During the time of the Great Crusade in the late 30th Millennium, the Chainaxe was a standard close combat weapon used by the Legion Assault Squads of the Legiones Astartes, finding special favour amongst the Legionaries of the World Eaters Legion. The XII Legion's preference for close quarters fighting and dealing death face-to-face was demonstrated by the preponderance of close combat weaponry habitually carried by its rank and file. The dedicated assault units of the Legion added to their profusion of bloody killing tools a weapon that dated back to the techno-barbarian tribes of Terra, the broad-bladed Chainaxe. With the rediscovery of the Primarch Angron as the XII Legion's rightful master, the World Eaters' predilections for hand-to-hand bloodletting reached even greater heights than