The Primarch Angron was a tragedy, an utter tragedy. He was a wretched soul who yearned for freedom but remained trapped by rage and slaughter.
Some derisively called him the wetware of the Butcher's Nails (meaning that the Butcher's Nails controlled him like a tool, leaving him lost in violence and slaughter). To escape their control and torment, Angron embraced Khorne and ultimately attained daemonhood.
Ironically, although the Warp energy that completely reshaped his flesh during his ascension did free Angron from the influence of the Butcher's Nails, he remained trapped in violence and slaughter. He became a beast that abandoned thought and wallowed in mindless killing.
Of course, his combat prowess was beyond question. First, the longsword in his left hand came from a slain Keeper of Secrets. This weapon not only granted Angron the additional power of a Keeper of Secrets, but also bestowed countless combat experiences and techniques upon him.
The sword absorbed the experience and techniques of everyone it killed and bestowed them upon its wielder-Angron.
In his right hand, Angron held a battle axe that the Dark Mechanicum had spent decades and vast amounts of energy forging.
Beyond being indestructible and capable of cleaving through anything, it possessed the power to slay beings with divinity. In theory, this weapon could kill any demigod, though whether it could harm a true god remained unknown.
With Khorne's blessing, he was not only immortal, able to resurrect endlessly in the Warp and return, but also possessed formidable defenses. No ranged weapon could harm Angron, regardless of its energy output. Defeating him required close combat.
And close combat was Angron's specialty. Even before Cheng Mingrui's transmigration, no matter how much Warhammer 40,000 fans mocked Angron, they could not deny his might.
Angron's body took shape almost instantaneously. Once he