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==Factions==
 
==Factions==
 
* [[Beasts of Chaos]]: Bestial and mutated children of [[Chaos]] whose only goal is the destruction of civilisation itself. Their ranks include numerous [[Brayherds]] and [[Warherds]], as well as terrifying [[Monsters of Chaos|monsters]] such as the [[Thunderscorn]] and even towering [[Chaos Gargants]].{{Fn|7}}
 
* [[Beasts of Chaos]]: Bestial and mutated children of [[Chaos]] whose only goal is the destruction of civilisation itself. Their ranks include numerous [[Brayherds]] and [[Warherds]], as well as terrifying [[Monsters of Chaos|monsters]] such as the [[Thunderscorn]] and even towering [[Chaos Gargants]].{{Fn|7}}
* [[Brayherds]]: Primitive tribes of bestial mutant creatures who serve the powers of Chaos. {{Fn|5}}
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** [[Brayherds]]: Primitive tribes of bestial mutant creatures who serve the powers of Chaos. {{Fn|5}}
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** [[Warherds|Warherds]]: The tribes of towering bull-headed warriors who crush and consume all in their path, driven by blood-greed.{{Fn|5}}
 
* [[Blades of Khorne]]: The mortal and daemonic followers of Khorne are savage warriors who enact constant slaughter in the name of the Blood God.{{Fn|2}}
 
* [[Blades of Khorne]]: The mortal and daemonic followers of Khorne are savage warriors who enact constant slaughter in the name of the Blood God.{{Fn|2}}
* [[Chaos Gargants]]: Lumbering giants who have dedicated themselves to the [[Gods of Chaos]].{{Fn|5}}
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** [[Khorne Bloodbound]]: The mortal and monstrous followers of Khorne are muscular warriors foaming with rage that seek to wage war in the name of Khorne.{{Fn|2}}  
* [[Daemons of Chaos]]: [[Furies]] chase soul scraps, feral scavengers in the [[Realm of Chaos]] whilst others once mortal now [[Daemon Princes]], serve no one god yet still strive for power in their own right. {{Fn|5}}
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** [[Daemons of Khorne]]: They are Khornes' deadly foot soldiers, entities whose existence is only to destroy and are a threat to all life.{{Fn|5}}
* [[Daemons of Khorne]]: They are his deadly foot soldiers, entities whose existence is only to destroy and are a threat to all life.{{Fn|5}}
 
* [[Daemons of Nurgle]]: The embodied forces of decay, plague and entropy spilling into the [[Mortal Realms]] in a repugnant tide.{{Fn|5}}
 
* [[Daemons of Tzeentch]]: The Daemons of the Architect of Fate are full of malign cunning and magical power as they seek to promote and enforce constant change.{{Fn|5}}
 
 
* [[Disciples of Tzeentch]]: Twisted in mind and body but powerful in magic, the followers of Tzeentch enact labyrinthine plans across the Mortal Realms in the name of their terrible and unknowable god, the Changer of Ways. {{Fn|6}}
 
* [[Disciples of Tzeentch]]: Twisted in mind and body but powerful in magic, the followers of Tzeentch enact labyrinthine plans across the Mortal Realms in the name of their terrible and unknowable god, the Changer of Ways. {{Fn|6}}
* [[Everchosen]]: The personal army of [[Archaon]], Exalted Grand Marshal of the Apocalypse, composed of elite warriors and the vast hordes of the [[Slaves to Darkness]].{{Fn|3}}
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** [[Tzeentch Arcanites]]: The mortal followers of the Architect of Fate, [[Tzeentch]]. Many are sorcerers, among the most ambitious and the hungriest for power of his servants.{{Fn|6}}
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** [[Daemons of Tzeentch]]: The Daemons of the Architect of Fate are full of malign cunning and magical power as they seek to promote and enforce constant change.{{Fn|5}}
 
* [[Hedonites of Slaanesh]]: [[Slaanesh]] is lost and none can say what has become of them, but still many are their followers, mortal and daemon alike, who seek either the Dark Prince's return or simply to pursue their own desires at the expense of any others unfortunate enough to cross their path.{{Fn|8}}   
 
* [[Hedonites of Slaanesh]]: [[Slaanesh]] is lost and none can say what has become of them, but still many are their followers, mortal and daemon alike, who seek either the Dark Prince's return or simply to pursue their own desires at the expense of any others unfortunate enough to cross their path.{{Fn|8}}   
* [[Khorne Bloodbound]]: The mortal and monstrous followers of Khorne are muscular warriors foaming with rage that seek to wage war in the name of Khorne.{{Fn|2}}  
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** [[Daemons of Slaanesh]]: The Daemons of the [[Slaanesh|Dark Prince]] are indulgence given form.{{Fn|8}}
 
* [[Legion of Azgorh]]: An army of Chaos [[Duardin]] and [[Ba'hal]] from the [[Realm of Aqshy]].{{Fn|11}}
 
* [[Legion of Azgorh]]: An army of Chaos [[Duardin]] and [[Ba'hal]] from the [[Realm of Aqshy]].{{Fn|11}}
 
* [[Maggotkin of Nurgle]]: Foul followers of the god of disease and despair, who seek to spread his pestilence across all the Mortal Realms. {{Fn|9}}
 
* [[Maggotkin of Nurgle]]: Foul followers of the god of disease and despair, who seek to spread his pestilence across all the Mortal Realms. {{Fn|9}}
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** [[Nurgle Rotbringers]]: Mortal followers of [[Nurgle]], the Lord of Decay, bloated with his disease and who he unashamedly favours.{{Fn|5}}
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** [[Daemons of Nurgle]]: The embodied forces of decay, plague and entropy spilling into the [[Mortal Realms]] in a repugnant tide.{{Fn|5}}
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* [[Skaven]]: A race of foul, sentient rat-men who worship the [[Great Horned Rat]], a pestilential deity who has taken his place amongst the Chaos pantheon.{{Fn|10}}
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** [[Skaven Eshin]]: Mysterious and deadly, in [[skaven]] society where treachery is an art form, they are the masters of stealth, assassination and spying.{{Fn|5}}
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** [[Skaven Masterclan]]: The agents of the dread Council of Thirteen - [[Grey Seer]]s and [[Verminlords]], each engaged in numerous power plays against others of its own kind. {{Fn|5}}
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** [[Skaven Moulder]]: The beastshapers and makers of the Skaven race, who even in that twisted cruel race, have a well deserved dark reputation. {{Fn|5}}
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** [[Skaven Pestilens]]: The [[Skaven]] clans that worship the aspect of the Great Corruptor of the [[Great Horned Rat]]. They spread poison, infection and corruption as they seek the [[Thirteen Great Plagues]] in the Mortal Realms.{{Fn|4}}
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** [[Skaven Skryre]]: Skaven who create great and terrible machines of war in their vast factory burrows and insane warren-laboratories. {{Fn|5}}
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** [[Skaven Verminus]]: The chittering hordes of [[Clanrats]] and [[Stormvermin]], teeming swarms of matted fur and rusted blades.{{Fn|5}}
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* [[Slaves to Darkness]]:  Creatures of all races and hues may turn to the dark gods, their path can only end three ways: by death, by becoming a [[Chaos Spawn]] or by acension to immortality as a [[Daemon Prince]].{{Fn|5}}
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** [[Everchosen]]: The personal army of [[Archaon]], Exalted Grand Marshal of the Apocalypse, composed of elite warriors and the vast hordes of the [[Slaves to Darkness]].{{Fn|3}}
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===Minor Factions===
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* [[Chaos Gargants]]: Lumbering giants who have dedicated themselves to the [[Gods of Chaos]].{{Fn|5}}
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* [[Daemons of Chaos]]: [[Furies]] chase soul scraps, feral scavengers in the [[Realm of Chaos]] whilst others once mortal now [[Daemon Princes]], serve no one god yet still strive for power in their own right. {{Fn|5}}
 
* [[Monsters of Chaos]]: Noble beasts that have fallen to the corruption of Chaos and former inhabitants of the Realm of Chaos who now see the Mortal Realms as new hunting grounds.{{Fn|5}}
 
* [[Monsters of Chaos]]: Noble beasts that have fallen to the corruption of Chaos and former inhabitants of the Realm of Chaos who now see the Mortal Realms as new hunting grounds.{{Fn|5}}
* [[Nurgle Rotbringers]]: Mortal followers of [[Nurgle]], the Lord of Decay, bloated with his disease and who he unashamedly favours.{{Fn|5}}
 
* [[Skaventide]]: A race of foul, sentient rat-men who worship the [[Great Horned Rat]], a pestilential deity who has taken his place amongst the Chaos pantheon.{{Fn|10}}
 
* [[Skaven Eshin]]: Mysterious and deadly, in [[skaven]] society where treachery is an art form, they are the masters of stealth, assassination and spying.{{Fn|5}}
 
* [[Skaven Masterclan]]: The agents of the dread Council of Thirteen - [[Grey Seer]]s and [[Verminlords]], each engaged in numerous power plays against others of its own kind. {{Fn|5}}
 
* [[Skaven Moulder]]: The beastshapers and makers of the Skaven race, who even in that twisted cruel race, have a well deserved dark reputation. {{Fn|5}}
 
* [[Skaven Pestilens]]: The [[Skaven]] clans that worship the aspect of the Great Corruptor of the [[Great Horned Rat]]. They spread poison, infection and corruption as they seek the [[Thirteen Great Plagues]] in the Mortal Realms.{{Fn|4}}
 
* [[Skaven Skryre]]: Skaven who create great and terrible machines of war in their vast factory burrows and insane warren-laboratories. {{Fn|5}}
 
* [[Skaven Verminus]]: The chittering hordes of [[Clanrats]] and [[Stormvermin]], teeming swarms of matted fur and rusted blades.{{Fn|5}}
 
* [[Slaves to Darkness]]:  Creatures of all races and hues may turn to the dark gods, their path can only end three ways: by death, by becoming a [[Chaos Spawn]] or by acension to immortality as a [[Daemon Prince]].{{Fn|5}}
 
 
* [[Tamurkhan's Horde]]: A horde of Nurglite servants commanded by the grotesque warlord [[Tamurkhan]].{{Fn|12}}
 
* [[Tamurkhan's Horde]]: A horde of Nurglite servants commanded by the grotesque warlord [[Tamurkhan]].{{Fn|12}}
 
* [[Thunderscorn]]: They are known as the Sons of the Storm for they bask in lightning and can even use its energies to heal themselves when they go to war. {{Fn|5}}
 
* [[Thunderscorn]]: They are known as the Sons of the Storm for they bask in lightning and can even use its energies to heal themselves when they go to war. {{Fn|5}}
* [[Tzeentch Arcanites]]: The mortal followers of the Architect of Fate, [[Tzeentch]]. Many are sorcerers, among the most ambitious and the hungriest for power of his servants.{{Fn|6}}
 
* [[Warherds|Warherds]]: The tribes of towering bull-headed warriors who crush and consume all in their path, driven by blood-greed.{{Fn|5}}
 
  
 
==See Also==
 
==See Also==

Revision as of 19:09, 14 September 2020

The Grand Alliance of Chaos are the armies of monsters, daemons and mortals that follow the Dark Gods.[1]

Factions

  • Beasts of Chaos: Bestial and mutated children of Chaos whose only goal is the destruction of civilisation itself. Their ranks include numerous Brayherds and Warherds, as well as terrifying monsters such as the Thunderscorn and even towering Chaos Gargants.[7]
    • Brayherds: Primitive tribes of bestial mutant creatures who serve the powers of Chaos. [5]
    • Warherds: The tribes of towering bull-headed warriors who crush and consume all in their path, driven by blood-greed.[5]
  • Blades of Khorne: The mortal and daemonic followers of Khorne are savage warriors who enact constant slaughter in the name of the Blood God.[2]
    • Khorne Bloodbound: The mortal and monstrous followers of Khorne are muscular warriors foaming with rage that seek to wage war in the name of Khorne.[2]
    • Daemons of Khorne: They are Khornes' deadly foot soldiers, entities whose existence is only to destroy and are a threat to all life.[5]
  • Disciples of Tzeentch: Twisted in mind and body but powerful in magic, the followers of Tzeentch enact labyrinthine plans across the Mortal Realms in the name of their terrible and unknowable god, the Changer of Ways. [6]
    • Tzeentch Arcanites: The mortal followers of the Architect of Fate, Tzeentch. Many are sorcerers, among the most ambitious and the hungriest for power of his servants.[6]
    • Daemons of Tzeentch: The Daemons of the Architect of Fate are full of malign cunning and magical power as they seek to promote and enforce constant change.[5]
  • Hedonites of Slaanesh: Slaanesh is lost and none can say what has become of them, but still many are their followers, mortal and daemon alike, who seek either the Dark Prince's return or simply to pursue their own desires at the expense of any others unfortunate enough to cross their path.[8]
  • Legion of Azgorh: An army of Chaos Duardin and Ba'hal from the Realm of Aqshy.[11]
  • Maggotkin of Nurgle: Foul followers of the god of disease and despair, who seek to spread his pestilence across all the Mortal Realms. [9]
  • Skaven: A race of foul, sentient rat-men who worship the Great Horned Rat, a pestilential deity who has taken his place amongst the Chaos pantheon.[10]
  • Slaves to Darkness: Creatures of all races and hues may turn to the dark gods, their path can only end three ways: by death, by becoming a Chaos Spawn or by acension to immortality as a Daemon Prince.[5]

Minor Factions

See Also

Sources

Grand Alliances and factions
OrderChaosDestructionDeath
Beasts of Chaos (BrayherdsMonsters of ChaosThunderscornWarherds) • Legion of Chaos AscendantBlades of Khorne (Daemons of KhorneKhorne Bloodbound) • Disciples of Tzeentch (Daemons of TzeentchTzeentch Arcanites) • Hedonites of Slaanesh (Daemons of SlaaneshSlaanesh Sybarites) • Maggotkin of Nurgle (Daemons of NurgleNurgle RotbringersTamurkhan's Horde) • Skaventide (EshinMasterclanMoulderPestilensSkryreVerminus) • Slaves to Darkness (Daemons of ChaosEverchosen) • Legion of Azgorh