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In the table-top wargame Warhammer 40,000, the Chaos Space Marines or Chaos Marines, are Space Marines who serve the Chaos Gods. Tabletop game is a general term used to refer to Board games Card games Dice games Miniatures wargames Tile-based games and other A wargame is a Game that simulates or represents a Military operation. Warhammer 40000 (informally known as Warhammer 40K or just 40K) is a tabletop miniature wargame in a Science In the fictional Warhammer 40000 setting of Games Workshop, the Space Marines are elite soldiers modified through gene therapy surgical modifications and In Games Workshop's Warhammer 40000 and Warhammer Fantasy Fictional universes Chaos refers to the often stereotypically They are also referred to as the Traitor Legions, primarily in background material written from the perspective of the Imperium. The Imperium of Man is a fictional Galactic empire of millions of star systems that contains the vastmajority of humanity in the forty-first millennium set in the

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History

The background shown in both Codex: Space Marines (Haines and McNeill, 2004) and Codex: Chaos Space Marines (Chambers et al, 2002) states that the Chaos Marine Legions were nine of the twenty original "First Founding" Legions of Space Marines who fought in the Great Crusade for the Imperium of Man. At this time Horus, Warmaster of the Imperial forces and Primarch of the Luna Wolves Legion (which was renamed the Sons of Horus in his honour), was corrupted by Chaos and instigated the galaxy-wide civil war known as the Horus Heresy. In the fictional Warhammer 40000 universe the Horus Heresy was a galaxy-spanning Civil war that marked the end of the Great Crusade.

After the death of Horus and the end of the Heresy, the remnants of the nine Legions along with the other Imperial forces that had joined Horus escaped into an area of the galaxy known as the Eye of Terror. Due to the nature of Chaos, and the temporal instability of the Warp, the very same Chaos Marines who revolted against the Emperor continue to fight against the Imperium.

The Legions have kept their old names, with the exception of the Sons of Horus who were renamed the Black Legion by their new leader, Abaddon the Despoiler. This page lists the most notable Chaos Space Marines, a faction within the fictional universe of Warhammer 40000. Besides Horus, two other Chaos Primarchs were believed to have been killed during or shortly after the Heresy (those of the Alpha Legion and Night Lords). The six surviving Primarchs have since become Daemon Princes. In the Warhammer Fantasy and Warhammer 40000 Fictional universes the Daemons are malevolent spirits born out of the destructive power These daemonic Primarchs rarely take part in the affairs of their Legions or any part of the Warhammer 40,000 universe. Some of the Legions have pledged a particular loyalty to one of the four Great Chaos powers. The closest thing to a leader that has appeared among them is Abaddon the Despoiler. Abaddon is the only Chaos Marine since Horus to be able to command the loyalty of all nine Traitor Legions, and has led thirteen Black Crusades against the Imperium of Man. This page lists the most notable Chaos Space Marines, a faction within the fictional universe of Warhammer 40000.

Differences between Chaos Space Marines and Space Marines

The Chaos Space Marines have the same origins as the Space Marines, thus have the same physical power. In the fictional Warhammer 40000 setting of Games Workshop, the Space Marines are elite soldiers modified through gene therapy surgical modifications and Due to their allegiance to Chaos, veteran Chaos Marines can be mutated, thus making them into monsters, faster or otherwise superior. Chaos Marines are also virtually immortal due to the time-warping effects of the Eye of Terror, whereby their millennia of experience afford them levels of mastery with advanced battlefield skills and tactics that younger Space Marines may not yet have.

They are equipped with the power armour and weapons they had when they initially betrayed the Imperium, which are broadly the same as those used by Space Marines (although differences now exist with jump packs etc). The current setting of the Warhammer 40,000 game is about 10,000 years after the Horus Heresy, and, while the Imperium has made some technological advancements, Chaos Marines have far more limited access to the handful of new inventions that have appeared on the galactic scene. In general, anything developed since the Heresy is unavailable to them unless it has been captured; for example, Iron Warriors are known for capturing and using Imperial tanks. While Chaos Space Marines have therefore mostly older technology, they compensate for this by having access to daemons and daemonic technology. In the Warhammer Fantasy and Warhammer 40000 Fictional universes the Daemons are malevolent spirits born out of the destructive power

Forces of the Chaos Space Marines

Each of the 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 (Chambers et al, 2002) includes the current rules for fielding a Chaos Space Marine army in a game of Warhammer 40,000; it also includes rules for fielding any of the nine specific legions.

The nine Chaos Marine Legions are (in order of Founding):

There are also many humans and mutants who serve Chaos, and they are often used by the Chaos Marines to bolster their ranks. In Games Workshop's Warhammer 40000 and Warhammer Fantasy Fictional universes Chaos refers to the often stereotypically In Games Workshop's Warhammer 40000 and Warhammer Fantasy Fictional universes Chaos refers to the often stereotypically In Games Workshop's Warhammer 40000 and Warhammer Fantasy Fictional universes Chaos refers to the often stereotypically In Games Workshop's Warhammer 40000 and Warhammer Fantasy Fictional universes Chaos refers to the often stereotypically In Games Workshop's Warhammer 40000 and Warhammer Fantasy Fictional universes Chaos refers to the often stereotypically 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 (Chambers et al, 2003).

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. According to the records of Ordo Malleus approximately 50 chapters have turned renegade after the Horus Heresy. 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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