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However, the name is also used for other Chaos Marine leaders, serving as a generic term for charismatic preachers and zealous orators among the servants of Chaos - in essence, a Champion gifted with leadership skills instead of pure, raw killpower, especially one who focuses on spreading the worship of Chaos (usually, but not always, [[Chaos Undivided]]) as a corrupt priest-figure. | However, the name is also used for other Chaos Marine leaders, serving as a generic term for charismatic preachers and zealous orators among the servants of Chaos - in essence, a Champion gifted with leadership skills instead of pure, raw killpower, especially one who focuses on spreading the worship of Chaos (usually, but not always, [[Chaos Undivided]]) as a corrupt priest-figure. | ||
In 3rd edition, when [[Chapter Approved]] released the Word Bearers as part of the Codex Astartes series, it stated that Dark Apostles are the only Traitor Legion Chaplains who fell from the Emperor's light, forcing all other Traitor Legions to massacre their Chaplains. With the edition change and especially the [[Horus Heresy]] novels, that fluff has been retconned; in the days preceding the Heresy, the Emperor championed the [[Imperial Truth]], which basically goes "there are no gods and you shall not worship anything, not even me - are you ''listening'', [[Lorgar]]?!" As a result, no other Legion of the time HAD Chaplains, except for the Word Bearers; they were just being phased into place (as, essentially, Space Marine [[Commissar]]s rather than warrior-priests) when the | In 3rd edition, when [[Chapter Approved]] released the Word Bearers as part of the Codex Astartes series, it stated that Dark Apostles are the only Traitor Legion Chaplains who fell from the Emperor's light, forcing all other Traitor Legions to massacre their Chaplains. With the edition change and especially the [[Horus Heresy]] novels, that fluff has been retconned; in the days preceding the Heresy, the Emperor championed the [[Imperial Truth]], which basically goes "there are no gods and you shall not worship anything, not even me - are you ''listening'', [[Lorgar]]?!" As a result, no other Legion of the time HAD Chaplains, except for the Word Bearers (and Dark Angels and Blood Angels at some extent); they were just being phased into place (as, essentially, Space Marine [[Commissar]]s rather than warrior-priests) when the Nikea broke out to enforce disbanding of librariums. Although most of them initially where World Bearers chaplains sent to other legions (to secretly corrupt them through warrior loges), most legions quickly started to train their own chaplains (mostly to rid off that annoying outsiders), and they became adopted by both Loyalists and Traitors afterward. However, while loyalists found the Chaplains' ability to monitor and enforce loyalty to the big E, traitors wasn't so fond off that particular role - after all, no one ever betrayed Chaos to the Emperor. Most the traitor legions' Chaplains became your average Chaos Lords or Sorcerers, but some particularly pious warbands kept them to maintain their religious rituals, while some freshly turned traitor chapters just kept theirs because they didn't bother changing their organisation. This change is why Dark Apostles went from a Word Bearers-exclusive unit to something any Chaos Marine army can field. | ||
==Notable Dark Apostles== | ==Notable Dark Apostles== | ||
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The Traitor Legions have a lot of things that are basically "Evil Knockoffs!" to stuff the Loyalists get. And even the Chaplains aren't exempt. Whereas the Chaplains focus on treating the spiritual and mental health of their fellows and ensuring they stay loyal to the God-Emperor of Mankind, their Traitor Counterparts, the Dark Apostles, are twisted priests and seers of the Chaos Gods, leading the profane rituals that serve and honor their blasphemous masters.
The Dark Apostles proper are traitor Chaplains of the Word Bearers Legion. Indeed, they are the true leaders of the Word Bearers even in their current state; the warbands, or Hosts, of that Traitor Legion all operate under the authority of the Dark Council, a collection of the oldest Dark Apostles who lead the Word Bearers while Lorgar spends his time thinking about the Chaos Gods. This also makes the Word Bearers legion possibly the most dangerous of all, seeing as they are still unified (basically).
However, the name is also used for other Chaos Marine leaders, serving as a generic term for charismatic preachers and zealous orators among the servants of Chaos - in essence, a Champion gifted with leadership skills instead of pure, raw killpower, especially one who focuses on spreading the worship of Chaos (usually, but not always, Chaos Undivided) as a corrupt priest-figure.
In 3rd edition, when Chapter Approved released the Word Bearers as part of the Codex Astartes series, it stated that Dark Apostles are the only Traitor Legion Chaplains who fell from the Emperor's light, forcing all other Traitor Legions to massacre their Chaplains. With the edition change and especially the Horus Heresy novels, that fluff has been retconned; in the days preceding the Heresy, the Emperor championed the Imperial Truth, which basically goes "there are no gods and you shall not worship anything, not even me - are you listening, Lorgar?!" As a result, no other Legion of the time HAD Chaplains, except for the Word Bearers (and Dark Angels and Blood Angels at some extent); they were just being phased into place (as, essentially, Space Marine Commissars rather than warrior-priests) when the Nikea broke out to enforce disbanding of librariums. Although most of them initially where World Bearers chaplains sent to other legions (to secretly corrupt them through warrior loges), most legions quickly started to train their own chaplains (mostly to rid off that annoying outsiders), and they became adopted by both Loyalists and Traitors afterward. However, while loyalists found the Chaplains' ability to monitor and enforce loyalty to the big E, traitors wasn't so fond off that particular role - after all, no one ever betrayed Chaos to the Emperor. Most the traitor legions' Chaplains became your average Chaos Lords or Sorcerers, but some particularly pious warbands kept them to maintain their religious rituals, while some freshly turned traitor chapters just kept theirs because they didn't bother changing their organisation. This change is why Dark Apostles went from a Word Bearers-exclusive unit to something any Chaos Marine army can field.