Post by Couchatron on Sept 12, 2016 9:06:10 GMT -6
BOW YOU FOOLS! THE LEGION IS ASCENDING! *thump*
Abby! Settle down! That is not the proper way to introduce yourself! Please excuse him. He has social issues.
Welcome to Legion Ascending! A blog dedicated to the rise of the infamous Black Legion Chaos Space Marines! I have been wanting to do a new Chaos Space Marines army for quite a while, but have been driven towards other projects at the last minute. More recently (the last 6 months), I have really been turned on to the Chaos poster-boys themselves, the Black Legion. A proper Black Legion army is one of the greatest visual forces that can be put on the table and I want to join such company!
Another army?!
Yes.. Yes... I've heard it before. I like to play multiple armies. It's what I do. However, unlike my Dark Angels & Dark Eldar/Harlies/Eldar (which are fixed forces), my Black Legion army will hopefully rise to the size of my Ork army, as I want it to be my second Apocalypse themed army. This of course is the long plan... or should I say... LONG WAR?! Okay.. I'll stop.
Does this mean your Dark Angels are actually traitors?
I cannot say...
What about Age of Sigmar? Don't you have like th...
SHUT UP! AGE OF SIGMAR RULES!
Theme? What will your army look like?
In the beginning, the army will be pretty stock. This is more so that I can get a force on the field and start playing. In time, I will recreate each squad with more conversions and kitbashing from heresy-era armor. Hopefully by then there will be a few more kits that can help alleviate the process.
My army will thematically pull heavy from the Black Legion supplement as well as the Eye of Terror campaign book and various White Dwarf resources. Within the legion there will be plentiful undivided legionnaires, but there will also be several warbands dedicated to the various Gods. For example...
The Hounds of Abaddon. Within the ranks of the Black Legion there are thousands of devotees of Khorne. These Space Marines are always at the forefront of assaults, charging howling into the fray. The Hounds of Abaddon revel in close combat, where they can spill the greatest volume of blood for their god, using razor-toothed chainaxes, wicked lightning claws or even their own fangs. Though the Hounds are not a single united warband within the Black Legion, they are led by Urkanthos, commander of the Black Fleet. Urkanthos claims all followers of Khorne within the Legion as his own and directs them according to the will of Abaddon.
Sons of the Cyclops - The Sons of the Cyclops are perhaps the smallest of the warbands devoted to a single Dark God. Consisting of followers of Tzeentch, Sorcerers and their Rubricae, the Sons of the Cyclops hold a disproportionate amount of power within the Black Legion. This is because of the favour the Despoiler shows its warlords; psykers such as Zaraphiston and Ygethmor the Deceiver. Gifted seers and diviners, they make up the core of Abaddon’s trusted advisers, peering into the future for him and guiding his Black Crusades.
The Children of Torment - Hundreds of followers of Slaanesh have sworn their oaths to Abaddon and joined the Black Legion. Under the guidance of such warlords as Devram Korda, the Tyrant of Sarora, and Zagthean the Broken, they make up countless warbands within the Legion, collectively called the Children of Torment. These traitors have sided with the Despoiler so they might wallow in the anguish he spreads and feed upon the gushing blood of his victims. Even though they embrace the excesses of Slaanesh, the Children of Torment are despised by the Emperor’s Children, who see them as traitors to Fulgrim and puppets of Abaddon.
The Bringers of Decay - The Plague God has a strong following within the Black
Legion, his putrid touch evident throughout its warriors. Under the dominance of Skyrak Slaughterborn, the Nurglites have converted many to their cause. In battle, the Bringers of Decay are Abaddon’s plague carriers and heralds of contagion, often appearing before other warbands to sow infection and sickness. This could also be why many other warbands will have little to do with the Bringers, repelled by the blessings of the Plague God they bear, and the pervasive stench that follows them.
And some of the undivided Warbands...
The Oath Broken - Those who betray the Despoiler seldom live long enough
to regret their mistake, or if they do, it is in abject agony. The Oath-broken are not true traitors to the Warmaster, and so remain beneath his notice, but are those who have failed in battle or have been crippled by grievous wounds. Without the blessings of the Dark Gods to mend their limbs or knit their flesh with mutation, the Oathbroken fashion their own replacements; blades sutured to stumps, xenos appendages grafted into sockets and ragged armour patched with whatever materials the Eye deems fit to provide.
The Tormented -The Tormented merge their souls with Daemons, inviting
Warp-entities into their Flesh and drinking deep of their corrupted power. Since their origins on Maeleum, the influence of the Tormented’s Possessed Chaos Space Marines within the Black Legion has slowly grown i size and strength. Each warrior of the Tormented has dark reflection in the Warp, the twinned sentience of the Daemon that shares his mind. These Daemons have thei own agendas and will act upon them when opportunities arise, making the Tormented unpredictable but horrifically vicious in battle.
