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Why doesn't Kharn wear armour on his right arm? It can't be to speed up his attacks because power armour has "muscle" fibres in it to enhance a marine's strength. Is there anything in his fluff about this that I haven't found yet?

Khorne finds Khârn's big bulging biceps pleasing.

 Coolyo294 wrote:
Khorne finds Khârn's big bulging biceps pleasing.

Hehe, good reply.

Fluffwise I'm not so sure. Maybe Kharn is just so strong that he doesn't need it and too crazy to realize that he is even missing that part.

its's code. I think Slaanesh inspired it, which is why Khorne is pissed at her/him/it. Think gay scene colour codes

Bare right leg.....
Bare left Leg....
Bare left arm...
Bare right arm 'IM GONNA RUIN YOU! but not in the way you think!'

If Kharn finds out, he will be even more angry than usual.

Blood for the blood god.

It's mentioned several times that Kharn just doesn't give a rats ass about his own protection, ignoring poisoned pit stakes, not caring about demonicaly poccessed whips, and just not seeming to care about damage at all, even to his own body.

Any blood is good for Kharn and Khorne.

Probably to make the artwork/model look better is the main reason but here are some alternatives:

1) His armour simply wasn't enough to contain his buff-ness.
2) He uses that arm for..... (explicit)..... and hence that arm is bigger than his other.
3) Secret Slaanesh Worship.
4) For the purposes of raising threads like this.
5) So badass, he doesn't need armour.
6) He does this to prove he is worthy to wield Gorechild, by having no armour on that arm he proves that with his muscle alone he can use Gorechild. (without servos in armour etc to help him.)

My personal love of Khorne/Kharn dictate that it is because he is a badass, however I think he just number 2)'s too much

Its so he can cuddle his kitties without having to take his armor off

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I gotta agree with bad-assness and kittens being the reason he doesn't wear armor on that arm.

TBH he's probably had the same armour for 10,000 years and it probably go damaged along the way and he's never stopped long enough to try and replace it

Angron din't wear Armour on his arms and had chains warped around his fore arms to Kharn probably picked it up from him.

As mentioned above- it's all about rule of cool. There is literally noo good IC reason for why he doesn't wear armor on his arm.

Kharn don't care about armor. He's like the honey badger.

He just doesn't care, also don't you mean his left arm not his right?

 SoloFalcon1138 wrote:
Kharn don't care about armor. He's like the honey badger.

Dose that mean.....That the honey badger is Kharn`s long lost cousin? If so we are all doomed! DOOMED!

 SoloFalcon1138 wrote:
Kharn don't care about armor. He's like the honey badger.

I actually fear that a honey badger could probably take Kharn or any other Special Character in a fight.

Go to youtube and look for the video of the honey badger fighting a poisonous snake, honey badgers know no fear.

 Krellnus wrote:
He just doesn't care, also don't you mean his left arm not his right?

Yeah, I do mean his left lol.

 edbradders wrote:
Why doesn't Kharn wear armour on his right arm? It can't be to speed up his attacks because power armour has "muscle" fibres in it to enhance a marine's strength. Is there anything in his fluff about this that I haven't found yet?

The unarmoured arm is kinda' like a daemonic gift. In the FFG Black Crusade book, it is called "Arm of Khorne" and gives some minor Strength bonus (porbably not enough for the S5 on the tabletop).

Good question. I can only guess that in the 10 thousand years he's been fighting, his arm armour got wrecked and so he has to go on without it.

It's more or less an ascetic choice by GW to make him look more unique from your standard Berzerker, and to make him look more savage.

It seems to be a common element for Khorne champions.

 Harriticus wrote:
It's more or less an ascetic choice by GW to make him look more unique from your standard Berzerker, and to make him look more savage.

Pretty much this

 Necroshea wrote:

 Harriticus wrote:
It's more or less an ascetic choice by GW to make him look more unique from your standard Berzerker, and to make him look more savage.

Pretty much this

Agreed.

The World Eaters, well Angron, came from a slavery/gladitorial background and this imagry inforces that. if you look at Roman glatiators they often had naked limbs. Angron also has a cape/cloak of chains that represent his slavery so the chains around Kharn's arm link in there.

 Trondheim wrote:

 SoloFalcon1138 wrote:
Kharn don't care about armor. He's like the honey badger.

Dose that mean.....That the honey badger is Kharn`s long lost cousin? If so we are all doomed! DOOMED!

Thats ok. Creed has badger dog super troopers.

 SoloFalcon1138 wrote:
Kharn don't care about armor. He's like the honey badger.

I feel the need to sig this.

Now we need someone to do a Kharn spin off of the honey badger video.

"This is Kharn the Betrayer"

"This is Kharn the Betrayer killing"

"This is him killing in slow motion"

"now lets watch him kill the space marines"

"O' isn't he just nasty!"

"But thats ok, because Kharn just doesn't care. Kharn doesn't give a S***"

Could be to give him more mobility with Gore child. Without infant sized shoulder pads on his arm he is able to swing madly much easier.

its because hes good.... but not as good as people who wear no armour like Sgt. Harker

He's just a pretty fun guy to be around.

It probably broke some time in the last few thousand years, and Kharn's too busy to fix it. Though what exactly he does between massacres is beyond me.