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I understand that in the Battle of the Fang, many of the Thousand Son's remaining Spireguard from the good old days were killed, as they were left behind to form a guerrilla force that was slowly killed off by the Space Wolves over a year or two.

Are there any Spireguard left? What sort of human resources do the Thousand Sons have left at their disposal? I understand there are 5 cults, but what sort of weapons space ships and tanks do they have? The lex article on them only shares that each cult has slightly magical humans in each cult, focusing on different trees of magic EX: Raptora is made up of telekinetic magi.

I'm trying to start thinking about traitor IG armies...

Thanks!

Well, if the planet of sorcerors has any human population at all (which it really should, I imagine. Didn't old fluff sources say it had both humans and beastmen?), I imagine they would have reproduced and repopulated the planet by now after a few thousand years.

I would hope so because the Spireguard need to be honored even by the thousand sons.

Ok so if there are any Spireguard left, what sort of warfare do they carry out?

Are they known for seige weapons like artillary and vindicators?

Are they known for tanks and armored companies? (Armor saturation?)

Are they known for their infantry companies? (mass of fire, lots and lots of lasgun armed humans led by a few moral-boosting leaders?)

Well, they serve Tzeentch, who tends to be one of the most versatile gods, so they probably are rather versatile themselves, I imagine.

The spireguard aren't the only humans who follow Tzeentch. For instance, there's the world of Q'Sal in the Screaming Vortex that has a fully functioning society in which technology and warp magic are merged and managed by the Magistars who rule each city-state.

Tzeentch is the Lord of Change, the Great Mutator and the Changer of the Ways. Trying to tie down his forces into any one specific role, function or style is impossible.

I see...so I have lots of options

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