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===Chaos===
[[Image:1227181112539.jpg|thumb|Chaos Space Marines have a tendency to be hilariously evil, capriciously twisted and more SPIKEY!]]
Coming from the depths of the [[Warp]], Chaos is a force formed from the passions and emotions of all living things. Which, due to [[grimdark|the nature of the setting]], means that all things Chaos-related are either completely malevolent, batshit insane, or both. The Four Gods of Chaos, [[Khorne]], [[Nurgle]], [[Tzeentch]], and [[Slaanesh]], each have their own goals and followings, and are just as likely to fight each other as outside enemies. Chaos' ultimate goal is to make the galaxy as anarchic and destructive as the Warp, and its primary enemy is the "Anathema" - The God-Emperor of Mankind, the single most pernicious foe of the Chaos Gods. Chaos hates the Imperium of Man with a passion, but will also seek to corrupt and destroy Xenos wherever possible.

'''[[Chaos Space Marines]]:''' Evil Space Marines who got fucking tired of the above-mentioned shit and went all nuts and balls out, for the glory of [[Chaos]]! This resulted them becoming way more badass than their holier-than-thou brethren. Years ago, 'Chaos Space Marines' and 'Chaos Daemons' used to be one and the same, sharing the same codex. Then some [[Gav Thorpe|FUCKHEAD]] at the GW office wanted to simultaneously fuck over every Chaos army that used daemons and release another codex, just for Daemons, effectively making it impossible to field a legit CSM/Daemon army. This has been fixed in 8th edition; while technically separate codexes, both share the CHAOS Keyword and can now work in tandem as advertised.

Most of the forces abide within the Traitor Legions - Legions like those the loyal Marines used to have, just that these guys never broke them up in the first place, so they tend to have numbers on their side. Unfortunately, every single Chaos Marine thinks he should rule the lot, and as such, backstabbing is a part of business and results in 'Chaos warbands' which actually consist of pretty few Chaos Marines, but a huge number of cultists. That is of course not represented in their codex, because it seems that after the 4th edition, nobody at GW knows hows to write a fluffy Chaos codex anymore.
*[[World Eaters]]: Bloodthirsty [[Khorne|Khornate]] berserkers, living only to ram a chainaxe up everyone's rectum. Literally. No philosophy, no goal, just pure slaughter, except for [[Kharn|that guy who's always fun to be around]]. Not that that makes them bad guys, as exemplified in [[Kharn the Betrayer]], but actually a great bunch of guys. Their Primarch is [[Angron]], a man so insane and angry, it cannot be written with words. He is also a Daemon Primarch. Oh yeah.
*[[Death Guard]]: Swollen, stinky blobs of rotten flesh, infected with every STD/STI [[Nurgle]] has ever imagined. They are a happy bunch, who don't hesitate showing the lovely embrace of death, painlessness and immortality to the unenlightened citizens of the Imperium. Their Daemon Primarch is [[Mortarion]], a sour and fully depressed fella, who is a literal personification of death (like being bone-slim, shrouded, scythe-wielding shadowy wraith).
*[[Emperor's Children]]: Where the Death Guard are tough as fuck, these maniacs are just high as fuck. Slaaneshi hedonists, ''possibly even more'' fucked up than the [[Dark Eldar]]. Where the Deldar rape and torture to live longer lives, these guys do it just for the kicks! As they serve the god of sex, drugs, and rock & roll, their signature weapon is [[Sonic Weaponry|literally a boombox gun]]. Their Primarch is [[Fulgrim]], the prettiest and most kawaii of all the Primarchs, but was also very much yandere, so he mochi mochi'ed the Chaos Gods desu and became a four-armed snake.
*[[Thousand Sons]]: Traitors by accident, intellectual, knowledge-hungry, MOTHERFUCKING POWERFUL psykers. A lot of the Legion is pissed off dust encased in power armor. Trust a Chaos player, [[Rubric Marines|it's complicated]], so go read the HH book Thousand Sons. Their Primarch is [[Magnus the Red]], a redhead with one eye and the second most powerful psyker in the galaxy, after big E himself. He discovered the ploy being made against the Imperium by Lorgar and Horus and ended up accidentally knocking over his father's [[Miniatures|side hobby]], which he got just a little mad about. He even has a model now!
*[[Word Bearers]]: Religious zealots going so far as to carve psalms on the bodies of the dead and on themselves. Rather than devoting themselves to a single chaos god like those above, these folks [[Chaos Undivided|praise Chaos itself and see the gods as a pantheon to be worshiped equally]]. Arch-heretics, these fellas were the first to get their [[Heresy]] on. Whereas the other legions may only pay lip service to the Dark Gods in pursuit of their own agendas, some outright despising them, the Word Bearers are scarily religious about Chaos. As in, not only should Chaos be appeased with prayer and rituals, but it is the only universal truth, a way of life, a flawless and only true ideology. Their Primarch is [[Lorgar]], ''the'' original Heretic who spends his current days by hiding in the Eye of Terror, regretting setting the Heresy off, and getting his arse kicked by his brother Corvus Corax.
*[[Alpha Legion]]: The most secretive, free-of-dogma, open-minded Marines who always thought one step ahead. These days... Em... well... your brain would melt. Their Primarch is (or was) [[Alpharius]], or maybe it was [[Omegon]], or maybe neither... [[Wat|Just... yeah.]] May or may not be secret loyalists, or maybe they're the pawns of the [[The Cabal|Xenos Illuminati]]. It's complicated, just like any relationship.
*[[Iron Warriors]]: Another legion of Chaos Undivided. Builders and siege-specialists like the Imperial Fists, who they hate with a special, burning passion only reserved for [[Weeaboo|tsunderes]]. Also humongous trolls and amazing mathematicians in one bunch. Their Primarch is [[Perturabo]], a giant dickhead of metal and hatred. He was always jealous of [[Rogal Dorn]] for being such a goddamn father's good boy and getting way much praise, while himself not being appreciated nearly enough for all the hard work he did for the Imperium that he eventually betrayed. Duh, who wouldn't at this point? Well, anyone reasonable since the only reason he and his Legion were in that position and treated poorly was because they chose to accept shit jobs instead of learning to say "No". They weren't ordered to do these things, they chose to accept when asked by others.
*[[Black Legion]]: Formerly known as the Sons of Horus, these guys have been fighting the rotting Imperium for so goddamn long it's almost becoming Saturday morning comic-book villainy. These guys are wholly committed to the destruction of the Imperium more than any other legion. <s>They were about to destroy all opposition on Cadia, the only planet holding back the Chaos forces spilling from the Eye of Terror... Before the plot froze. [[Advancing the Storyline|Goddamnit]]!</s> <b>[[Cadia|WHOOPS]]</b> They recruit from all Traitor Legions, as long as they pledge themselves fully to the Black Legion and spray their armour black. They are the most massive Traitor Legion, but fight with the others way too often in the attempts to gain more recruits by trying to spread their influence. Their Primarch was [[Horus Lupercal]], the favorite son of the Emperor that was completely annihilated by the said Emperor. He was actually a pretty polite guy. [[Grimdark|How sad]].
*[[Night Lords]]: Really freaky grimdark batmen in [[power armour]], turned super-villain. Think of Owlman and a few other alternate universe Bat-men, then ratchet the violence factor up past 11, and you comic fans out there would get the idea. They like flaying, killing messily, and fear and sabotage tactics, but for some reason their color scheme are lighting strikes over red and blue armour. It's as stupid as it sounds. [[Derp|They even wear small wings on their helmets]]. Their Primarch was [[Konrad Curze]], the grimdark Batman who skinned people and drank their blood. <s>A righteous and lawful man</s> THAT ONE GUY WHO LIVED LONG ENOUGH TO BECOME THE VILLAIN AND HATE HIMSELF FOR IT. He wanted to apply these morals upon everyone else with the only tool he knew how to use: Terror.

Over the many, war-filled and chaotic years of fighting to keep the [[Imperium]] alive, some Chapters or Companies of Marines simply snap. These take a darker route in pursuit of something-or-other, which will most often make them to a point-of-no-return and in the end completely fall to Chaos. A couple of examples:

*[[Red Corsairs]]: Formerly the [[Astral Claws]], they decided that they wanted to carve out their own empire and started the [[Badab War]], one of the biggest post-Heresy rebellion the Imperium ever faced. They've since turned to a life of piracy, and have adopted the Black Legion's recruiting tactics of accepting traitors from any other legion or chapter. And despite being much younger than the Black Legion, the Corsairs' numbers could easily rival them.
*[[Crimson Slaughter]]: Fanatically adherent to the laws of the Imperium, turned these bloodcrazed murderers by a series of [[Not as Planned|unfortunate events]]. Now they go everywhere, killing anyone standing in their way to stave away the voices in their heads. In fact, they are so effective at their killing that their existence can't be hidden by the Imperial authorities (Arguably this could mean they leave too many witnesses for even the most zealous Inquisitor to deal with so maybe not so effective).
*[[The Scourged]]: Take a Chapter assisting the Inquisition in their daily investigations, an insane need to know everything there is to know about the motives of others and one seriously bored-out-of-its-bird-skull ([[Lord of Change]]), and you get the Scourged. Formerly the Seekers of Truth, these maniacs now go around and try to rid themselves from the curse of knowing all truths ever conceived by any living creature, while trying to uncover '''THE LIES''' to the Imperium. With force, if necessary.
*<s>[[The Fallen]]: During the Heresy, the Dark Angels who stayed behind on Caliban got caught up in some shady shit, resulting in most, if not all, of them falling to Chaos. The Dark Angels want to keep their existence a secret and will go to great lengths to capture them.</s> NONEXISTENT HERETICS WHO DO NOT EXIST BECAUSE THE DARK ANGELS LOYALTY IS BEYOND REPROACH.

'''[[Daemon|Chaos Daemon]]s:''' Abominations emanating from the warp, daemons seek only to invade the material universe and wreak havoc upon it. Most daemons are aligned with a particular chaos god, and are oftentimes either summoned deliberately by cultists, take possession of an unfortunate psyker, or brought into battle by allied Chaos Space Marines. Daemons can also possess technology, becoming [[Daemon Engine]]s, which supplement Chaos forces lacking the same logistic support as their Imperial counterparts. All champions of Chaos one day wish to [[daemon prince|become daemons themselves]], granting them immortality and incredible power.
*[[Khorne|Khornate]] daemons desire combat above all else. They are some of the most deadly enemies on the battlefield for their sheer tenacity and capacity for violence. They will even turn on their own allies if there aren't enough enemies to slaughter.
*[[Nurgle|Nurglite]] daemons are rotting heaps of filth, spreading plagues and decay wherever they go. Despite this, they are far from frail; Nurglites are extremely durable and hard to kill, and their myriad plagues range from turning you into goop in an instant, to turning you into a [[Plague Zombie]]. But it's all cool, that's just how Papa Nurgle shows his love.
*[[Tzeentch|Tzeentchian]] daemons are tricky bastards, who love to use magic to screw with the material realm. These guys are the epitome of "be careful what you wish for", as they will always find a way to fuck you over, thanks to their [[just as planned|plans within plans]].
*[[Slaanesh]]i daemons are some of the most hardcore hedonists in existence, rivaled only by the Dark Eldar. Their obsession with pleasure and pain is often used to torment victims before breaking their minds, tempting them with promises of unearthly delights and experiences. Or just raping them for eternity, because why the fuck not.
*A few varieties of unaligned daemons exist, such as [[fury|Furies]], [[Chaos Beast]]s, and [[chaos spawn|they whose name we won't speak]].

'''[[Lost and the Damned|Renegades & Cultists]]:''' Non-space marine humans who serve the dark gods, for various reasons and motivations. Cultists can be from [[Nurgle|Underhive gangs living in deplorable conditions]], [[Slaanesh|decadent nobles who take their own hedonistic tendencies too far]], [[Tzeentch|intellectuals who stumble upon forbidden knowledge]], or [[Khorne|renegade regiments who got sick of being someone else's lackies]]. Cultists are often used as meatshields or expendable pawns by Chaos Space Marines, but former Guardsmen, colloquially known as the [[Lost and the Damned]], are often a more significant threat, especially in large enough numbers. Supplementing them are [[mutant]]s, [[Rogue Psyker]]s, even [[Beastmen]]. Much like their loyalist Guardsmen counterparts, individually they're quite weak, but the Lost and the Damned possess the numbers and vehicles to make up for it - plus some Daemon Engines and Chaos Space Marines to boot. Those who survive purging or their own sociopathic leaders will typically end up insane, [[Chaos Spawn|or worse]], but rarely they may earn the favor of the Chaos Gods.

'''[[Daemon Knights|Renegade Knights]]:''' While fewer in number than their loyalist counterparts, Knights can be corrupted to chaos too. Daemon Knights are particularly dangerous, as they're essentially massive Daemon Engines with all the advantages that comes with it. The Imperial Knights view their existence as a stain upon the Knight Houses' honor, and will relentlessly pursue them wherever they go.