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*[[Second Fellowship]] — 7,800 legionaries, comprised of a mix of unit types divided along Cult and Order lines.{{Fn|3i}}
*[[Third Fellowship]] — 8,200 legionaries, near at full strength at the time.{{Fn|3i}}
*[[Fourth Fellowship]] — A small honor honour guard of 200 legionaries was present at the Burning of Prospero while 5,000 legionaries were on campaign.{{Fn|3i}}
*[[Fifth Fellowship]] — 6,200 legionaries, reduced in strength after recent campaigns and with some companies operating on campaign at the time.{{Fn|3i}}
*[[Sixth Fellowship]] — 4,000 legionaries, a full half of the fellowship was deployed to the sectors around [[Zhao-Arkhad]] in the galactic south.{{Fn|3i}}
Organized by field of study:
*The [[Cult of Change]], the [[Cult of Mutation]], and the [[Cult of Scheming]] seek to worship Tzeentch and honor honour him by seeking various kinds of change (for the first two) or convolution (for the latter) for their own sake, viewing them as goals in and of themselves.
*The [[Cult of Duplicity]] and [[Cult of Manipulation]] focus on victory through shrouding their actions in secrecy.
*The [[Cult of Knowledge]] and the [[Cult of Magic]] focus on victory through securing and exploiting arcane objects of great power, differing only in which particular objects are more likely to draw their interest.
=====Heresy Era=====
*[[Magnus]] — [[Primarch]] of the Thousand Sons{{Fn|3g}}
**[[Ahzek Ahriman]] — [[Chief Librarian]], [[Space Marine Captain|Captain]] of the [[1st Fellowship]] and [[Cults of the Thousand Sons|Magister Templi]] of the [[Cults_of_the_Thousand_SonsCults of the Thousand Sons#Cult_of_the_CorvidaeCult of the Corvidae|Corvidae]]{{Fn|3g}}**[[Phosis T'Kar]] — [[Space Marine Captain|Captain]] of the [[2nd Fellowship]] and [[Magister Templi]] of the [[Cults_of_the_Thousand_SonsCults of the Thousand Sons#Cult_of_the_RaptoraCult of the Raptora|Raptora]]{{Fn|3g}}**[[Hathor Maat]] — [[Space Marine Captain|Captain]] of the [[3rd Fellowship]] and [[Magister Templi]] of the [[Cults_of_the_Thousand_SonsCults of the Thousand Sons#Cult_of_the_PavoniCult of the Pavoni|Pavoni]]{{Fn|3g}}
**[[Menes Kalliston]] — [[Space Marine Captain|Captain]] of the [[4th Fellowship]]{{Fn|14}}
***[[Ankhu Anen]] — [[Guardian of the Great Library]]{{Fn|3g}}
***[[Revuel Arvida]] — [[Space Marine Sergeant|Sergeant]]{{Fn|14}} and member of [[Corvidae]]
**[[Baleq Uthizzar]] — [[Space Marine Captain|Captain]] of the [[5th Fellowship]] and [[Magister Templi]] of the [[Cults_of_the_Thousand_SonsCults of the Thousand Sons#Cult_of_the_AthanaeansCult of the Athanaeans|Athanaeans]]{{Fn|3g}}**[[Khalophis]] — [[Space Marine Captain|Captain]] of the [[6th Fellowship]] and [[Magister Templi]] of the [[Cults_of_the_Thousand_SonsCults of the Thousand Sons#Cult_of_the_PyraeCult of the Pyrae|Pyrae]] {{Fn|3g}}
**[[Phael Toron]] — [[Space Marine Captain|Captain]] of the [[7th Fellowship]]{{Fn|3g}}
**[[Auramagma]] — [[Space Marine Captain|Captain]] of the [[8th Fellowship]]{{Fn|3g}}
==={{Endn|Conflicting sources}}===
*In older source material—pre-dating the addition of the [[Rubric of Ahriman]] to the background—not all Thousand Sons were said to be [[Psyker|psykerspsyker]]s, though all had sorcerous knowledge and various minor levels of magic ability. They operated in effectively the same way—individuals of great power supported by line troops—but for completely different reasons. In addition, earlier edition models and artwork made much use of the trope of [[Tzeentch]] gifting physical mutations upon his followers. This trope vanished from the background with the introductions of the Thousand Sons' distinctive visual design, their own unique miniatures and the concept of [[Rubric Marines]], but has since been reincorporated into the background as the [[Flesh-change]].
*In the novel ''[[A Thousand Sons (Novel)|A Thousand Sons]]'', it is stated that the Thousand Sons Legion is 10,000 strong by the time of the [[Burning of Prospero]].{{Fn|3h}} However numbers later provided by the [[The Horus Heresy (Game)|Forge World rulebooks]] stated their size to be 89,000-90,000.{{Fn|38p}} The subsequent [[Siege of Terra (Novel Series)|Siege of Terra]] novella ''[[Fury of Magnus (Novella)|Fury of Magnus]]'' shows even their post-Burning of Prospero strength to be 9,000.{{Fn|50c}}
