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#The '''[[Cult of Time]]''' — They view the flow of time as an unwrought resource that can be shaped into a weapon. By their victories, ripples are sent both forwards and backwards in time, so that their enemies may be defeated before they are even engaged.{{Fn|40a}}

*The [[Cult of Change]], the [[Cult of Mutation]], and the [[Cult of Scheming]] seek to worship Tzeentch and 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.

Each Cult in turn is divided into nine '''Sects''' commanded by lesser Sorcerers and Daemon Princes. These in turn are divided into '''Thrallbands''', which make up the basic fighting units of the Thousand Sons.{{Fn|40a}}

At the core of the war assemblies of the Thousand Sons are the thrallbands. These primarily consist of a champion known as a [[Magister]] and up to nine thralls, each a lesser Sorcerer-champion of Tzeentch. This cabalistic gathering usually manifests as an Exalted Sorcerer and nine Aspiring Sorcerers – or [[Scarab Occult]] Sorcerers – who lead the Rubric Marines and Scarab Occult Terminators into battle. In the rarest thrallbands, the thralls might instead be powerful Sorcerers or Exalted Sorcerers themselves. The Exalted Sorcerers and Daemon Princes who rule the [[Silver Tower]]s each command many of these thrallbands, which may be gathered together into hundreds-strong task forces called Exalted Thrallbands. Their followers comprise the raiding forces through which Tzeentch enacts some of his most violent schemes upon the Galaxy. While the warbands of Tzeentch’s champions manifest in countless ways, the sorcerous thrallbands of the Thousand Sons are the most favoured by the Changer of the Ways. Each thrallband is bolstered by the mutated warrior auxiliaries of the [[Planet of the Sorcerers]], or by Chaos [[Cultist]] forces drawn from the Imperium. In addition, the Legion maintains a small number of tanks and [[Daemon Engines]]. Some Space Marine equipment is captured during their raids, but as very few of these weapons or vehicles are properly maintained, they rarely last for long and so are never numerous.{{Fn|37}}