Marines do this for a number of reasons, although the cause of this is usually finding that the ways of Chaos suit them more than the Imperium, or the classic case of the Imperium dicking them over (largely the case for post-heresy chapters). The rot spread quickly through the Legion, and the Emperor's Children embraced Chaos, particularly the Prince of Pleasure, in all its depravity.

Most recent codex, you'll still need the index for the points cost and options on a few units. A life of constant warfare is a dangerous one and most will die upon the field of battle, forgotten by their god as just another failure but immortalised in legend by their remaining followers and comrades.
These daemonic Primarchs rarely took part in the affairs of their Legions before the birth of the Great Rift. See the Dominion of Fire or the Cholercaust Blood Crusade. Most disdain long-ranged warfare, preferring to close with the enemy to kill them with Chainaxe, Power Sword, and (if need be) Bolt Pistols. In most ways the Imperium has either completely stagnated or even regressed from the technological level prevalent across the Human-settled galaxy during the Great Crusade in the early 31st Millennium, though the recent efforts of Archmagos Dominus Belisarius Cawl following the introduction of the Primaris Space Marines have seen fit to try and reverse this fear of innovation. In the original Rogue Trader narrative, the Emperor was encased in the Golden Throne because he was thousands of years old and he needed life force from psykers in order to survive. Greater Possessed 60 -> 65. Something went wrong. There's a problem loading this menu right now. In order to benefit from a Legion Trait, every model in your kill team has to be from the same legion.

In 4th ed, Gav Thorpe raped Chaos and left her to die in a fucking gutter.

$250.00. Abaddon believes it will not be much longer before the Black Legion and the other servants of the Ruinous Powers will once more stand upon the soil of Terra.

However, several of the Renegades listed here are simply Space Marine Chapters that hav… Though such changes can make a Chaos Champion a fearsome warrior, he risks receiving so many such "gifts" and becoming so mutated that he loses all control of himself and degenerates into the hideous creature known as a Chaos Spawn. They keep using shit they were equipped with prior to the Horus Heresy such as bolters and the ever useful Space Marine plot armor, which would explain why they didn't fistfuck each other to death before reaching the Eye of Terror, or why they would follow the lead of a particular Saturday morning cartoon villain. What is the most surprising, is that shit still happens despite loyalist marines being heavily brainwashed, even more than Death Korps of Krieg or Sisters of Battle (both of which are famous for having close to zero Chaos corruption rate). Warhammer 40,000 Grim Dark Lore Part 10 – Gods and Daemons, Warhammer 40,000 Grim Dark Lore Part 32 – The Rise of Abaddon. In such contradictions do the Chaos Gods find humour and justice alike. Other times, marines "caught" some Chaos taint due to fighting Chaos too much without proper Librarian control (bonus points if Librarians themselves get corrupted), committing terrible crimes in their fights against Ruinous Powers, or trying to fight Chaos with Chaos, like the Relictors.

Star of Chaos icon variant used to identify the Chaos Space Marines. To continue where the previous writer left off... squads of infantry into ash, and vehicles into puddles of molten goo. Learn more about the program. Marines that worship anything are rare and looked upon as oddballs by the rest of the Adeptus Astartes.
Freed from the constraints of the discipline, traditions and responsibilities that define the Adeptus Astartes, a Chaos Space Marine can exercise his every whim, whether it be for bloodshed, mayhem, sensual pleasures long denied, ambition, love or simple vengeance. BITCHIN'! Some Traitor Marines pledged their service to all four of the Dark Gods, a malevolent force known as Chaos Undivided, whilst others preferred to dedicate themselves to the worship of only one of the Ruinous Powers. During the Horus Heresy, the terrible Imperial civil war that pitted the battle-brothers of the 18 known Space Marine Legions against one another, there were two factions.

Reviewed in the United States on January 7, 2020. There are some issues with the index we've been handed but the Codex not only fixed that but added Legion Traits that help the Traitor Legions excel in their fluff-based specialties.