A religious zealot who worshipped the Emperor as a god, he redirected his faith to an older power when his fervour was rebuffed by the Master of Mankind. The final architect of the Horus Heresy and the Space Marines’ fall to Chaos was the Primarch of the Word Bearers, Lorgar. His fall led many other legions to go with him, either manipulated to Chaos’ side, or drawn through promises of power beyond imagination, more often than not aided by Primarchs’ simple hatred of the Emperor himself. He was the Warmaster of all Space Marines until a combination of hubris, plotting, and a magic knife led him to the welcoming arms of Chaos. Horus was the fulcrum around which the Chaos Space Marines pivoted from loyalty to heresy. Humanity’s Emperor may have gained some of the powers and knowledge he used to create the Primarchs from the Chaos Gods themselves – meaning that the fall of many legions of Space Marines may have been inevitable right from the start. It does appear, especially with some revelations in some of the novels, that the rot which led many Space Marines to the dark side set in exceedingly early. The Emperor is responsible for creating all Space Marines and their genetic fathers, the Primarchs, so will always be partially behind the creation of Chaos Space Marines. Horus was the fulcrum around which the Chaos Space Marines pivoted from loyalty to heresy This allowed the box to contain two sets of human-style titans, with one set belonging to the traitorous forces of Horus and his heresy. A hasty bit of rethinking and retooling, along with some new lore, saw the idea of a schism in the Imperium being born. Legend has it the original version of this titanic battling game would have contained Imperium titans facing off against their Eldar counterparts but an issue with the models saw the Eldar being dropped from the box at the last minute. No-one is immune to the siren song of Chaos – not even, of course, the Imperium’s elite guardians: the Space Marines.Ĭhaos Space Marines have been a staple of the setting going all the way back to the original Adeptus Titanicus board game. Some come to Chaos to learn forbidden knowledge, others for power, others for freedom from restrictive rules. Heretic Astartes) – choose to fight for it.Ĭhaos, in the 41st millennium, throws a wide net over malcontents, wizards, heretics, and many others who choose to throw their lot in with dark gods. The universe of Warhammer 40,000 isn’t just filled with those fighting desperately against the encroaching tide of Chaos, such as the Imperium or the Eldar. Some Warhammer 40k armies – like the infamous Chaos Space Marines (a.k.a.
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