Chaos Terminator
Chaos Terminators are grizzled veterans who fight wearing Tactical Dreadnought Armour of the Chaos Space Marines.
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Overview
The weapons combinations available to Chaos Terminators combined with their fearsome armour make them terrifying opponents to fight against. While not the swiftest of troops, they can use a Land Raider to travel across the battlefield to positions which their weaponry will make the best impact. Otherwise they can teleport through the use of arcane technology or sorcerous powers. Often they appear ready to strike, giving their foes little chance to react.[1a]
Chaos Terminators stand in high respect to the Chaos gods. Many of them are Aspiring Champions although often the only way to acquire terminator armour is to kill the previous owner. They usually form the bodyguard of the highest ranking leader or Champion and are often seen enforcing the will of the Champion. Often they abuse their position, intimidating other members of the warband, while many simply see them as a vision to strive towards, one day assuming the mantle of Terminator themselves.[1a]
Chaos Terminators
The standard Chaos Terminator armament is a Combi-Bolter and a Power Weapon which can be upgraded to either a Power Fist or Chainfist. In addition, Terminators may also take a Reaper Autocannon or Heavy Flamer in place of their Combi-Bolter. The Combi-bolter itself can be configured to function as either a Combi-Meltagun, Combi-Plasma Gun or Combi-Flamer.[1b]
They can also be equipped with a pair of Lightning Claws for close combat.[1b]
During the Horus Heresy, the Traitor Legions fielded units clad in Cataphractii[4] and Tartaros pattern Terminator armour.[5] The former were armed with combi-bolters, power fists, and grenade harnesses, but also had access to chainfists, lightning claws, heavy flamers, and power swords.[4] The latter made use of combi-bolters and power fists, but also had access to lightning claws, chainfists, reaper autocannons, plasma blasters, heavy flamers, grenade harnesses and volkite chargers.[5]
Variations
Emperor's Children
The Phoenix Guard were the Emperor's Children bodyguard of Fulgrim.[7]
Iron Warriors
The Tyranthikos were elite linebreakers of the Iron Warriors, who also deployed Tyrant Siege Terminators.[8]
Night Lords
The Atramentar are the elite Terminator bodyguards of the Night Lords.[9]
The Contekar were Night Lords adept at sowing panic and dismay.[9]
World Eaters
The Red Butchers were World Eaters who wore customized suits of Terminator Armour to serve as both wargear and a means of confinement.[10]
The Indurate were World Eaters wearing suits of Saturnine Armour stolen from Loyalist corpses.[11]
Death Guard
Blightlord Terminators serve as the disease-ridden elite of the Death Guard.[12]
The Deathshroud are the elite bodyguards of Mortarion.[12]
Thousand Sons
Scarab Occult Terminators were once the finest psykers in the Thousand Sons, bodyguards to Magnus the Red himself. Like their brothers, they where affected by the Rubric of Ahriman spell and turned into dust. Now they stride into battle at side of their sorcerous masters. Clad in ornate armour, they are armed with Khopesh blades and Inferno Combi-Bolters. The unit has also access to Heavy Warpflamers, Soulreaper Cannons and Hellfyre Missile Racks. The Sorcerer leading his unit also wields a Force staff.[3]
Sons of Horus/Black Legion
The Justaerin were the Terminator elite of the Luna Wolves and later Sons of Horus.[13]
The Bringers of Despair are the modern Terminator elite of Abaddon the Despoiler.[14]
Word Bearers
The Phraetus Anointed were Daemonically-possessed, Saturnine Armour-wearing Word Bearers.[11]
Red Corsairs
The Huscarls are the Terminator elite of Huron Blackheart within the Red Corsairs.[15]
Images
Alpha Legion Terminator
Black Legion Terminator
Iron Warriors Terminator[6]
Death Guard Cult Terminator
Thousand Sons Cult Terminator
World Eaters Cult Terminator
Miniatures
Chaos Terminators (8th Edition)
Chaos Terminators (4th Edition)
Chaos Terminator (2nd Edition)
Chaos Terminator (1st Edition)
Traitor Cataphractii Terminators (Horus Heresy)
Traitor Tartaros Terminators (Horus Heresy)
See also
Sources
- 1: Codex: Chaos Space Marines (4th Edition):
- 2: Codex: Chaos Space Marines (6th Edition), pg. 40
- 3: Codex Supplement: Traitor Legions, pg. 43
- 4: Cataphractii Terminators | Games Workshop Webstore
- 5: Tartaros Terminators | Games Workshop Webstore
- 6: Index Astartes I, pg. 33
- 7: Fulgrim (Novel), Chapter 4
- 8: Perturabo: Hammer of Olympia (Novel) - Chapter 1
- 9: The Horus Heresy Book Nine, pg. 181
- 10: The Horus Heresy Book Two - Massacre, pg. 216
- 11: Journal Tactica: The Forges of Saturn, pg. 11
- 12: Codex: Death Guard (8th Edition), pgs. 39-40
- 13: The Horus Heresy Book One - Betrayal, pg. 245
- 14: Black Legion - A Codex: Chaos Space Marines Supplement (E-Book) pg.20
- 15: Huron Blackheart: Master of the Maelstrom (Novel), Chapter 3
