Editing Emperor's Children (section)

=== Heresy and after ===

[[File:Wolfandsister1.jpg|450px|left|thumb|Back in previous editions, [[Noise Marines]] had awesome guitar weapons instead of Sonic Cannons! [[Awesome]].]] 

{{Topquote|Captain, the loyalists have a Titan! What shall we do?"<br>"Well first we do some warp dust, then we FUCK THAT TITAN.|Emperor’s Children Captain}}

The Emperor's Children were most notorious for their engagements during the Battle of Istvaan III and the [[Drop Site Massacre]]. By the time of the latter battle many of them were straight-up [[Noise Marines]] (due to Bile's machinations) and they engaged the [[Iron Hands]] and other loyalists in the disaster that cost Ferrus Manus his head. Later on they along with Fulgrim started drifting off from the Heresy, engaging the [[Iron Warriors]] in Fulgrim's attempt to achieve Daemonhood, for example.

During the siege on [[Terra]], the Emperor's Children were supposed to help with getting back at the Emprah but they got bored, broke off and went pillaging the civilians. Most of the innocents they found were ground up and distilled into drugs, anyone left over was raped to death. After the Siege, they [[Dark Eldar| dragged a shitton of slaves with them]] back with them into the [[Eye of Terror]]. After snorting / smoking / [[Dranon's_delight|raping]] / defenestrating / dogwelding them all, they started stealing slaves from the other Legions, which started all the in-fighting. Considering they suffered few losses on Terra proper, they had the upper hand at first and even managed to steal Horus's corpse from the Sons of Horus. But then they had the poor idea to poke the [[World Eaters]] a bit too hard and [[Khârn|a certain swell guy]] went to town on their asses (and his own Legion's asses, [[Khorne]] cares not where the blood flows from!) at the [[Battle of Skalathrax]]. Reeling, the Emperor's Children retreated to their Stronghold of [[Harmony]] where [[Fabius Bile|this fabulous sicko]] managed to clone [[Horus]] himself! 

However, [[Abaddon]], in a rare moment of awesomeness assembled various Marines from his Legion and others, launched an attack on Harmony, and won by having one of his sidekicks hurl a warship at the capital in a massive colony drop before killing the fully grown clone of Horus and ruining Bile's labs. It's implied that a bunch of Emperor's Children went over to Abaddon and made up the nucleus of the [[Children of Torment]] (the BL's Slaaneshi contingent) worshippers, as the EC views them as traitors to Fulgrim.

After the battle of Harmony, most EC went their own merry way. Marines of the Emperor's Children legions are always looking for the next high, and eschew tranquilizers and depressants (like booze) for hallucinogens and stimulants (like cocaine). It started out as a quest for perfection with performance-enhancing drugs, but now that they're full-blown corrupted by [[Slaanesh]] it's about peak experiences. Also have an obsession with [[Noise Marines|noise]], [[furry]] [[Promotions|porn]], [[Tyranids|tentacles]], and gettin' high. Hey, who's the bastard who forgot about their [[Matt Ward|chronic masturbation]] problem?

The Pre-Heresy paint scheme for their minis are purple and gold, while the Post-Heresy paint scheme is pink and black. (Or any clashing pastel colours and ugly patterns.) They are the Legion that created the original [[Noise Marines]], and are still the go-to Legion for expertise in [[Sonic Weaponry]].

Among the most infamous members of their Legion are [[Lucius|Lucius the Eternal]] and [[Fulgrim]]. [[Fabius Bile]] was once part of the Emperor's Children, but went renegade from them. He's still labeled as a champion here, though.

It is speculated that the [[Pretty Marines|Pretty Marines']] unknown Primarch was actually an Emperor's Children Captain that remained loyal to the Emperor during the [[Horus Heresy]] and convinced the [[High Lords of Terra]] to allow him to re-create the example of human flawlessness using his own gene-seed.