The organization of the World Eaters Legion disintegrated long ago, shattered by the treachery of Kharn and the sheer difficulty of controlling so many thousands of bloodthirsty killers at once. Now hundreds of individual warbands wander the galaxy, carving paths of slaughter and ruin across any world so unfortunate as to be found by them. Small groups of World Eaters will often attach themselves to a larger army under the control of some slightly more self-controlled Chaos Lord and serve as shock troops under his direction, breaking the back of any resistance with the unmatched ferocity of their assault. To employ such maddened killers is a great gamble, for they will rapidly turn upon their allies if not provided with a target, but to a sufficiently powerful and cunning warlord these most deadly of Berzerkers are a priceless asset. . . so long as they are kept busy.


Unit Cost: 50 pts

Unit Composition: 1 World Eater

Unit Type: Infantry

World Eater: WS5 BS4 S4 T4 W2 I4 A3 Ld10 Sv3+

Wargear:
-Power armor
-Bolt pistol
-Assault grenades
-Krak grenades
-Mark of Khorne (bonus already included in profile)
-Khornate chainaxe - A Khornate chainaxe is a massive, brutal weapon lined with scores of whirring adamantine teeth, far larger and more deadly than a normal chainsword. In the hands of a veteran World Eater it is perfectly capable of tearing even the most well-armored warrior in two with a single mighty blow. A Khornate chainaxe is a special close-combat weapon which adds +1 Strength and confers the Rending special rule to all attacks made using it.
-Sigil of Khorne - The World Eaters each bear a mighty sign of the Blood God's favor, forged from cursed brass at the foot of Khorne's throne and seared to their very flesh by the heat of his unending rage. The implacable hatred Khorne bears for all sorcery radiates from this dire mark, twisting the energy of the Warp away from the bearer and turning it back upon the psyker who called upon it. Whenever any psychic power targets or includes in its area of effect one or more models with a Sigil of Khorne, roll a die; on a roll of 3+ the power fails automatically, and on a roll of 5+ the psyker also suffers Perils of the Warp immediately, regardless of any wargear or abilities which normally protect them. This is not a Psychic power, and cannot be nullified. Psychic Tests made to activate Force Weapons against a World Eater count as a Psychic power, and will trigger the Sigil of Khorne.

Special Rules:
-Furious Charge
-Rage
-Counter-attack
-Eternal Warrior
-Killing Frenzy - To be a World Eater is to revel in the unholy joy of mindless slaughter and unrestrained bloodletting; they charge into battle with a berserk howl, their screaming axes hacking through flesh and metal alike with brutal ease. World Eaters gain a +2 assault bonus to their attacks rather than the usual +1 whenever they charge into close combat or pass the Leadership test for Counter-attack.
-Champions of the Blood God - The World Eaters rank among the foremost disciples of Khorne; they have worshipped at the altar of blood and death for a hundred centuries. Their skill at arms is nigh-unmatched, and the sheer power of their assault is enough to send most enemies reeling; the warrior who can reach past a World Eater's scything blade to strike him down is deadly indeed. Models with this rule benefit from a 4+ Invulnerable save against close-combat attacks.
-Ancient Rivalry: Slaanesh, Tzeentch
-Dark Legends

Options
May add up to 7 additional World Eaters for +50 points per model

Any model may replace their power armor with Daemon armor at +10 points per model, increasing their armor save to 2+.

Any model may replace their bolt pistol with one of the following;
-Plasma pistol at +5 points per model
-Lightning Claw at +10 points per model
-Power fist at +15 points per model


Any model may replace their Khornate chainaxe with one of the following;
-Power weapon at no cost
-Lightning Claw at +5 points per model
-Power fist at +10 points per model
-Chainfist at +15 points per model

One model may replace their weapons with a Bloodfeeder for +30 points.

The unit may take a Chaos Rhino or Chaos Land Raider as a dedicated transport.


Favored Sons - Some bands of World Eaters are infamous even among their own kind, feared and worshipped as exemplars of the unremitting rage of Khorne. The Blood God's favor follows such savage warriors, and entire armies of foes fall before their ever-thirsty blades.

Any unit comprised of eight World Eaters is Favored. Every World Eater in a Favored unit inflicts an automatic additional hit every time they score a roll of 6 to hit. This additional hit is made with the same weapon as the original hit, and is resolved at the same Initiative step. Attached Independent Characters do not count towards determining Favored status unless they have a Mark of Khorne, and even Independent Characters with a Mark of Khorne will not gain this benefit.

Ignorant Imperial scholars may speculate over why it is that even after ten thousand years, the Emperor's Children have never changed their name. Some call it mockery, a cruel jest at the expense of the loyal Astartes. Others believe it to be subterfuge, used to cause those ignorant of the true nature of the Emperor's Children to hesitate, for what planetary governor would open fire on a ship claiming the name of the Emperor himself? The truth is far simpler. . . they believe it. The Emperor's Children think themselves the pinnacle of creation, the endpoint of human evolution, and they half-sardonically honor the Emperor for the part he played in their existence. Without the Emperor they would never have been made into warriors powerful enough to attract the attention of the Ruinous Powers; without his arrogance and blindness, they would never have come to the Dark Prince.

The Emperor's Children are obsessives to a man, plunging themselves without reservation into their chosen fields until they have learned all there is to know. Not all choose the study of war, and so many of the Legion's survivors are never seen upon the battlefield, but those who do are the undisputed masters of their arts, dealing death with elegant precision to all who stand before them. They do not serve as mercenaries, but as leaders and champions; the mutants and lesser traitors which accompany them to the field do not really serve to support them in battle, but rather to provide a suitably appreciative audience to the thorough destruction that the Emperor's Children wreak upon their hapless foes.

Unit Cost: 45 points

Unit Composition; 1 Emperor's Children model

Unit Type; Infantry

Emperor's Children: WS5 BS5 S4 T4 W2 I5 A2 Ld10 Sv3+

Phoenix Guard: WS6 BS6 S4 T4 W2 I5 A3 Ld10 Sv2+

Wargear

Emperor's Children:
-Power armor
-Sonic blaster
-Bolt pistol
-Close-combat weapon
-Assault grenades
-Krak grenades
-Mark of Slaanesh (bonus included in profile)

Phoenix Guards:
-Terminator armor
-Sonic blaster
-Power weapon
-Assault grenades
-Krak grenades
-Mark of Slaanesh (bonus included in profile)

Special Rules

-Eternal Warrior
-Ancient Rivalry: Khorne
-Dark Legends
-Perfection of Form: The love of precision that was the hallmark of the Emperor's Children before their conversion has not died in the years since; indeed, in most cases it has strengthened, the desire for flawless performance twisted into mad obsession within minds cracked by millenia of existence within the Warp. The veterans of the Legion often gather into bands of like-minded warriors who share a single, overriding passion; ten thousand years of battle has given them plenty of time to hone their talents, assuring that a brotherhood of the Emperor's Children will nearly always be surpassingly lethal in their chosen area of expertise. Before any units are deployed, the unit must choose one special rule from the following list. They may not change which rule they will use during the game.

Shatter the Keystone: Through countless years of study and practice, the unit has learned the subtle weak points of thousands of designs of armor, martial arts styles, and even many arcane methods of protection. They are capable of dissecting unfamiliar guards with a moment's glance and knowing exactly where to strike to cause maximum damage. All successful saves made against wounds caused by this unit either in close combat or with ranged attacks (choose one) must be re-rolled, and the second result accepted.

Masters of the Hunt: The thrill of the chase can be as addictive as any drug to the altered brains of the Emperor's Children. Years in the Warp have twisted their bodies to match their desires, giving them speed and stamina far surpassing even that of a Space Marine. The unit has the Fleet USR, and may charge up to 12" (just like Cavalry).

The Eagle's Eyes: The Emperor's Children commonly delight in abusing their senses, but some find more pleasure in honing and exercising them instead. To a Legionnaire who has devoted himself to such practice, the night presents no obstacle and no enemy is safe; even at extreme range, these keen-eyed killers can place their fire with devastating precision. The unit has the Acute Senses USR, and may add 6" to the range of all their ranged weapons; so a Sonic Blaster may fire 30", and a Blastmaster may fire 52".

Rightful Prey: Any fool can slaughter a so-called warrior who lacks the speed to flee or the strength to fight; true glory comes only from conquering a stronger creature, or slaying those who possess a capability that you lack. Such is the martial philosophy of many of the Emperor's Children, and they have spent centuries in perfecting their skill at fighting such unusual enemies. These haughty warriors barely even condescend to kill the footsoldiers of their foes, instead hunting down more exotic and dangerous prey to test themselves against. Choose one unit type from the following list: Beasts/Cavalry, Jump Infantry, Monstrous Creatures, Bikes/Jetbikes, or Independent Characters. The unit may re-roll any failed rolls to hit against any unit or model of that type.

Princes Among Men: The Emperor's Children believe themselves to be unquestionably the mightiest of warriors; their champion's pride will brook no defiance, and they dislike to admit the existence of anyone superior to them. Anyone perceived to be a threat to this superiority arouses their wrath, and woe to such a man when the blades of Slaanesh's enraged champions reach his flesh. When engaged in close combat with any model that has WS5 or higher, every model in the unit gains +1 attack.


Options

May add up to 5 Emperor's Children at +45 points per model.

Any number of Emperor's Children may be upgraded to Phoenix Guards at +30 points per model. This cost includes the purchase of Terminator armor and a power weapon. Phoenix Guards have Princes Among Men automatically in effect at all times, but this does not count as the unit's choice from the Perfection of Form list; they will still gain the benefit of any other option selected, though they will gain no additional benefit if Princes Among Men is selected for the unit.

Any model may replace their power armor with Daemon armor (2+ armor save) or Terminator armor for +10 points. Any model in Terminator armor may replace it with Daemon armor for free.

The entire unit may take Combat Drugs at +10 points per model.
Combat Drugs: The Emperor's Children commonly make use of a wide variety of stimulants and painkillers, created from the rendered corpse of a sentient creature which has been carefully infused with warp energy. These drugs can massively enhance the physical abilities of the user. . . as long as he is strong enough to withstand the side-effects. The unit may declare they are using Combat Drugs at the beginning of any assault phase, before assault moves are made. For the remainder of that assault phase, the unit benefits from one of the following USRs, selected by the controlling player; Feel No Pain, Furious Charge, Stubborn, Hit and Run, Counter-Attack. However, a d6 must be rolled for each model in the unit when Combat Drugs are declared; on a roll of 1, the model loses a wound.

Any model may replace their close-combat weapon and/or bolt pistol with one of the following:
-Power weapon at +10 points per model
-Plasma pistol at +10 points per model
-Power fist at +20 points per model

Any model may replace their weapons with a pair of Lightning Claws at +20 points per model.


Any Phoenix Guard may replace their power weapon with one of the following:
-Power fist at +10 points per model
-Chainfist at +15 points per model
--Whispering Blade at +20 points per model
Whispering Blade: The Laeran sword of Fulgrim spoke to him, and with honeyed words led him carefully down the path to damnation. His followers have wallowed in that damnation for ten thousand years, and now their wicked blades speak to their enemies, hypnotizing them with half-heard murmurs and sly promises of endless delights for those who surrender to the will of the Dark Prince. A Whispering Blade ignores armor saves and decreases the Attacks characteristic of every enemy model in base contact with the wielder by 1. This is cumulative if multiple Whispering Blade-armed models are in base contact with a single enemy, but can never reduce the number of attacks to less than 1.

One model may replace their Sonic Blaster with a Blastmaster at +20 points. If the unit numbers 6 models, a second model may do so.

One model may take a Doom Siren at +15 points. If the unit numbers 6 models, a second model may do so.

One model may replace their weapons with a Blissgiver at +30 points.

If the unit contains no models in Terminator Armor, it may take a Chaos Rhino or Chaos Land Raider as a dedicated transport. If the unit contains models in Terminator armor, it may not take a Chaos Rhino. Models in Terminator armor count as two models, for the purpose of determining how much of the Land Raider's transport capacity they take up.

Favored Sons: There are those among the Emperor's Children whose names are bywords even among their brethren for decadence and battle-lust, whose infamous feats of indulgent debauchery are spoken of in the same breath as fearful legends of the merciless slaughter they have wreaked. Such warriors have a dark, enthralling glamour about them which few men are strong enough to withstand; they go where they please and do as they will, and none can gainsay them.

Any unit of six models, counting Emperor's Children and Phoenix Guards together, is Favored. In order to target a Favored unit with shooting or assault it, enemy units must pass a Leadership test; if the test is failed, that unit may not shoot at or charge the Emperor's Children this turn. Units which are locked in close-combat with a Favored unit are considered to have shaken off the effects of the glamour, and do not have to roll.

A unit with an Independent Character attached LOSES the benefits of Favored status; no other warriors have the same hypnotic aura about them, and if they are attached to the unit they give the enemy something to focus on!

The Death Guard of old were a secretive, monolithic force which took to the field in the tens of thousands, rank after rank of marines advancing without hesitation or pity upon the foe and raking them with a storm of bolter shells. It was the absolute and strictly-enforced authority of Mortarion that maintained them as a cohesive force, however, and when he retreated to the depths of the Eye of Terror in the wake of Horus's fall the Legion slowly crumbled, bereft of their Primarchs' controlling and guiding influence. The famously strict organization of the Death Guard disappeared long since, and most of the Legionnaires now operate in warbands of a few hundred or attach themselves to the forces of well-known and successful Chaos Lords; but while the Legion may be fragmented, the veterans of the Death Guard still retain their implacable battlefield discipline and brutal skill in the arts of war.

Of all the Traitor Legions, the Death Guard may the most well known and feared. While Mortarion himself almost never stirs from his daemon world, Typhus the Traveller and other champions of Nurgle are much more active, and the incredible scale of their depredations has spread the infamy of the Death Guard far and wide. The favored warriors of Nurgle are nigh-impossible to kill, for the gruesome blessings of their patron god grant them inhuman vitality and utter indifference to pain, but even that twisted immortality accounts for only a fraction of the terror they inspire. The horrific pandemics that spread from the Plague Fleets can depopulate whole worlds within weeks; the Death Guard can slaughter billions without ever unholstering their ancient bolters or drawing their rusted blades. In their vanguards go a thousand invisible forms of suffering and destruction, and any man who sees their rotting armor knows deep in his soul that he is already dead.

Unit Cost: 50 points

Unit Composition: 1 Death Guard

Unit Type: Infantry.

Death Guard: WS4 BS4 S4 T5(6) W2 I3 A2 Ld10 Sv3+
Death Guard Terminator: WS5 BS5 S4 T5(6) W2 I3 A3 Ld10 Sv2+

Wargear
Death Guard:
-Power armor
-Bolter
-Bolt pistol
-Close-combat weapon
-Blight grenades
-Krak grenades
-Mark of Nurgle (bonus included in profile)

Death Guard Terminator:
-Terminator Armor
-Plague Sword: Mere proximity to one of the Death Guard will coat a new combat blade with rust in a matter of hours, so powerful is the aura of corruption that surrounds them. Those ancient, once-honorable weapons which the Legion's warriors have wielded since before the Heresy have spent millenia bathing in the foul radiance of the Plaguefather's power, and like the warriors that bear them they have been twisted over the ages into something dark and terrible. Even a small wound from one of these fell blades means a horrific death, as the lethallly-infectious slime that coats it drips into the victim's veins and rots his flesh from the inside out. A Plague Sword is a Poisoned (3+) power weapon.
-Twin-linked bolter
-Blight grenades
-Krak grenades
-Mark of Nurgle (bonus included in profile)

Special Rules
-Eternal Warrior
-Feel No Pain
-Ancient Rivalry: Tzeentch
-Dark Legends
-Slow and Purposeful
-That Which Doth Corrupt; The Death Guard are heralded by the drone of a thousand black daemon-flies; nurglings swarm around their feet, shrieking blasphemies in inhuman tongues as the Legionnaires advance. The very ground is blighted where Nurgle's warriors tread, and even strong men cannot withstand the swarms of vermin and clouds of foul vapor which surround them for long. Any non-vehicle unit which begins their Movement phase within 6" of a unit of Death Guard must take a Morale check before moving. If the check is failed, the unit must move directly away from them, ending their move more than 6" away. Any unit with the Mark of Nurgle is unaffected by this rule, as is any unit which is locked in combat at the beginning of the turn.


Options

May add up to 6 Death Guard at +50 points per model.

Any number of Death Guard may be upgraded to Death Guard Terminators at +30 points per model.


Any model may replace their close-combat weapon and/or bolt pistol with one of the following;
-Poisoned (4+) CCW at +5 points
-Power weapon at +10 points
-Plague Sword at +20 points

Any Death Guard Terminator may replace their Plague Sword with one of the following;
-Power fist at no cost
-Chainfist at +5 points per model

One model may replace their close-combat weapon with a Conqueror Worm at +30 points, or replace their Plague Sword with a Conqueror Worm at +10 points.
Conqueror Worm; The rotting bulks of the Death Guard are home to a massive assortment of parasites and symbionts, from Nurglings to daemon-flies and weirder, more horrible creatures; for those who have spent millenia dedicated to the Plaguefather such things are inevitable, and in fact many Legionnaires welcome them as signs of Nurgle's love and favor. The Conqueror Worm is undoubtedly the largest and most terrifying of them all; a massive, writhing worm with one end embedded deep within the Legionnaire's back or shoulder and a split mouth full of razor-sharp teeth adorning the other, held aloft at the end of a long column of slimy flesh. Those Legionnaires in whom a Conqueror Worm has implanted itself lavish enormous amounts of care upon the creature, for the worm is not merely a powerful symbol of Nurgle but a deadly companion on the battlefield; its acid spittle and armor-piercing fangs are lethal weapons, which it will readily employ in defense of its host. A Conqueror Worm is a Poisoned (2+) power weapon, and can additionally be fired in the Shooting phase with the following profile.
Conqueror Worm: Range 12", S 3, AP 3, Poisoned (2+), Assault 1

The entire unit may take necro-virus ammunition at +20 points.
Necro-virus ammunition; The blessings of Father Nurgle to his children are more generous than they seem; not only are they immune to pain and highly resistant to injury, but the Warp-tainted diseases with which they are infected are the source of any number of strange and deadly substances. The feared necro-virus is one such substance; once the liquid is extracted from the corrupted bodies of the Death Guard and alchemically concentrated, it is one of the most deadly and quickest-acting diseases in the universe. Concentrated necro-virus is capable of literally tearing a man apart; the daemonic cantagion rages through his body in a matter of seconds, explosively breaking down the victim's flesh as it reproduces out of control. The effect is significantly diluted by the heat and pressure of firing a weapon, but even so, shells infused with necro-virus can turn a minor scratch into an agonizing, crippling wound that will not heal for weeks, if ever. Any weapon affected by necro-virus ammunition adds +1 to its Strength value and counts as Poisoned (4+). The affected weapons are; bolters, bolt pistols, combi-bolters and reaper autocannons.

Every second Death Guard may replace their bolter with one of the following (a unit of seven power-armored Death Guard may have four weapons from this list);
-Twin-linked bolter at +5 points
-Flamer at +5 points
-Heavy bolter at +10 points
-Plasma gun at +15 points
-Meltagun at +15 points

Any Death Guard Terminator may replace their twin-linked bolter with a combi-weapon at +5 points per model.

Every second Death Guard Terminator may replace their twin-linked bolter with one of the following (a unit of seven Death Guard Terminators may have four weapons from this list);
-Heavy flamer at +5 points
-Reaper autocannon at +20 points

One model may replace their weapons with a Plaguebringer at +30 points.

If the unit contains no Death Guard Terminators, it may take a Chaos Rhino or Chaos Land Raider as a dedicated transport. If the unit contains any Death Guard Terminators it may not take a Chaos Rhino. Death Guard Terminators count as two models, for the purpose of determining how much of the Land Raider's transport capacity they take up.

Favored Sons; Even among the plague-ridden brotherhood of the Death Guard, all are not equal in Nurgle's sight. Some Legionnaires have done so much to spread the blessings of the Plaguefather that they have earned his most potent favors; they are heralds of rot and priests of decay, pestilential prophets who spread the gospel of ruin across the galaxy in the name of their loving god. Men choke and die at the mere sight of their tattered banners; the buzzing of flies drowns out the sound of their heavy footsteps, and the clouds of vermin that follow them to war blot out the sun.

And unit of Death Guard containing 7 models, counting Death Guard and Death Guard Terminators together, is Favored. A Favored unit may choose to call down the blessing of Nurgle instead of shooting, gifting their enemies with the most deadly and agonizing of plagues. To do so, choose one unit which at least one model in the Favored unit can draw LOS to, and take a Leadership test. If the test is passed the target unit suffers 2d6 wounds immediately, with no cover saves allowed. This is not a Psychic power.

Attached Independent Characters do not count for the purposes of determining Favored status unless they have a Mark of Nurgle. If an attached character with the Mark of Nurgle makes a unit Favored (that is, if there are only 6 Death Guard or Death Guard Terminators, and an attached Independent Character with the MoN) then the number of wounds the target unit suffers will be reduced by 2 (to a minimum of 2).

The Imperium knows almost nothing of the Thousand Sons, and that is exactly the way they intend to keep it. Knowledge is power, as the followers of Mortarion know very well; the great librariums of the Planet of the Sorcerers hold ten thousand years of data on every world of the Imperium and the Eye of Terror both, information that helps the mysterious Daemon Primarch direct his minions to carry out Tzeentch's grand and unfathomable plans. But the data-vaults and archives of the Inquisition are silent in regards to the Thousand Sons. The chosen of Tzeentch are unfathomable and terrifying foes, appearing from nowhere to carry out weird rituals or sack ancient reliquaries before vanishing back into the Warp; the sorcerers of Magnus have little interest in maintaining holdings in the material world, it seems, content instead to work behind the scenes and let the passing of time reveal the true extent of the carnage they have caused. They strike without warning, carry out their fell purpose, and disappear with the ruins still burning behind them.

Paradoxically, the Thousand Sons are at once the smallest and the largest of the Traitor Legions. The only true survivors of the Legion are a scant few hundred sorcerers, those who found their psychic powers altered and vastly expanded by the magical maelstrom Ahriman's recklessness unleashed; but even after millenia in the Warp they are served by tens of thousands of silent, deadly warriors, for the Rubric Marines do not live, and they can never die. Even if one of the Rubric Marines is shattered so badly that the spells binding his soul to the armor evaporate, any damage can be repaired given time; and when it is, the helpless spirit of the marine is drawn back into his reforged prison, eternally chained to plasteel and ceramite as a slave of his sorcerous brethren. It is by the works of these undying warriors, as much as the strange magics of the sorcerers, that the dark reputation of the Legion is truly forged; they advance across the battlefield with relentless indifference to the attacks of their enemies, forming an impenetrable wall between their sorcerer and his enemies and cutting down any who stand in their way with howling bolts of balefire.

Unit Cost: 220 points

Unit Composition: 1 Thousand Sons Sorcerer and 2 Rubric Marines

Unit Type: Infantry

Thousand Sons Sorcerer: WS4 BS5 S4 T4 W2 I4 A2 Ld10 Sv2+/4++
Rubric Marine: WS4 BS4 S5 T5 W3 I4 A2 Ld10 Sv3+/3++

Wargear
Sorcerer:
-Daemon armor
-Force weapon
-Bolt pistol
-Inferno Bolts (see Codex: CSM)
-Mark of Tzeentch (bonus included in profile)

Rubric Marines:
-Power armor
-Bolter
-Inferno Bolts (see Codex: CSM)
-Mark of Tzeentch (bonus included in profile)

Special Rules
-Eternal Warrior
-Ancient Rivalry: Nurgle
-Dark Legends
-Relentless
-The Wall That Walks: The Rubric Marines of the Thousand Sons have no control over their own actions. Their trapped souls are drawn upon to provide the motivating force that allows their armor to walk and fight, but all they do is controlled by the sorcerer who commands them; and the first priority of that sorcerer is usually to protect his own life. Unable to disobey his desires, the Rubric Marines will form a shield of metal between their leader and any danger, deliberately stepping in front of the barrels of enemy guns or into the paths of swinging blades to keep him from harm. So long as the unit contains any Rubric Marines, no wounds inflicted on the unit may be allocated to the Sorcerer; for the purpose of wound allocation, he does not even exist until the last Rubric Marine has been killed. Furthermore, even abilities that specifically target a single model cannot target the Sorcerer if a Rubric Marine is partially or totally blocking Line of Sight between the Sorcerer and the model using the ability, as the Rubric Marine will shift to intercept the shot. In close combat, the Rubric Marines will make pile-in moves before the Sorcerer does.
However, there is one downside to the mindless loyalty of the Rubric Marines; when an enemy manages to approach the unit closely it is easy for them to distinguish the Sorcerer from his bodyguards, and he immediately becomes a target. When locked in close-combat, any enemy model in base contact with the Sorcerer may allocate their attacks to him directly, rather than inflicting them on the unit as a whole, exactly as if he was an Independent Character. Wounds inflicted by these directed hits may not be taken on the Rubric Marines.
-Scion of the Changer of Ways: The Thousand Sons are wholly dedicated to Tzeentch, and he has blessed them with potent sorcery in return for their efforts to further his schemes. The will of a Thousand Sons sorcerer is practically a palpable force; the air shimmers with energy around his staff, and he enforces his will upon the roiling Warp with an ease no other adept can boast. The Sorcerer automatically passes all Psychic tests with no roll necessary, and will never suffer Perils of the Warp. He may use two psychic powers per turn, though he may not use the same Psychic power twice.
-Slaves to Darkness (Rubric Marines only): Rubric Marines are mindless automatons, with almost no power over their own actions. Without a Thousand Sons Sorcerer nearby to direct them they are nearly blind and easily confused, powerful but uncontrollable warriors who might wander slowly across the field in an attempt to carry out the last instructions given to them or might stand stock-still, awaiting orders that never come. If the Thousand Sons Sorcerer is killed, any surviving Rubric Marines in the unit immediately lose the Relentless USR and gain the Slow and Purposeful and Rage USRs.

Options

May include up to 6 additional Rubric Marines at +60 points per model.

All Rubric Marines may exchange their bolters and Inferno Bolts with Kai Guns at +10 points per model. Every Rubric Marine must make this exchange if any do.

All Rubric Marines may exchange their power armor with Terminator Armor at +15 points per model. Doing so will additionally give them each a power weapon and replace their bolter with a twin-linked bolter if they have one (Kai Guns are not replaced), but will not affect their Invulnerable save. Every Rubric Marine must make this exchange if any do.

The Sorcerer is a Psyker, and has the Bolt of Change psychic power. He may take an additional psychic power from the following list.
-Doombolt at +5 points
-Warptime at +10 points
-Wind of Chaosat +20 points
-Gift of Chaos at +20 points

The Sorcerer may take one psychic power from the following list.

-Warp-Borne Stride at +20 points.
The Sorcerer slashes the air with his glowing staff and opens a passage through the Warp to another part of the battlefield, leading his Rubric Marines through the half-real tunnel and reappearing instantaneously elsewhere. This power must be used at the beginning of the Movement phase, before the unit has moved. Immediately remove the unit and replace it elsewhere on the board using the Deep Strike rules; they do not scatter and may move and shoot after being placed, though they may not assault that turn.

-Rend the Veil at +30 points
The Sorcerer focuses his energies on a nearby area of the battlefield, tearing a small rip in the walls between the Warp and reality and, for a brief moment, allowing the roiling stuff of Chaos itself to pour through the rent and wreak havoc on anyone or anything unfortunate enough to be close by. As a Psychic Shooting Attack, place the small Blast marker anywhere within 18" and line of sight of the Sorcerer. It scatters as normal. Any non-vehicle model partially or fully beneath the marker suffers an automatic wound, with no armor saves allowed; any vehicle partially or fully beneath the marker suffers an automatic penetrating hit.

-Aetheric Summoning at +60 points
The Sorcerer cries one of the nine hundred and ninety-nine secret names of Tzeentch aloud, igniting a blinding burst of energy within the Warp and drawing every daemonic entity that can see the beacon towards him. Within moments a wave of howling daemons vomits forth from empty air, raging out of primordial Chaos into the material world to wreak havoc on the enemies of the Great Conspirator.

This power is usable only once per game, at the beginning of the Thousand Sons' Movement phase. Choose a point within 6" of the Sorcerer, then Scatter 2d6", reducing the scatter distance by the minimum distance necessary to prevent the point from ending within 1" of enemy models or in Impassable terrain. Place 2d6 Summoned Lesser Daemons centered around the point indicated, following the Deep Strike rules; any which cannot be placed are destroyed. The daemons may move and assault on the turn they appear.

-Plots That Span Centuries at +60 points
The Thousand Sons take the field in force only at the culmination of a long-laid and carefully orchestrated plan; whatever they have come to do will undoubtedly further Tzeentch's grand, incomprehensible design and spell disaster for humanity. The sorcerers of the Legion can touch the strands of fate itself, and when they sense the possibility of failure they will use their powers ruthlessly to ensure their dire purposes are achieved. When one of the Thousand Sons bends the full force of his iron will to attain some mysterious goal, the very fabric of the universe seems to shift to aid him; his foes are stricken with sudden madness, the ground crumbles away beneath the feet of his attackers, and the fire of his Rubric Marines streaks into the hearts of their targets with impossible accuracy.

This power is usable only once per game. It may be declared at any time; for the remainder of that player turn, the Thousand Sons player may reroll (or force to be rerolled) any die rolls which affect the unit. This includes To Hit and To Wound rolls made either by or against the Thousand Sons, saves made by the Thousand Sons or a unit targeted by them, and any Leadership tests made by the Thousand Sons, any unit targeted by them, or any unit targeting them.

The Sorcerer may replace his force weapon with a Deathscreamer at +20 points.

If the unit contains no models in Terminator armor, it may take a Chaos Rhino or Chaos Land Raider as a dedicated transport. If the unit contains any models in Terminator armor it may not take a Chaos Rhino. Models in Terminator armor count as two models, for the purpose of determining how much of the Land Raider's transport capacity they take up.

Favored Sons: Many of the Thousand Sons are content merely to follow the orders of Magnus the Red and otherwise have little to do with the material world, but some among their number go much, much further in the service of Tzeentch. Some of the Sorcerers roam the galaxy with their silent bodyguards, performing inexplicable acts in seemingly random locations, only for the seeds of chaos they have planted to flower into rampant heresy and widespread destruction decades or centuries later. They are the source of a million strange rumors and dark myths; their twisted minds and diabolical abilities are utterly beyond the power of any man to comprehend, much less pit himself against. When such mighty harbingers of discord and ruin take to the field, they are literally enwrapped in the heatless, coruscating fires of their God, their weirdly-moving shadows chanting unholy hymns as the touch of the Warp twists those who approach too near into mewling, helpless monstrosities.

Any Thousand Sons unit comprised of 9 models is Favored. A Favored unit is surrounded by an aura of Warp flame, randomly mutating any of the enemy who come too close. At the end of every turn, roll a d6 for each enemy model within 6" of the unit; on a roll of 6, that model suffers a S5 hit with no armor saves allowed. Any multi-wound model killed by this ability may be replaced with a Chaos Spawn, if one is available.
Attached Independent Characters do not count for the purposes of determining Favored status unless they have a Mark of Tzeentch. If an attached Independent Character with the Mark of Tzeentch makes the unit Favored (if there are 8 models included the Sorcerer and an attached Independent Character), the Strength of the hit suffered will be reduced to 4.

The Imperium calls Horus the Arch-Traitor, and claims that it was he and the Sons of Horus who sparked the conflagration that so nearly consumed the galaxy. The events that began the Long War even bear his name; he was the Warmaster, the Emperor's favored son, and to the lackeys of the Corpse-God that is enough to assign to him the guilt. Such only proves their foolishness. What was called the Horus Heresy would have happened even had Horus never lived. It was Lorgar, Lorgar and his devoted sons the Word Bearers, who first turned to the Dark Gods. It was Kor Phaeron who guided Lorgar through his spiritual journey, and led him carefully to the Ruinous Powers. It was Lorgar who learned the Primordial Truth, he who first preached the glories of the Dark Gods among the ranks of the Space Marines, and he who sent his servant Erebus to Horus Lupercal. It was Erebus who whispered of the glory of Chaos to the wounded Warmaster, and from that sprang all else that followed.

The Word Bearers remain an organized and driven force to this very day; though the numbers of veteran Legionnaires among them have steadily dropped over the aeons to be replaced by weaker and less-reliable recruits, those who remain possess not only superhuman skill at war but also a fiery, unshakable faith in the power of Chaos and the necessity that humanity be brought to accept its glories. This faith and sense of driving purpose has kept the Legion together, united by eternal loyalty to Lorgar and utter devotion to the Dark Gods. Loosely coordinated and directed from the brooding Basilica of the Word on Sicarus, dozens of the Hosts stream outwards every year, bearing their merciless gospel out into the galaxy to supplant the Imperial Lie with the Primordial Truth. They shall never rest until their great work is completed and all humanity bows before the Ruinous Powers; they will cast down every temple and slaughter every priest of the Corpse-God, or perish to a man in the attempt.

Unit Cost: 40 points

Unit Composition: 1 Word Bearer

Unit Type: Infantry

Word Bearer: WS4 BS4 S4 T4 W2 I4 A2 Ld10 Sv3+
Dark Apostle: WS5 BS5 S4 T4 W3 I4 A3 Ld10 Sv2+

Wargear
Word Bearers
-Power armor
-Bolter
-Bolt pistol
-Close-combat weapon
-Mark of Chaos Eternal: The Word Bearers worship all four aspects of Chaos, rather than devoting themselves to one and excluding the others; the faces of the Great Pantheon are each of equal importance, and the vile runes and sigils the Word Bearers carve into their skin reflect this truth by incorporating the signs of all four gods, intertwined with quotations from the scriptures of Lorgar. Different battles, however, require different blessings, and so any given Host may well promise a world, the soul of a hated enemy, or some other sacrifice to one of the Chaos Gods in exchange for gaining their favor before the conflict begins. Before the mission is chosen, the Word Bearers player must declare which god, if any, the Word Bearers are temporarily dedicating themselves to. The entire unit gains benefits as listed below.
-Khorne: Gain +1 Attack. For the purposes of the Dark Legends and Ancient Rivalry special rules, the unit counts as having the Mark of Khorne (Ancient Rivals: Slaanesh, Tzeentch).
-Slaanesh: Gain +1 Initiative and the Acute Senses USR. For the purposes of the Dark Legends and Ancient Rivalry special rules, the unit counts as having the Mark of Slaanesh (Ancient Rival: Khorne).
-Nurgle: Gain Toughness 4(5). For the purposes of the Dark Legends and Ancient Rivalry special rules, the unit counts as having the Mark of Nurgle (Ancient Rival: Tzeentch).
-Tzeentch: Word Bearers gain a 5+ Invulnerable save. If a Dark Apostle is present, he gains +1 to his Invulnerable save (making it 3+). For the purposes of the Dark Legends and Ancient Rivalry special rules, the unit counts as having the Mark of Tzeentch (Ancient Rivals: Nurgle, Khorne).
-Chaos Undivided/No dedication: Gain Preferred Enemy (Everyone). Ancient Rivalry has no effect, and no Special Characters besides Abbadon count for the purposes of Dark Legends.

Dark Apostle
-Daemon armor
-Bolt pistol
-Accursed Crozius: The Crozius Arcanum is the symbol of a Space Marine Chaplain, a tangible representation of his strength of will and devotion to the Emperor. The Chaplains of the Word Bearers ritually desecrated these artifacts when they turned to the worship of Chaos, re-baptizing them as terrible icons of the might of the Dark Gods. The very air shimmers with unholy power where it touches these hateful weapons; even those with no connection to the Warp can vaguely sense the corruptive aura that surrounds them. An Accursed Crozius is a master-crafted power weapon.
-Black Halo: The Word Bearers crown their most dire champions with blood-wrought sigils of Chaos, both to serve as a focus for powerful protective spells and as a vicious mockery of the high honors bestowed upon heroes of the Imperium. A Black Halo usually takes the shape of a barbed, eight-rayed star, secured in place by driving the lower three spines deep into the back of the bearer. Such disturbing decorations, along with the Accursed Crozius, form the panoply of the Dark Apostles; the possession of such an icon marks the bearer as one who is high in the favor of Lorgar and the Chaos Gods, while the eye-searing wards inscribed in the twisted metal can turn away even the most powerful blow. A Black Halo confers a 4+ Invulnerable save.
-Mark of Chaos Eternal

Special Rules
-Eternal Warrior
-Dark Legends
-Ancient Rivalry: Any or none (see Mark of Chaos Eternal)
-Daemonic Warhost: Daemons can only manifest when the Chaotic influence in an area grows strong enough to weaken the barriers between the material universe and the Warp. Normally only immense Warp storms or massive devastation at the hands of world-spanning cults can create such conditions; but the faith, or perhaps the madness, of the Word Bearers is so powerful that their mere presence sends cracks racing through the walls of reality. Daemons swarm after the Hosts as they travel, following the ships of these apocalyptic missionaries through the Warp and eagerly awaiting the moment when they can break out of the Immaterium to vent their unending rage upon the enemies of the Chaos Gods. If a unit of Word Bearers are present on the battlefield all Summoned Daemons may subtract 1 from their reserve roll; furthermore, Summoned Lesser Daemons may be placed anywhere on the board where a Deep Strike may legally be performed (note that they will scatter as normal if they are not within range of an Icon). The Word Bearers count as having an Icon for the purpose of summoning Daemons.
-Black Divination (Dark Apostle only): The Word Bearers fight under the mystic guidance of their Dark Apostles. These fanatic warrior-priests read the omens and conduct gruesome sacrifices to the Ruinous Powers before any battle, seeking aid from those cruel deities for the disciples who kill in their names. A Dark Apostle's prophecies can inform the actions of his followers with terrifying foresight; they deploy to crush threats they have no way of knowing about, fire upon targets they cannot see with devastating accuracy, and ignore the most cunning of ruses to smash the weakest part of the enemy's forces. No enemy units may Infiltrate within 18" of a unit containing a model with this rule, even if they are not in LOS; furthermore, if your army contains a Dark Apostle, enemy units may not Outflank using the Scout USR.
-Blasphemous Oration (Dark Apostle only): The spiritual leaders of the Word Bearers were eloquent and persuasive speakers even before their fall, charged with guiding and directing the Legion through inspired oratory as much as example in battle. Aeons of life as servants of Chaos have only increased the power of their voices; every word in the inhuman tongue the Dark Apostles speak imprints another horrifying piece of the Primordial Truth upon the minds of those who hear it, whether they wish to understand such things or not. For the creatures and servants of Chaos to listen to such exposition is to be reaffirmed in their diabolic purpose, invigorated with the assurance of the Ruinous Powers' approval; for a normal man it is a mind-shattering agony, the poisonous words shredding his sanity even as they burn the catechisms of Chaos into his memory forever. The slightest weakness of will or the barest doubt will give the liturgy a foothold, and then even the most outwardly-righteous can be transformed by the sound of a Dark Apostle's murderous chanting into a raving madman, a mindless slave to the will of the Chaos Gods.

The Dark Apostle may use this ability in his Shooting phase if the unit does not shoot or Run. When Blasphemous Oration is used, all friendly units within 12" of the Dark Apostle become Fearless for the remainder of that player turn and the entirety of the next. All enemy units within 12" must take a Leadership test; any unit which fails takes d6 wounds (normal saves apply) as maddened comrades turn upon each other, and then the survivors must immediately Fall Back. They may test to regroup as normal at the beginning of their Movement phase, so long as they meet the requirements to do so.

Options

May add up to 7 Word Bearers at +40 points per model

The unit may be led by a Dark Apostle at +150 points.

Any Word Bearer may replace his power armor with daemon armor at +10 points per model.

Any Word Bearer may replace their close-combat weapon and/or bolt pistol with one of the following:
-Power weapon at +10 points per model
-Plasma pistol at +10 points per model
-Power fist at +20 points per model

Up to two Word Bearers may replace their bolter with one of the following:
-Combi-bolter at +5 points
-Flamer at +5 points
-Heavy bolter at +10 points
-Plasma gun at +15 points
-Meltagun at +15 points
-Missile launcher or multi-melta at +15 points
-Lascannon or plasma cannon at +20 points

The unit may take a Chaos Rhino or Chaos Land Raider as a dedicated transport.

Favored Sons: The Hosts do not all meet with equal success. Some find that their incursions meet rapid and powerful resistance, and are lost in battle or return to Sicarus in disgrace; some go out, secure a foothold in the Imperium, and bring some millions or billions to the truth before being driven away, allowing the warriors to return to face Lorgar's judgement with their heads held high. But others never return; only the fearful whispers that trickle back tell their tales. They, among all the Word Bearers, are the true visionaries, fiery-eyed priests of damnation who sacrifice whole sectors as their offerings to the Ruinous Powers. They are the prophets of ruin who haunt the nightmares of the Ecclesiarchy, who lead unholy crusades that light the galaxy with flame and drown the stars themselves in the blood of the Corpse-God's lackeys.

Any Word Bearers unit comprised of 8 models (counting Word Bearers and the Dark Apostle, if any, together) is Favored. Any Favored Word Bearers or Dark Apostles ignore all negative modifiers to Leadership; regardless of Psychic Powers, wargear or special rules, they take any required Leadership tests against a value of 10. Attached Independent Characters do not count for the purposes of determining Favored status, but they will still gain the benefit if attached to a Favored unit; when surrounded by the implacable faith of the Word Bearers, pride demands that the character match their fearlessness.

The Sons of Horus suffered the most cruelly of all the Traitors in the years that followed the Siege of Terra. They had fought at the forefront of every battle, for they were the personal guard of the Warmaster himself, and their performance reflected upon his honor; and so even before the rebels assaulted the Imperial Palace, the Sons of Horus had suffered grievous losses. When Horus died their morale was shattered and the survivors retreated at once, pausing only to recapture the body of their Primarch. Their sudden withdrawal spared them the most fierce rigors of the Scouring, but in the end it nearly sealed the Legion's fate; for almost as soon as the survivors of the other Legions were ensconced in the Eye of Terror they turned, with unheard-of accord, upon the Sons of Horus. The brutal losses that had been suffered by those the Sons of Horus abandoned were repaid a hundredfold in blood.

Ezekyle Abbadon's assumption of the rank of Warmaster and the renaming of his followers proved to be a turning point for the devastated Legion. The few survivors had been broken, their organization sundered and their faith in the Legion destroyed; Abbadon brought them together and gave them a goal, focused their hatred away from themselves and towards the true enemy. They were invigorated, united, filled once again with purpose by their terrible new master; they turned from the past and set themselves towards the future, bloodily welding a thousand warbands together into a weapon with which the Despoiler could tear at the guts of the hated Imperium. Now the Black Legion once again goes in the vanguard of their Warmaster's armies. Too few to make up a viable fighting force alone, the veterans of the Legion instead form a leadership cadre for the bloodthirsty coalitions of daemons, newly-corrupted Chaos Space Marines and insane cultists which follow Abbadon's command. They are the physical manifestation of the Despoiler's wounded pride and thirst for vengeance, dire harbingers of terror and woe. They failed the first Warmaster, long ago, and for that failure have paid in full measure; they will not allow themselves to fail again.

Unit Cost: 40 points

Unit Composition: 1 Black Legionnaire

Unit Type: Infantry

Black Legionnaire: WS4 BS4 S4 T4 W2 I4 A2 Ld10 Sv3+
Black Legion Terminator: WS5 BS5 S4 T4 W2 I4 A3 Ld10 Sv2+

Wargear
Black Legionnaire:
-Power armor
-Bolter
-Bolt pistol
-Close-combat weapon
-Assault grenades
-Krak grenades

Black Legion Terminator:
-Terminator armor
-Twin-linked bolter
-Power weapon
-Assault grenades
-Krak grenades

Special Rules
-Eternal Warrior
-Dark Legends
-Champions of the Long War: Veterans of the Black Legion commonly serve as leaders and taskmasters on the battlefield, dividing themselves among their weaker or less-reliable followers to ensure that they follow the Warmaster's will. As champions-at-arms they provide inspiration to their lesser fellows; as representatives of Abbadon they crush any attempted rebellion against his will, and ruthlessly enforce discipline upon the less-controlled warriors who serve him. Pre-deployment, any number of Black Legionnaires or Black Legion Terminators may be removed from the unit and attached to a different unit in the army. They will count as a member of that unit for the remainder of the game, including for the purposes of Kill Points.
-First Among the Legions: The Sons of Horus were held in great contempt by the other Legions in the immediate aftermath of the Heresy, derided as cowards and weaklings. Since being reborn as the Black Legion, that impression has been almost entirely annihilated; daemon-worlds by the score burned when the former Sons of Horus took their revenge for the humiliation their fellow-Traitors inflicted upon them, and Abbadon's inflexible policy of brutal retaliation for any slight has cemented every Black Legionnaires reputation as a warrior to respected, even by the chosen of the Dark Gods. The Legionnaires take great pride in living up to that reputation, and they will never allow themselves to be shamed by the failures of those they lead. Any unit joined by a Black Legionnaire or Black Legion Terminator immediately gains any USRs that model possesses, except the Eternal Warrior, Relentless and Fearless USRs. This means that, as an example, a unit joined by a Black Legionnaire with the Scout USR may Outflank or make a Scout move.
-A Tyrant Unacquainted With Dissent: When the Black Legion leads lesser creatures to battle, they expect from their minions the same level of obedience they offer to the Despoiler; absolute and unquestioning. When those expectations are not met a thwarted Legionnaire's rage can reach truly terrifying heights, and again and again they have proven that they are far more willing to slaughter their followers themselves than to watch them flee from battle. If a unit including a Black Legionnaire ever fails a Leadership check (except Psychic tests), or makes a Fall Back move, it will immediately suffer a wound with no armor saves allowed (this wound may not be allocated to the Black Legionnaire). The check may then be re-rolled, or the unit may roll to Regroup even if such is normally illegal; if the re-roll or Regroup test is failed, the unit is clearly too panicked to pay any heed even to the most violent attempts to restore discipline.



Options

May add up to 9 Black Legionnaires at +45 points per model

Any Black Legionnaire may replace their power armor with daemon armor at +10 points per model.

Any number of Black Legionnaires may be upgraded to Black Legion Terminators at +25 points per model.

Any Black Legion models which are attached to another unit may not select weapons from the following lists. Instead, they may select weapons exactly as if they were a model of the unit they have joined; for example, a Black Legionnaire attached to a unit of Death Guard may select a Conqueror Worm, just as if he was a Death Guard model. In order to select options available only to models in Terminator armor, the Black Legion model must be a Black Legion Terminator; so, for example, a Black Legion Terminator attached to a unit of Emperor's Children may select a Whispering Blade just as if he was a Phoenix Guard, but a Black Legionnaire attached to the same unit may not.

Black Legion models attached to other units do not replace their basic weapons with the basic weapons of the equivalent model in that unit; a Black Legion Terminator attached to a unit of Death Guard, for example, will still have a power weapon rather than a Plague Sword. Furthermore, a Black Legion model which selects a weapon from another unit's options is then permanently attached to that unit, and may not join any other: A model with a Plague Sword must always be attached to a unit of Death Guard.

For the purposes of those options which reference models "in the unit", any models attached to other units do not count.

Any Black Legionnaire may replace their close-combat weapon and/or bolt pistol with one of the following:
-Power weapon at +10 points
-Plasma pistol at +10 points
-Power fist at +20 points

Any Black Legionnaire may replace their bolter with a combi-weapon or twin-linked bolter at +5 points per model, or their weapons with a pair of lightning claws at +20 points per model.

For every two Black Legionnaires in the unit, one Black Legionnaire may replace their bolter with one of the following;
-Flamer at +5 points
-Plasma gun at +15 points
-Meltagun at +15 points

Up to two Black Legionnaires may replace their bolter with one of the following:
-Heavy bolter at +10 points
-Autocannon or missile launcher at +15 points
-Multi-melta or plasma cannon at +20 points
-Lascannon at +25 points

Any Black Legion Terminator may replace their power weapon with one of the following:
-Lightning claw at +5 points
-Power fist at +10 points
-Chainfist at +15 points

Any Black Legion Terminator may replace their twin-linked bolter with a combi-weapon at +5 points per model, or their weapons with a pair of lightning claws at +10 points per model.

For every two Black Legion Terminators in the unit, one Black Legion Terminator may replace his twin-linked bolter with one of the following:
-Heavy flamer at +5 points
-Reaper autocannon at +20 points

The whole unit may be given one of the following USRs. This cost must be paid for every model purchased with the unit, including those attached to other units, and they will all gain the listed USR.
-Acute Senses or Move Through Cover at no cost
-Furious Charge or Counter-attack at +5 points per model
-Infiltrate or Stealth at +10 points per model
-Preferred Enemy or Scouts at +15 points per model
-Stubborn or Tank Hunters at +20 points per model

If the unit contains no models in Terminator Armor, it may take a Chaos Rhino or Chaos Land Raider as a dedicated transport. If the unit contains models in Terminator armor, it may not take a Chaos Rhino. Models in Terminator armor count as two models, for the purpose of determining how much of the Land Raider's transport capacity they take up.