What if…Kharn was never resurrected by Khorne?

Published on February 15, 2009, by admin - Posted in What If 32

Who would have taken his place?
What other implications would this have?

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32 Comments on "What if…Kharn was never resurrected by Khorne?"

Thepocalypse February 15, 2009 at 2:03 pm - #1

This website would suck.
x on February 15, 2009 at 2:20 pm - #2

id not have asked for Kharn vs link
EnigmaJ February 15, 2009 at 3:57 pm - #3

40k wouldnt be as badass
Thepocalypse February 15, 2009 at 4:28 pm - #4

“id not have asked for Kharn vs link”
I wouldn’t be in an argument about whether or not God exists that I probably cannot win.
Locutus February 15, 2009 at 5:25 pm - #5

A few billion people would still be alive. Other than that the Chaos Gods would just find another warrior worthy of their UNLIMITED POWA!!!
L-W February 15, 2009 at 6:59 pm - #6

The Chaos Gods would still have Abbadon. So, nothing much has changed really besides whom Khorne would favour as his champion.
Jwlynas February 15, 2009 at 7:58 pm - #7

My guess, Kharns remains would have been interred in a Dreadnought…

And it can’t just be me who now wishes Khorne hadn’t got involved…
Baron Somebody February 15, 2009 at 11:18 pm - #8

“A few billion people would still be alive. Other than that the Chaos Gods would just find another warrior worthy of their UNLIMITED POWA!!!”

Then Mace Windu gets his hand cut off by someone and he flys through a window
Space marine February 16, 2009 at 1:13 am - #9

Don’t Worry! I am Back! Did you miss me?
And…..Btw, He probably didn’t get ressureted by Khorne anyway…
Space marine February 16, 2009 at 3:58 am - #10

Baron somebody, Did you request this….
Marche February 16, 2009 at 9:15 am - #11

lol,he is back with pedobear
Matapiojo February 16, 2009 at 9:44 am - #12

Nothing would be different. Just the name of the champion.

The truth is that Kharn was not overly special when compared to his peers before getting a God-buff. He just showed enough ruthlessness to gain Khorne’s favor. I am quite certain that in a universe full of warfare and slaughter, the Blood God would have found another to bestow his blessings.

As a matter of fact, that is exactly what he did for Kharn’s own Primarch, Angron, and considering the trillions of beings that are currently at war, he may have more champions right now that we don’t know of or haven’t heard their exploits.
Jwlynas February 16, 2009 at 3:22 pm - #13

Hold up now Matapiojo. Kharn may not have been the wholesale slaughterer he is now, but he was still captain of the Assault troops and seemingly one of the only people outside of horus who could control Angrons temper. That seems to suggest he had a little more going for him than the others.

I’ve no doubt Khorne would have found another, and indeed has found many others.

Heres a bigger question though. What would the World Eaters Chapter resemble now? Without Kharn to go wild, burning and killing World Eater and Emperors Children alike, the World eaters may well still exist as a whole legion. What impact woulf that have had on the future?
Baron Somebody February 16, 2009 at 4:46 pm - #14

@Space Marine

No, I didn’t suggest this, although a lot of my suggested matches have been posted (Billy Mays vs Vince, Han Solo vs Captain Kirk, The Doors vs The Who etc)
Space marine February 16, 2009 at 5:27 pm - #15

Then thats ok, Otherwise i’d set my pedobear on you, Lol.
L-W February 16, 2009 at 6:55 pm - #16

Considering that the 13th Black Crusade is in full swing as we speak, with the Cadian system slowly falling under the banner of Angron and his Chaos minions (Despite a massive Imperial defensive force stationed on and around the planet), I would say that the Blood God is getting his fair share of the action.
Space marine February 17, 2009 at 7:33 am - #17

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Matapiojo February 17, 2009 at 8:03 am - #18

“Heres a bigger question though. What would the World Eaters Chapter resemble now? Without Kharn to go wild, burning and killing World Eater and Emperors Children alike, the World eaters may well still exist as a whole legion. What impact woulf that have had on the future?”

Thats fair. The entire legion might be more united indeed.

….and that is scary enough.

However, now that Angron is back in action, we might yet see a massive World Eater assault in the near future. My guess is that whenever Games Workshop decides to release a Codex: Traitor Legions (or something to that effect) to fix their Codex: Chaos Space Marines MAJOR botch, then we will see the might of the nine legions unleashed onto the world.

Not that special characters are lacking, but I would love to see the return of Daemons amongst the CSM lines and hopefully with a few named Grater Daemons to boot.

I’m looking at you, Scarbrand! You would be a formidable ally to Kharn!
marche February 17, 2009 at 8:41 am - #19

um,kharn would be dead?
The Chosen One February 17, 2009 at 11:32 am - #20

Is Khorn the guy on the right he looks way cooler then Kharn.
Jwlynas February 18, 2009 at 9:53 pm - #21

He could, barring the lack of sufficient warp energy gathered in one place, and the fact that Kharn is far better at wholesale slaughter. Bloodthirsters are generally stuck in the one role. Kill/destroy everything. Kharn can at least be persuaded to not do so long enough to get into a compund before Kill/Destroy comes into play.
Space marine February 19, 2009 at 3:19 am - #22

“Khorne could summon Myriads of Bloodthirster which are more powerful than Kharn”

Actually Kharn has on many occasions beaten and beheaded Greater deamons of Khorne.
Matapiojo February 19, 2009 at 11:41 am - #23

“Actually Kharn has on many occasions beaten and beheaded Greater deamons of Khorne.”

That depends. Just like any other being to be compared to, Bloodthirsters come in different levels of power. Even the weakest Bloodthirsters are still comsiderably more powerful than your average super-human, and Kharn HAS indeed killed a few, but that doesn’t mean he is more powerful than all.

I can pretty much garantee that Kharn would get obliterated if he ever tried to fight An’ggrath, the Unbound, or even Skarbrand, the Exiled one.
Jwlynas February 21, 2009 at 12:40 pm - #24

I presume we’re talking Canon here?

because tabletop Skarbrand is merely excellent, and Kharn doesn’t too badly against him.

An’ggrath of course is a whole other league of destruction, death and making people not be alive any more. He is only allowed in a game system that brings titans and entire Space Marine Legions to the board… Good times.
Matapiojo February 23, 2009 at 8:55 am - #25

Well yea. I hardly ever use tabletop as reference over canon. The Daemon Codex states that Skarbrand was the mightiest of Bloodthirsters untill he got the balls of attacking Khorne himself. Then he got comparatevely gimped.

The Unbound is just serious business all around…
Thepocalypse February 25, 2009 at 6:19 am - #26

Can we get a new What if… now? This one appears to have died.
KiraMasteroftheNote February 28, 2009 at 3:19 pm - #27

I would do a jig like none have ever done again. I hate that f#ggot. and in table top time hes not very hard to kill.
Matapiojo February 28, 2009 at 6:24 pm - #28

@KiraMasteroftheNote

Ugh. You’re back?
Space marine March 7, 2009 at 7:48 am - #29

Ugh. You’re back?

I think she is….Or he….I DONT KNOW!
Space marine March 7, 2009 at 7:50 am - #30

I needed to double post, Soz.
sangheli_special_ops_elite April 10, 2009 at 8:36 pm - #31

it was never pacifically said that khorne resurrected kharn it said they were unsure whether kharn was too stuborn to die or if khorne resurected him even so then the coolest charcter of chaos is gone and man responsible better start running
Space marine July 28, 2009 at 7:42 am - #32

“Darn, you changed your gravatar! I’m upset!’

O RLY?