Horus Lupercal

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==Summary==
:"It is the folly of men to believe that they are great players on the stage of history, that their actions might affect the grand procession that is the passage of time. It is an insulating conceit a powerful man might clasp tight to his bosom that he might sleep away the night, safe in the knowledge that, but for his presence, the world would not turn, the mountains would crumble and the seas dry up. But if the remembrance of history has taught us anything, it is that, in time, all things will pass. Unnumbered civilisations before ours are naught but dust and bones, and the greatest heroes of their age are forgotten legends. No man lives forever and even as memory fades, so too will any remembrance of him.
:It is a universal truth and an unavoidable law that cannot be denied, despite the protestations of the vain, the arrogant and the tyrannical.
:Horus was the exception."
:‐ Kyril Sindermann, Preface to the Remembrancers 	 	 			
					
:“I hear you, and I defy you. This universe will burn as countless others have burned before it! There can be no victory against Chaos. If you cannot accept its power and its glory, then you shall die. The Emperor is doomed. I will kill Him myself.”
:‐ Horus Lupercal, Warmaster of Chaos, to his brother Leman Russ	
Horus Lupercal, also known more simply as the Lupercal during his lifetime by the Astartes of his Luna Wolves Legion, was one of the twenty genetically-engineered Primarchs created by the Emperor of Mankind from the foundation of his own DNA before the start of the Great Crusade to lead the armies of the newborn Imperium of Man. Horus was the Primarch of the Luna Wolves Legion of Space Marines (later renamed the Sons of Horus), the first Imperial Warmaster, the most favoured son of the Emperor of Mankind, and ultimately, the greatest traitor in the history of mankind.
Horus' homeworld was the hive world of Cthonia which lay only a few light years from Terra. Horus was thus the first Primarch to be rediscovered by the Emperor after the Great Crusade began in the late 30th millennium. Horus was responsible for unleashing the horrific seven-year-long civil war known as the Horus Heresy upon the Imperium of Man in the early 31st millennium which killed untold trillions of men, women, and children in pursuit of his mad ambition to overthrow the Emperor of Mankind and replace him as the ruler of the human race. While Horus ultimately lost his bid for power and was slain by the father he had once so loved during the Siege of Terra, his actions damaged the Imperium of Man beyond repair and inaugurated the current Age of the Imperium, when mankind is beset by countless horrific dangers to its existence and the Imperium itself has become a stagnant, repressive, intolerant and dehumanizing galactic presence.
==Powers and Stats==
Tier: At least | At least | , possibly physically, Up to with psychic powers
Key: Loyalist | Warmaster of Chaos | During the Siege of Terra
Name: Horus Lupercal, Nergüi, Horus the Warmaster, the Lupercal, Warmaster of the Imperium, the Breaker of Tyrants, the Favoured Son, the Emperor’s Vigilance, the Eye of Terra, Great Lupercal, First Son of the Emperor, ‘Finest of the Primarchs’, the ‘Beloved Scion’ | Horus Lupercal, Warmaster of Chaos, Chosen Champion of the Dark Gods, 'Lord of the Primordial Truth', 'Lord of the Space Marine Legions', ‘Lord of Chaos’, the 'Arch-traitor', the 'Great Betrayer', the 'Warmonger', 'Saviour and Master of Mankind' and ‘True Emperor of the Imperium’ by his servants, ‘Doomed Warmaster’, 'Sacrificed King' by Daemons, was going to ascend to become the 'Dark King', a fifth Chaos God, before death
Origin: Warhammer 40,000
Gender: Male
Age: At least several centuries by the time of his death
Classification: Primarch of the XVI Legion Space Marines, Warmaster of the Imperium | Chosen Champion of the Dark Gods, Warmaster and Ascendant Vessel of Chaos, Proto-Chaos God
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Attack Potency: At least City Block level (One of, if not the, strongest fighters among all the Primarchs. Comparable to Sanguinius, and Leman Russ was wary of fighting him despite believing a win to be possible. Cut through a mobThe Horus Heresy: The Wolf of Ash and Fire of Primarch-sized Orks.), ignores durability with power weapons | At least City Block level+ (Crippled Leman Russ with a single, casual punch,The Horus Heresy: Wolfsbane staggered him with little effort and broke his armor with ease, with Leman knowing that heThe Horus Heresy: Wolfsbane, Chapter 2, Page 40 could ‘not possibly’ beatThe Horus Heresy: Wolfsbane, Chapter 24, Page 271 Horus and doubting if he could even hurt him.The Horus Heresy: Wolfsbane, Chapter 24, Page 272 Made a complete joke out of Lorgar Aurelian and disfigured him. Easily destroyedThe Horus Heresy: Vengeful Spirit a Fire Raptor Gunship in a few strikes. DestroyedThe Horus Heresy: Vengeful Spirit an Imperial Knight. Considered by Lorgar to have been bestowed with more power by the Chaos Gods than any other, which would include the Daemon Primarchs. After his communion with the Chaos Gods on Molech, he was stated to possess strength and resilience beyond anyone except possibly the Emperor, eclipsing all of his brethren in might and physically towering over them), ignores durability with power weapons and Warp-based powers | Solar System level (A single swing from Horus' maul is enough to create a supernova. Could consistently fight with the Emperor and eventually overwhelmed him.The End and The Death: Volume III; 10:iv After Horus revealed his true power, he effortlessly slaughtered Sanguinius), possibly High Universe level physically (The clash between Horus and the Emperor potentially shattered the infinite realm of the Lupercal Court), Up to High Hyperverse level with psychic powers (Compressed all of time, space, and the infinite angles of material space into a single fractal point.The End and The Death: Volume III; 10:viii Twisted all of the pasts, presents, and every possible future into a single, simultaneous, solid ball. Horus' power is stated to be infinite compared to the Emperor's finite power.The End and The Death: Volume III; 10:xi Created the Lupercal Court which is consistentlyThe End and The Death: Volume II; 7:xliii described to be infinite in scale)
Speed: Transonic movement speed (Should be comparable to Fulgrim who can move faster than sound can reach him.Fulgrim: The Palatine Phoenix; Chapter Four Should be far faster than regular Marines), with at least Hypersonic, likely far higher combat and reaction speed (Far superior to standard Marines who can intercept bolt rounds as well as his brothers who can perform similar feats. Dodged lightning strikes. An inferior clone dodged an attack from a Dark Eldar fast enough to weave through bolt rounds.The Talon of Horus; pg. 398) and Massively FTL+ perception speed (A Blood Angel who held a spear imbued with a portion of Sanguinius' power saw lasers and plasma bolts to be almost frozen relative to his own movementDeus Encarmine; Chapter Eleven) | At least Transonic movement speed, with at least Hypersonic, likely far higher combat and reaction speed and Massively FTL+ perception speed (Far faster than before) | Immeasurable (Stepped across space and time to pursue the Emperor. Throughout their fight, Horus and the Emperor moved across time and space, travelling to different worlds at different points in history. Surpassed Sanguinius in speed, with Sanguinius at that point moving at the speed of lightThe End and the Death: Volume II; 8:xvii)
Lifting Strength: Class K (Can easily one-handed use weapons too heavy for any Astartes to lift, the weakest of which can lift 2,700kg. Horus' armor, the Serpent's Scales, weighs ‘many tonnes’.The Horus Heresy: Wolfsbane Should be comparable to Angron in this regard, who can crawl his way out from under a collapsed mountain and briefly hold up the leg of a Warhound Titan.The Horus Heresy: Betrayer; Chapter Five Physically overpoweredThe Horus Heresy: The Wolf of Ash and Fire an Ork that dwarfed the Emperor.) | At least Class K | At least Class K
Striking Strength: At least City Block level | At least City Block level+ | Solar System level, possibly High Universe level
Durability: At least City Block level (Was only stunned by a plasma blast when unarmored.Index Astartes IV: "Sons of Horus: The Black Legion'' Barely piercedThe Horus Heresy: Horus Rising by arrows that cut clean through Astartes plate. Can easily survive hits that would kill a space marine.The Horus Heresy: The Wolf of Ash and Fire) | At least City Block level+ (Survived being stabbedThe Horus Heresy: Wolfsbane with the anti-chaosThe Horus Heresy: Wolfsbane Spear of the Emperor by Leman Russ) | Solar System level, possibly High Universe level
Stamina: Superhuman (Primarchs are capable of fighting with shattered ribs, caved in abdomens and even fractured skulls.Betrayer; Chapter Twenty One Nothing short of a killing blow can stop them, and even their immensely lesser Space Marine sons can fight for weeks on end without stop. An inferior clone of Horus survived sustained heavy bolter fire,The Talon of Horus; pg. 397 psychic fire and lightning and being impaled twiceThe Talon of Horus without much issue. Nothing short of a killing blow can stop them, and even their immensely lesser Space Marine sons can fight for weeks on end without stop) | Superhuman (Was relatively fine having damaged organs, severe burns, and being deprived of oxygen.The Horus Heresy: Vengeful Spirit) | Infinite (Horus' power is stated to be infinite and incapable of running outThe End and The Death: Volume III; 10:xi)
Range: Several Meters physically, Kilometers with ranged attacks, at least Thousands of Kilometers via teleporter | Several Meters physically, Kilometers with ranged attacks, at least Thousands of Kilometers via teleporter | Several Meters physically, Outerversal with psychic powers (Capable of parrying attacks directly into the Warp)
Standard Equipment:
*Worldbreaker: Horus wields a Power Maul larger than a human being, easily capable of smashing ceramite to pieces. It signifies his rank as Warmaster and was given to him as a gift by the Emperor upon achieving this rank.
*Warmaster's Talon: On his right hand, Horus wears a unique Lightning Claw with a built-in bolter similar to the Storm Bolters currently used by the Imperium. It was supposedly recovered from planet Cthonia and is a relic of the Dark Age of Technology. After Horus turned to Chaos, the Talon was stained with the blood of many, including Sanguinius and the Emperor himself. It is currently worn by Abaddon the Despoiler.
*Serpent's Scales: Over the years, Horus' unique suit of Terminator armor was improved upon by the forces of the Imperium and the traitorous Dark Mechanicus, alike. It proved to be effective at nullifying the damage from all types of attacks, be they esoteric in nature or simply pure brute force. 
*Cognis-signum: The Cognis-signum is an advanced array of sensory devices, cogitator-assisted communications, and telemetry arrays built into purpose-modified suits of power armour, enabling the wearer to co-ordinate battlefield data with even more blinding speed than they would naturally be capable of. Giving the user an unparalleled level of battlefield awareness, the cognis-signum is also grants the user total night vision, and acts as an energy scanning device that alerts the user to the concealed presence or imminent arrival of enemy troops, even if concealed, and can even detect the tell-tale electro-gravitic disruption effect on local space that presages teleport transfers. 
*Frag Grenades
Intelligence: Extraordinary Genius (One of the most brilliant military strategistsThe End and The Death: Volume I; 1:xxx in the history of the Imperium. The Emperor Himself stated Horus to be the greatest general the galaxy had ever known. Considered the prime candidate for taking his father's mantle in leading the Great Crusade, alongside Sanguinius. While his brothers all had their own areas of expertise, Horus was considered a "jack of all trades" in leading his Legion, albeit far from master of none. Furthermore, Horus was an extremely charismatic leader and among the few men capable of getting along with almost all of his brothers. The Primarchs were also all engineered from birth to be the greatest military minds in human history, with extremely few people existing that could match up to their individual intellect)
Weaknesses: None notable | By the time of the Siege of Terra, the Chaos Gods are pouring so much psychic energy into Horus that his body is beginning to break down,The Horus Heresy: Siege of Terra: The Lost and the Damned, Chapter Thirty One, Final Page likened to a wildfire that will soon burn itself out. If the gods abandon Horus, he will instantly die.The Horus Heresy: Slaves to Darkness
==Gallery==
584px-Horus_Sketch.jpg|Ancient Remembrancers' sketch of Horus Lupercal.
HorusSaturnine.jpg|A younger Horus Lupercal.
Horus_Lupercal_Luna_Wolf.jpg|Horus Lupercal during the Great Crusade.
HorusVOH.jpg|Horus after his fall to Chaos.
Horus-the_warmaster.jpg|The Warmaster of Chaos leading an assault against the Loyalist forces.
Horus-Primarchs-.jpeg|The Chaos Warmaster in his fearsome panoply of war.
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