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Chogoris System - System Worlds: The Chogoris System's worlds in order of their distance from the system's star include:Chogoris (Feudal World / Space Marine Chapter Homeworld) - Chogoris, officially known in Imperial records as Mundus Planus, is the Chapter world of the White Scars Space Marines. Its people are pre-industrial and the world is dominated by the nomadic horse tribes of the great plains known as the "Empty Quarter" who serve as the primary recruiting source for the White Scars. Chogoris is the primary and most populous world of the star system named after it.Khalotus Aleph (Death World)Shovith (Chaos Tainted World) - Shovith has been declared Perditum Extremis by the Imperium as it is now occupied by the Chaos forces of the Red Corsairs.Thanadus (Hive World)Rastorphin (Dead World)
Cholercaust Blood Crusade - Cholercaust Blood Crusade: The Cholercaust Blood Crusade was an exceptionally large and brutal Chaos warhost dedicated to the murderous service of the Blood God Khorne that was composed of Traitors, Daemons and Heretics.In the 41st Millennium the Cholercaust followed the unpredictable route of the ancient blood-red Keeler Comet out of the Eye of Terror, which they believed embodied the will of Khorne, laying siege to Imperial worlds across the stars in a celebration of slaughter for the Blood God.Their ultimate goal was to assault the Imperial Palace on Terra and bring an end to the reign of the Corpse Emperor, but the Blood Crusade was stopped by the 5th Company of the Excoriators Chapter of Space Marines and the intervention of the revenant Astartes known as the Legion of the Damned on the Ecclesiarchy Cemetery World of Certus-Minor.
Cholercaust Blood Crusade - Cholercaust Warfleet: The Cholercaust Blood Crusade's warfleet was led by the ancient World Eaters battle barge Rancour, under the command of the Master of the Fleet, the vile World Eater Chaos Space Marine Havloc the Cold-Blooded. Behind the mangled blasphemy of the battle barge's once stately dimensions a colossal Chaos warfleet extended. Like a growing stain on the empty void, the Cholercaust continued to grow.Daily, vessels of all descriptions joined the bloody-minded armada. Some were Renegade warships, eager to join the Blood Crusade and prove themselves worthy of Khorne's favour. Others had been led there under the command of killers and Champions of Khorne, whose carnage-clouded visions had revealed to them the potential for a slaughter without end, a patron-pleasing brotherhood of the barbarous. Others still were captured freighters, traders and heavy transports, swarming with the surrendered slave-stock of sundered worlds; Imperial innocents whose fate now lay in the Blood God's claws and whose depraved treatment aboard the seized vessels ultimately led them to embrace Khorne's doomed path as Chaos Cultists.Under the ruthless leadership of The Pilgrim the Cholercaust intended to slaughter its way towards Terra, to the crumbling walls of the Corpse Emperor's palace and ultimately through the Eternity Gate itself where they would hack apart the Emperor's decaying body upon the Golden Throne.For his amusement, the Blood God had blessed the Blood Crusade by placing across their path a world dedicated to the false faith of the Corpse Emperor. A virtual planet of the dead, where the Corpse-Emperor's cult ministered to the galaxy's true silent majority, the dead. The Pilgrim ordered his berserker followers to hone their blades, for they would soon taste priest-flesh.
Cholercaust Blood Crusade - Final Assault: After the initial assault, the Blood Crusade threw its second wave of attackers at the Imperial defenders. Thousands of slave-soldiers from a myriad of conquered worlds, Traitoris Militarum, Heretic militia, mutants, fallen mercenaries, piratical raiders, bestial Abhumans, and Chaos Cultists launched themselves screaming at the Imperial lines within Obsequa City. Corpus-Captain Zachariah Kersh had fought all of them before on battlefields bordering the Eye of Terror. All had gone down under the Excoriators' blades. Never before, however, had Kersh seen so many servants of Chaos gathered in one place.Beyond, Kersh could see an ocean of Human detritus. An unending army of ruthless killers. The Cholercaust's slaughterkin, united in a common purpose: to work through the private deviancy of their murderous inclination while simultaneously feeding their faith and Daemonic deity with acts of wanton annihilation. The Cholercaust invaders just kept coming, birthed by darkness, and beyond the gloom, Kersh could hear the savage howls of even more maniacs-in-waiting.Amongst the slave-soldiers, Traitors and Chaos Cultists, Kersh picked out increasing numbers of Chaos Space Marines, lost battle-brothers who had fallen to the Blood God's predatory temptations and indulged their base desire to kill over the Emperor's need for them to do so. In addition to the World Eaters, warbands representing the Blood Storm, the Goremongers, the Sanguine Sons, the Thunder Barons, the Renegade Red Heralds, The Cleaved, the Angels Apocrypha, the Brazen Guard and the bone-dusted Skulltakers could all be seen in service to the Blood God's murderous crusade.
Cholercaust Blood Crusade - The World Eaters: Umbragg of the Brazen Flesh, a World Eaters Heretic Astartes and a Skull Champion of the Blood God, led the Cholercaust's ground assault once the berserker armies of Khorne stepped onto the earth of Certus-Minor. With his warband, The Clysm, the World Eaters Chaos Champion had fought on a thousand worlds, butchered Human and alien alike in the name of wanton carnage, and brought glory to Khorne's name through his prosecution of myriad Blood Crusades, the slaughter of Slaanesh's perverse followers and the taking of skulls on an obscene scale.He had killed at the great Doombreed's side, slayed with Skarbrand, murdered his own with Khârn the Betrayer and fought in every Black Crusade to ever strike fear into the weak heart of the Imperium. He had served with Primarch Angron himself, during the First War for Armageddon and before the walls of the Imperial Palace during the Siege of Terra. Now, he served The Pilgrim -- a Daemon Prince and the Right Claw of Khorne -- the leader of the Cholercaust, who would take the Blood God's disciples back to Terra and finish what they had started 10,000 standard years before.He observed the Aspiring Champions take their place in the mob-ranks of common killers. Warlords and butchers, their prodigious taking of life had warmed Umbragg towards them. Amongst these were bands of Chaos Space Marines whose shame it had been not to see the slaughter of the Horus Heresy and the apocalypse wrought on the sacred soil of Terra. It was only after these Renegades -- young in the ways of the blade -- had thinned out the enemy, leaving only the worthiest skulls for the taking, that The Pilgrim unleashed his warbands of World Eaters.The World Eaters were the living expression of the Blood God's destructive power. His Daemons might be a bloodthirsty essence, tapping directly into Khorne's primordial fury, but it was thousands of standard years of bloodshed, committed in the Blood God's name by the death-defying sons of Angron, that fuelled the World Eaters' ancient power. A power deployed by the XII Legion's brethren whose only remaining desire was to see the galaxy burn.
Cholercaust Blood Crusade - Last Stand: As Corpus-Captain Zachariah Kersh fought pauldron-to-pauldron with his Excoriator battle-brothers, he quickly saw the anatomy of a world's demise. He saw how the Cholercaust Blood Crusade had sundered planet after planet, and how it would go on doing so -- right up to the Vanaheim Cordon and beyond. It would continue throughout Segmentum Solar and the core systems; right up to an unsuspecting Terra. The Imperial defenders would underestimate the Keeler Comet and its strange ability to turn a population against itself, creating reinforcement for a Khornate army as yet unarrived.What they would see as a simple comet he now knew was a gateway to Chaos. They would not call for reinforcement, as others had failed to do, until far too late. They would fail to appreciate the Cholercaust's number and overestimate their own. They would make a stand -- as he had done -- because that is what true warriors do. They would stand aghast, as he did now, at the Cholercaust's speed and hunger for annihilation. They would not imagine that a force could end a world in but a single solar day, overrunning an entire planet with Heretics, Renegades and Daemons. Finally, with Traitor Marines falling from the stars and hunting them for sport, they would see how easily they had fallen and the horror that awaited others for whom the same mistakes were equally inevitable.The Astra Militarum's Charnel Guard were all but decimated and many of Kersh's Excoriators had fallen. Palatine Sapphira and several of her battle-sisters of the Adepta Sororitas Order of the August Vigil remained, along with a small collection of Chapter serfs. Beyond that, only Excoriators had survived the Khornate onslaught. The remaining Astartes of the 5th Company had held off impossible numbers as they paired and grouped up. Battle-brothers found each other, protecting each other's backs, knowing in their hearts that they were to die together in the tight passageways in the shadow of the Ecclesiarch Umberto II's great mausoleum.Pushed back into the steep streets and narrow alleys with the full force of the Cholercaust swallowing Obsequa City, the Space Marines found their retreat compromised. From the sky the Khornates assaulted the Imperial defenders with their best. The 5th Company and the remaining Imperial defenders faced their inevitable deaths at the hands of the forces of Chaos, and in desperation sent a last, prayerful plea to the Emperor of Mankind for assistance of any kind. For a miracle. Beyond all hope, their prayers were answered.
Cholercaust Blood Crusade - Commanders: Corpus-Captain Zachariah Kersh - Corpus-Captain of the Excoriators Space Marine Chapter's 5th Company.Palatine Sapphira - Senior battle-sister and commander of the Order of the August Vigil, the Order Militant of the Adepta Sororitas charged with the protection of the Adeptus Ministorum mausoleum complex of  Ecclesiarch Umberto II.Pallmaster-General Vasco Ferreira - Senior commander of the planetary militia forces of the Certus-Minor.High Constable Colquhoun - Senior commander of the Astra Militarum Charnel Guard regiment of Certus-Minor.Proctor Kraski - Kraski was a grizzled veteran Adeptus Arbites Arbitrator in the senior years of his life, charged with keeping order and upholding Imperial Law on Certus-Minor with a small team of fellow Arbites arbitrators.Pontifex Oliphant - The senior representative of the Adeptus Ministorum's clergy on Certus-Minor.
Cholercaust Blood Crusade - Astra Militarum: Charnel Guard Regiment
Cholercaust Blood Crusade - Navis Imperialis: Apotheon - Commanded by Lieutenant Heiss, the Apotheon was the remaining Navis Imperialis starship that held geo-stationary orbit near the northern pole of Certus-Minor, a silent observer of the incoming Keeler Comet. The Apotheon observed the intervention of the unknown vessel of the Legion of the Damned which destroyed the Keeler Comet. The resulting explosion and destruction of the comet annihilated the Cholercaust Blood Crusade armada in orbit.
Cholercaust Blood Crusade - Adepta Sororitas: Order of the August Vigil - The Order of the August Vigil was the Militant Order of the Adepta Sororitas charged with the protection of the holy shrine of Umberto II upon the Cemetery World of Certus-Minor.
Cholercaust Blood Crusade - Adeptus Astartes: Excoriators Chapter 5th Company - The 5th Company of the Excoriators Chapter valiantly defended the doomed Cemetery World to the last man. Corpus-Captain Zachariah Kersh was the sole survivor of his devastated company.
Cholercaust Blood Crusade - Commanders: The Pilgrim - Known only as "The Pilgrim", the Right Claw of Khorne, The Pilgrim was the Daemon Prince of Khorne who led a vast host of the forces of Chaos dedicated to Khorne known as the Cholercaust Blood Crusade with an uncanny religious conviction, following the strange path of the crimson Keeler Comet out of the Eye of Terror. It was his intention to lead his Khornate warhost to the gates of the Imperial Palace on Terra itself. Little was known about the Champion of Khorne who led the Blood Crusade, or how he had managed the impossible and united so many of his murderous and notoriously fractious fellow Khornates in the pursuit of a single objective. He was slain in an orbital lance strike upon Umberto II's mausoleum.Umbragg of the Brazen Flesh – Umbragg was a World Eaters Chaos Space Marine and Skull Champion of Khorne, who led the Cholercaust's Khornate Berserkers to the blood-drenched surface of Certus-Minor. With his warband, the Clysm, the World Eaters Chaos Champion had fought on a thousand worlds, butchering Human and alien alike in the name of wanton carnage and murder, bringing glory to Khorne's name through the prosecution of Blood Crusades, the slaughter of Slaanesh's perverse followers and the collection of skulls on an obscene scale. He was killed on Certus-Minor by the revenant Astartes of the Legion of the Damned.Havloc the Cold-Blooded - Havloc was the Master of the Fleet for the Cholercaust Blood Crusade. He spearheaded the armada from the Command Pulpit of the World Eaters battle barge Rancour. Havloc was killed when the Legion of the Damned's vessel destroyed the Keeler Comet and the debris from its explosion rained down upon the Cholercaust fleet orbiting Certus-Minor, destroying it utterly.
Cholercaust Blood Crusade - Heretic Astartes: Angels ApocryphaBrazen GuardThe CleavedGoremongersRed HeraldsSkulltakersThunder BaronsWorld Eaters
Cholercaust Blood Crusade - Traitoris Militarum Forces: Anarchan RazorbacksArmoured Volscani CataphractsAttilan Traitor 32nd RegimentThe BloodsakenThe DeathfestFrater VulgariateGornan VenalsHellion DawnKrugarian TurncoatsNecromundan Crazy EightsRegna-RougeClan Gamibal, Vessorine Janissaries
Cholercaust Blood Crusade - Abhuman Forces: Cannibal Ogryns of the Blood Moons of Goethe
Cholercaust Blood Crusade - Cholercaust Blood Crusade Warfleet: Rancour - An ancient battle barge dating back to the era of the Horus Heresy.
Chondax - Chondax: ChondaxDead WorldChondax SystemImperialGreat CrusadeChondax was better known as the "White World" by the White Scars Astartes who deployed there because of the colour of the arid salt pans that made up much of its terrain. The salt-encrusted earth of Chondax slowly absorbed all moisture on the surface, leaving the world largely barren, though the terrain reminded some of the White Scars of their own Legion homeworld of Chogoris.
Chondax - History: Shortly after the Triumph of Ullanor in 000.M30, the Primarch Jaghatai Khan and his V Legion were next sent to the worlds of the trinary Chondax System. The White World was the crucible of the whole campaign, the nexus of those Greenskin forces that had chosen to go to ground in the star system after their defeat on Ullanor Prime.The Great Khan was ordered by the newly-promoted Warmaster Horus to hunt the remnants of the Ork Empire destroyed during the Ullanor Crusade, the last slivers of the Overlord Urlakk Urruk's Greenskins. The brutal campaign lasted six long Terran years until 007.M31 as the White Scars hunted the remaining Greenskin forces to extinction on Chondax and across the length and breadth of the trinary system.
Chondax Campaign - Chondax Campaign: The Chondax Campaign was a xenocidal campaign led by the White Scars Legion following the triumphant Ullanor Crusade carried out during the waning days of the Great Crusade in 000.M30.It was intended to mop up the remaining Ork forces of Overlord Urlakk Urg's empire who had fled to the barren world of Chondax under the command of his subordinate Warboss Urlakk Urruk and were using it as a base to raid other Imperial worlds.The campaign concluded successfully for the White Scars in 007.M31, during the early years of the Horus Heresy.But the unexpected intervention of the Alpha Legion at Chondax during the void battle that became known as the "Chondax Engagement" resulted in the White Scars Legion both learning of the Warmaster Horus' rebellion against the Emperor of Mankind and making the decision to ultimately return to Terra to aid the Loyalists in its defence.
Chondax Campaign - The Cleansing of Chondax: Shortly after the Triumph of Ullanor, the Primarch Jaghatai Khan and his Vth Legion were next sent to the worlds of the trinary Chondax System. The triple star system was comprised of the planets Epihelikon, Teras, Chondax, Honderal, Laerteax and Phemus IV, the furthest of the outlying worlds.The culmination of this campaign took place upon the Dead World of Chondax, labeled Chondax Primus EX5, 776 NC-X-S by Imperial cartographers, but named the "White World" by the White Scars due to its salt-encrusted earth which slowly absorbed all moisture on the surface, leaving the world largely barren, though the terrain reminded some of the White Scars of their own Legion homeworld of Chogoris.The White World was the crucible of the whole campaign, the nexus of those Greenskin forces that had chosen to go to ground in the star system after their defeat on Ullanor Prime. The Great Khan was ordered by the newly-promoted Warmaster Horus to hunt the remnants of the Ork Empire destroyed during the Ullanor Crusade, the last slivers of the Overlord Urlakk Urruk's Greenskins.The brutal campaign lasted six long Terran years as the White Scars hunted the remaining Greenskin forces to extinction on Chondax and across the length and breadth of the trinary system.
Chondax System - Chondax System: The Chondax System is a trinary star system of the Milky Way Galaxy that was comprised of six worlds -- Epihelikon, Teras, Chondax, Honderal, Laerteax and Phemus IV, the furthest of the outlying planets.In the days after the Ullanor Crusade, the remnants of the Ork empire once based on Ullanor Prime and ruled by the Warlord Urrlak Urg fled to the Chondax System under the leadership of his subordinate warboss Urlakk Urruk and established a new base on the Dead World of Chondax, officially designated Chondax Primus EX5, 776 NC-X-S by Imperial cartographers of the Great Crusade era in the late 30th Millennium.Shortly after the Triumph of Ullanor in 000.M30, the Primarch Jaghatai Khan and his White Scars Legion were next sent to the worlds of the triple Chondax System to clean up the remnants of the Ullanor Orks who had fled there and were now using it as a base to raid other Imperial worlds.Chondax proved to be the crucible of the whole campaign, the nexus of those Greenskin forces that had chosen to go to ground in the star system after their defeat on Ullanor Prime.The brutal Chondax Campaign lasted six long Terran years as the White Scars hunted the remaining Greenskin forces to extinction on Chondax and across the length and breadth of the trinary system, ending the conflict in early 007.M31.
Choppa - Choppa: Choppa is a term applied to a multitude of basic Ork close-combat weapons. This category of weapon consists of a bewildering variety of bladed, spiked, serrated, jagged, barbed, and notched hand weapons, ranging from the proverbial blunt instrument to whirring two-handed, Ork-tooth Chainaxes known as Big Choppas.Choppas are a general term given to any Ork close combat weapon, typically heavy swords, short swords, daggers and axes. Slugga Boyz are always armed with a Slugga and Choppa, at least until they save up enough teef to buy something better, like a Shoota. There is little finesse to a Choppa, as most are little more than sharpened pieces of scrap metal which have been roughly shaped into something resembling a sword or axe. There are, however, more advanced Choppas, often taking the form of a crude Chainsword.
Choppa - Big Choppa: Enormous axes with jagged metal teeth, Big Choppas are chosen more for their sheer weight than subtlety. A Big Choppa is a two-handed weapon, often wielded by Ork Nobz and Warbosses. Some Big Choppas are even outfitted with whirring chainsaw blades or circular saws instead of a standard axe blade.
Choppa - Sources: Codex: Orks (4th Edition), pg. 89Dark Heresy: Creatures Anathema (RPG), pp. 102-103Gorkamorka: Da Roolz (2nd Edition), pg. 53Rogue Trader: The Koronus Bestiary (RPG), pg. 69Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II - Retribution (PC Game)Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine (PC Game)
Chorus of Eltain - Chorus of Eltain: The Chorus of Eltain was once a Loyalist Chapter of Space Marines of unknown origin and Founding. It was lost after entering the Eye of Terror in 321.M37 as part of the Imperial Abyssal Crusade. It is unknown what it endured during their sojourn into the Eye, and it was declared Martyr Extremis by the Imperial Inquisition, considered to have been wiped out by the Forces of Chaos.
Chorus of Eltain - Abyssal Crusade: Following the Ecclesiarchal Purges of 321.M37, a dozen star systems were engulfed by Warp Storm Dionys, its echoes rippling along the spiral arms of the galaxy as it raged through the Empyrean. Records of mutation and Chaos Cultist activity quadrupled overnight. Worse yet, it was not only the citizens who were affected by the sudden influx of Chaos. Many of the Space Marine Chapters with homeworlds affected by the Warp Storm found that the secret imperfections in their gene-seed were writ large upon their new recruits, giving rise to a wave of disturbing manifestations both physical and psychological. The Chorus of Eltain was one such Loyalist Chapter of Astartes that had been affected by this Warp Storm.When the Ecclesiarchy heard of this sinister turn of events, Saint Basillius the Elder demanded that all those Chapters of the Adeptus Astartes whose homeworlds had been touched by the Warp Storm be rendered unto his judgement. Such was the elder's influence with the High Lords of Terra that within a standard year this had come to pass. After a series of stringent tests and prognostications, hundreds of Chapters were deemed unaffected by the Warp Storm. No less than thirty were found wanting. The Judged, as these fallen Chapters came to be known, volunteered for a redemptive Penitent Crusade. The most militant of their number demanded the right to purify their tainted flesh in the fires of battle, to make a noble end from tragic misfortune. To the surprise of his closest advisors, Saint Basillius agreed to this proposal. He saw it fitting to send the accused into the Eye of Terror, taking the fight for the Imperium's future to the Daemon Worlds inhabited by the Traitor Marines.A representative from each of the doomed Chapters held an emergency Council of Dismay to discuss the proposed Crusade. After scant hours of debate, they acquiesced to Basillius' demands, for they believed that martyrdom was preferable to an existence of suspicion and doubt. The last few days of 321.M37 saw a solemn procession of Strike Cruisers and Battle Barges pass through the Cadian Gate into the Eye of Terror, relay systems dormant and heraldic colours obscured by black mag-plates. One by one, the Chapters of The Judged disappeared into the iridescent dust nebulae that surrounded the Eye. As the massive Space Marine flotilla entered the Eye of Terror, they were set upon by a massive Chaos warfleet. The resultant battle was so fierce that the ships of The Judged were forced to retreat and were scattered to the furthest corners of the Eye.Chapter after Chapter fell to the perils of the Eye, for the Abyssal Crusade had entered a hell from which very few emerge unchanged. The true account of what occurred within the Eye to the Chorus of Eltain is unknown, but most of the tales of the Chapters of The Judged ended in tragedy and sorrow. The current whereabouts of the Chapter are unknown and the Imperial Inquisition has declared it Martyr Extremis -- slaughtered to the last Astartes in battle against the Archenemy.
Chorus of Eltain - Chapter Colours: The Chorus of Eltain's Chapter colours are not listed in current Imperial records.
Chorus of Eltain - Chapter Badge: The Chorus of Eltain's Chapter badge is not listed in current Imperial records.
Chosen of Abaddon - Chosen of Abaddon: The Chosen of Abaddon are four powerful Chaos Lords that serve under the patronage of Abaddon the Despoiler, the Warmaster of Chaos and master of the Black Legion of Chaos Space Marines.Rather than a single force with a single leader, after the Horus Heresy the Black Legion became a mighty host of many warbands and warlords. Within this host, all would swear complete allegiance to Abaddon, and through an inner circle, he would lead them with absolute dominion. These favoured lieutenants became known as the Chosen of Abaddon.The Chosen were his favoured generals, standing above all others and enacting his dark will; a warped shadow of the Luna Wolves' Mournival in which he had once served. Nowhere in the galaxy can a more feared and merciless collection of tyrants be found, always eager to put entire worlds to the sword in the name of Chaos.The last recorded deployment of a full Officio Assassinorum Execution Force was against the so-called Chosen of Abaddon. These four individuals were so hated by the Imperium of Man that an entire team of Assassins infiltrated Abaddon's flagship.This was an extraordinary event, for it is rare for even one Assassin to be sent to deal with a threat. Abaddon learned of the impending attack and laid a trap for the Assassins, slaying all four and protecting his Chosen.The Chosen bear an assortment of titles, reflecting their role in a past Black Crusade or honouring particular acts of cruelty for which they are infamous. Their numbers are ever-changing, for Abaddon has little tolerance for failure amongst those who serve him. The current holders of these four titles are described below.
Chosen of Abaddon - Lord Ravager: The Lord Ravager leads the invasion fleets of the Black Crusades and is the admiral of the Black Fleet. It is he who first makes landfall on the surface of an Imperial world about to be ravaged by the Black Legion. The Lord Ravager leads Abaddon's ground forces and is always found in the vanguard of the assault.The Lord Ravager is always a devotee of Khorne.Threxos Hellbreed - Threxos Hellbreed is the current admiral of the Black Legion's Black Fleet and also the new master of the Hounds of Abaddon warband. He replaced the former Lord Ravager, Urkrathos, after that Daemon Prince's death on Cadia. Hellbreed has won great favour with his patron, Khorne, due to his skills at launching ship-to-ship ambushes. He has earned a reputation for initiating spectacular boarding actions.Urkrathos - Within the ranks of the Black Legion are those who are bloody-handed servants of Khorne. Though not a single unified warband within the Black Legion, they are collectively known as the Hounds of Abaddon. Urkrathos, also sometimes called Urkanthos, the former Lord Ravager of the Chosen of Abaddon and commander of the Legion's Black Fleet, claimed all followers of Khorne within the Legion as his own and directed them according to the will of Abaddon. Ironically, Urkrathos, who had become a Daemon Prince after pleasing his patron, the Blood God Khorne, was temporarily slain during the 13th Black Crusade on Cadia itself. He fell just before Cadia's destruction at the siege of Kasr Kraf combatting Saint Celestine and her two Geminae Superia, the Living Saint's protectors, the former Adepta Sororitas Canonesses Eleanor and Genevieve of the Order of Our Martyred Lady. Urkrathos had previously killed both in combat before their resurrection by the power of the Living Saint to serve as her eternal honour guard.
Chosen of Abaddon - Lord Deceiver: The Lord Deceiver is a powerful Chaos Sorcerer whose esoteric visions of the Warp guide the Black Crusades from star system to star system, so that they might always find their prey, no matter where they hide.The Lord Deceiver is always a devotee of Tzeentch.Ygethmor the Deceiver - Ygethmor the Deceiver, known also as the "Twice Damned" and the "Purgator of Corrialis," is a formidable Sorcerer Lord of the Black Legion. He currently serves as one of Abaddon the Despoiler's lieutenants and a member of his personal retinue, the Chosen of Abaddon as well as one of the commanders of the Sons of the Cyclops warband. Ygethmor is the current Lord Deceiver, whose visions of the Warp lead the Black Crusade from star system to star system. During the 13th Black Crusade in 999.M41, the Officio Assassinorum sanctioned the deployment of an assassin team to eliminate Ygethmor, amongst other notable targets in service to the Archenemy. Whilst scrutiny of their field records is impossible, at least seven Assassinorum agents are known to have failed in the attempt to take the life of the Deceiver. Ygethmor led the assault of the forces of Chaos during the campaign known as the Fall of Medusa V in an attempt to become a Daemon Prince. This effort failed and Ygethmor was slain by the blade of the Eldar Autarch Elarique Swiftblade of Craftworld Alaitoc, and those Champions of the Dark Gods who had followed him were left to their fates on the dying world as Medusa V was consumed by an onrushing Warp Storm. However, death rarely represents an end to the service of a Chaos Lord, if the Dark Gods still have use for him. The galaxy may yet suffer the tread of Ygethmor the Deceiver once more.
Chosen of Abaddon - Lord Corruptor: The Lord Corruptor is tasked with instilling fear and hatred amongst the Chaos Space Marines of the Black Legion. It is he who spreads fear and corruption before the Black Fleet, and also keeps the lesser warlords of the Legion in line through brutality and terror.His trophy rack is adorned with the skulls of failed servants of the Despoiler.The Lord Corruptor is always a devotee of Nurgle.Skyrak Slaughterborn - The Chosen of Abaddon lieutenant named Skyrak Slaughterborn, the current Lord Corruptor, leads the warbands of Nurgle within the Black Legion into battle. Collectively known as the Bringers of Decay, they spread their disease and corruption throughout the realms of Mankind. Skyrak is known to have led the large warband of Chaos Space Marines known as the Slaughterkin in the assault on Cadia during the 13th Black Crusade.
Chosen of Abaddon - Lord Purgator: It falls to the Lord Purgator to ensure that every man, woman and child left alive on a world conquered by the Black Legion is dragged in chains into the hold of the Legion's starships, and that no edifice remains undedicated to the Dark Gods.The Lord Purgator is a devotee of Slaanesh.Devram Korda - Devram Korda, also known as "The Tyrant of Sarora," is a servant of the Chaos God Slaanesh, the Prince of Pleasure. A former Veteran sergeant of the Sons of Horus Legion, after the events of the Horus Heresy, he rose to prominence and became a Chaos Lord. He became infamous for his blasphemous actions on the doomed world of Sarora, where he distilled the life essence of the citizens of the planet's largest hive city for a single vial of a sorcerous elixir which made him virtually invincible. He eventually became the current Lord Purgator, the individual who ensures that constant flow of slaves into the Black Legion's pens from conquered worlds and raises new edifices to the glory of the Chaos Gods upon them. Korda also commands the Chosen of Abaddon and is one of the leaders of the Children of Torment warband. In the closing days of the 13th Black Crusade in 999.M41, Devram Korda returned to his master's side, bringing with him two individuals (later identified as Skyrak Slaughterborn and Urkrathos) who had journeyed to the centre of the Eye of Terror. Together with the Chaos Sorcerer Ygethmor the Deceiver, they presented Abaddon with the Heart of Chaos, a powerful artefact that Zaraphiston, a Chaos Sorcerer and rival Chaos Lord of the Despoiler, had long claimed could not exist.
Chosen of Heiros - Chosen of Heiros: The Chosen of Heiros are a notorious warband of Chaos Space Marines. These sadistic killers once numbered among Abaddon the Despoiler's mightiest warriors in the Black Legion and are responsible for countless atrocities during his infamous Black Crusades.Each had their own reasons for abandoning their villainous master and fleeing to the Screaming Vortex, yet all burn with an unquenchable desire to march to war beneath banners of hate and destruction.Their centuries of experience, ferocious tempers, and predilection towards daemonic possession and mental instability make them a truly menacing foe.
Chosen of Heiros - Warband Colours: The Chorus of Heiros' Chapter colours are not listed in current Imperial records.
Chosen of Heiros - Warband Badge: The Chorus of Heiros' Chapter badge is not listed in current Imperial records.
Chosen of Nemeroth - Chosen of Nemeroth: The Chosen of Nemeroth are a warband of Chaos Space Marines who were led by the infamous Chaos Sorcerer Nemeroth. Nemeroth led his Chaos warband in an attempt to conquer the Imperial Forge World of Graia in the Segmentum Tempestus in the 41st Millennium that was defeated by the Ultramarines 2nd Company under the command of Captain Titus. The Chosen of Nemeroth were known to make extensive use of Daemons as allies.The origin of the Chaos Space Marines in this warband; i.e., whether they were taken from one of the existing Traitor Legions, had originated as Loyalist Space Marines or had been drawn from other Renegade warbands, is unknown.
Chosen of Nemeroth - Notable Chosen of Nemeroth: Nemeroth - Nemeroth was the eponymous commander of the warband of Chaos Space Marines of unknown origins he had named his Chosen. Nemeroth was a Chaos Lord and a powerful Chaos Sorcerer who seemed to have no particular patron amongst the Chaos Gods, instead serving Chaos Undivided. He orchestrated the Orks' attack upon Graia and managed to slay and allow a Daemon to possess the Inquisitor Drogan to use as a tool in his service in an attempt to seize control of that Forge World. Such a prize added to the arsenal of the forces of Chaos would be looked upon with great favour by the Ruinous Powers, who would grant Nemeroth the ultimate reward -- ascension to become a Daemon Prince and to rule Graia as his personal fief, a newborn Daemon World.
Chosen of Nemeroth - Warband Colours: The Chosen of Nemeroth's power armour is a dark metallic grey with red shoulder plates and golden trim. They also adorn their armour with the usual heretical Chaos symbols and fetishes, denoting their allegiance to the Dark Gods.
Chosen of Nemeroth - Warband Badge: The Chosen of Nemeroth warband's badge is the Unholy Octed, the eight-pointed Star of Chaos.
Chosen of Nemeroth - Related Articles: GraiaNemerothCaptain Titus
Chosen of Nemeroth - Trivia: Because Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine takes place in an alternate universe, in which Captain Titus led the Ultramarines 2nd Company instead of Cato Sicarius, it is unknown how the Chosen of Nemeroth transfer over into the mainstream Warhammer 40,000 universe, if at all.
Chosen of Nemeroth - Sources: Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine (Video Game)
Chosen of the Tetrarchy - Chosen of the Tetrarchy: The Chosen of the Tetrarchy are those Space Marines who serve as the honour guard of the reestablished governing Tetrarchs of the Realm of Ultramar in the Era Indomitus.They are drawn from the Ultramarines and all of their Successor Chapters and were created on the order of the resurrected primarch and Lord Commander of the Imperium Roboute Guilliman.Guilliman intentionally wanted the Chosen of the Tetrarchy to come from all of the successors of his ancient Ultramarines Legion in the hope of fostering greater cooperation and familiarity between all the Chapters of the Adeptus Astartes drawn from his own genetic lineage.Each Tetrarch of Ultramar has their own unit of the Chosen of the Tetrarchy, each with a different name.Each member of the Chosen bears a specially designed, richly decorated left pauldron for their power armour, which is inscribed with the personal sigil of the Tetrarch they serve.
Chosen of the Tetrarchy - Chosen of Vespator: The Chosen of Vespator serve as the Chosen of the Tetrarchy honour guard of the Tetrarch Decimus Felix, the lord of Vespator and the Eastern Marches.Each of these Space Marines was handpicked for the position by the Tetrarch and is drawn from one of the ten designated Shield Chapters of Ultramar.Austen - Austen is a Veteran Primaris Marine of the Doom Eagles.Cadmus -  Cadmus is a Veteran Primaris Marine of the Scythes of the Emperor.Cominus - Cominus is a Sons of Orar Primaris Marine Veteran sergeant, who was the commander of the Chosen of Vespator during the Plague Wars.Daelus - Daelus is a Primaris Marine Techmarine of the Ultramarines.Diamedes - Diamedes is a Veteran Primaris Marine of the Silver Skulls.Gathein - Gathein is a Primaris Librarian epistolary of the Avenging Sons.Ixen - Ixen is a Veteran Primaris Marine of the Aquiloan Brotherhood.Troncus - Troncus is a Primaris Marine Techmarine of the Praetors of Ultramar.Tullio - Tullio is a Veteran Primaris Marine of the Novamarines.Yansar - Yansar is a Primaris Apothecary of the Reborn.
Chris Pramas - Chris Pramas: Chris Pramas is an author for Games Workshop's Black Library imprint.
Chris Pramas - Warhammer 40,000: Into the Maelstrom (Short Story) (1999, collected in Into the Maelstrom (Anthology) and Let the Galaxy Burn (Anthology))The Black Pearl (Short Story) (1999, collected in Into the Maelstrom (Anthology) and Let the Galaxy Burn (Anthology))
Chris Wraight - Chris Wraight: Chris Wraight is an author for Games Workshop's Black Library imprint.
Chris Wraight - Death Guard: The Lords of Silence (2018, ISBN 1-78496-905-2)
Chris Wraight - The Horus Heresy: Rebirth (Short Story) (2011, collected in the Age of Darkness (Anthology))Brotherhood of the Storm (2012, ISBN 1-84970-637-9)The Sigillite (Short Story) (2014, collected in The Silent War (Anthology))Scars (2014, ISBN 1-84970-640-9)Allegiance (Short Story) (2014, collected in War Without End (Anthology))Daemonology (Short Story) (2014, collected in War Without End (Anthology) and Blades of the Traitor (Anthology))Grey Talon (Short Story) (2014, collected in Shattered Legions (Anthology) and Meduson (Anthology))Wolf King (2015, ISBN 1-78496-749-1)Brotherhood of the Moon (Short Story) (2015, collected in Eye of Terra (Anthology))The Path of Heaven (2016, ISBN 1-78496-056-X)The Last Son of Prospero (Short Story) (2016, collected in Heralds of the Siege (Anthology))The Soul, Severed (Short Story) (2016, collected in Heralds of the Siege (Anthology))Blackshield (Short Story) (2016, collected in Heralds of the Siege (Anthology))Hand Elect (Short Story) (2016, collected in Shattered Legions (Anthology) and Meduson (Anthology))Magisterium (Short Story) (2017, collected in Heralds of the Siege (Anthology))
Chris Wraight - The Horus Heresy: Primarchs: Leman Russ: The Great Wolf (2016, ISBN 1-78496-449-2)Jaghatai Khan: Warhawk of Chogris (2018, ISBN 1-78496-725-4)Sanguinius: The Great Angel (2022, ISBN 1-80026-276-0)
Chris Wraight - The Horus Heresy Character Series: Valdor: Birth of the Imperium (2020, ISBN 1-78999-075-0)
Chris Wraight - The Horus Heresy: Siege of Terra: Warhawk (2021, ISBN 1-78999-952-9)
Chris Wraight - Járnhamar Space Wolves: Blood of Asaheim (2013, ISBN 1-84970-307-8)Stormcaller (2014, ISBN 1-84970-581-X)Onyx (Short Story) (2014, ISBN 978-1-78251-518-0)Hunt-Sense (Short Story) (2015, ISBN 978-1-78251-532-6)The Helwinter Gate (2020, ISBN 1-80026-187-X)
Chris Wraight - Space Wolves: Kraken (Short Story) (2012, collected in There is Only War (Anthology) and Nexus & Other Stories (Anthology))Wolves of Fenris (Anthology) (2014, ISBN 1-84970-734-0)
Chris Wraight - Space Marine Battles: Wrath of Iron (2012, ISBN 1-84970-181-4)War of the Fang (Anthology) (2015, ISBN 1-78496-160-4) contains the following:Battle of the Fang (2011, ISBN 1-84970-047-8)The Hunt for Magnus (2015, ISBN 978-1-78572-092-5)
Chris Wraight - Vaults of Terra: The Carrion Throne (2017, ISBN 1-78496-508-1)The Hollow Mountain (2019, ISBN 1-78999-030-0)The Dark City (2022)
Chris Wraight - Warhammer Crime: Bloodlines (2020, ISBN 1-78999-160-9)Sanctioner (Short Story) (2021, collected in Broken City (Anthology))
Chris Wraight - Watchers of the Throne: The Emperor's Legion (2017, ISBN 1-78496-567-7)The Regent's Shadow (2020, ISBN 1-78999-186-2)
Chris Wraight - Others: Flesh (Short Story) (2013, collected in There is Only War (Anthology))Argent (Short Story) (2013, collected in The Hammer & the Eagle: Icons of Warhammer (Anthology))Endurance (Short Story) (2017, collected in The Hammer & the Eagle: Icons of Warhammer (Anthology))Blood Guilt (Short Story) (2017, collected in The Hammer & the Eagle: Icons of Warhammer (Anthology))
Christian Dunn - Christian Dunn: Christian Dunn, also known as C.Z. Dunn, is an editor and author for Games Workshop's Black Library imprint.
Christian Dunn - Dark Angels: Malediction (Short Story) (2012, collected in The Book of the Lion (Anthology))Dark Vengeance (Novella) (2012, ISBN 1-84970-251-9)
Christian Dunn - Space Marine Battles: The Eye of Ezekiel (2017, ISBN 1-78496-569-3)
Chrobdyr Ferrophagites - Chrobdyr Ferrophagites: The Chrobdyr Ferrophagites are an intelligent alien species that are known to be hostile. As a result of the convulsions in the Warp brought to the galactic core by the birth of the Great Rift in the Era Indomitus that destroyed their home star system, the Chrobdyr Ferrophagites launched attacks into Leagues of Votann space.
Chrobdyr Ferrophagites - History: The greatest recorded upheaval to the Leagues of Votann's home space in the galactic core came with the emergence of the Great Rift, and the eruption of multiple Warp storms across the core as a result. Warp storms designated by the Leagues Örgvayr, Töroll, Öggh, Cyklöp and other distorted maelstroms swallowed star systems, consumed Kindreds, sundered age-old trade routes and stable Warp currents, and left many leagues either suddenly embattled or broken into Warp-riven territorial fragments.As the shock waves of the Warp storms rolled outward, worse was to follow. Long-stable celestial phenomena convulsed and mutated, with pulsars becoming betentacled predatory horrors, grav-reefs inverting and black holes sprouting dark matter fangs as they expanded ravenously. Hostile alien races -- such as the insidious Septeryx, the Chrobdyr Ferrophagites and the ominous Cult of Ohn -- were driven onto the warpath as their own home star systems were consumed. Some Warp storms -- Örgvayr and Gëirokh worst amongst them -- vomited hordes of Chaos-worshipping invaders and Daemonic horrors, and one Ork WAAAGH! after another erupted from the fringes of the storms.
Chronicles of Ursh - Chronicles of Ursh: The Chronicles of Ursh were the historical annals written by an unknown author of the pre-Imperium nation-state of Ursh, which thrived during the Age of Strife on Ancient Terra. The Chronicles were forty chapters, that detailed the rise of the savage reign of Kalagann and the wars of Ursh against the Nordafrik Conclaves. During this time, the techno-barbarians dominated the devastated planet during this tumultuous period of history. Humanity was stranded on Terra and cut off from interstellar travel or astropathic communications due to the fearsome Warp Storms that marked the period just before the birth of the Chaos God Slaanesh and the Fall of the Eldar. The techno-barbarians were humans who had no knowledge of the workings of advanced science, yet who warred ceaselessly for the last scraps of forgotten technology from Mankind's glorious past.
Chronicles of Ursh - History: The Chronicles of Ursh documented the long and bloody events leading up to the outbreak of the Unification Wars, the period when the Emperor of Mankind personally, and openly, took control of humanity's destiny. The Chronicles were excessively bloody and described scenes of utter destruction wrought by the techno-barbarians. Long-forgotten cities were routinely sacked, or burned, or simply evaporated in nuclear storms. Seas were regularly stained with blood, skies with ash, and landscapes were often carpeted with the bleached and numberless bones of the conquered. When armies marched, they marched a billion strong, the ragged banners of a million standards swaying above their heads in the atomic winds. The battles were stupendous maelstroms of blades and spiked black helms and baying horns, lit by the fires of cannons and burners. Page after page celebrated the cruel practices and equally cruel character of the despot Kalagann. According to the Chronicles, some of these terrible wars made the seas run red with blood, and rent the sky with "forgottyn magiks," and "daeymons most foul woulde prowle the earth and tear the land asunder."Fanciful logic abounded, as did an air of strained realism. Feats of arms were described that no pre-Unity warriors could have accomplished. These, after all, were the feral hosts of techno-barbarians that the proto-Astartes, in their crude thunder armour, had been created to bring to heel. Kalagann's great generals, Lurtois and Sheng Khal and, later, Quallodon, were described in language more appropriate to primarchs. They carved, for Kalagann, an impossibly vast domain during the latter part of the Age of Strife.
Chronicles of Ursh - Terran Unification: The Emperor eventually won the Unification Wars through the use of his genetically-modified human warriors, the proto-Astartes, or Thunder Warriors, who were created from some of the former techno-barbarians who swore allegiance to the Emperor. These warriors were the precursor to the Adeptus Astartes, the Space Marines who would initiate the Great Crusade to reunify all of humanity beneath the aegis of the Emperor and his Imperium of Man. The later parts of the work recounted the fall of Kalagann, and described the apocalyptic conquest of Ursh by the forces of Unity. Passages refer to enemy warriors bearing the thunderbolt and lightning emblem, which had been the personal device of the Emperor before the eagle of the Imperium was formalised. These men saluted with the old fist of unity and were clearly arrayed in thunder armour.
Chronicles of Ursh - Trivia: In Dan Abbnet's novel Horus Rising, Kyril Sindermann, lends Captain Garviel Loken of the Luna Wolves a copy of the Chronicles of Ursh.
Chronicles of Ursh - Contents of the Chronicles of Ursh: Some of the notable events and topics mention in the Chronicles of Ursh include:Putrid daemons (assumed to be Nurglings) that would emerge from the viscera of the young.Carrion fed upon the dead until they could not fly.The seas ran red with blood.Techo-barbarian leader Venshach was force to eat his own daughter, from the feet up, so she could watch.Mountains crumbled under the sheer force of the unleashed power of sorcerers.The elderly turned to snakes.Men went mad with the lust for blood, and turned into daemons before the eyes of their village.
Chronology of Events - Chronology of Events: This page contains links to a complete chronology of the history of the Warhammer 40,000 universe:M0 - Ancient HistoryM1 - Age of Terra (also called the Age of Progress) beginsM2M3M4M5M6M7M8M9M10M11M12M13M14M15 - Age of Technology beginsM16M17M18M19M20M21M22M23M24M25 - Age of Strife ("Old Night") begins; Human interstellar civilisation collapsesM26M27M28M29M30 - Fall of the Aeldari, First Founding, Great Crusade beginsM31 - Horus Heresy, Great Scouring, Age of the Imperium begins, Time of Rebirth beginsM32 - War of the Beast, The Forging beginsM33M34M35 - Nova Terra Interregnum beginsM36 - The Age of Apostasy, Reign of Blood and the Plague of UnbeliefM37 - Age of Redemption beginsM38 - The Waning beginsM39M40M41 - Gothic War, the Damocles Gulf Crusade, the Sabbat Worlds Crusade; Time of Ending begins, the Tyrannic Wars (First Tyrannic War, Second Tyrannic War and Third Tyrannic War), the Badab War, the Wars for Armageddon, the Zeist Campaign, the 13th Black Crusade, the Fall of Cadia, birth of the Great Rift, the Ultramar Campaign and the Terran CrusadeNote: All dates after the start of the Era Indomitus are provisional due to errors in the Imperial Calendar, meaning these events could actually have occurred at any time from the early 41st Millennium to the early 42nd Millennium. In this period, most inhabited Imperial systems move to more localised calendar variants which record the passage of time from the opening of the Great Rift.M42 - The Era Indomitus begins which encompasses the Indomitus Crusade, the Psychic Awakening, the War of Beasts, the Plague Wars and the Fourth Tyrannic War.