Chaos Lord

From Lexicanum

4th Edition

Chaos Lords are the leaders of many Chaos Space Marine forces. They are not necessarily those who rose through the ranks properly in a hierarchical fashion, but are often those most blessed by the Chaos Gods or simply the most powerful or charismatic. The greatest Chaos Champions become Chaos Lords and are often granted with mutations and alterations by the gods to further their cause. Chaos Lords are so powerful as to be able to bind the forces of Chaos to their will, although this often brings a dangerous position as advancement is commonly through killing your leader. Some Lords lead through brute strength, others through cunning and some are maniacs bent on self-aggrandisement. Others are truly worshippers of Chaos with a zealous dedication to the dark gods.¹

Champions often come with a mark of one of the four Chaos Gods. Champions of Khorne are savage and value physical strength and combat over cunning and strategy. Tzeentch champions are often very knowledgeable and many of them are sorcerers. Champions of Nurgle are the most distorted and physically corrupted of Chaos' followers, their bodies dulled from pain enabling them to endure physical injury with little trauma. Slaaneshi champions are often those who seek the most intense pleasures possible and are often physically the fastest Chaos warriors due to their hyper-sensitive minds.¹

Sorcerer Lords

In 3rd Edition, there was a different structure to Chaos commanders. Either they were psykers or not, and the rank of Chaos Lieutenant existed as a second in command. Since 4th Edition however, Sorcerers have been moved to a role more resembling Librarians rather than variable amounts of psychic abilities. Sorcerer Lords were Lords with psychic powers and were often followers of Tzeentch.²

Images

4th Edition	4th Edition, Jump Pack	4th Edition, Mark of Khorne	4th Edition, Terminator Armour
3rd Edition	3rd Edition, Terminator Armour	3rd Edition, Night Lords	3rd Edition, Emperor's Children

Sources

• ¹:Codex: Chaos Space Marines (4th Edition)
• ²:Codex: Chaos Space Marines (3rd Edition) - both Codexes.