House Tyrellian

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## House Tyrellian

A chalice containing blood with twin snakes coiled together decorating it.

A Knight Tyrant of House Tyrellian

## Renegade Knight House

### Warcry

*For blood and glory! In the name of Slaanesh and Tyrellian!*

### Pre-Heresy Colours

Maroon, gold, white

"*Our Imperium is... rotting. Further and further. Do you not see, my dear family, that we are merely trying to prop up a corpse! There is nothing for humanity to gain from this, nothing for us warriors to gain as our victories are rendered moot, because mankind's enemies* never stop*. All joy and any reason to live has been sucked out of our empire, and now the blood decorating its defenders' blades is that of their own people! It is madness! But I have heard whispers, I have heard a soft voice tell me that there is a way to escape from this. Not just for us, but for all of humanity...*"
— High King Yarnick VII, in a speech to the rest of House Tyrellian soon before their fall to Slaanesh
An infamous Chaos Knight House that fell during the bloody reign of Goge Vandire after millennia of faithful service to the Imperium, the once proud and glory seeking Nobles of **House Tyrellian** have turned to the worship of Slaanesh, and serve their patron with great fanaticism. The House largely acts independently, working as a mercenary force for the various warbands of the Emperor's Children scattered throughout the Eye of Terror, but ultimately they are devoted to the goal of bringing the Imperium under the sway of the Dark Prince, and to that end they have formed an alliance with the Warmaster of Chaos, Abaddon the Despoiler, serving alongside Slaaneshi Chaos Space Marines in the various Black Crusades.

Known for their use of near reckless charges in battle and their extremely fast and mobile methods of conducting war, the House has also earned a reputation for haemophilia, with rumours abound that its members frequently consume and even bathe in the blood of their enemies, a tradition that may have existed within the House since its founding. Unusually for worshippers of Slaanesh, the house retains many of its traditions as well as a sense of honour among its members, with strict laws against the house's nobles committing harm against one another or their willing servants without their consent. Unfortunately for the various slaves the house has accrued over its millennia of service to the Prince of Excess, this does not apply to them.

Unlike many followers of Slaanesh, House Tyrellian did not fall due to a desire for power or self gain, but instead turned their backs on the Imperium after seeing its steady degradation over thousands of years into little more than a rotting empire ruled by tyrants where there was no longer any attention paid to the joys of life, but only to endless war and desperate attempts to halt the Imperium's inevitable collapse. In their eyes the Imperium was a horrid and stagnant dystopia that they and humanity were trapped in, and soon their doubts drew the attention of Slaanesh, who began whispering dark words to the house's nobles, about how there was a way out, a way for them and all of humanity to experience joy and happiness once more. All they need do is give themselves over to Chaos.

## Relations

### Allies

Abaddon the Despoiler, Warmaster of Chaos -

Emperor's Children -

## Notable Quotes

### By

"*Haaaaa! How ironic, Irontongue, that you are in such a pitiable state. You pride yourselves on the glory of facing your enemy eye to eye, and yet here you are, trapped in a "giant machine" just like me! Except I am free, for our blessed patron freed us all from the rot that is your Imperium. Take this word of advice, chaplain. Insults are never forgotten, especially by House Tyrellian. And they have... ooh,* harsh *consequences. I thought you would've learnt that after your run in with your dear father, but it seems I will just have to impress it more thoroughly into you than he did...*"
—High Queen Sharnya I Tyrellian, Knight Tyrant of House Tyrellian, to Swanazar Irontongue, former High Shaman and Dreadnought of the War Lions Renegade Space Marine Chapter, during the 11th Black Crusade.
### About

"*Ultimately they were little more than cowards. For all their glories and illusions of their own combat prowess, they were nothing more than spoilt nobles, reliant on their giant machines to win their battles for them while never facing any true hardships or struggles like what so many of humanity's defenders face each day. Is it any surprise they thought themselves better than the Great Spirit and fell to the whispers of the Whore?*"
— High Shaman Swanazar Irontongue of the War Lions Space Marine Chapter, upon learning of House Tyrellian's fall to Chaos.