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Chaos Knights - Chaos Undivided Favours: Mark of the Dread Knight - This fell rune was said to have branded the first Knight to cast off their oaths of fealty to the Imperium and follow Khorne's Eightfold Path to Damnation. A Chaos Knight that bears this cursed rune upon its hull enjoys a measure of infernal protection from the pantheon of the Dark Gods as it inflicts destruction in their names.Warp-borne Stalker - Daemonic whispers guide this Chaos Knight's pilot along secret paths through the etheric tempests and accursed Daemon Worlds of the Empyrean. In this way, it is able to burst through coruscating tears in the fabric of realspace and straight into battle.Blessing of the Dark Master - The pilot of this Chaos Knight gives worship to a daemonic demigod, the first Daemon Prince Be'lakor, who embodies the manifold might of the Octed of Chaos. They and their mechanical steed are blessed in return with a modicum of their dark master's power, which manifests about them as an obfuscating cowl of shadows.
Chaos Knights - Warp Storm Discipline: Some Fallen Nobles, such as those that pilot Knights Abominant, possess the ability to project psychic powers as a result of the gifts of the Warp. These abilities are collectively called the Warp Storm Discipline by psykers, and several examples of what the discipline can accomplish are included below.Winds of the Warp - A localised tempest of empyric energy roars into being around the Chaos Knight and its bondsmen, striking enemy projectiles from the air in flashes of empyric lightning and sealing damaged hulls with its mutating touch.Vortex Terrors - Down from the tortured skies rushes a howling empyric gale thick with tortured souls and screeching avian gheists. They whirl about the foe in an ephemeral storm that sows terror and confusion amongst the enemy ranks.The Storm Malevolent - Drawn forth by words of dark power, a storm from the depths of the Warp surges up against the skin of reality. Its lashing tendrils tear the veil until corrupting empyric energies spill through to taint all they touch. Trapped amidst this maelstrom of cursed unreality, the enemy are left horribly exposed to attack, and may even be driven back into the pulsating Warp rent to suffer a horrible fate.Cyclonic Lamentation - Spectral winds sing through the rents and channels in the Chaos Knight's armour, their fury building as they meld with the rising shriek of its infernal plasma reactor. In an instant, the nightmare cacophony melds into a single tormented note that rolls outward like a shock wave, shredding the souls of all who hear it and slaying many.Coruscating Hate - So potent is the caster's loathing of the foe that it manifests as roiling thunderheads amidst the darkened skies above. One after another, shrieking bolts of heliotropic lightning stab down from on high to explode amidst the enemy. Those struck are twisted by the raw power of the Warp, their bodies erupting into grotesque mutations or burning with unholy soulfires until they are naught but ashes.Spitesquall - Viscous black rain is driven into the enemy upon howling and hateful winds. Bad enough that this bitter precipitation is freezing cold and blinding as it hisses viciously from armour and flesh, but as it drenches its victims' bodies so too does it numb them and, eventually, drowns their souls, letting their lives ebb away with the unnatural rain.
Chaos Knights - Forces of the Chaos Knights: Chaos Knight ForcesArmiger Pattern Knights (War Dog-class)War Dog (War Dog Executioner • War Dog Stalker • War Dog Karnivore • War Dog Brigand • War Dog Huntsman)Slaaneshi Daemon KnightsHell-Strider • Hell-Scourge • Hell-KnightCerastus Pattern KnightsCerastus Knight-Acheron • Cerastus Knight-Castigator • Cerastus Knight-LancerQuestoris Pattern Knights (Abhorrent-class)Knight Despoiler • Knight Desecrator • Knight Rampager • Knight AbominantAcastus Pattern KnightsAcastus Knight PorphyrionDominus Pattern Knights (Tyrant-class)Knight Tyrant
Chaos Lord - Mark of the Chaos Champion: Chaos Champions often bear upon their flesh the Mark of one of the four Chaos Gods or of Chaos Undivided. Champions of Khorne are berserk savages and value physical strength and direct melee combat over cunning and strategy. Tzeentch's Champions are very knowledgeable on a wide array of matters and many are Chaos Sorcerers.The Champions of Nurgle are the most distorted and physically corrupted of Chaos' followers, their bodies dulled from the constant pain of the diseases they bear, enabling them to endure extreme physical injury with little trauma. Slaaneshi Champions are those who seek out the most intense sensory experiences possible due to the extraordinary pleasure this provides them. They are physically the fastest warriors of Chaos due to their hyper-sensitive minds and often surgically-altered or mutated reaction times.
Chaos Lord - Sorcerer Lords: At present, a Sorcerer Lord is a Chaos Lord who possesses psychic powers as a sorcerer and is more often than not a devotee of Tzeentch, the Changer of Ways and Chaos God of change and sorcery.In the 3rd Edition of Warhammer 40,000, there was a different structure for Chaos Space Marine commanders. They could be psykers or mundanes, and the rank of "Chaos Lieutenant" existed as the second-in-command of a Chaos Space Marine force.Since the release of Warhammer 40,000 4th Edition, however, Chaos Sorcerers have been moved to a role more resembling that of the Loyalist Space Marines' Librarians within a Heretic Astartes warband rather than possessing variable psychic abilities.
Chaos Lord - Unit Composition: 1 Chaos Lord
Chaos Lord - Wargear: Power Armour (Any Firstborn mark)ChainswordBolt PistolFrag GrenadesKrak GrenadesPlasma Pistol (Optional replacement for Bolt Pistol or Chainsword)Combi-weapon (Any type; optional replacement for Bolt Pistol or Chainsword)Power Weapon (Any type; optional replacement for Bolt Pistol or Chainsword)Jump Pack (Optional if leading jump assault)If wearing Terminator Armour, the Chaos Lord makes use of the following wargear:Tactical Dreadnought Armour (any pattern)Power SwordCombi-bolterCombi-weapon (Any type, optional replacement for Combi-bolter)Power Weapon (Any type, optional replacement for Combi-bolter or Power Sword)Lightning Claw (Optional replacement for Combi-bolter or Power Sword)Chainfist (Optional replacement for Combi-bolter or Power Sword)
Chaos Lord - E: NameOriginSummaryEkodasWord BearersEkodas was the Grand Apostle of the Word Bearers Traitor Legion, commander of the 7th Host and a member of the elite cadre of the Legion's ruling Dark Council of Dark Apostles. Ekodas commanded the 7th Host on their unholy Dark Crusades throughout the galaxy from the massive Infernus-class Battleship Crucius Maledictus. In the latter 41st Millennium, Ekodas led the Word Bearers' assault against the strategic Boros Gate System but was killed by the Grey Knights Space Marine Chapter.EleaxusThe Flawless HostEleaxus, also known as Eleaxus the Flawless, is a devout Chaos Champion of the Pleasure God and the leader of The Flawless Host. Eleaxus cares for nothing more than his own glorification and the furtherance of his desire to sit at the right hand of Slaanesh, damning himself further by partaking in blasphemous feasts after his victories. With the promise of all the luxuries of the Imperial world of Makenna VII, Eleaxus' fealty was bought by Warmaster Davroth of the Word Bearers Traitor Legion, to help him conquer the doomed world. He led three elite squads of Emperor's Children Chaos Terminators known as The Scream of Hatred, as well as three squads of Emperor's Children Traitor Marines mounted on Rhino armoured transport carriers, who are known as the Choir of the Damned.Eliphas the InheritorWord Bearers (Formerly) / Black Legion (Current)Eliphas the Inheritor was a former Dark Apostle (Chaplain) of the Word Bearers Traitor Legion who led the forces of Chaos on Kronus during the Dark Crusade, fighting for control of that world. He was defeated by a Blood Ravens Chapter strike force led by Captain Davian Thule. Despite his defeat on Kronus, and subsequent punishment by the Ruinous Powers, he later managed to return to the Materium as a Chaos Champion of the Black Legion to plague the Blood Ravens Space Marine Chapter on the world of Meridian in Sub-sector Aurelia.ErebusWord BearersErebus held the prestigious position of First Chaplain of the Word Bearers Space Marine Legion during the rise of Horus to the rank of Warmaster and the end of the Great Crusade in the early 31st Millennium. He was a fearsome and intimidating Astartes warrior and wore tattoos depicting passages from the Book of Lorgar across his shaven scalp to terrify his enemies. Erebus was the first of the Space Marines to knowingly turn to Chaos and he was personally responsible for corrupting his own Legion's Primarch Lorgar, Horus and the Death Guard First Captain Calas Typhon to the worship and service of Chaos. Erebus is presently one of the ruling Dark Apostles of the Word Bearers Traitor Legion, and fights a subtle, but noticeable war against the Black Cardinal Kor Phaeron for control of the XVIIth Legion's direction in the Primarch's continued absence.
Chaos Lord - F: NameOriginSummaryFestardiusDeath GuardFestardius is a Death Guard Chaos Lord and Chaos Champion of Nurgle. Ten millennia ago, he made a pact with the Word Bearers Commander Davroth during the Horus Heresy, and the two have been close allies ever since. Festardius would eventually go on to take part in The Scouring of Makenna VII during the 41st Millennium, and hoped to rule over the world once Davroth had moved on.FurionUnknownFurion was a Chaos Lord of Khorne who led a Black Crusade sometime during the latter 41st Millennium. He was defeated in single combat by Grand Master Belial, Master of the Deathwing, of the Dark Angels Space Marine Chapter.
Chaos Lord - G: NameOriginSummaryGarandWord BearersA Chaos Warmaster, Garand was a mighty warrior and formidable psyker of the Word Bearers Traitor Legion. He served under Captain Jerulek during the Great Crusade at the battle of Fortrea Quintus, revelling in the slaughter of the planet's population. He rose through the ranks of the Word Bearers Legion and eventually became the Witch-Prince of Helicia. He went on to earn the esteemed rank of Warmaster with command of over a thousand Hosts.Urlock GaurSabbat WorldsUrlock Gaur was the leader or "gaur" of the Khornate Chaos Cult called the Blood Pact and the "archon" or overlord of all the forces of Chaos within the Sabbat Worlds Sector, following the death of his predecessor Archon Nadzybar in 765.M41, during the Sabbat Worlds Crusade, at the hands of the Imperial Warmaster Slaydo.GhalabraxUnknownGhalabrax is a Chaos Lord of Khorne and commands one of the many warbands of Khorne Daemonkin known as the Skullsworn scattered across the galaxy. Lord Ghalabrax and is warband are currently marauding their way through the Epstilos Cluster.Roek GhulclawAlpha LegionRoek Ghulclaw is an Alpha Legion Chaos Lord and leader of the Cult The Guns of Freedom. He took part in The Scouring of Makenna VII, having his agents slowly infiltrate the planet's Planetary Defence Force officer corps. Though an ally of Davroth, in reality, he answers only to the high command of his legion and might be spying on the Word Bearers overlord at his commanders' behest.Kraagon GorefistWorld EatersA Chaos Champion and Khornate Berserker, Kraagon Gorefist is the leader of the World Eaters warband known as Gladiator Group 138. He earned the "slaughter crown" from Khorne for his brutality against the forces of the Imperial Guard during the Battle of Eagle Gate on the world of Endolim.
Chaos Lord - I: NameOriginSummaryEnok InnokentiSabbat WorldsEnok Innokenti was a Magister in the Archenemy forces, serving under both Archons Nadzybar and Urlock Gaur during the Sabbat Worlds Crusade. Innokenti was ultimately defeated on the world of Herodor in 773.M41 by the Imperial forces of the Crusade following the unexpected reincarnation of Saint Sabbat.Ferrous IronclawIron WarriorsFerrous Ironclaw is a Warsmith of the Iron Warriors. A dedicated believer in the Long War and loyal to his Primarch Perturabo, in the 41st Millennium, Ironclaw and his Grand Company besieged the Imperial world of Bellum Colonia. However, just as he overran the world, a large force comprised of the Iron Warriors' hated rivals, the Imperial Fists, made planetfall to fight off the invading forces of Chaos. Rather then worry at these new and formidable reinforcements, however, Ironclaw rejoiced at the prospect of meeting the hated enemy of his legion in battle.
Chaos Lord - J: NameOriginSummaryJarulekWord BearersJarulek, also known as Jarulek the Glorified or Jarulek the Blessed, was one of the more formidable Dark Apostles of the Word Bearers Traitor Legion. He was considered one of the favoured servants of the immortal Daemon Primarch Lorgar, a true bearer of the Word of the Ruinous Powers. Through his extreme devotion to Chaos Undivided, furious passion and fiery oratory he brought countless millions into the truth of the Eight-Fold Path. Millions more who had chosen to remain ignorant and resistant to the true faith had been slain upon his orders. Jarulek was slain on the world of Tanakreg by an awakened Necron Lord after successfully recovering a potent artefact from the Necrons' stasis tomb.JiharEmperor's ChildrenJihar, also known as Jihar the Lacerator, was a Chaos Lord of Slaanesh. A traitorous officer of the Emperor's Children, towards the end of the 500s.M37 Jihar established a strong following of Chaos Space Marines from his Legion as well as Cultists, and Mutants. It is said that Jihar was possessed of terrible gifts granted to him by his master, and even the dead themselves screamed in horror when he drew near. In 599.M37, Jihar would lead a Black Crusade out of the Eye of Terror, known as the Black Crusade of Jihar the Lacerator. Imperial resistance would be led by the 13th Mordant Acid-Dogs Imperial Guard Regiment. After a long and vicious struggle throughout the Sector, Jihar was killed by the 13th Mordant's heavy weapons.
Chaos Lord - L: NameOriginSummaryLucius the EternalEmperor's ChildrenLucius the Eternal is a Chaos Lord and formidable Chaos Champion of Slaanesh and a Lord Commander of the Emperor's Children Traitor Legion. Lucius is also known as the Soulthief, Fulgrim's Champion, and the Scion of Chemos. Lucius has been blessed by Slaanesh so that when he is slain, no easy task in itself, his killer will eventually transform into Lucius if he takes any pleasure or satisfaction from the killing.Lufgt Huron / Huron BlackheartAstral ClawsLufgt Huron, the self-styled Tyrant of Badab, was once the Chapter Master of the Astral Claws and self-claimed Imperial Governor of the world of Badab Primaris in the Maelstrom Zone of the Ultima Segmentum. But ultimately, Huron became corrupt in his ambitious pursuit of power and corrupted most of his Chapter as well, leading him into open rebellion against the Imperium of Man, a conflict known as the Badab War, which lasted from 901-912.M41. Reborn as the Chaos Lord Huron Blackheart, he is an inhuman servant of Chaos who now lives only to bleed the Imperium he once served. Master of the warband of piratical Chaos Space Marines called the Red Corsairs and Lord of the Maelstrom, he is the dark-souled king of an empire of monsters. Dwelling within the swirling madness of the Maelstrom, Lord Blackheart has slowly built an empire amongst the Renegades and Heretics of that great Warp Rift that will soon rival the strength of the forces of Chaos that call the Eye of Terror home.
Chaos Lord - N: NameOriginSummaryNadzybarSabbat WorldsNadzybar was the Archon or overlord of the forces of Chaos within the Sabbat Worlds Sector from approximately 634.M41 until his death in 765.M41 during the Sabbat Worlds Crusade at the hands of the Imperial Warmaster Slaydo. He successfully organised the disparate and fractious Chaos Cults and warbands that existed within the Sabbat Worlds into a potent fighting force able to first extend the rule of the Dark Gods over the entire sector and then to keep a massive Imperial Crusade at bay for over a solar decade until he met his death at the Warmaster's own hands on the world of Balhaut.NecrosiusDeath GuardNecrosius is a bitter and twisted Chaos Sorcerer. Known also as Necrosius the Undying, he is an ancient foe of theImperium of Man. He is a sworn servant of Nurgle, the Chaos God of pestilence, despair and decay. Necrosius is the master of the warband of Chaos Space Marines known as the Apostles of Contagion and a powerful sorcerer whose dark arts of necromancy can awaken the dead to a nightmarish half-life, unleashing the Zombie Plague of the Plague Lord upon friend and foe alike.NemerothUnknownNemeroth was the Chaos Lord of the Chaos Space Marine warband known as the Chosen of Nemeroth. He was also a powerful Chaos Sorcerer who led the Chaotic assault upon the Forge World of Graia in the late 41st Millennium. Nemeroth was killed by Captain Titus, the commander of the Ultramarines 2nd Company just before he was able to ascend to become a Daemon Prince of Chaos Undivided.
Chaos Lord - O: No known Chaos Lords begin with the letter "O".
Chaos Lord - Q: No known Chaos Lord begins with the letter "Q".
Chaos Lord - R: NameOriginSummaryReavax the CruelThe HarvestReavax is a Chaos Lord of Khorne and the current leader of the Khorne Daemonkin warband known as the Harvest.RynaxWord BearersRynax, also known as Rynax the Unspoken, was a Chaos Champion of the Word Bearers who joined the ranks of the Sons of Horus shortly after the Horus Heresy. Trying to use Black Legionaries as hosts to summon Daemons, when Abaddon got wind of the plan he killed Rynax and put his head on his trophy rack.
Chaos Lord - T: NameOriginSummaryThe Herald of FateThousand SonsThe Herald of Fate was a former Thousand Sons Sorcerer Lord, whose forces invaded the Imperium's Vidar Sector and brought his prophesied message of the Sector's doom to its population. During the invasion he led his forces in a conquest of the Sector's Darkfall System, but this caused the Sorcerer Lord to transcend to Daemonhood and ended his threat to the Vidar Sector. Though The Herald's prophesy of doom for the Sector did not come to pass, he had devastated the Darkfall System and left its remaining population scattered and lost.ToraminoIron WarriorsToramino was a Warsmith of the Iron Warriors and the leader of the Stor-bezashk, the IVth Legion's masters of ordnance and siege breaking during the era of the Great Crusade and the Horus Heresy. By the 41st Millennium, he had become one of the Iron Warriors' most powerful surviving Warsmiths. He was the ruler of an ancient and mighty fortress on the Iron Warriors' daemonic homeworld of Medrengard. When the Warsmith Honsou was successful in obtaining a large stock of gene-seed from the hated Imperial Fists on the world of Hydra Cordatus, Toramino and his Grand Company wanted their promised share of the precious genetic material required to swell their numbers. When Honsou reneged on the deal and kept all of the gene-seed for his own Grand Company, Toramino declared war against his wayward comrade. Toramino and his fellow Warsmith Berrosus brought their armies to lay siege to Honsous's fortress of Khalan-Ghol. When Berrosus was killed, Toramino decided that discretion was the better part of valour, and fled for his life.TyphusDeath GuardTyphus, also known as Typhus the Traveller, originally the Space Marine named Calas Typhon of the world of Barbarus, is the Herald of Nurgle and the host of the terrible plague known as the Destroyer Hive. He is a Champion of Chaos and the former First Captain of the Death Guard Traitor Legion. Typhus is the most feared of all Chaos Lords to command one of the legendary Plague Fleets. He rules the greater portion of the Death Guard's armada from the bridge of his flagship, the Terminus Est, a warship encrusted with the filth of aeons that was ancient even when the Horus Heresy began some ten thousand standard years ago. His skill in ship-to-ship combat has been honed over many millennia of war, and when he broods in his command throne upon his starship's bridge, he and the titanic war machine become one. Though the warship exists on the cusp of Imperial legend, its three-pronged pict-sign is dreaded by admirals and Planetary Governors alike across the Segmentum Obscurus. Wherever Typhus' flagship appears, it heralds plague, death and misery on a system-wide scale. Even whispers of its coming can cause panicked evacuations from worlds in its path, for wherever Typhus goes, pain and despair blossom in his wake.
Chaos Lord - U: NameOriginSummaryUmbragg of the Brazen FleshWorld EatersUmbragg was a World Eaters Chaos Lord and Skull Champion of Khorne, who led the Cholercaust Blood Crusade's Khornate Berserkers to the blood-drenched surface of the Cemetery World 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.UrkrathosBlack LegionUrkrathos is a Chaos Lord of the Black Legion of Chaos Space Marines and the current Lord Purgator of the Chosen of Abaddon. 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, the current Lord Purgator and commander of the Legion's Black Fleet, claims all followers of Khorne within the Legion as his own and directs them according to the will of Abaddon the Despoiler, the Warmaster of Chaos and master of the Black Legion. 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.UssaxDeath GuardBlight-Master Ussax is a veteran of the Death Guard Traitor Legion, and known as one of the Daemon Primarch Mortarion's inner circle of sorcerers. He is well known to the Ordo Malleus and to the Grey Knights, having been responsible for countless millions of deaths throughout the millennia. Ussax is held to be one of the most darkly gifted concoctors of blights, afflictions and plagues serving the Death Guard, and his recent appearance in the warzones of the Jericho Reach, attended by a cadre of Plague Marines, is a cause for much concern amongst those with knowledge of what he is capable of.
Chaos Lord - W: No known Chaos Lord begins with the letter "W".
Chaos Lord - X: No known Chaos Lord begins with the letter "X".
Chaos Lord - Y: NameOriginSummaryYgethmor the DeceiverBlack Legionknown also as the "Twice Damned" and the "Purgator of Corrialis". He currently serves as one of Abaddon the Despoiler's lieutenants and a member of his personal retinue,  the Chosen of Abaddon. 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.
Chaos Lord - Z: NameOriginSummaryZagtheanBlack LegionZagthean, known as Zagthean the Broken, is a Chaos Lord of the Black Legion. He led his Black Legion warband in a fury of violence and excess on the Agri-World of Valesia. For his own satisfaction, the Warlord constructed a vast maze of thorns from the world's rose orchards, blinding his prisoners and loosing them within its tunnels, before hunting them down at his leisure. Countless inhabitants spent their final terrifying hours listening desperately for the sounds of pursuit, their flesh bleeding from dozens of thorn cuts.ZhorischIron WarriorsZhorisch is an ancient master of scientific and technical pursuits as well as a cunning practitioner of the art and science of siege warfare. Warsmith Zhorisch was a member of the original Iron Warriors Legion raised up by Perturabo, and he was initially a pre-cursor of the modern Techmarine, a highly trained fighting engineer. As the IVth Legion slowly fell into bitterness and treason, he gleefully followed his leaders into rebellion against the Emperor. Over the millennia following the Horus Heresy, he rose in power with guile and cunning, eventually reaching the rank of Warsmith and leading his own warband. As a Warsmith, he developed his well-known lust for hidden knowledge, leading many a campaign of terror against unsuspecting Imperial worlds in pursuit of secrets both academic and technological. When he was given the chance to take the Obsidian Forge at Imbru, located in the Jericho Reach, and loot what he believed to be a treasure trove of Imperial secrets, he immediately accepted the task.Zhufor the ImpalerStorm LordsZhufor, also called Zhufor the Impaler and the Butcher of Vraks, is the Chaos Lord who lead the warband of World Eaters' Chaos Space Marines named the Skulltakers during the Siege of Vraks. Zhufor was not always a servant of the Dark Gods. Once, millennia ago, he was known as Balzach, a former Sergeant of the Storm Lords Chapter. During the sacking of the hive cities of Paramar, Sergeant Balzach was severely wounded and taken captive by the Traitor Marines of the World Eaters Legion. Balzach was then drugged and subjected to torture and psycho-corrective surgery to alter his brainwave patterns in order to break his Imperial indoctrination. He was turned into a raging psychopathic killer, tall and muscular beyond even his normal Space Marine physique, and reborn as Zhufor.ZymranWord BearersZymran was a Chaos Lord of the Word Bearers Traitor Legion who led a warband comprised of both Chaos Space Marines and daemons. He attempted to claim a pre-Heresy relic known as the Concordant Chaosium but was opposed by an Ultramarines strike force -- ancient and bitter rivals since the Horus Heresy.
Chaos Space Marine Biker - Chaos Space Marine Biker: A Chaos Space Marine Biker is a well-armed and highly mobile reconnaissance warrior of the Chaos Space Marines who is often used by his warband to launch deadly raids behind enemy lines. Using Chaos-corrupted Astartes Assault Bikes, the roar of their bike's engines growls like a snarling beast that fires the damned soul of its Heretic Astartes rider to acts of greater recklessness and bloodshed. Trailing brimstone and death in their wake, the Chaos Space Marine Bikers act as the harbingers of their vile, dark Traitor Legions.Well-armed and highly mobile, Chaos Biker squads are mounted on bladed bikes that are possessed of a sinister, mechanical sentience. Even amongst the Chaos Space Marines, their Biker squads have a reputation for cruelty. They are tireless in pursuit of an enemy and will follow a foe night and day to kill or capture them -- or in the hope that they will be led to fresh victims. Some have even melded physically with their metal steeds through the power of the Warp, balefire jetting from their exhausts and oil flowing in their veins.Chaos Bikers are excellent for reconnaissance and launching deadly raids behind enemy lines. Like those of their Loyalist counterparts, Chaos Assault Bikes are rugged and well-suited to dense terrain, though they have often been twisted by Chaos into something far more unsettling than a simple machine. They are fitted with built-in Bolters that can be fired by the rider without him needing to relinquish control of his steed, and they are often festooned with blades and spurs that dismember opponents as the rider crashes past.
Chaos Space Marine Biker - Role: The Assault Bike, along with its Attack Bike variant, have been used by the Adeptus Astartes since the dawn of the Imperium of Man. The Space Marine Legions that fought throughout the Great Crusade maintained a large stock of these lightweight but powerful machines, often deploying entire companies of Assault Bikes to use for lightning fast attacks on their enemies. These vehicles were also deployed during the Horus Heresy by both Loyalist and Traitor Legions alike. During the Heresy, many Assault Bike Squads were used by the Traitor Legions to hunt down Loyalist survivors of the virus-bombing of Istvaan III, and to finish off the Loyalist assault during the Drop Site Massacre on Istvaan V. After the death of the rebellion's leader, the Arch-Traitor Horus, the Traitor Legions made a hasty retreat from Terra into the Eye of Terror, though they took their Bike Squads with them.Even amongst the ruthless Chaos Space Marines, Chaos Bikers have a fell reputation for cruelty. They are merciless in pursuit of an enemy, following a vanquished foe for many miles to kill or capture them, or in the hope that they will lead the bikers to fresh victims and plunder. Where once Assault Bikes were just another piece of equipment to the Traitor Legions, the millennia spent within the Warp have changed these once magnificent machines into extensions of their corrupted riders. The Chaos Space Marine Bikers and their Assault Bikes are now covered in cruel spikes, jutting horns and festooned with blades and spurs that are used to cut and ensnare opponents as the Chaos rider smashes past. Their Assault Bikes are usually armed with twin-linked Bolters fitted to the front armoured cowling of their bikes and a sizable proportion have these weapons replaced with Melta Guns or Plasma Guns to provide even heavier firepower.
Chaos Space Marine Biker - Unit Composition: 2-8 Chaos Bikers1 Chaos Biker Champion
Chaos Space Marine Biker - Wargear: Power ArmourBolt PistolCombi-bolter (on bike)Frag GrenadesKrak GrenadesChainaxe (Optional replacement for Champion's Bolt Pistol)Lightning Claw (Optional replacement for Champion's Bolt Pistol)Plasma Pistol (Optional replacement for Champion's Bolt Pistol, or for one Traitor Marine's Bolt Pistol)Power Fist (Optional replacement for Champion's Bolt Pistol)Power Maul (Optional replacement for Champion's Bolt Pistol)Power Sword (Optional replacement for Champion's Bolt Pistol)Flamer (Additional weapon for two Chaos Bikers' or replacement for 2 Chaos Bikers' Combi-bolter)Meltagun (Additional weapon for two Chaos Bikers' or replacement for 2 Chaos Bikers' Combi-bolter)Plasma Gun (Additional weapon for two Chaos Bikers' or replacement for 2 Chaos Bikers' Combi-bolter)
Chaos Space Marine Biker - Notable Chaos Space Marine Bikers: Doomrider - Doomrider is a Daemon Prince of Slaanesh. Mounted upon his daemon-possessed Assault Bike adorned with deadly scything blades and sharp, protruding spikes, Doomrider wields his deadly daemonic sword, carving a bloody path through the battlefields of the material universe. Though he can be summoned by Chaos Cultists through foul, debased rituals to aid the Forces of Chaos, his nature is fickle, for Doomrider seldom stays in the material realm for any length of time and will often return to his own realm within the Warp as suddenly as he appears.Hounds of Huron - The Hounds of Huron are a Chaos Space Marine biker force that is part of the infamous Renegade Red Corsairs warband. They serve as the Chaos Lord Huron Blackheart's harbingers of dark fury. The Hounds are composed of Chaos Space Marine Bike Squads ideally suited for hit-and-run raids and they use their speed to hunt down their prey. They lash out at their intended targets with roaring Chainswords and slash their foes to ribbons using these scythed blades. The Hounds of Huron are often used to destroy isolated targets as well as to track down and execute fleeing enemies. Imposing and powerful Chaos Lords within the ranks of the Red Corsairs known as Huntmasters are able to temporarily gain the allegiance of large warbands of Chaos Space Marine Bikers from across the Maelstrom with the promise of delivering to these Renegades a great bounty. These imposing figures answer only to the Tyrant of Badab himself. The Huntmasters are able to rally a sizeable pack of followers shortly before a major engagement is to occur. There are no more than 4 Huntmasters within the Red Corsairs at any given time, for all of them are bitter rivals vying for glory in the eyes of their dark master. The rewards for obedience to the Tyrant are great but the punishment for treachery is fatal. Amongst the Hounds' other tasks is the need to hunt down those Renegade Space Marines who were once members of the Red Corsairs and have since put their own agenda above that of the Tyrant's -- a common flaw amongst the servants of the Ruinous Powers.
Chaos Space Marine Chosen - Chaos Space Marine Chosen: The Chosen of a Chaos Space Marine warband are the most battle-hardened of the Heretic Astartes and are functionally equivalent to the Veteran Marines of the Adeptus Astartes.The most experienced and dedicated Chaos Space Marines are known as "Chosen." Even at a glance, it is obvious that they are favoured amongst the bitter brotherhood of Chaos, for their baroque armour is embellished with forbidden runes and their grimacing helmets give them the aspect of raging daemons.Equipped with the finest wargear the warband can provide, the Chosen are even more hard-bitten and callous than other Chaos Space Marines, and think nothing of sacrificing the lives of their comrades to increase their own standing with the gods.Squads of Chosen have many centuries of combat experience to draw upon and are typically found in the vanguard of any attack, fighting from the front where they can earn the most glory and take the greatest spoils.Sometimes the Chosen will use their battle skills to infiltrate enemy lines and set up ambushes, or outflank an enemy army to launch surprise attacks on the opposition’s strongpoints.Confident in the extreme, and contemptuous even of those that march to war alongside them, the Chosen bow only to the gods themselves and to the Chaos Champions who command their allegiance.Like Chaos Champions, there are many Heretic Astartes who may be called Chosen; dedicated, deadly soldiers. Chosen often band together with other such veterans and may be defined as much by the wargear they wield and the tactics they prefer as their dedication to a particular Chaos God.Both weapons and tactics can be extremely varied, from close combat weapons such as Chainswords and Lightning Claws, to Reaper Autocannons and Lascannons, and the ever-redoubtable Bolter. Chosen come in many forms, from the raging World Eaters Berserkers to the jaded Noise Marines of the Emperor's Children, and likewise their personalities vary wildly.Some leap into battle with unrestrained savagery, trusting in their berserker rage to overwhelm their enemies, while others may rely on a methodical, stoic approach or even simple, practical sorceries and dark charms to win the day. However, many Chosen are professional and pragmatic. They use all tools at their disposal to their fullest extent to ensure victory, making them consummate and terrifying warriors.
Chaos Space Marine Chosen - Unit Composition: 4-9 Chosen1 Chosen Champion
Chaos Space Marine Chosen - Wargear: Power ArmourBoltgunBolt PistolFrag GrenadesKrak GrenadesChainsword (Optional replacement for Boltgun or for any one of Chosen Champion's weapons)Chainaxe (Optional replacement for any one of Chosen Champion's weapons)Plasma Pistol (Optional replacement for 4 Chosen's Bolt Pistol or for any one of Chosen Champion's weapons)Power Weapon (Any type as optional replacement for 4 Chosen's Boltguns or for any one of Chosen Champion's weapons)Lightning Claw (Optional replacement for 4 Chosen's Boltguns or for any one of Chosen Champion's weapons)Power Fist (Optional replacement for 4 Chosen's Boltguns or for any one of Chosen Champion's weapons)2 Lightning Claws (Optional replacement for 4 Chosen's Boltguns and Bolt Pistols)Combi-weapon (Any type as optional replacement for 4 Chosen's Boltguns)Flamer (Optional replacement for 4 Chosen's Boltguns)Meltagun (Optional replacement for 4 Chosen's BoltgunsPlasma Gun (Optional replacement for 4 Chosen's BoltgunsHeavy Bolter (Optional replacement for 1 Chosen's Boltgun)Meltagun (Optional replacement for 1 Chosen's Boltgun)Autocannon (Optional replacement for 1 Chosen's Boltgun)Lascannon (Optional replacement for 1 Chosen's Boltgun)Missile Launcher (with Frag Missiles and Krak Missiles) (Optional replacement for 1 Chosen's Boltgun)Chaos Rhino (dedicated transport for squad)
Chaos Space Marine Chosen - Notable Chosen: Dzargon Draznicht - Dzargon Draznicht is a Chaos Champion and Chosen of the Renegade Space Marine warband known as the Crimson Slaughter. Once the wisest mind in the Crimson Sabres Chapter before their corruption by the Ruinous Powers, he was renowned for his preternatural perception, which caused him to mutate when his Chapter fell to Chaos. His mind was opened to the power of the Warp and a hideous third eye opened upon his forehead, always seeking out new paths for slaughter, murder and mayhem. Now Draznicht follows the Chaos Lord Kranon the Relentless as his chief subordinate and leader of the warband's Chosen.Verzekh - Verzekh was a Heretic Astartes and Chaos Champion of the Black Legion who served as the primary lieutenant of the Sorcerer Chaos Lord Xorphas and commanded Xorphas' unit of Chosen. Verzekh served by Xorphas' side during the Diamor Campaign just before the 13th Black Crusade. He was killed in action by Captain Aphael of the Blood Angels Chapter.
Chaos Space Marine Havocs - Chaos Space Marine Havocs: Chaos Space Marine Havocs are the Heretic Astartes variant of the Space Marine Devastator, heavy weapon specialists who are trained to annihilate the foe at range.Squads of Havocs provide devastating anti-infantry and anti-armour firepower, dominating large swathes of the battlefield with volley after punishing volley.
Chaos Space Marine Havocs - Role: Some Heretic Astartes squads carry a high proportion of heavy weapons to lay down supporting fire for their brethren. Known as Havocs, these squads provide devastating anti-infantry and anti-armour firepower, and dominate large swathes of the battlefield with their merciless volleys of fire. A Chaos Havoc Squad normally consists of 4 Chaos Space Marines armed with heavy weapons and an Aspiring Champion of Chaos whos serves as the squad leader.Such is the blood-pounding thrill of pouring heavy fire into the enemy ranks that many Havocs become obsessed by the power their weapons afford them. They see themselves as gods of the battlefield, blasting the insect vermin of the enemy into oblivion with each twitch of the finger. Over time, a Havoc Squad that lingers within the Warp may find their heavy weapons becoming a part of them, extensions of their own physical body that can never be laid down or relinquished.Casings blend with flesh, blood plasma becomes highly volatile, and ammunition hoppers become hungry second mouths that snap and growl for more bullets. Eventually, Chaos Space Marine and weapon become one and the same entity.This is the way of Chaos -- where the Warp bleeds into realspace, it is not nature that defines form but deadly psychic compulsion -- the ugliness in a Havoc's soul is made manifest in the flesh for all to see.Havocs often employ Rhino armoured transports, allowing a Havoc Squad to speedily claim high ground or some other strategically important vantage point, from which they can decimate the enemy with their heavy weapons. A Chaos Rhino also allows Havocs to redeploy rapidly, should all their targets be destroyed or an enemy assault be imminent. In this way, the Havocs always stand ready to lend their supporting firepower to their corrupt brethren where the fighting is thickest.
Chaos Space Marine Havocs - Unit Composition: 4-9 Havocs1 Aspiring Champion
Chaos Space Marine Havocs - Havocs: Power ArmourChoice of Heavy WeaponFlamerHeavy BolterAutocannonMeltagunPlasma GunMissile LauncherLascannonBolterBolt PistolFrag GrenadesKrak GrenadesChaos Rhino (for squad transport)
Chaos Space Marine Havocs - Aspiring Champion: Close Combat Weapon (Any type -- Aspiring Champion Only)Plasma Pistol (Aspiring Champion Only)Melta Bombs (Aspiring Champion Only)
Chaos Space Marine Havocs - Sources: Codex Heretic Astartes - Chaos Space Marines (8th Edition), pp. 62-63Codex: Chaos Space Marines (6th Edition), pg. 36, 102Codex: Chaos Space Marines (4th Edition), pp. 26, 100Codex: Chaos Space Marines (3rd Edition, 2nd Codex), pg. 34Codex: Chaos Space Marines (3rd Edition, 1st Codex), pg. 16Games Workshop: Catalogue - Chaos Space Marine HavocsWarhammer Community - Heretic Astartes Focus: Havocs 8th Edition (Image)Chaos Space Marine ForcesCommandChaos Lord • Exalted Champion •  Chaos Champion • Aspiring Champion • Sorcerer Lord • Daemon Prince • Daemon Prince of Nurgle • Daemon Prince of Tzeentch • Death Guard LordSpecialistsExalted Sorcerer • Sorcerer • Warpsmith • Dark Apostle • Master of Possession • Master of Executions • Lord Discordant • Warsmith • Death Guard Sorcerer • Lord of Contagion • Malignant Plaguecaster • Plague Surgeon • Tallyman • Scarab Occult Sorcerer • Scarab Occult TerminatorsTroopsChaos Space Marines • Havocs • Chosen • Chaos Terminators • Possessed • Greater Possessed • Khorne Berzerkers • Plague Marines • Noise Marines • Rubric Marines • Obliterators • Mutilators • Chaos Spawn • Fallen Angels • Noxious Blightbringer • Foul Blightspawn • Biologus Putrifier • Blightlord Terminators • DeathshroudFast AttackChaos Space Marine Bikers • Chaos Space Marine Raptors • Warp TalonsChaos DreadnoughtsHelbrute • Ferrum Infernus Dreadnought • Chaos Contemptor Pattern Dreadnought • Sonic Dreadnought • Berserker Dreadnought • Leviathan DreadnoughtVehicles and Daemon EnginesChaos Rhino • Chaos Predator • Infernal Relic Predator • Chaos Vindicator • Chaos Land Raider • Chaos Land Raider Proteus • Infernal Relic Land Raider Achilles • Land Raider Hades Diabolus • Relic Sicaran Battle Tank • Maulerfiend • Forgefiend • Defiler • Brass Scorpion • Blood Slaughterer • Blight Drone • Foetid Bloat-drone • Kytan • Plague Hulk • Venomcrawler • Myphitic Blight-haulerHeavy Vehicles and Daemon EnginesSpartan Assault Tank • Fellblade • Decimator • Typhon Heavy Siege Tank • Lord of Skulls • Death Wheel • Plaguereaper • Plagueburst Crawler • Silver Tower of TzeentchAircraftHeldrake • Stormbird • Thunderhawk • Chaos Storm Eagle • Chaos Fire Raptor • Hell Blade • Hell Talon • Harbinger • Chaos Dreadclaw • Kharybdis Assault Claw •  Fire Lord •  Doom WingSummoned DaemonsBloodletters • Plaguebearers • Horror of Tzeentch • Daemonette • Nurglings • Beast of Nurgle • Plague Drone • Flamer • ScreamerLost and the DamnedChaos Cultists • Poxwalkers • Pestigor • Plague Zombies • Plague Ogryn • Thrall Wizard • Tzaangor • Tzaangor Enlightened • Tzaangor Shaman • Dark DiscipleChampionsMagnus the Red • Mortarion • Abaddon the Despoiler • Kharn the Betrayer • Typhus • Ahriman • Huron Blackheart • Fabius Bile • Cypher • Haarken Worldclaimer • Invocatus
Chaos Space Marine Raptor - History: Raptors are a debased form of the Jump Pack-equipped Legion Assault Astartes who fought as part of the Space Marine Legions who turned Traitor during the Horus Heresy of the early 31st Millennium. At that time Jump Packs were a rarity, and they were usually only issued to elite units of Space Marines.These earlier patterns of Jump Pack were rather more sophisticated and efficient than the ones commonly used by the Space Marines of the Imperium in the 41st Millennium, being considerably lighter and less bulky, while at the same time having a higher thrust to mass ratio which allowed slightly longer and higher jumps to be performed.Such was their complexity, however, that only the most skilled Tech-adepts of the ancient Mechanicum could attempt their construction, and with time even this ability was lost, so now all that can be done is to maintain those packs that still remain.If it had not been for the discovery of the Standard Template Construct (STC) for the pattern of Jump Pack currently used by the Imperium, by an unknown Tech-priest on the backwater planet known only as DH2, it is likely that the Raptors would have been the only Space Marines still using Jump Packs in the 41st Millennium.At the time of the Heresy, though, very few units of Space Marines were equipped with Jump Packs. In much the same way that Terminator Armour is still seen as a badge of honour amongst Astartes, being a member of a Jump Pack-equipped assault unit was a source of pride and prestige.Such troops, being rare, were employed only for highly specialised and often highly dangerous missions. All of these factors combined to instill a unique esprit de corps amongst the warriors of Jump Pack-equipped units, and it was this spirit of dangerous individualism which was to have terrible consequences during the Heresy.
Chaos Space Marine Raptor - Unit Composition: 4-9 Raptors1 Raptor Chaos Champion
Chaos Space Marine Raptor - Wargear: Bolt PistolChainswordFrag GrenadesKrak GrenadesPlasma Pistol (Optional replacement for 2 Raptors' Bolt Pistol)Flamer (Optional replacement for 2 Raptors' Bolt Pistol and Chainsword)Meltagun (Optional replacement for 2 Raptors' Bolt Pistol and Chainsword)Plasma Gun (Optional replacement for 2 Raptors' Bolt Pistol and Chainsword)Power Weapon, Bolt Pistol, Chainaxe, Chainsword, Lightning Claw, Plasma Pistol (Any two of these can serve as optional replacements for a Raptor Champion's Bolt Pistol and Chainsword)
Chaos Space Marine Raptor - Raptor Cults: As time has passed, the Raptors have become ever more corrupted, their armour mutated by some strange force of Chaos so that it no longer bears anything other than a passing resemblance to the Power Armour it once was. At the same time, the pride and spirit of the Space Marines that became the Raptors has been perverted to a vain belief in their own superiority over all other creatures, which is often expressed in acts of quite unspeakable cruelty. Although the Raptors will fight alongside other Chaos Space Marines, their haughty attitude and obvious disdain makes them unpopular, to say the least -- a feeling that is reinforced by the Raptors' tendency to desert as soon as they have gotten what they want. And what they want appears to be nothing other than death, destruction and the simple infliction of pain and suffering for its own sake. They circle the battlefield, swooping down on the weakest and most vulnerable target they can find, and then depart leaving death in their wake before the enemy can retaliate. These fell servants are truly amongst the most loathsome of all the followers of the Chaos Gods. Many Raptor warbands frequently operate only amongst their own kind, forming Raptor Cults. These Cults usually only consist of those veteran warriors who fought for the Warmaster Horus ten millennia ago.The thrill of false flight afforded by a Jump Pack can be addictive, especially to a Chaos Space Marine. Those who have delusions of godhood relish looking down on their prey as if they were little more than insects. As with all things that feel the caress of the Warp, like attracts like, and the Raptors of the Traitor Legions only truly respect those who can lead from above. There exist amongst the armies of Chaos those warhosts that attack from on high without exception, a dark mirror of the Adeptus Astartes tactic of launching a planetstrike from low orbit to ensure the maximum impact.Those Chaos Lords who go to war upon a Jump Pack's twin pillars of flame are often attended by large warbands of Raptors and Warp Talons. The most influential of these leaders marshal as many airborne Daemon Engines to their cause as they can, using Heldrake Fear Squadrons to eliminate the enemy's anti-air capabilities before the main strike descends. The Night Lords in particular make extensive use of such forces, for they revel in the terror caused by what their victims perceive as a dark flock of vengeful furies from myth come to rend their flesh and claim their souls.
Chaos Space Marine Raptor - Notable Raptor Cults: The Bleeding Eye - Often acting as mercenaries, this particularly large Raptor Cult is known to operate in cells across several sectors of the galaxy, allying themselves with other Chaos Space Marine warbands. The Bleeding Eye is known for taking part in various acts of cannibalism, eating the remains of their fallen enemies.