Invocatus

Chaos Portal World Eaters

Lord Invocatus^[5]

Invocatus, the Horseman of the Apocalypse, The Winged Axe, Khorne's Thunderbolt is a World Eaters Chaos Lord of the Fire Riders, who rides to battle atop the Juggernaut Khal'guruth.^[1][3]

Overview

None even the World Eaters themselves know of Invocatus' origins. Some speculate that he was a member of the War Hounds during the Great Crusade before the Emperor discovered Angron, while others claim he is some recent turncoat renegade. Yet all agree that his successes will soon propel him to Daemonhoood. Before he became famous, Invocatus won his Bloodstorm Helm and the Juggernaut mount Khal'guruth in the Road to Eighty Bloody steps, besting the Daemon G'kor.^[5]

By the dark blessings of Khorne, Invocatus and his warband, vehicles and all, emerge into battle from burning skies, giving rise to his warband being dubbed the Fire Riders. During battle, Invocatus sweeps down upon foes with supernatural speed. Mobility is essential to Invocatus and his warband, and without it they quickly become bogged down. He is a master of precisely timed assaults, and his warriors are well-disciplined and highly ordered. Yet for all his control, Invocatus is still a World Eater and relishes in slaughter. Some in the World Eaters have deemed Invocatus' tactics as cowardly, but the Chaos Lord sees them as maximizing the potential of slaughter. He has seen too many World Eaters warbands get sucked into conflicts that have descended into hunts for lone survivors, wasting time that could have been used on fresh butchery.^[5]

Among the Chaos Lord's exploits is the invasion of the Ebon Vale Deathwatch Watch Fortress along with his Warband and their Brazen Beasts allies. They were eventually forced to retreat after being attacked by the Fortress's air support, but by then the invaders had emptied its armories and had killed hundreds of the Deathwatch Space Marines stationed there. In the raid's aftermath, the Deathwatch's strength in the Ebon Vale was severely weakened; this prevented them from later stopping a Hrud infestation that reduced several of the Imperium's Civilised Worlds in the area to useless mulch.^[2] Another one of Invocatus' great victories took place in the Rengar System, where he tore apart a Hrud migration fleet. However his own casualties were so horrific that only he survived the battle.^[5]

In battle, Invocatus wields the Chainaxe Coward's Bane and the Bolt Pistol Trickster's Doom as well as a Plasma Pistol. He also wears the Bloodstorm Helm, which allows him to visualize enemy heartbeats and even read duplicitous thoughts. This makes Invocatus extremely difficult to trap, and the Chaos Lord has shown a supernatural inclination towards countering such tactics. Invocatus is extremely disdainful of ambushes and underhanded tactics, punishing such offenders with brute force.^[5]

Images

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  Lord Invocatus miniature^[1]

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  Invocatus Joytoy figure^[6]

Trivia

The following information is not to be regarded as officially sanctioned and/ or is not written from an in-universe point of view. A detailed explanation of the term "Trivia" as used in the Lexicanum can be found here.

• Invocatus' design pays homage to the classic Khorne Lord on Juggernaut from the early days of Warhammer 40,000.^[1]

The miniature in question.^[1]

See also

• List of Chaos Lords

Sources

• 1: Warhammer Day Reveals – Crush and Maim for Khorne With Lord Invocatus (Posted on 08/10/2022) (Last accessed on 8 October 2022)
• 2: Codex: Chaos Space Marines (8th Edition), pg. 44 — Oceans of Blood: The Fall of Ebon Vale
• 3: Who Looks Angrier – This World Eaters Lord, or His Juggernaut? (Posted on 13/01/2023) (last accessed 15th January 2023)
• 4: Games Workshop Lord Invocatus (last accessed 19/2/2023)
• 5: Codex: World Eaters (9th Edition), pgs. 16-17
• 6: Joytoy webstore:World Eaters Lord Invocatus (saved archive, dated 29 december 2024, last accessed 02 January 2025) Original link: https://www.joytoy.com/products/world-eaters-lord-invocatus