Sorcerer (Warhammer 40,000)

Neroth, a Sorcerer, ruining someone's day.

Start with a Space Marine Librarian, add some heresy, and you get a Chaos Sorcerer. They are the heavy-duty psykers of the Chaos Space Marines. They feel the Warp overtaking them, and to them, it is a good pain.

For the most part, Sorcerers see themselves as great discoverers of arcane knowledge, studying the Warp from a perspective that the foolish worshipers of the Corpse God deny themselves. They often lead warbands of other Chaos Space Marines, either because they want to learn, too, or to do the fighting while the Sorcerer does the learning.

While they certainly can be scholars or warlords (or both), the dirty secret of the Sorcerers is that they are just as much pawns of the Chaos Gods as everyone else. Magnus the Red (and all of the Thousand Sons) learned this the hard way during the Horus Heresy, when the Rubric of Ahriman turned all non-psyker Thousand Sons into Rubric Marines.

Tzeentch is often considered the patron Chaos God of Sorcerers, as arcane knowledge (and manipulating pawns) is part of his purview. Nurgle and Slaanesh also have Sorcerers within their ranks, though not to the extent as Tzeentch. Khorne, on the other hand, usually hates them (in fact, they cannot take the Mark of Khorne in-game), but he may make an exception for particularly bloodthirsty psykers, like Azariah Kyras.

It is worth noting that while most sorcerers are also psykers, a sorcerer does not have to be a psyker.

Dawn of War II

A Tzeentch worshiping Chaos Sorcerer is one the three commanders usable to Chaos in Dawn of War II. He functions as a support hero that's meant to pummel enemies from a distance, as such, he's the least powerful of the Chaos commanders in melee, but his abilities can do a lot of damage.

Also, the Sorcerer's have Scott McNeil's Sindri voice, and listening to it is reason enough to use them.

Noteworthy Sorcerers

• Ahriman: Maybe the most famous and powerful Chaos Sorcerer of all time, second only to his primarch. Responsible, among other things, of the epic fail/epic win that was the Rubric of Ahriman who turned his legion into the state that it is now, gaining is ass kicked from his legion in the process. Now is searching the Black Library, but failing in doing so. To his credit he gained land each time he tried and now he's getting frighteningly close this time. Some say that he's reconciled with his legions and its members have joined his search.

• SSSSIIIIINNNNNDDDDRRRIIII: Sorcerer of The Alpha Legion. He became was possessed by a Daemon Prince, but got his ass pwned by Gabe, so he couldn't properly ascend and died, ascended into daemonhood but was banished by Gabe was eaten by the real daemon prince at the height of the Tartarus campaign. What happened to him exactly is pretty fuzzy, but it's generally accepted that he won't be coming back. He is a notable sexy-voiced bastard. Currently residing in Abaddon's bionic arm.

• Neroth: A sorcerer of the Black Legion and the nagging wife of Eliphas. Unlike the pansy bitches above who prefer to plot and sit on their asses, Neroth's entire thought process, life motivation, and military strategy amounts to "APPLY WARPFIRE", which tends to divide the opinions of elegan/tg/entlemen on him. Rumors of his being a Khornate Sorcerer are unsubstantiated. Rumors say that he host a barbecue every Sunday in the Vengeful Spirit. Also a sexy-voiced bastard.

• Nemeroth: A sorcerer with his own warband, the Chosen of Nemeroth. A manipulative guy who corrupted a radical Inquisitor into the creation of a warp-fueled power source only to almost ascend to daemonhood and invade a forgeworld in the process. As Sindri, he was killed while ascending, but by one of the very few awesome smurfs. Oddly, he isn't armed with any Force weapon, but with a pair of flesh-engraved lightning claws and terminator armor. His face is fucked up, even compared to Eliphas. Also, even for Space Marine, he's huge.

The Traitor Legions and Warbands of Chaos
Chaos Legions:	Alpha Legion - Black Legion - Death Guard Emperor's Children - Iron Warriors - Night Lords Thousand Sons - Word Bearers - World Eaters
Legion Offshoots:	Apostles of Contagion - Bloodborn - Broken Aquila Foresworn - Mouldering Claw - Plague Fleet - Prodigal Sons The Consortium - Warband of Subsector Aurelia
Fallen Chapters (Including Judged):	Adharon's Reavers - Blood Gorgons - Company of Misery Corpus Brethren - Crimson Slaughter - Deathmongers Death Shadows - Invocators - Lords of Decay Oracles of Change - Red Corsairs - Shriven The Brazen Beasts - The Flawless Host - The Scourged Skyrar's Dark Wolves - Steel Cobras - Voidrippers
Unknown/ Other:	Apostles of Minthras - Claws of Lorek - Disciples of Destruction Dragon Warriors - Extinction Angels - Hakanor's Reavers - Punishers The Cleaved - The Purge - The Pyre - Sons of Malice - Sons of Vengeance The Reborn - Violators - Warp Ghosts - Bleak Brotherhood