contempt as they are convinced that they would be ruling the Imperium now had he not choked fallen at the finish line.last hurdle.



** Angron wanted revenge against the Emperor for forcing him to leave his gladiators to die -- what happened afterwards was no concern of his.

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** Angron wanted revenge against the Emperor for forcing him to leave his gladiators to die -- what happened afterwards afterward was no concern of his.



** Magnus never wanted to join Chaos in the first place and was effectively press ganged into the Traitor forces through a combination of Horus' manipulation and PoorCommunicationKills by Leman Russ. Magnus ended up using it as an excuse to exact revenge on everyone he perceived as having wronged him, which continues to this day.
* Alpharius is the most difficult to discern given his motives are so unclear.

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** Magnus never wanted to join Chaos in the first place and was effectively press ganged press-ganged into the Traitor forces through a combination of Horus' manipulation and PoorCommunicationKills by Leman Russ. Magnus ended up using it as an excuse to exact revenge on everyone he perceived as having wronged him, which continues to this day.
* ** Alpharius is the most difficult to discern given his motives are so unclear.
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* NegatedMomentOfAwesome: When Horus attempts a slow and dramatic coup de grâce on Sanguinius with Warbreaker, Horus' moment is interrupted by Sanguinius clawing at Horus' face–showing that The Great Angel was committed to at least slowing him down to the very literal end.

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