Friday 15 June 2007

Forces of the Chaos Space Marines

Chaos Space Marine Legions fights using a different style of warfare; also, four of the nine are dedicated to one of the four major Chaos Gods. Codex: Chaos Space Marines includes the current rules for fielding a Chaos Space Marine army in a game of Warhammer 40k ; it also includes rules for fielding any of the nine specific legions.
The nine Chaos Marine Legions are:
Black Legion
Night Lords
Word Bearers
Alpha Legion
Iron Warriors
World Eaters(dedicated to Khorne)
Death Guard (dedicated to Nurgle)
Emperor's Children (dedicated to Slaanesh)
Thousand Sons (dedicated to Tzeentch)

There are also many humans and mutants who serve Chaos, and they are often used by the Chaos Marines to bolster their ranks. These traitors, mutants and heretics are collectively labelled the Lost and the Damned. Rules and background for these forces can be found in Codex: Eye of Terror.
In addition, since the Horus Heresy, some Space Marine Chapters have been corrupted in one way or another by Chaos. Very little background information has been provided about these Chapters, and no specific rules exist for them, allowing players to adapt other rules to represent their forces. Examples include the Sons of Malice, the Damned Company of Lord Caustos, the Violators, the Thunder Barons, and the Astral Claws (known as the Red Corsairs since their rebellion).

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