Factions

There are currently 15 Factions (as of version 1.13, Dec 2023) in Warhammer 40,000 Tacticus, each with a maximum of 5 playable Characters. Each Faction belongs to one of three Alliances (Imperial, Xenos, or Chaos), which determines which badges and orbs are needed to improve its characters and, in certain game modes, whether those characters can be deployed. Many Factions have a faction trait that influences play style. Unless otherwise noted, every character in a faction possesses the faction trait.

The Character Roster screen groups your characters by Faction by default. Factions are displayed in descending order based on how many characters you have unlocked in that Faction.

## Imperial Factions

### Ultramarines

*"Courage and Honour!"*

The Ultramarines are the starting Faction in Tacticus.

Faction Trait: None

* Varro Tigurius - Chief Librarian
* Certus - Eliminator Sergeant
* Bellator - Inceptor Sergeant
* Incisus - Apothecary
* Marneus Calgar - Chapter Master

### Adepta Sororitas

*"Heretics crave the cleansing fire of absolution. They need not fear, for we shall deliver it to them."*

Faction Trait: Act of Faith

* Vindicta - Celestian
* Isabella - Hospitaller
* Morvenn Vahl - Abbess Sanctorum of the Adepta Sororitas
* Roswitha - Canoness
* Celestine - Living Saint

### Astra Militarum

*"Glory for the first man to die, charge!"*

Faction Trait: None

* Sibyll Devine - Primaris Psyker
* Commissar Yarrick - Lord Commissar
* Kut Skoden - Bullgryn Bone'ead
* Thaddeus Noble - Master of Ordnance
* Castellan Creed - Lord General of the Astra Militarum

### Black Templars

*"No Pity! No Remorse! No Fear!"*

Faction Trait: Parry (except Brother Burchard)

* Sword Brother Godswyl - Sword Brother
* Brother Burchard - Aggressor Sergeant
* Ancient Thoread - Chapter Ancient
* Brother Jaeger - The Emperor's Champion
* High Marshal Helbrecht - High Marshal of the Black Templars

### Space Wolves

*For Russ and the Allfather!*

Faction Trait: None

* Ulf - Wulfen Pack Leader
* Tjark - Hound of Morkai Pack Leader
* Arjac - Champion of the Great Wolf
* Njal - Lord of Runes
* Ragnar - Wolf Lord of the Blackmanes

### Dark Angels

*Repent! For tomorrow you die!*

Faction Traits: Final Vengeance, Overwatch

* Azrael - Supreme Grandmaster
* Sarquael - Hellblaster Sergeant

### Adeptus Mechanicus

*There is no certainty in flesh but death.*

Faction Traits:

* Vitruvius - Toastmaster General
* Actus - Toast-Priest Manipulus
* Tan Gi'da - Keeper of the Toast
* An Actual Toaster - Mars Sex Icon

## Xenos Factions

### Aeldari

*"Blood Runs ... Anger Rises ... Death Wakes, War Calls! For the tears of the living, and the souls of the dead!"*

Faction Trait: None

* Calandis - Ranger
* Aethana - Autarch
* Eldryon - Farseer
* Maugan Ra - Dark Reaper Phoenix Lord
* Jain Zar - Howling Banshee Phoenix Lord

### Necrons

*"Cast off the shackles of your slumber! The galaxy shall be ours once again!"*

Faction Trait: Living Metal

* Makhotep - Royal Warden
* Imospekh - Hexmark Destroyer
* Aleph-Null - Canoptek Spyder
* Thutmose - Plasmancer
* Anuphet - Overlord

### Orks

*"Now git out there and krush dem all!"*

Faction Traits: Beast Slayer (Snotflogga and Tanksmasha) and Dakka (Snappawrecka and Boss Gulgortz)

* Snotflogga - Runtherd
* Gibbascrapz - Big Mek
* Snappawrecka - Killa Kan
* Tanksmasha - Nob on Smasha Squig
* Boss Gulgortz - Warboss in Mega Armor

### T'au Empire

*"Believe in our destiny and stand united, for in unity will we achieve victory. For the Greater Good!"*

Faction Traits: Close Combat Weakness

* Sho'syl - Firesight Marksman
* Re'vas - XV8 Crisis Battlesuit
* Darkstrider - Sub-Commander
* Aun'Shi - Ethereal
* Shadowsun - Supreme Commander of the T'au Empire

### Tyranids

*"Hssssss"*

Faction Traits: Shadow in the Warp, Synapse

* Neurothrope - Psychic Organism
* Tyrant Guard - Guardian Organism
* Winged Prime - Lead Warrior Organism
* Deathleaper - Vanguard Organism

## Chaos Factions

### Black Legion

*"From shame and shadow recast. In black and gold reborn."*

Faction Trait: Let The Galaxy Burn

* Angrax - Terminator Champion
* Volk - Obliterator
* Archimatos - Master of Possession
* Haarken Worldclaimer - Herald of the Apocalypse
* Abaddon The Despoiler - Warmaster of Chaos

### Death Guard

*"You are my unbroken blades. You are the Death Guard. By your hand shall justice be delivered, and doom shall stalk a thousand worlds."*

Faction Traits: Resilient and Contagions of Nurgle

* Typhus - Herald of the Plague God
* Maladus - Blightlord Champion
* Nauseous Rotbone - Plague Surgeon
* Pestillian - Biologus Putrifier
* Corrodius - Noxious Blightbringer

### Thousand Sons

*"All is Dust."*

Faction Trait: Weaver of Fates

* Yazaghor - Tzaangor Enlightened
* Toth - Scarab Occult Terminator
* Abraxas - Infernal Master
* Thaumachus - Exalted Sorcerer
* Ahriman - Architect of the Rubric