Editing Watchers in the Dark (section)

==History and Shenanigans==
The Watchers were first known to the people of ancient [[Caliban]] as mysterious boogeymen who wandered the forests. In reality, they were a xenos race implied to be members of, or associated with [[the Cabal]], a group dedicated to fighting [[Chaos]]. They had been sent to Caliban to guard the [[Ouroboros]], acting as its "jailer" and apparently prevent its abuses. By pure happenstance, humanity arrived on the planet during the [[Dark Age of Technology]], and the Watchers had been "watching" humanity on Caliban for over 15,000 years, which means their influence probably predates the [[Fall of the Eldar]]. Regardless on the exact timing of the human colonisation against formation of the [[Eye of Terror]] the planet became contaminated by [[Warp]] energy due to its proximity, resulting in the Great Beasts who prowled the forests and a terrible time for all involved.

The Watchers certainly knew of the activities of the Cabal, specifically that Eldrad had attempted to pre-warn [[Fulgrim]] of the dangers of Chaos which went unheeded, though the Watchers had also attempted to give their own warnings to the Lion and various members of the [[Dark Angels|First Legion]], especially when the rest of the cabal specifically tried to get [[Alpharius]] and the [[Alpha Legion|''last'' legion]] on board with them.

The Watchers were also apparently aware of the potential outcome of what would happen if the Emperor's forces won during the Siege of Terra ''(ie: the galaxy stagnating and Chaos growing in strength)'' though the Watchers also had a difference of opinion with the members of the Cabal in that they believed ''"Chaos could not be defeated; only fought"'', which puts them at odds with the notion that Chaos could somehow be defeated once-and-for-all if Horus actually won. The Watchers seemed more interested in what happened to the [[Ouroboros]] than attempting to influence the outcome of the [[Horus Heresy]] to one side or another. In any case, the Cabal was later eliminated by [[Eldrad]] when he figured its members were doing more harm than good after he realised that [[Perpetual]]s were interfering with their ability to accurately predict the future; Eldrad left the Watchers alone, implying that he either could not do anything to them, they were not full members of the Cabal, or they didn't share the mainline opinion.

However, they saw it as their duty to try and warn those in a position to do something. Although they were known to have communicated with the Lion in the past, his constant reliance on [[Tuchulcha]] is preventing them from contacting him directly, and so they spoke to various proxies such as [[Zahariel]] and '''Farith Redloss''' in the hopes that they could get the Lion to change his mind.

Through a series of still unconfirmed events (which will likely be revealed in future [[Horus Heresy]] books; [[Games Workshop|GW]] is nothing if not practiced at draining your wallet) the Watchers in the Dark seem to take a considerable demotion from entities unbound by linear time and location, dropping to "serve" the Dark Angels as retainers and weapon bearers. They also have a curious interaction with [[Cypher]] and were noted to change their behaviour when he visited [[The Rock]], they are presumably also the reason he constantly escapes each and every time he gets captured.
Finally, they are also said to look over the comatose body of [[Lion El'Jonson]], asleep in [[the Rock]].

As members of a faction dedicated to the war against Chaos, regardless of their effectiveness in doing so, they are a big piece of evidence for the Dark Angels ''not'' being a secret Chaos Space Marine Legion in disguise. During Wrath of Magnus when the [[The Changeling|Changeling]] fled through the Rock once it was discovered, it ran headlong into a Watcher carrying a Crozius on its form. The Changeling was horrified upon meeting it, recognising it as some sort of anathema to its kind. Were they ever to turn into Chaos Marines, logically the Watchers would leave, presumably taking the slumbering Primarch with them.