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{{cite}}'''The Lost and the Damned''' is a moniker given to the vast majority of ordinary mortals who fight for [[Chaos]]. They are not a single coherent force, but rather a diverse and infinite collection of warbands and hosts under the leadership of [[Chaos Champion]]s.
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==Overview==
[[File:Traitor Guardsmen.jpg|thumb|right|250px|[[Traitor Guard]]smen]]
[[File:Mutant Mob.jpg|thumb|250px|right|A mutant horde]]
In order to fulfil their own agendas, Champions of Chaos draw lesser Chaos followers to them. They form personal armies that can vary tremendously in size and strength.
Often the Champion is a powerful demagogue, traitor or Arch-Heretic. In some cases it is even an [[Aspiring Champion]] - — a mighty [[Chaos Space Marine]] who has left his Legion or Chapter with his retinue so that he may start his own warband and carve out his dominion in the galaxy.
During a [[Black Crusade]] however, individual Chaos Champions will put aside their petty wars and rivalries for a common cause and the Lost and the Damned form a nigh unstoppable tide that attacks with seemingly inexhaustible numbers.
===Troops===
The vast bulk of the Lost and the Damned stems from the twisted and zealous denizens of the [[Daemon World]]s. Gross [[Mutant|mutants]], fierce [[Beastman|beastmen]], [[Rogue Psyker]], [[Apostate Cardinals]], and primitive tribesmen alike seek to fight on faraway worlds for the glory and benevolence of their masters.
Among the better armed and slightly saner troops are imperial outlaws: pirates, mercenaries, [[Chaos Cult|cultists]] and military deserters who have turned from their [[Emperor]] and fled from imperial justice. Occasionally entire companies, or even regiments of the [[Imperial Guard]] turn to Chaos, and take with them their vehicles and armoury. Known as [[Traitor Guard]], these heretics have not yet lost their skills due to madness, forming a hardened and reliable core amongst the slavering hordes of the Lost and Damned.
==Sources==
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*[[Codex: Eye of Terror]] (2003), pgs, 42-46
