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I'm going to start expanding on my World Eaters army and was looking at maybe adding some cultists to fill in some points. Then it hit me, I'm not sure if they even make use of Cultists fluff wise (outside of literal cannon fodder). I figured they be in the way or be too slow to keep up with the Khorne Berzerkers. My question is, has there been any specific fluff piece where the World Eaters have made good use out of Cultists besides just mindlessly killing them because they were too close?

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There are several examples of cultists being employed (as expendables) in blood crusades lead by the World Eaters. They participated in the Cholercaust, both as ground troops and as crew aboard various space vessels.

Khorne cultists seem to be the "tag along" kind that are not actually part of the planning, but can still eke out some measure of reward if they fight well enough. I can't really see a World Eater cultivating a cult following, but Khorne would certainly reward someone killy and following the World Eaters around is a darn good way to find a fight.

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Not necessarily world eaters, but there is a Khornate Cult that is highly militant. Bloodpact I think was their name.

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 MechaEmperor7000 wrote:
Not necessarily world eaters, but there is a Khornate Cult that is highly militant. Bloodpact I think was their name.


The Bloodpact is more the army of a sovereign human nation than a "cult". They have never been part of the Imperium. Is just that they follow khorne. They have their own culture, tradition, religion, and military. They are from the Sanguinary Worlds, outside of Imperium Borders, and in M37 they started to invaded the Sabbat Worlds.


Lexicanum wrote:The exact origin of the Blood Pact is unknown, but it is generally held they originated some 3,000 years ago on a planet known as Ghourra, sometimes pronounced Gaurra, at the edge of the Sabbat Worlds.
At that time, the tribal society of Ghourra was ruled by a feudal overlord, or Gaur (sometimes referred to as "Ghour" or "Gour"). The Gaur surrounded himself with an elite priesthood who conducted the ritual observances by which the Gaur made tribute to his god, Khorne. This militant-priesthood evolved over time into a bodyguard force which practiced its martial skills as diligently as it had once conducted its bloody sacrificial rites.

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World Eater/Khorne Cultists? I bet there are some. But man, that must be rough life.

Though that is the case for all chaos cultists. Even if the champions of the other three don't beat and kill them straight up, their cultists aren't better off, vice versa. Of course, beatings and killings aren't off the table with the other three so... World Eater/Khorne-cultists actually have it better than the other chaos cultists?

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I reckon this is a prime example of the idea I had around Space Marine Chapters and their auxiliary forces. The logic goes like this:

1. At 1000 men, Space Marines are probably going to be pretty ineffectual (please can this not devolve into a discussion about this as it's been covered exhaustively elsewhere and isn't necessary to make this point)
2. Building on the whole Battle of Thermopylae thing where everyone remembers the 300 Spartans, but no-one remembers the ~700 Helots who also stayed for the last stand or the other free Greeks that made up the 4000-7000 strong force, Space Marines are probably surrounded by thousands of unnamed humans who also fight alongside them.
3. Some of these auxiliary forces will be chapter serfs. Others will be various hangers on following the Chapter around like devoted pilgrims.

For the World Eaters, it's probably going to be the latter option for cultists. They might not foster cults themselves like the Word Bearers, but chaos cultists will flock to them in their thousands for the opportunity to fight alongside Khorne's favoured warriors (and perhaps earn his favour themselves).

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Yes there are cultists to every chaos group.

How they employ them however is very diffrent.

I'd imagine a beserker type group might take to deploying them as cannon fodder, sacrafices to deamon engines and blood sacraficed before battle.

They would be to soak up the enemy fire, maybe a more sane of mind lord might employ them as distraction assaults, to ensure his beserker make it into battle alive.

Also yes thr blood pact, a trained and professional krone chaos army.
Like the guard but more brutal, though they where very capable and marshal honour etc.

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Cultist life is terrible for all followers. Nurgle followrs catch terrible diseases, tzeentch get mutations and madness, and Slaanesh is gonna get kinky and sinister quick.

I would think WE would keep the Gladiator fighting traditions and still keep pit slaves for practice. Also Khorne worship is the most widespread.
   
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That's the great thing about 40k, of you imagine it, then it could have happened. Khorne cares not from where the blood flows, and somewhere along the line, you're bound to have a few cunning Bezerker Lord's. Cultists would make excellent meat shields for bezerkers as they move forward into glory. Perhaps the assault on the planet requires a crap ton of deaths, no better way to ensure that, then to rile up a local population into killing each other. The Cultists could be part of an AM army that was fighting the bezerkers, got overcome with bloodlust and turned mid war.

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Ravingbantha wrote:
That's the great thing about 40k, of you imagine it, then it could have happened. Khorne cares not from where the blood flows.


Except he does. Khorne is a honorable god. He wants the blood to flow from martial combat, not treachery or orbital bombardment.

A cultist or a genetically engineered super human can win Khorne's favor so long as they fight with honor and complete devotion.

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 Exergy wrote:
Ravingbantha wrote:
That's the great thing about 40k, of you imagine it, then it could have happened. Khorne cares not from where the blood flows.


Except he does. Khorne is a honorable god. He wants the blood to flow from martial combat, not treachery or orbital bombardment.

A cultist or a genetically engineered super human can win Khorne's favor so long as they fight with honor and complete devotion.


True. A cutest who shows devotion, who shows promise and has luck can earn a Chaos gods favour. If that rare one does. They could be given strengh. With that strengh they claim skulls and show skill, cunning, ability.

They might become a chaos lord and by chaos magic. Well they could be warped into some kinda hulks out marine level warrior.

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If your looking for an idea for your Khorne cultists I strongly recommend reading the book hammer of daemons. It centres around a captured grey knight taken to a world dedicated to khorne where the separate cults engage in gladiatorial games. If your going to start converting some I recommend not using the normal cultists models (they all kinda look the same), but look to using marauders from or ghouls from AOS, just my two cents.

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There were lots of World Eater cultists in Winter Assault ("Hwee kaptoored eet fhor Kay-oss!").

However, that game also had Khorne sorcerers and Khorne flamer daemons, so it may not be the most accurate fluff source.
   
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On top of everything else the world eaters still need recruits, the biggest and strongest of the cultists that aren't to old (not hard considering how many must die thus none making it out of their twenties possibly) those worthy enough got the organs implanted by presumably the remnants of the apothecaries alongside the 'nails.

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 john27 wrote:
On top of everything else the world eaters still need recruits, the biggest and strongest of the cultists that aren't to old (not hard considering how many must die thus none making it out of their twenties possibly) those worthy enough got the organs implanted by presumably the remnants of the apothecaries alongside the 'nails.


Anyway this is chaos...

There methods may be brutal but they might be able to implant later in life. It might be a very very painful process though.

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Esmer wrote:
There were lots of World Eater cultists in Winter Assault ("Hwee kaptoored eet fhor Kay-oss!").

However, that game also had Khorne sorcerers and Khorne flamer daemons, so it may not be the most accurate fluff source.


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