Horus

"Let the galaxy burn."

-Horus Lupercal

Horus Lupercal, in all his miniature glory. Chaos bless FW for bringing us this model.

Horus or (who is sometimes named Lupercal, Horus Lupercal, Horus "Lupercal", or Horace) was the Primarch of the Luna Wolves/Sons of Horus/Black Legion, and the main figure in the event known as the Horus Heresy (this is NOT a dead giveaway. Oh no) in which he, yeah you guessed it, betrays his father of sorts - the Emperor and turns to Chaos... heretically. Before that, he was the Primarch most favored by the Em--oh come on! If you really need to be told any of this, what the fuck are you doing on /tg/ in the first place? Much like the Emperor being crippled and the Imperium devolving into a bureaucratic grimdark empire; The death of Horus and the placement of Abaddon as the most powerful Chaos champion evar turned the chaotic legions from a genocidal force bent on utter domination for the glory of Chaos, to a Saturday-morning cartoon villain organization...... well except for Angron and the World Eaters who get shit done now and again.

It is argued that Horus was not actually evil but was possessed by the chaos gods or that he believed that thee emperor wanted to be a god. However, he was a massive dick. Hence the common saying in the post-heresy Imperium; "Of all the mighty Primarchs, Horus sure was a dick."

Gameplay: Horus is what everything you love about an HQ wrapped up in one man. He is a very good tactical HQ allowing reserves to outflank, to arrive without a role and he and his unit can go back into reserves which, coupled with his perfect deep strike beacon allows him to DOUBLE DEEPSTRIKE for a last turn objective score. He is decent at shooting with a BS of 5, night vision, a thingy that gives him or another model in the unit +1 BS and an orbital bombardment using his BS. And finally he is a monster in close combat being able to take down full terminator squads in 1 turn if you roll well for his 6 attacks plus +D3 attacks if he is fighting a unit or character of weapon skill 4 or lower. He can rape blobs, MEQ's, TEQ's and HQ's. His weapons are his talon of Horus, an AP2 lightning claw with -1WS and S for every wound it inflicts and an S10 AP1 master-crafted thunderhammer (Worldbreaker). Combine this with an initiative of 6 he will strike first most of the time. He's also pretty durable with a toughness and wounds of 6, 2+ armor save, 3+ invulnerable save, 2+ deny the witch, and a 3+ save against adverse profile modifications which if you exploit RAW gives him a second save as wounds are part of the profile. All this for 500 points so use him wisely.

Long story short, the Imperium got fucked up because this guy had daddy issues. Because the Chaos Gods showed him horrific visions of the future, supposedly under the Emperor's rule. Lolirony. HORUS WILL LIVE AGAIN TERRA WILL FALL. oh shit! Shit will hit the fan. *BLAM* Heresy! YOU CAN'T SILENCE THE INEVITABLE TRUTH. *BLAM* Heresy!

If this reminds you of Baroque and/or every Christianity-related painting from the renaissance up until the 19th Century, good. You're paying attention.

The Primarchs of the Space Marine Legions
Loyalist Corvus Corax - Ferrus Manus - Jaghatai Khan Leman Russ - Lion El'Jonson - Roboute Guilliman Rogal Dorn - Sanguinius - Vulkan
Traitor Alpharius/Omegon - Angron - Fulgrim Horus - Konrad Curze/Night Haunter - Lorgar Magnus the Red - Mortarion - Perturabo