Emperor's Children - Post-Heresy: The corruption by Slaanesh of the IIIrd Legion changed all that had gone before. Now the surviving Astartes of the IIIrd Legion seek only the pursuit of their own most base and hedonistic desires, and hold that morality itself is only an illusion. The Emperor's Children Traitor Marines believe that Chaos, and more specifically the doctrines of the Prince of Pleasure, offer a path to a new form of enlightenment for Mankind and all the other thinking species of the galaxy.While Slaaneshi devotees may seem to be simply insane and self-obsessed sociopaths to outsiders, true devotees of the Path of Pain and Pleasure know that these are only the first steps along the road to true self-knowledge offered by the Dark Prince. While outsiders would claim that the Emperor's Children are simply slaves to their own obsessive desires and the needs of their foul god, the Primarch Fulgrim once noted that ALL men are slaves to something, whether it be their own ambition, concept of morality, or even of the Emperor Himself.The Emperor's Children are now but shadows of their former glory, and countless centuries of infighting amongst both themselves and their Traitor brethren have irreparably shattered any remaining semblance of cohesion. Wholly dedicated to the pursuit of pleasure and excess, members operate alone or in autonomous groups, attacking with unabashed savagery and revelling in the havoc they wreak.This existence of constant indulgence has rendered these ruthless warriors immune to all but the most extreme sensations, and they tirelessly subject themselves to the vilest and most deplorable experiences imaginable. Some dedicate themselves to aural delights and choose to become Noise Marines, servants of Slaanesh whose brains are conditioned to respond only to deafening sound and the frenzied chords of their sonic weaponry.The Chaos Space Marines of the Emperor's Children eagerly serve any master willing to indulge their appetite for barbarous rites and decadent vices. They pursue such acts with a singular and terrifying intensity, which owes its dark genesis to their many years of rigorous training and self-discipline before their fall.Now unfettered, their repressed urges and superhuman physiques offer countless possibilities of unspeakable cruelty and ecstasy in equal measure. The most vicious and imaginative of these warriors often rise to lead their own debased warbands, and the tales of their appalling atrocities and excesses serve as a dire warning to all who encounter them.The Emperor's Children are hedonists of the most extreme kind, and revel in the pleasures of the flesh. Yet none would survive the flames of war for long outside their ancient battle-plate. Slaanesh gifts his favoured warriors with the ability to feel pleasure and pain through the layered ceramite of their armour as if it were their own skin, making every bullet or blade that rebounds from its contours a thrill of sublime pain.Many Emperor's Children relish the cut and thrust of close combat above all, revelling in the slash of the blade and the sharp sting of the riposte. Each drop of blood shed is exquisite nectar to these specialists; some even learn to taste with their blades. Fuelled by sensation, they find pain as invigorating as any intoxicant; to land a blow upon these demented warriors is to give them a vitalising ecstasy that no mortal could comprehend.