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2021-05-22T08:42:11Z

2A02:1811:5184:A300:4437:1569:764C:54A3: /* So, are there any actually good Isekai? */

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{{topquote|1=Hey guys, today I wanted to talk about the newest, hottest anime to come out this season. All right, get this: It's about a completely normal shut-in Otaku with a very specific skill set that makes him useless in the real world, who is suddenly transported to a fantasy world kinda similar to any JRPG you've ever seen where he suddenly becomes the hottest shit, and he has two jobs: Messing up any poor soul who looks at him the wrong way and getting some 2D bitches. Wait, doesn't this sound oddly familiar?|2=Gigguk, [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uFR2nvw19h4 "Isekai: The Genre that Took Over Anime"]}}

Proof that Japan has no publishing standards or quality control. '''Isekai''' is a Japanese word assimilated into the /tg/ lexicon from the [[weeaboo]] at /a/ and /jp/. Literally meaning "another world" or "parallel world", it refers to a genre in which the main characters are from "our" world and taken to a foreign world resembling [[RPG|some form of fantasy game]], where they proceed to become [[adventurers]]. Usually, plot reasons prevent them from heading home until something is taken care of—typically whatever big bad evil guy is threatening everything—but sometimes they're stuck there forever and have to adapt as best they can. Methods of transportation are vast and varied, including but not limited to: stumbling into a portal, activating a magical McGuffin, getting run over by [[Meme|Truck-kun]] and reincarnated (''Tensei'' in weeb, a genre isekai ate), being summoned by the denizens of the world, or the ever-popular getting your brain downloaded into your favorite [[MMORPG]].

The term (and to a lesser extent the genre) have been kicking around the weeaboosphere for a while, but around 2015 publishers started flooding the market with insufferably awful series (with insufferably long titles) that sell both in Japan and internationally like hotcakes, no matter how bland and generic they get. This once again proves that no matter which side of the planet you're on, otaku are autistic retards with no taste. As of 2018 this seems to be tapering off: Kadokawa has banned isekai stories from their light novel competitions, fewer and fewer isekai light novels get adapted into anime each season, and parodies are becoming more and more common, making it only a matter of time before the genre hits [[Zombie|"even the parodies are stale" levels of played out.]] There are also deconstructive stories being written about the genre-- ''Re:Zero'' is a particularly notable example where the main character actually has a big self-aware rant about what a loser he is.

Luckily, it seems some countries do have quality control, as based Russia has banned Isekai manga and anime.

== Isekai and /tg/ ==
Although most isekai stories get panned on /tg/ for [[TVTropes|annoying meta-humor]], [[Double Cross|generic shonen bullshit]], [[Maid RPG|generic fanservice bullshit]], or [[Extra Heresy|a combination thereof]] (if not the characters being blatantly Mary Sues, or presenting something even more absurd), a handful of series are decent enough to merit genuine approval. Or they're tolerated because they have [[monstergirls]]. Check our [[Approved anime|anime]] and [[manga]] pages for the current scoop.

While isekai is a distinctly Japanese form of [[Skub|cancer]], the basic idea of people from our world getting chucked into a fantastic world and forced to fend for themselves is practically universal and turns up moderately often in Western fantasy with the earliest example perhaps being ''"A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court"'' by Mark Twain which was published in 1889. Oddly, when this happens it tends to be rather less shit perhaps due to it being less common. L. Frank Baum's ''Oz'' series, ''Alice's Adventures in Wonderland'' by Lewis Carroll, and Edgar Rice Burroughs' ''Barsoom'' (a.k.a., John Carter of Mars) novels are iconic examples of the core premise that predate cliche fantasy (with Barsoom being the closest of what can be described as "Western Isekai Wankfest" with Carter being ''very'' overpowered due to Earth's gravity he grew up with and his combat training), and C.S. Lewis ''The Chronicles of Narnia'' uses the plot for Christian allegory. ''The NeverEnding Story'' is the flagship modern German example, and right in the heart of the fantasy cliche storm, yet it is the purest anti-shit, either despite or because of this (if you don't count the 80s-tastic American movie). Or at least, it avoids being the self-indulgent wish-fulfillment for irredeemably unlikable losers that makes Isekai so widely hated<ref>The second half of the book, at least, reads like a full on deconstruction of Isekai, before Isekai was a thing.</ref>. One could make the case that ''The Matrix'' is an isekai story (it basically reverses a couple of the key tropes), though classifying it as "less shit" may not be accurate for some people. Tangential to these are stories about modern militaries (or, in one odd series of novels, part of the US East Coast) being sent back in time—although it's possible that a movie from '79 called G.I. Samurai, where a JSDF unit accidentally travels back in time and fights their own Samurai ancestors, is secretly the true forgotten granddaddy of the isekai genre, or at least dreck like GATE.

Isekai also has its influence on [[Old School Roleplaying]]; as stated above, there are plenty of pulp fantasy novels involving ordinary souls getting sucked into a strange, alien world and becoming heroic [[adventurer]]s as a result. A /tg/ example that (in hindsight anyway) fits the isekai mold well is [[GURPS]]' [[Banestorm|flagship fantasy setting]], which revolves around people from across the universe getting isekai'd to the planet of Yrth by an extradimensional "Banestorm" and proposes that players could [[Stat me|stat themselves]] and then play as themselves on Yrth after getting deposited there by the Banestorm. Hell, [[Greyhawk]] has several deities who actually originated on other worlds - [[Murlynd]], [[Saint Cuthbert]] and [[Mayaheine‎‎]] have all been implied to have come to Oerth from "real" Earth - whilst the [[Forgotten Realms]] was, once upon a time, hinted as being connected to Earth by various portals to different times and places; the not!Egyptian race was actually supposed to be peopled by real ancient Egyptians who had been summoned to the Realms en-masse by evil sorcerers as slave labor, only to break free of them. Then there's the [[D%26D_Cartoon|D&D Cartoon]], whose plot ''was'' D&D by way of Isekai. That being said, unless your DM was being really lazy, if you tried to talk in-universe about stats or levels or other meta game content like they do in Isekai stories, NPCs would and should treat you like a madman.

==Reverse Isekai==
[[File:Ork isekai.jpg|400px|thumb|left|A more /tg/-related example of reverse isekai]]
Occasionally, reverse isekai plots, where supernatural elements from other dimensions have invaded the "real" world, have appeared in /tg/. In [[Masque of the Red Death]], the Red Death's corruption of magic means planar travel only works one way and anything inbound is stuck. [[D20 Modern]]'s default for supernatural entities is that they a dropped onto Earth from another plane, "The Shadow", and can't go home (though their corpses vanish upon death, being "reclaimed" by The Shadow). The [[Adventure Path]] ''Reign of Winter'' has a trip to World War I era Russia where the party fights Mosin-Nagans and machine gun wielding Russian soldiers, tear gas elementals and actual Grigori Rasputin.

One odd feature in Japanese Reverse-Isekais is an emphasis on how Japanese food is so much more awesome than whatever bland, flavorless food the peasants of the fantasy world have to eat(to be fair, modern food in general, if made well, would indeed be better than most medieval fare, especially the stuff serfs ate). In fact, there actually is '''more than one''' anime about people from a fantasy world visiting a restaurant in modern Japan, just as an excuse to show off food porn with no real plot. Which in fairness: the modern world wide food distribution networks that can ship sun ripened lemons and meat to any point in the world within 24 hours is likely going to compare favorable to all but the highest fantasy fare. Even so, even the lowliest peasant would put ''some'' effort in using what they had to make food taste good; even if they couldn't afford spices, herbs were still easy enough to get a hold of, and rural cooks knew enough about how to prepare meats to make them taste good. Whereas fantasy peasants may as well be eating dry, stringy meat with a side of boiled, unseasoned vegetables and mud for dessert.

==Otome Isekai==
Proving women can also be otaku, this distinct type of isekai was born. '''Otome Isekai''' (a term used by the author of this section) is, for all intents and purposes, the female variant of regular isekai but <s>done in a rather misogynistic manner</s> written by women. Apparently, women are only interested in otome visual novels/dating sims with a lot of high nobility hot guys, Mary Sue commoner protagonists, petty villains and formulaic plots flatter than a [[Repulsor Tank|Repulsor]]'s roadkill. The main character of this variation of isekai will typically reincarnate in the body of one of the characters of the VN in question and, from there, take part in a proverbial adventure in a [[Colleges of Magic|magic/nobility academy]] where the protagonist will win the hearts of a veritable harem of hot guys (usually the original romanceable characters), the original protagonist, the villains and any other unwitting NPCs by being an EVEN BIGGER Mary Sue than the original character.

A common variant that became the main type of otome isekai for a time and that freed itself from it, is the '''villainess genre'''. As the name implies, this sub-genre follows the scheme told above but in the protagonist becomes the villainess character of the plot, fated to meet a grisly end by whatever means. It's usually up to the protagonist to change their fate and survive. While the premise is more interesting at first, it falls to the same tropes and endings as the others: harem of hot guys, befriending anyone and generally being a Mary Sue, BUT IN THE BODY OF A VILLAIN! As mentioned, the villainess genre has become its own thing now and you can find villainess stories without a speck of isekai anywhere.

Otome isekai is no less awful than regular isekai, but due to it being based on different genres of videogames (visual novels vs. RPGs) the plot is more often focused on the relationships of the protagonist within the VN cast along with the VN's original plot that the protagonist invariably knows from start to end, even sub-routes and obscure events that makes her know beforehand everything that's going to happen. Or that's how it should be, according to the protagonist herself. Because the most infuriating part of otome isekai is the complete denial of the protagonist to admit that the characters they are now interacting with are people with their own wills and decisions and the most basic understanding of "cause and effect". They believe that the plot of the original VN ''will play like in the VN regardless of whatever she does''. The events will play the same, the characters will think and react the same, everything will be the same (unless they are the villainess, in which case they will survive). And no matter if proof of this not being the case is waved in her face with neon lights or people don't act in ways that they're "supposed to", she will continue to think that everything will play out the same.

==Why do people hate it so much?==
As noted above, stories of people entering other worlds are nothing new, and speaks to a common desire to experience strange and exotic lands. Yet Isekai stories still get a lot of flak for many reasons. Besides there being way too many anime/manga that are all basically the same story with slightly different premises, it boils down to a number of common gripes:

* The biggest one is that rather than trying to tell a compelling and interesting story, too many Isekai stories are just the basest wish fulfillment fantasies for the lonely basement-dwelling neckbeard. Most of the other complaints are derived from this one.

===Gripes about the worlds===
* While most isekai stories used to be about the protagonist wanting to escape the otherworld to get back to reality, it has become increasingly common for the protagonist to not be able to go back or them not even wanting to go back. As a result, most isekai stories could easily work as regular fantasy stories with few alterations, making the whole isekai aspect pointless.
* The worlds traveled to are generally bland and unoriginal, usually the JRPG version of the [[standard fantasy setting]] at that. Not only is this oversaturated but, coming from ''an oriental nation'', why in all the Yama hells bring your characters into Not Thirteenth Century Catholic Germany all the time? When Westerners do it to (say) Arabian Nights they get called "Orientalists" [[weeaboo|or worse]]. Suppose we spot each other this on condition we don't make our counterparty DAMN LAME.
**This is most likely because the ''Dragon Quest'' vidya gaems are some of the best-selling media of all time in Japan, so basically every Japanese kid is nostalgic for their fantasy land with slimes and magic swords; but are niche and usually flop everywhere else, so it just comes across as a bunch of bland RPG pastiches ripping each other off.
* And because they're JRPG the isekai will often go so far as to define the world in terms of ''RPG mechanics''. We shit you not. People in isekai worlds speak of levels, classes, and experience as real and tangible things as opposed to the mechanical abstractions fa/tg/uys normally recognize them as. Outside of Isekai stories that actually take place inside of RPGs or videogame RPGs, this is inexcusable. To make matters worse, this has started appearing in fantasy series that aren't isekai.
* In addition to the above points, a frequent gripe about Isekai is that the worlds frequently have a problem with what's known as a "Second Order Idiot Plot". An Idiot Plot is, of course, a plot that only happens because everyone involved is an idiot (and it can be done well; see, for example, ''Burn After Reading''); but a Second Order Idiot Plot is a plot that only happens because ''everybody in the world'' is an idiot--frequently, either some obvious solution is overlooked for dumb reasons, some obvious phenomena is ignored, or some baldly obvious lie is widely accepted. This is generally abused to create easy problems for the protagonists to solve.
* Since some Isekai protagonists are so powerful, no one in the new world is capable of opposing them; that includes the cliche "great demon king" who had terrorized the world for centuries only to get one-shotted by the MC in one chapter, thus erasing any conflict and tension and making the story even duller. Other type of villains like high-status types (king, nobles) or anyone in the world whom had grudge or a bone to pick with the protagonist may be introduced, but due to how the human civilization of the other world [[Medieval Stasis|are incapable of advancing their technology]] in most isekai, [[Always Chaotic Evil|these villains]] are arrogant, ignorant and often underestimate the MC and their otherworldly knowledge (see the Emperor from GATE). Therefore they get their asses handed to them by the MC and their modern Japanese knowledge + JRPG cheat stats when they tried to sabotage or kill the MC's party and fail again and again. In short, Isekai lacks proper and inspiring villains.
* Badly-done racism. This one is especially unforgivable considering that racism has been a way of life in Japan for hundreds of years and you'd think they would understand something about it by now. Having drama where the humans hate the elves or the beastfolk is fine. The part that so many series forget is setting up an actual reason that so much bad blood exists. They even fail to consider that maybe some of the characters might have different opinions on the other races, because God forbid there be any dimensions to the cast. Of course, setting up the world to be full of people who are spiteful for absolutely no reason means that your main character gets to show off how ''accepting'' and ''benevolent'' he is compared to the backwards fantasy peasants. Which brings us to...

===Gripes about the protagonists===
* Isekai protagonists tend to be [[Neckbeard|big fucking nerds]] who immediately recognize what's all about and exploit it, often aided by [[Plot armor|unreasonably high stats relative to their abilities in real life.]] The unstated implication is that the overweight slimeball watching/reading the isekai story would be just as successful as the protagonist because of his [[Trivial Pursuit|valuable and hard-earned RPG knowledge]].
* The protagonist frequently is overpowered in a way that puts him way ahead of his peers, despite lacking any useful combat, intellectual, or even social skills from his homeworld. Rarely does the protagonist have to put that much effort in overcoming his obstacles, and is often "The Chosen One" or "Special Blooded". Just like a unique snowflake.
* Even more offensive protagonists will be actively unlikable or even outright repulsive, despite not suffering any consequences for it.
* And on top of that, 99.9% of the time, the protaganist has an all-female <s>harem</s> party who hang on his every word. [[Mary Sue|Is this starting to sound familiar?]] (Note, in particular, that usually these female party members exist purely to provide fanservice and be [[waifu]]ed.) And this is not necessarily a bad thing, but there are countless examples of lazy writers going way to far with it and turning the characters into caricatures, or pulling the rug out from under the readers and going from harem to vanilla romance.
* Almost all the protagonists in isekai stories have either a tragic or "NEET" background. Not saying that this is a bad thing, but it is almost as if the author is trying to push the bill, forcing the reader to go through 1 or 2 chapters of flash backs. This gets worse when they are all generic manga cliches. But some tragic backgrounds are so specific it's almost as if the author self inserted their past there.
* As if the above wasn't enough, too many isekai MC are [[edgy|edgelords]]. For most of them, their reason for being edgy is how they were abused, betrayed, NTR'ed or disowned by either the MC's school classmate, other isekai'ed people, or the society as a whole. Some really awful isekai have their MC doing really edgy shit like mass murder, owning/buying slaves and rape.

===More General Gripes===
* While many stories are just copycats of one another, some will ''attempt'' to put an "original spin" on the genre, usually by adding a gimmick, such as the protagonist being a LITERAL VENDING MACHINE or a slime that can absorb powers. If done well, then the story still has some value in being interesting and exploring otherwise ignored facets of an overused genre. Done poorly, it comes across as just plain tiresome, especially if the gimmick is the only thing keeping the story afloat when the characters and plot fail to impress.
* [[weeaboo|O MY GLORIOUS NIPPON STEEL FOLDED OVER 9000 TIMES]]. Basically just to show how superior the Japanese and only the Japanese are compared to the other world. GATE is the worst example of this, where the Japanese military in a medieval fantasy world is wreaking havoc with their modern weaponry (which is not unreasonable to imagine, even for the decidedly modest Japanese Self Defense Force, but it’s taken to the point where it comes across like a cheesy recruitment ad targeting otaku: "Want to be a real hero? We kill more <s>orcs</s> fantasy Romans before 9AM than most <s>Paladins</s> barbarians do all day!" Which is expected with the author being a right-wing JSDF veteran). Generally, it involves the reincarnated protagonist lusting for their Japanese foods and introducing amazing new flavors to the fantasy world: jelly donuts, soy sauce, and miso paste being most common. Despite Japan and Asia in general being a huge market for Western fast food chains, the protagonists are always treated as big fucking deals for introducing soy sauce over rice. [[Katanas are Underpowered in d20|Katanas are also introduced in the other world to prove their superiority]], though this is less common than the food thing.
*"Japanese" language or Japanese traits (black hair, white skin) being something sacred or ancient or special in the isekai world. Usually used to mean that some "undecipherable script of the Ancients" is just 21st-century Japanese carved on a plaque somewhere without any further development. If the author is going for cheap [[Edgy|edge]] boosts, anything related to the Japanese is a symptom of a curse or a demonic heritage.
* Some of the edgier Isekai have a tendency to deal with such serious issues as rape, [[slavery]], racism and genocide... which would be fine, if they didn't usually do so in such an immature or poorly handled way that you start to hate either the author's suspected age group, the whole nation of Japan (or whatever country produced it), or humanity in general just by association with this edgelord garbage.
* Always a "Fenryr"... If the protagonist befriends a small fluffy animal there is a 90% chance it's actually a giant wolf and called a variation of Fenrir... which makes as much sense as being friend with Ungoliant...

==So, are there any actually good Isekai?==

<div style=font-size:xx-large>{{Blam|No.}}</div>

<small>Well, actually "no, but actually kinda yes", but since that question is such an obvious setup for a joke...</small>

More seriously, Isekai, like any genre, is subject to Sturgeon's Law: 90% of any genre is crap. That percentage can go up if we're talking about works that are focused more on filling out a checklist than telling an interesting story, and the market pressures on Isekai results in a lot of checklists that authors feel they need to fill their works with. That being said, there are works that at least try to bring some actual originality to the genre, and some that are fairly good. [[Skub|Lists of the two can be wildly different]] so we won't list them here. Mainly because we're not [[TV Tropes]], and because we have an [[approved anime]] page for that kind of shit.

==Gallery==
<gallery>
image:Isekei WHF.png|<center>Not all worlds are ones where you would want to end up.
image:WHF isekai alt.jpg|<center>Or not.
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Chaos Lord

2021-05-17T17:36:31Z

2A02:1811:5184:A300:4437:1569:764C:54A3: /* Warsmith */

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[[File:Chaos Lord.jpg|300px|thumb|right|'You broke my hearts, so I'm taking yours as repayment.' Also, this artwork is a rare example of an official Games Workshop piece where their [[Ultramarines|Perfect little blueberry fucks]] are actually permitted to be shown not winning. Although the artist forgot the secondary heart is an augmetic.]]
{{Topquote|A man's worth is no greater than his ambitions.|Marcus Aurelius}}

{{Topquote|I see fear in their eyes, right before they die. I see shock as they realise too late what it is to pit their pitiful strength against '''true power!'''|Kranon the Relentless, Chaos Lord of the [[Crimson Slaughter]]}}

The '''Chaos Lord''' is an HQ choice for the [[Chaos Space Marines]], in the game of [[Warhammer 40,000]]. They are basically the traitor counterpart to a [[Space Marine]] Captain or Chapter Master; a Chaos Lord is usually, though not always, a Heretic Astartes himself. They are not necessarily those who rose through the ranks properly in a hierarchical fashion, but are often those most blessed by the [[Chaos Gods]], which means they gained favoritism points or simply the most powerful or charismatic individuals among the Forces of Chaos. In typical Chaos fashion, they are very powerful, but they want more.

The greatest of the Champions of Chaos become Chaos Lords and are often granted hideous mutations and physical alterations by the Ruinous Powers to further their cause. Chaos Lords are so powerful as to be able to bind the other Forces of Chaos to their will, although this often brings a dangerous position as advancement among the Forces of Chaos is commonly achieved through the [[Sindri|death or murder of another Chaos Lord or Champion]]. Some Chaos Lords lead through brute strength, others through cunning and some are maniacs bent solely on self-aggrandizement. Others are [[Lorgar|true-believing worshipers of Chaos and possess a zealous dedication to the Dark Gods]]. Overall, their motives and appearance are highly varied and diverse within the realm of Chaos.

You could say that they are basically your [[Edgy|edgy and brooding supersoldier]] that has reached [[Night Lords|'peak Edge'.]] And it seriously shows, just scroll down and look at the list of delightfully and unintentionally hammy and over-the-top hilarious Chaos Lords that have been spawned from Dawn of War itself. They are basically a factory churning out as many [[Meme|memes]] as possible.

==Types of Lords==
The [[Chaos]] lords usually worship a god whether they be [[Khorne]], [[Tzeentch]], [[Nurgle]] or [[Slaanesh]]. Here are the following lords of the Chaos gods.
===Lord of Khorne===
[[File:99550102086_KhorneWorldEatersTerminatorLord01.jpg|thumb|left|Chaos Lord of Khorne. Damn he crazy]]
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A crazed maniac who drinks blood, and eats whatever he just killed. Raw. Each of these Chaos Lords is a looming brute in gore-stained armor. Many such lords retain their intellect and conqueror's instincts, but their blood-greed is so strong that, upon the battlefield, they could easily be mistaken for mindless savages. It matters little, for so frenzied are the warriors that follow them that they are lost to reason; for lord and follower alike, only the sight of blood holds sway. They like using absurdly sized battle-axes and swords and mauls and all that shit, and are generally the most savage and physically strongest Chaos Lords. [[Kharn]] is the craziest motherfucker of all Khorne Lords, who'll kill you in his psychotic blood-lusting [[rage]], but damn is he a great guy.
===Lord of Nurgle===
[[File:LordOfContagion.jpg|thumb|left|Chaos Lord of Contagion. Damn he stinky]]
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AKA the '''Lord of Contagion'''. Some disease-filled piece of flesh (Asbestos Aidstartes). Better not give him a hug, or have any physical contact whatsoever, because you'll probably get some disease worse than [[AIDS]] (like an incurable version of Syphilis.) They're also nigh-indestructible which is not that much of a surprise. These devout sons of Grandfather Nurgle revel in their foulness, leading Heretic and daemon alike to war. Each Lord of Nurgle has a Mantle of Corruption - a doctrine as set out by [[Mortarion]] that defines their weapons and strategies. The Lords of Contagion (as shown above) are the most aggressive of these, and embody the brute-force approach of taking punishment and then dishing it back out, aided all the more in this by their Cataphractii Terminator Armor and [[Daemon Weapon#Manreaper|Manreaper]]s. By contrast, the Lords of Poxes focus more on attrition and the spread of airborne plagues, while the [[Lord of Virulence|Lords of Virulence]] prefer the use of massed bombardment. Other, more obscure Mantles are also said to exist, such as the Mantle of Flux and the Mantle of Parasitism. Legend has it that there's a Mantle out there somewhere that nobody is yet worthy of, as it would make them a being of pure entropy. [[Typhus]] is the most famous of Nurgle Lords.

===Lord of Slaanesh===
[[File:ChaosLord of Slaanesh.jpg|thumb|left|Chaos Lord of Slaanesh. Damn he kinky]]
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Slaanesh's boy toy. The guy is most certainly a drug-addicted <s>pedophile</s> ''omni''phile, not unlike the [[Dark Eldar]]. Seriously, they literally are gifted with [[/d/|strange sensory organs]] and mood amplifiers that allow them to better savor the shocking stimuli of open warfare. Perks include the biggest drug stash and a stable full of sexually insatiable and adventurous men and women who are clusterfucking the shit out of each other. The life of such a lord is a whirlwind of excess that inspires his followers anew with every battle. As such, those minds of the lord reacts so swiftly thanks to a mixture of speed and cocaine that he can fight with blurring speed and dexterity whilst shaking like a human vibrator due to all the hopped-up drugs in his system. [[Lucius|Lucius the Eternal]] is a Slaanesh Lord.
===Lord of Tzeentch===
[[File:Tzeentch_TerminatorLordNEW_02.jpg|thumb|left|Sorcerer Lord of Tzeentch. Damn he thinky]]
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AKA the '''Sorcerer Lord''' or '''[[Exalted Sorcerers|Exalted Sorcerer]]'''. Sorcerers who got their first magic tricks set for Christmas from Tzeentch. A notable Lord of Tzeentch is [[Ahzek Ahriman]] of the Thousand Sons. Their primary pastime is creating webs of lies and plots that serve to somehow give them possession of some chaos McGuffin or summon some Daemons or just in general do some thing that the protagonists must stop. Usually spellcasters who ignores armor and cover, causing much BAW. Curiously enough, in 3rd Edition they could be psykers or mundane, and the rank of Chaos Lieutenant existed as the second-in-command of a Chaos Space Marine force. Since the release of Warhammer 40,000 4th Edition, however, Chaos Sorcerers have been moved to a role more resembling that of the Loyalist Space Marines' [[Librarians]] rather than possessing variable psychic abilities. However, the Thousand Sons from the 7th Edition onwards have reintroduced Sorcerers with Lord statlines and abilities.
===Lord of Malal===
[[File:SOM T2007 lord.jpg|thumb|left|Chaos Lord of Malal. Damn he edgy]]
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The most mysterious of the Chaos Lords. Number one rogue killing fucktard. Their patron god is the dubiously canon [[Malal]]. Those who are champions of the paradox god strive for only one thing. The utter annihilation of the very concept of chaos and order.....[[Derp|by causing as much chaos as possible.]] They are known to use [[Daemon Weapon#Dreadaxe|anti-daemon daemon weapons]] to slay daemons and other Warp critters and are known to be highly antisocial and territorial. But hey, at least you get sweet ass wargear that can only be found in one area. Most noticeable trait is their obsession of dressing up like a Marilyn Manson clown or an emo goth cannibal. Yeah, eating people is just a pastime for these lords. Then again, we are pulling that out from [[Sons of Malice]] who are the only known Malal/Malice worshippers in 40K, so it may differ from worshiper to worshiper.

===Lord of Chaos Undivided===
[[File:99120102046_CSMTermLordRepack01.jpg|thumb|left|Lord of Chaos Undivided. Damn he... kinda vanilla but still cool.]]
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A lord who refuses to follow any single god. You COULD say they are boring, but saying that's like saying Sindri, Araghast, and Carron are boring, which is hilariously inaccurate. In seriousness the success and power of these lords can vary greatly. They are super vanilla in a....'Chaos-y' way. Still, the fact they aren't completely sucking the cocks from the gods means that they are the most flexible of the bunch. Then again, this ''is'' in the end, a Chaos Lord we are talking about and they are ultimately always a tyrannical warrior-king who lives to bathe in the blood of worlds. Hence, despite their generic blandness, they are not to be fucked with. The most famous Undivided lord [[Abaddon|has no arms]].

==I Can't Believe They're Not Chaos Lords!==
===[[Dark Apostle]]===
[[File:New_Dark_Apostle.JPG|thumb|left|A Dark Apostle. Damn, he preachy!]]
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''For full page, see here: [[Dark Apostle]]''

A Chaos [[Chaplain]], usually from the [[Word Bearers]], but available to all Chaos Space Marines from the 7th Edition onwards. The most notable Dark Apostles are [[Erebus]] (the architect of the Horus Heresy) and [[Eliphas the Inheritor]], the most goddamn sexy voice since [[Sindri Myr|Sindri]].

===[[Warsmith]]===
[[File:Warsmith.jpg|thumb|left|A Warsmith. Damn he blingey!]]
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''For full page, see here: [[Warsmith]]''

Chaos Lord, [[Iron Warriors]] style. Unsurprisingly, likes starting sieges against things. They tend not to like chaos very much and replace their mutated bits with bionics. Most famous example would be the sick fuck [[Honsou]]. Much like the Dark Apostle, now available to everyone.

==Warhammer Fantasy's Types of Chaos Lords==
[[File:Khorne Lord Warhammer Fantasy.jpg|250px|thumbnail|left|A Lord of Khorne, ready for battle as always.]]
It should be noted that the average Chaos Lord in [[Warhammer Fantasy]] has +1S and +1T over his 40K cousins. So essentially, these normal (though quite Norse) men empowered by the Chaos Gods are stronger and tougher than the aforementioned genetically engineered superhuman demigod warriors empowered by Chaos. Just goes to show how tough people in Warhammer Fantasy are, eh? (Actually, Strength and Toughness scale differently in 40k than it does in Fantasy. For example, a Captain of the Empire (who is a normal human) has S4 whilst the equivalent Strength in 40k would be a Space Marine. So a Chaos Lord in Warhammer Fantasy having S and T 5 would probably be the same as S and T 4 in 40k)

'''Lords of Khorne''': Ten foot tall, four foot broad Viking warlords in inch-thick plate armour with serious fucking anger management problems. They will fuck up your shit up from Norsca straight to the [[Emperor|Golden Shithouse]]. They tend to favor fuckhuge battle-axes, swords, hammers and, in the case of one helluva woman, a giant fuck-big spear. Primarily enjoy raiding, pillaging, burning, and getting into fights with huge fuck-big monsters and then killing them and ripping out their skulls. Also, if there's one thing Lords of Khorne amongst the Norscans love almost as much as spilling blood, it's boasting about how much blood they've spilled. Valkia the Bloody is a fine example of a Khornate Chaos Lord and is essentially a crazy Valkyrie who carries the souls of the valorous dead into the halls of Chaos Valhalla, because the [[Warriors of Chaos]] are motherfucking Vikings.

'''Champions/Exalted Champions of Tzeentch''': Sorcerers, just like the ones in 40k, but the main difference is that they wear XBAWX HUEG ARMOR (although Sorcerers in 40k wear your typical [[pauldrons]], so there really is not much difference between these Sorcerers and those Sorcerers). Funny thing, is that in some of the older rules, champions of Tzeentch could only be fielded as Chaos Lords, not as Sorcerers.

'''Champions/Exalted Champions of Nurgle''': Just like the ones from 40k. The only difference is that they have difficulty getting into their armor on account of their festering, huge, disgusting bellies. They will go out of their ways to hug you. An example would be Festus the Leechlord.

'''Champions/Exalted Champions of Slaanesh''': Same as 40k but the horrors of Slaanesh seem to have deadened their fear, they will never break, and they are also described as very vain in the fantasy universe. An example would be Sigvald the Magnificent.

'''Champions/Exalted Champions of Chaos Undivided''': See above.

==Chaos Lords in DoW II==
[[Image:Chaoslordz.jpg|thumb|450px|Left|Chaos Lords from the [[Dawn of War|DOW series]]]]
Since Chaos only came in during DoW II's first expansion, the only unique Chaos Lord featured thus far is a Black Legion champion named [[Araghast the Pillager]], who is by far the biggest slice of chaotic awesome to break the previous DoW Chaos Lords' streak of awkward dialogue and meme production.

Araghast, Eliphas, and all other generic Chaos Lords (who are actually Eliphas) in skirmish are dedicated to Khorne, so that pretty much makes them a close-quarters monster. With goddamn health regeneration. At level one, with no wargear, he can easily take down anything short of a Howling Banshee squad. Unlike the other offensive heroes who have gear and abilities designed around helping their units break the enemy lines, the Chaos Lord is designed around making himself an unstoppable murder machine. Give him his Lightning Claws and the Harness of Rage (restores energy whenever he hits something) and Dark Halo (causes energy to take damage first before health, very good if you kept getting hit), or Icon of Khorne (restores health with each attack) he'll become, without exception, the most lethal melee commander unit in the game. Srsly, he'll outdamage the Warboss and Hive Tyrant. This combined with his immunity to suppression from the get-go, his fucktons of health (srsly, only the Hive Tyrant has more, and that only by a hair's breadth, though a Warboss with 'Eavy Armor or a Force Commander with Terminator armor will have a lot more health than he can have with any armor loadout. Though I guess that's offset by the fact that those two have paper-thin armor, and the CL was pretty durable, until they replaced his super-heavy armor with regular hero armor. Fuck it.) and his aforementioned health draining (Kill the Weak!) makes him one of the best/if not ''the'' best, commanders in the game.

Okay, he does have drawbacks. He's designed around melee and that's about all he's good for. Compared with other offensive heroes his upgrades do not give him as much health. As such he is exceedingly vulnerable to just getting shot to death, especially while tar pitted, and his ranged damage sucks and both his melee options take away his ability to gun. Since he's in Terminator Armor, he's slower than most other commanders, and Chaos' lack of transports means he has trouble fleeing if things go south. The Guard can mob him with cheap soldiers while meltaguns chew through his healthbar like nothing or the Commissar separates his head from his body with a las pistol execution, Orks can tie him up with sluggas and then dakka him to death, the Eldar can tie him down with banshees to let Wraithguard rape him, and Tyranids can spam hormagaunts to let venom cannons shoot him apart. So don't send him without support! Though that rely applies to all commanders in the game

Prior to Retribution, while he slaughtered infantry, he sucked against vehicles as none of his upgrades gave him much damage against them, up until somebody realized that nobody was using the Blood Maul since all it offered compared to the Lightning Claws was a better special ability, so it was turned into AV weapon.

His other global ability, Malignant Blindness is generally useless, it reduces enemies to 1/10th of their line of sight. Sounds great on paper, but in practice it doesn't do much since they can still see an enemy that's shooting them. You're hoping to nail a heavy weapon squad? They will still chew up your units when you start shooting them.

One other drawback is that picking him gives the least useful worship ability to the Heretic squads. The [[Chaos Sorcerer]]'s worship Tzeentch infiltrates nearby units (i.e makes them invisible) and the Plague Champion's worship Nurgle speeds up health regeneration (which stacks with the healing aura granted by the HQ building, the ability is considered one of the Plague Champion's main strengths). Worship Khorne, makes units move faster. That might sound good, but keep in mind while Heretics are using their worship ability, they can't move, and the AOE for it isn't very big, so this ability will only give a very temporary speed boost before the units it's affecting move out of its range. It's not completely useless, but it is situational while the other two abilities are pretty easy to find uses for.

==Notable Chaos Lords==
*[[Abaddon|Abaddon the Despoiler]] (aka Failbaddon the Armless) - Chaos Lord of the [[Black Legion]] and Warmaster of Chaos. Spends his time trying to conquer [[Cadia]], and losing to [[Creed]]. On his 13th Black Crusade right now and has finally succeeded in destroying Cadia.
*[[Kharn|Kharn the Betrayer]] (Pretty fun guy) - Chaos Lord of a [[World Eaters]] Warband. Spends most of his time killing everything in sight, including some of his fellow World Eaters. Reportedly has a hilarious sense of humor.
*[[Typhus|Typhus the Traveler]] - Chaos Lord of a [[Death Guard]] Warband. Few can survive him in combat. Fewer still can live stand the smell long enough to try and fight him.
*[[Lucius the Eternal]] - Sick bastard extraordinaire, originally of the Emperor's Children, Slaanesh gave him an infinite lives hack.
*[[Ahzek Ahriman]] - Sorcerer of the [[Thousand Sons]].
*[[Lord Bale]] ([[Sindri Myr|SSSSSSIIIIINNNNNDDDRRRRRIIII!!!]]) - Was a Chaos Lord of an invading Alpha Legion Warband on the planet of Tartarus. Got Sindri'd by the trope named Sindri Myr.
*[[Crull]] ([[Khorne|BLOOD FOR TEH BLOOD GAWD!!!]]) - Was the Chaos Lord of a World Eaters Warband on Lorn V. Failed and got his skull taken by [[Gorgutz]].
*[[Eliphas The Inheritor]] - Formerly a Dark Apostle of the Word Bearers and a bootlick of Araghast, he then betrayed him and is now a Chaos Terminator Lord of the Black Legion.
*[[Firaeveus Carron]] ([[METAL BOXES|METHUL BAWXES!!!]]) - Was a Chaos lord of the invading Alpha Legion Warband on Kaurava.
*[[Araghast the Pillager]] ([[Awesome|Face me, if you dare!]]) - Was a Chaos Terminator Lord of the Invading Chaos Warband on Aurelia. Got Sindri'd by Eliphas.
*[[Nemeroth]] - Was a Chaos Terminator Sorcerer Lord of the Chosen of Nemeroth invading the forgeworld of Graia. He is noted as being the first Chaos Sorcerer in a Relic game with the use of Terminator Armour (with Araghast having the honor of being the first Chaos Terminator Lord of the Dawn of War series and Eliphas as the second Chaos Terminator Lord).
*[[Lugft Huron]] - Was formerly Chapter Master of the [[Astral Claws]] Chapter, then decided that looting and pillaging would be more fun and renamed his chapter the [[Red Corsairs]]. Is probably the second most powerful Chaos Lord after Abaddon (and is much less of a failure).
*[[Honsou]] - Warsmith and maker of [[Daemonculaba|sick shit.]]

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{{Topquote|A man's worth is no greater than his ambitions.|Marcus Aurelius}}

{{Topquote|I see fear in their eyes, right before they die. I see shock as they realise too late what it is to pit their pitiful strength against '''true power!'''|Kranon the Relentless, Chaos Lord of the [[Crimson Slaughter]]}}

The '''Chaos Lord''' is an HQ choice for the [[Chaos Space Marines]], in the game of [[Warhammer 40,000]]. They are basically the traitor counterpart to a [[Space Marine]] Captain or Chapter Master; a Chaos Lord is usually, though not always, a Heretic Astartes himself. They are not necessarily those who rose through the ranks properly in a hierarchical fashion, but are often those most blessed by the [[Chaos Gods]], which means they gained favoritism points or simply the most powerful or charismatic individuals among the Forces of Chaos. In typical Chaos fashion, they are very powerful, but they want more.

The greatest of the Champions of Chaos become Chaos Lords and are often granted hideous mutations and physical alterations by the Ruinous Powers to further their cause. Chaos Lords are so powerful as to be able to bind the other Forces of Chaos to their will, although this often brings a dangerous position as advancement among the Forces of Chaos is commonly achieved through the [[Sindri|death or murder of another Chaos Lord or Champion]]. Some Chaos Lords lead through brute strength, others through cunning and some are maniacs bent solely on self-aggrandizement. Others are [[Lorgar|true-believing worshipers of Chaos and possess a zealous dedication to the Dark Gods]]. Overall, their motives and appearance are highly varied and diverse within the realm of Chaos.

You could say that they are basically your [[Edgy|edgy and brooding supersoldier]] that has reached [[Night Lords|'peak Edge'.]] And it seriously shows, just scroll down and look at the list of delightfully and unintentionally hammy and over-the-top hilarious Chaos Lords that have been spawned from Dawn of War itself. They are basically a factory churning out as many [[Meme|memes]] as possible.

==Types of Lords==
The [[Chaos]] lords usually worship a god whether they be [[Khorne]], [[Tzeentch]], [[Nurgle]] or [[Slaanesh]]. Here are the following lords of the Chaos gods.
===Lord of Khorne===
[[File:99550102086_KhorneWorldEatersTerminatorLord01.jpg|thumb|left|Chaos Lord of Khorne. Damn he crazy]]
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A crazed maniac who drinks blood, and eats whatever he just killed. Raw. Each of these Chaos Lords is a looming brute in gore-stained armor. Many such lords retain their intellect and conqueror's instincts, but their blood-greed is so strong that, upon the battlefield, they could easily be mistaken for mindless savages. It matters little, for so frenzied are the warriors that follow them that they are lost to reason; for lord and follower alike, only the sight of blood holds sway. They like using absurdly sized battle-axes and swords and mauls and all that shit, and are generally the most savage and physically strongest Chaos Lords. [[Kharn]] is the craziest motherfucker of all Khorne Lords, who'll kill you in his psychotic blood-lusting [[rage]], but damn is he a great guy.
===Lord of Nurgle===
[[File:LordOfContagion.jpg|thumb|left|Chaos Lord of Contagion. Damn he stinky]]
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AKA the '''Lord of Contagion'''. Some disease-filled piece of flesh (Asbestos Aidstartes). Better not give him a hug, or have any physical contact whatsoever, because you'll probably get some disease worse than [[AIDS]] (like an incurable version of Syphilis.) They're also nigh-indestructible which is not that much of a surprise. These devout sons of Grandfather Nurgle revel in their foulness, leading Heretic and daemon alike to war. Each Lord of Nurgle has a Mantle of Corruption - a doctrine as set out by [[Mortarion]] that defines their weapons and strategies. The Lords of Contagion (as shown above) are the most aggressive of these, and embody the brute-force approach of taking punishment and then dishing it back out, aided all the more in this by their Cataphractii Terminator Armor and [[Daemon Weapon#Manreaper|Manreaper]]s. By contrast, the Lords of Poxes focus more on attrition and the spread of airborne plagues, while the [[Lord of Virulence|Lords of Virulence]] prefer the use of massed bombardment. Other, more obscure Mantles are also said to exist, such as the Mantle of Flux and the Mantle of Parasitism. Legend has it that there's a Mantle out there somewhere that nobody is yet worthy of, as it would make them a being of pure entropy. [[Typhus]] is the most famous of Nurgle Lords.

===Lord of Slaanesh===
[[File:ChaosLord of Slaanesh.jpg|thumb|left|Chaos Lord of Slaanesh. Damn he kinky]]
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Slaanesh's boy toy. The guy is most certainly a drug-addicted <s>pedophile</s> ''omni''phile, not unlike the [[Dark Eldar]]. Seriously, they literally are gifted with [[/d/|strange sensory organs]] and mood amplifiers that allow them to better savor the shocking stimuli of open warfare. Perks include the biggest drug stash and a stable full of sexually insatiable and adventurous men and women who are clusterfucking the shit out of each other. The life of such a lord is a whirlwind of excess that inspires his followers anew with every battle. As such, those minds of the lord reacts so swiftly thanks to a mixture of speed and cocaine that he can fight with blurring speed and dexterity whilst shaking like a human vibrator due to all the hopped-up drugs in his system. [[Lucius|Lucius the Eternal]] is a Slaanesh Lord.
===Lord of Tzeentch===
[[File:Tzeentch_TerminatorLordNEW_02.jpg|thumb|left|Sorcerer Lord of Tzeentch. Damn he thinky]]
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AKA the '''Sorcerer Lord''' or '''[[Exalted Sorcerers|Exalted Sorcerer]]'''. Sorcerers who got their first magic tricks set for Christmas from Tzeentch. A notable Lord of Tzeentch is [[Ahzek Ahriman]] of the Thousand Sons. Their primary pastime is creating webs of lies and plots that serve to somehow give them possession of some chaos McGuffin or summon some Daemons or just in general do some thing that the protagonists must stop. Usually spellcasters who ignores armor and cover, causing much BAW. Curiously enough, in 3rd Edition they could be psykers or mundane, and the rank of Chaos Lieutenant existed as the second-in-command of a Chaos Space Marine force. Since the release of Warhammer 40,000 4th Edition, however, Chaos Sorcerers have been moved to a role more resembling that of the Loyalist Space Marines' [[Librarians]] rather than possessing variable psychic abilities. However, the Thousand Sons from the 7th Edition onwards have reintroduced Sorcerers with Lord statlines and abilities.
===Lord of Malal===
[[File:SOM T2007 lord.jpg|thumb|left|Chaos Lord of Malal. Damn he edgy]]
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The most mysterious of the Chaos Lords. Number one rogue killing fucktard. Their patron god is the dubiously canon [[Malal]]. Those who are champions of the paradox god strive for only one thing. The utter annihilation of the very concept of chaos and order.....[[Derp|by causing as much chaos as possible.]] They are known to use [[Daemon Weapon#Dreadaxe|anti-daemon daemon weapons]] to slay daemons and other Warp critters and are known to be highly antisocial and territorial. But hey, at least you get sweet ass wargear that can only be found in one area. Most noticeable trait is their obsession of dressing up like a Marilyn Manson clown or an emo goth cannibal. Yeah, eating people is just a pastime for these lords. Then again, we are pulling that out from [[Sons of Malice]] who are the only known Malal/Malice worshippers in 40K, so it may differ from worshiper to worshiper.

===Lord of Chaos Undivided===
[[File:99120102046_CSMTermLordRepack01.jpg|thumb|left|Lord of Chaos Undivided. Damn he... kinda vanilla but still cool.]]
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A lord who refuses to follow any single god. You COULD say they are boring, but saying that's like saying Sindri, Araghast, and Carron are boring, which is hilariously inaccurate. In seriousness the success and power of these lords can vary greatly. They are super vanilla in a....'Chaos-y' way. Still, the fact they aren't completely sucking the cocks from the gods means that they are the most flexible of the bunch. Then again, this ''is'' in the end, a Chaos Lord we are talking about and they are ultimately always a tyrannical warrior-king who lives to bathe in the blood of worlds. Hence, despite their generic blandness, they are not to be fucked with. The most famous Undivided lord [[Abaddon|has no arms]].

==I Can't Believe They're Not Chaos Lords!==
===[[Dark Apostle]]===
[[File:New_Dark_Apostle.JPG|thumb|left|A Dark Apostle. Damn, he preachy!]]
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A Chaos [[Chaplain]], usually from the [[Word Bearers]], but available to all Chaos Space Marines from the 7th Edition onwards. The most notable Dark Apostles are [[Erebus]] (the architect of the Horus Heresy) and [[Eliphas the Inheritor]], the most goddamn sexy voice since [[Sindri Myr|Sindri]].

===[[Warsmith]]===
[[File:Warsmith.jpg|thumb|left|A Warsmith.]]
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Chaos Lord, [[Iron Warriors]] style. Unsurprisingly, likes starting sieges against things. They tend not to like chaos very much and replace their mutated bits with bionics. Most famous example would be the sick fuck [[Honsou]]. Much like the Dark Apostle, now available to everyone.

==Warhammer Fantasy's Types of Chaos Lords==
[[File:Khorne Lord Warhammer Fantasy.jpg|250px|thumbnail|left|A Lord of Khorne, ready for battle as always.]]
It should be noted that the average Chaos Lord in [[Warhammer Fantasy]] has +1S and +1T over his 40K cousins. So essentially, these normal (though quite Norse) men empowered by the Chaos Gods are stronger and tougher than the aforementioned genetically engineered superhuman demigod warriors empowered by Chaos. Just goes to show how tough people in Warhammer Fantasy are, eh? (Actually, Strength and Toughness scale differently in 40k than it does in Fantasy. For example, a Captain of the Empire (who is a normal human) has S4 whilst the equivalent Strength in 40k would be a Space Marine. So a Chaos Lord in Warhammer Fantasy having S and T 5 would probably be the same as S and T 4 in 40k)

'''Lords of Khorne''': Ten foot tall, four foot broad Viking warlords in inch-thick plate armour with serious fucking anger management problems. They will fuck up your shit up from Norsca straight to the [[Emperor|Golden Shithouse]]. They tend to favor fuckhuge battle-axes, swords, hammers and, in the case of one helluva woman, a giant fuck-big spear. Primarily enjoy raiding, pillaging, burning, and getting into fights with huge fuck-big monsters and then killing them and ripping out their skulls. Also, if there's one thing Lords of Khorne amongst the Norscans love almost as much as spilling blood, it's boasting about how much blood they've spilled. Valkia the Bloody is a fine example of a Khornate Chaos Lord and is essentially a crazy Valkyrie who carries the souls of the valorous dead into the halls of Chaos Valhalla, because the [[Warriors of Chaos]] are motherfucking Vikings.

'''Champions/Exalted Champions of Tzeentch''': Sorcerers, just like the ones in 40k, but the main difference is that they wear XBAWX HUEG ARMOR (although Sorcerers in 40k wear your typical [[pauldrons]], so there really is not much difference between these Sorcerers and those Sorcerers). Funny thing, is that in some of the older rules, champions of Tzeentch could only be fielded as Chaos Lords, not as Sorcerers.

'''Champions/Exalted Champions of Nurgle''': Just like the ones from 40k. The only difference is that they have difficulty getting into their armor on account of their festering, huge, disgusting bellies. They will go out of their ways to hug you. An example would be Festus the Leechlord.

'''Champions/Exalted Champions of Slaanesh''': Same as 40k but the horrors of Slaanesh seem to have deadened their fear, they will never break, and they are also described as very vain in the fantasy universe. An example would be Sigvald the Magnificent.

'''Champions/Exalted Champions of Chaos Undivided''': See above.

==Chaos Lords in DoW II==
[[Image:Chaoslordz.jpg|thumb|450px|Left|Chaos Lords from the [[Dawn of War|DOW series]]]]
Since Chaos only came in during DoW II's first expansion, the only unique Chaos Lord featured thus far is a Black Legion champion named [[Araghast the Pillager]], who is by far the biggest slice of chaotic awesome to break the previous DoW Chaos Lords' streak of awkward dialogue and meme production.

Araghast, Eliphas, and all other generic Chaos Lords (who are actually Eliphas) in skirmish are dedicated to Khorne, so that pretty much makes them a close-quarters monster. With goddamn health regeneration. At level one, with no wargear, he can easily take down anything short of a Howling Banshee squad. Unlike the other offensive heroes who have gear and abilities designed around helping their units break the enemy lines, the Chaos Lord is designed around making himself an unstoppable murder machine. Give him his Lightning Claws and the Harness of Rage (restores energy whenever he hits something) and Dark Halo (causes energy to take damage first before health, very good if you kept getting hit), or Icon of Khorne (restores health with each attack) he'll become, without exception, the most lethal melee commander unit in the game. Srsly, he'll outdamage the Warboss and Hive Tyrant. This combined with his immunity to suppression from the get-go, his fucktons of health (srsly, only the Hive Tyrant has more, and that only by a hair's breadth, though a Warboss with 'Eavy Armor or a Force Commander with Terminator armor will have a lot more health than he can have with any armor loadout. Though I guess that's offset by the fact that those two have paper-thin armor, and the CL was pretty durable, until they replaced his super-heavy armor with regular hero armor. Fuck it.) and his aforementioned health draining (Kill the Weak!) makes him one of the best/if not ''the'' best, commanders in the game.

Okay, he does have drawbacks. He's designed around melee and that's about all he's good for. Compared with other offensive heroes his upgrades do not give him as much health. As such he is exceedingly vulnerable to just getting shot to death, especially while tar pitted, and his ranged damage sucks and both his melee options take away his ability to gun. Since he's in Terminator Armor, he's slower than most other commanders, and Chaos' lack of transports means he has trouble fleeing if things go south. The Guard can mob him with cheap soldiers while meltaguns chew through his healthbar like nothing or the Commissar separates his head from his body with a las pistol execution, Orks can tie him up with sluggas and then dakka him to death, the Eldar can tie him down with banshees to let Wraithguard rape him, and Tyranids can spam hormagaunts to let venom cannons shoot him apart. So don't send him without support! Though that rely applies to all commanders in the game

Prior to Retribution, while he slaughtered infantry, he sucked against vehicles as none of his upgrades gave him much damage against them, up until somebody realized that nobody was using the Blood Maul since all it offered compared to the Lightning Claws was a better special ability, so it was turned into AV weapon.

His other global ability, Malignant Blindness is generally useless, it reduces enemies to 1/10th of their line of sight. Sounds great on paper, but in practice it doesn't do much since they can still see an enemy that's shooting them. You're hoping to nail a heavy weapon squad? They will still chew up your units when you start shooting them.

One other drawback is that picking him gives the least useful worship ability to the Heretic squads. The [[Chaos Sorcerer]]'s worship Tzeentch infiltrates nearby units (i.e makes them invisible) and the Plague Champion's worship Nurgle speeds up health regeneration (which stacks with the healing aura granted by the HQ building, the ability is considered one of the Plague Champion's main strengths). Worship Khorne, makes units move faster. That might sound good, but keep in mind while Heretics are using their worship ability, they can't move, and the AOE for it isn't very big, so this ability will only give a very temporary speed boost before the units it's affecting move out of its range. It's not completely useless, but it is situational while the other two abilities are pretty easy to find uses for.

==Notable Chaos Lords==
*[[Abaddon|Abaddon the Despoiler]] (aka Failbaddon the Armless) - Chaos Lord of the [[Black Legion]] and Warmaster of Chaos. Spends his time trying to conquer [[Cadia]], and losing to [[Creed]]. On his 13th Black Crusade right now and has finally succeeded in destroying Cadia.
*[[Kharn|Kharn the Betrayer]] (Pretty fun guy) - Chaos Lord of a [[World Eaters]] Warband. Spends most of his time killing everything in sight, including some of his fellow World Eaters. Reportedly has a hilarious sense of humor.
*[[Typhus|Typhus the Traveler]] - Chaos Lord of a [[Death Guard]] Warband. Few can survive him in combat. Fewer still can live stand the smell long enough to try and fight him.
*[[Lucius the Eternal]] - Sick bastard extraordinaire, originally of the Emperor's Children, Slaanesh gave him an infinite lives hack.
*[[Ahzek Ahriman]] - Sorcerer of the [[Thousand Sons]].
*[[Lord Bale]] ([[Sindri Myr|SSSSSSIIIIINNNNNDDDRRRRRIIII!!!]]) - Was a Chaos Lord of an invading Alpha Legion Warband on the planet of Tartarus. Got Sindri'd by the trope named Sindri Myr.
*[[Crull]] ([[Khorne|BLOOD FOR TEH BLOOD GAWD!!!]]) - Was the Chaos Lord of a World Eaters Warband on Lorn V. Failed and got his skull taken by [[Gorgutz]].
*[[Eliphas The Inheritor]] - Formerly a Dark Apostle of the Word Bearers and a bootlick of Araghast, he then betrayed him and is now a Chaos Terminator Lord of the Black Legion.
*[[Firaeveus Carron]] ([[METAL BOXES|METHUL BAWXES!!!]]) - Was a Chaos lord of the invading Alpha Legion Warband on Kaurava.
*[[Araghast the Pillager]] ([[Awesome|Face me, if you dare!]]) - Was a Chaos Terminator Lord of the Invading Chaos Warband on Aurelia. Got Sindri'd by Eliphas.
*[[Nemeroth]] - Was a Chaos Terminator Sorcerer Lord of the Chosen of Nemeroth invading the forgeworld of Graia. He is noted as being the first Chaos Sorcerer in a Relic game with the use of Terminator Armour (with Araghast having the honor of being the first Chaos Terminator Lord of the Dawn of War series and Eliphas as the second Chaos Terminator Lord).
*[[Lugft Huron]] - Was formerly Chapter Master of the [[Astral Claws]] Chapter, then decided that looting and pillaging would be more fun and renamed his chapter the [[Red Corsairs]]. Is probably the second most powerful Chaos Lord after Abaddon (and is much less of a failure).
*[[Honsou]] - Warsmith and maker of [[Daemonculaba|sick shit.]]

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