…That you’ve in all probability by no means heard of. These notorious Traitor Legion Chaos Sorcerers traded all of it of their pursuit of final energy!

Chaos Sorcerers are Space Marine Psykers who select to comply with Chaos. Their loyalist counterparts are Librarians.

The first Chaos Sorcerers emerged from the ranks of the Thousand Sons earlier than and throughout the Horus Heresy. Some of those Sorcerers have been exiled after the Rubric of Ahriman was forged and so they now promote their providers in change for sacrifices or the possibility to search out arcane lore. Only the World Eaters destroyed their Sorcerers, Khorne having no real interest in sorcery. Librarians could also be granted visions of immortality and energy in the event that they overreach and draw on an excessive amount of psychic vitality.

Most Sorcerers are granted items by their god, which additional improve their psychic powers. They are additionally usually egocentric madmen, believing themselves superior to all others. Others think about themselves on a mighty quest for energy and data to extend their psychological fortitude and develop new powers. Often the visions given to Sorcerers are unattainable, subsequently driving them to extremes of their need to attain these objectives.

In addition to the Chaos Psychic Powers they will name upon, sure highly effective sorcerers are capable of wield Force Weapons.

Infamous Chaos Sorcerers

Manat – Thousand Sons

Manat is a Thousand Sons Exalted Sorcerer of the Cult of Time, who instructions a Space Hulk as his private vessel.

When his Space Hulk appeared within the western fringe of the Segmentum Solar in M41, it was boarded by the Imperial Fists Chapter‘s Anvil of Dorn strike force. Led by Captain Dantarian, the strike force made their way through the Space Hulk’s mutating corridors and Manat died on the Captain’s fingers. However the Sorcerer’s dying causes a crack of aetheric energy and Dantarian’s strike drive discovered themselves again on their Strike Cruiser, making ready to board Manat’s Space Hulk as if for the primary time. Only an unquiet flicker buried deep inside every Imperial Fists’ psyche suggests they’ve executed this earlier than.

None may decide why they appeared to have sustained so many casualties earlier than even participating the enemy. Nonetheless the strike drive boarded Manat’s Space Hulk once more and proceeded to battle Sorcerer seven extra instances. Each try ended the identical manner. Manat’s dying transported the Fists again to the second they boarded the Sorcerer’s Space Hulk. The strike drive suffered losses on every try. On the ninth boarding, solely Captain Dantarian remained to confront the Sorcerer to be killed by a laughing Manat.

Ygethmor – Black Legion

Ygethmor the Deceiver is the Sorcerer Lord of the Black Legion and Chosen of Abaddon.

The sorcerer has been a bane to the Imperium for a whole bunch of years and was final seen throughout the Medusa V marketing campaign. He is a excessive precedence menace to the Imperium attributable to his mastery of warp powers, and is thought to have brought about two Systems, Corrialis and Galafonte, and virtually the totality of the inhabitants, to insurgent in opposition to the Imperium and declare allegiance to Chaos. It has since been determined that these two techniques have been each experiments for Ygethmor in preparation for Medusa V.

During the thirteenth Black Crusade, at the least seven Officio Assassinorum brokers have been dispatched to destroy Ygethmor however none succeeded. In surveillance photographs, Ygethmor seems to have 4 eyes organized in a quite daemonic-like manner. He seems additionally to have a everlasting ship named the Blade of Damnation, recognized since earlier than the Karkass incident. The Blade of Damnation is a Repulsive Class Grand Cruiser however boasts colossal fireplace energy and far better accuracy than a ship of its measurement ought to have. One Admiral Helsten claims that The Blade of Damnation is possessed by some type of Daemonic entity, though that is virtually not possible to show.

Blade of Damnation

Given Abaddon’s previous historical past with machine/daemonic integration, the chance shouldn’t be discounted. The ship additionally took half within the Battle of Horen’s Belt, the place a pict-capture was efficiently acquired. In a ultimate present of the character of chaos, the commanders of Abaddon’s  Black Companies had very particular orders in regards to the destiny of Ygethmor. He was to be given any help wanted, but when he failed, they have been to desert the sorcerer.

Ultimately it turned obvious that Ygethmor supposed to ascend to Daemonhood, planning to sacrifice Medusa V itself as an providing to the Ruinous Powers. However he was foiled by the Eldar Elarique Swiftblade, who decapitated the Sorcerer earlier than being killed in flip.

Necrosius – Death Guard

Necrosius is a Sorcerer of Nurgle and the chief of the Apostles of Contagion.

Once an Apothecary within the Death Guard Space Marine Legion whose true identify has lengthy been purged from all data, when the Legion’s fleet was misplaced within the Warp and invaded by the agonizing illnesses of the Chaos God Nurgle, Necrosius ultimately turned to the Plague God himself for salvation together with most of his Legion. Embracing his new God, Necrosius forged apart his position as healer and gave himself to the pursuit of Daemonic sorcery. With zealous conviction, Necrosius gathered a following among the many Death Guard turning into the primary Apostles of Contagion.

Soon, Necrosius and his Apostles parted methods with the Death Guard and went on their very own, spreading illness and strolling dying wherever they went, heedless to whom they introduced their blighted ‘gifts’, be they servants of the Emperor or followers of the Gods of Chaos. As a consequence, he and his Apostles have made many enemies. They have participated in atrocities within the millennia for the reason that Horus Heresy. Supposedly dispatched by each Imperial assassins and rival Chaos Space Marines such because the Sorcerer Ahriman, Necrosius has survived every ordeal and reemerged, incomes him the nickname “the Undying”.

Gharros – Iron Warriors

Sometime after the formation of the Great Rift, Gharros led his Warband in developing the fortress Indomitasmium on the Death World Toros. However Toros was within the flight path of the Craftworld Iyanden and the fortress was quickly attacked by the Masque of the Silent Shroud, in what turned often known as the Siege of Terror. The assault lasted a number of weeks and shattered Gharros’s Warband. However, the Silent Shroud vanished as an alternative of ending off the weakened Warband. Their disappearance brought about Gharros to really feel a spark of hope for his survival. This was extinguished when Iyanden Craftworld forces invaded Toros killing the Sorcerer and what remained of his Warband.

X’hal Urus – Word Bearers

X’hal Urus was a Word Bearer Sorcerer who led the Lords of Desolation warband. An historical Chaos Space Marine, his warband had burned a thousand worlds in assaults in opposition to the Imperium. As Urus and his warband attacked the world of Sepharis Ultra, they have been shocked by the Black Templars touchdown in drop pods amongst them. In the following battle the Emperor’s Champion Reinhart struck Urus down, whereas he stabbed and killed the Champion in return. With his dying, the daemons allied with him have been returned again to the warp, permitting the Black Templars to attain victory and destroy the Lords of Desolation.

Sindri Myr – Alpha Legion

Sindri Myr was an Alpha Legion Sorcerer. He was Lord Bale‘s advisor during Alpha Legion’s seek for the Maledictum, and by his cautious scheming, the Orks of the planet have been used to purchase time for the Chaos forces to finish their search. During the search, he tainted the Blood Ravens Librarian Isador Akios with taunts of how he would possibly use the Maledictum for his personal victory in opposition to Chaos. Eventually, Isador succumbed to the lure of Chaos and was executed by his outdated buddy and Blood Ravens’ Captain Gabriel Angelos.

Later, when the sacrificing of extra lives was needed, Sindri tricked Bale into fight with Angelos, who slew Bale. Sindri escaped the confrontation and ultimately made himself right into a Daemon Prince with the facility of the Maledictum. He was quickly defeated by the Blood Ravens. ^{In his mortal type, he had entry to quite a few Chaos Psychic Powers and was armed with a Bedlam Staff.}

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