Liber Chaotica
The Liber Chaotica is a series of background books about the gods and servants of Chaos in Warhammer written by Richard Williams and Marijan Von Staufer. They were released one after another in 2003 and 2004.
The books are presented in the form of the fictional writings of Richter Kless, a character of the Warhammer world. The authors take the role of an editor who goes through Kless' works, which contains studies, illustrations and excerpts from other fictional sources. The Liber Chaotica also provides background related to the Warhammer 40.000 universe, written as cryptic records of recurring visions Kless suffered.
The series is composed of four separate volumes, each dedicated to one of the four Gods of Chaos: the Liber Chaotica: Khorne, the Liber Chaotica: Slaanesh, the Liber Chaotica: Nurgle and the Liber Chaotica: Tzeentch. In 2006, the Liber Chaotica: Complete edition was released. It contains all previous books as well as a fifth volume called Liber Undivided.
Volumes
Liber Chaotica: Khorne
Volume One of the series. The work emphasizes the nature of Khorne and the religious cult following the deity. Kless describes the god's aspects of violence, fighting and war.
Warhammer 40.000 content:
- Vague descriptions of several of Abaddon's Black Crusades, the crusades of Doombreed and Tallomin and the First War for Armageddon.
- Khorne Berzerkers
- Cults of Khorne
- The Chaos Space Marines of the Traitor Legions.
- Daemon Engines, such as the Lord of Battles.
Additional information:
- Author: Richard Williams
- Released: March 2003
- ISBN 1-84154-272-5
Liber Chaotica: Slaanesh
Volume Two of the series. The work emphasizes Slaanesh's birth, descriptions on the god, and the religious cult following the deity. Kless describes the god's aspects of seduction, pleasure, and vanity.
Warhammer 40.000 content:
- The Chaos Space Marines of the Emperor's Children.
- The Fall of the Eldar and the birth of Slaanesh.
Additional information:
- Author: Marijan Von Staufer
- Released: May 2003
- ISBN 1-84416-043-2
Liber Chaotica: Nurgle
Volume Three of the series. Nurgle is the only god discussed without a description of his followers in Warhammer 40.000. However, it does describe Nurgle's aspects, his plagues, and his cult following.
Additional information:
- Author: Marijan Von Staufer
- Released: October 2003
- ISBN 1-84416-065-3
Liber Chaotica: Tzeentch
Volume Four of the series. The work describes Tzeentch, the nature of the warp/magic, and the religious cult following the deity. Kless describes the god's aspects of confusion, knowledge and transformation.
Warhammer 40.000 content:
- Daemon Primarch Magnus the Red
Additional information:
- Author: Marijan Von Staufer
- Released: February 2004
- ISBN 1-84416-085-8
Liber Chaotica: Complete edition
This books is a compilation of the previous four volumes. It features a fifth volume about Chaos Undivided. The work discusses the minor gods, the types of gods, and general information on the nature of Chaos.
Additional information:
- Authors: Marijan Von Staufer & Richard Williams
- Released: Juni 2006
- ISBN 1-84416-394-6