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===[[Red Hand]]===
Some of the Destroyer Squads in the [[World Eaters]] Legion were formed from those who had earned the Blood Hand or Butcher's Mark, the red handprint which was the highest accolade that could be awarded to any Astartes of the XII. To bear the Blood Hand meant that one had committed an act of exemplary violence in the name of the legion, whether by destroying hundreds of lesser foes or taking the head of a single enemy champion. These squads were brought together by rivalry and enmity, each member striving to outdo the others in acts of savagery and bloodshed to prove that they were worthy of the fell mark laid upon them. In keeping with the World Eaters' preference for close combat, the Red Hand squads wielded Caedere weapons such as [[Chain_Weapon#Excoriator_Chainaxe|Excoriator Chainaxes]], [[Basic_Close_Combat_Weapons#Barb-Hook_Lash|Barb-Hook Lashes]], [[Basic_Close_Combat_Weapons#Falax_Blade|Falax Blades]], and [[Basic_Close_Combat_Weapons#Meteor_Hammer|Meteor Hammers]] alongside the rad and chem weaponry that was the hallmark of the Destroyer corps. Their unremitting savagery was brought to bear on many worlds during the course of the Horus Heresy. They also became known as team-killing fucktards before that became a standard World Eater trait, since they weren't particularly careful about who was in the way when they started shooting and tended to hit other World Eaters as often as they hit the other side.