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One of the hallmarks of any Ork army is having lots and lots ... and lots ... and lots of models. To paint all those models, you'll want a method that's fairly quick and easy, and can provide good results when the models come together to form a cohesive army on the tabletop. Here is one way of painting Orks from the Deffskullz clan (though you could use much of this guide for any clan, really) that will let you knock out whole mobs in short order.

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It was intended for the Horus Heresy Compendium to contain a brief explanation about the characters and notable battles during that period but due to the amount of content still unwritten I have decided to make it in two parts. 1 for characters, the other for battles and places.

Effort has been made to create a brief synopsis of every character, while inferences of the fates of certain characters given in entries of other characters to create an overlapping chain of entries which when read together, tell the rough story of the Horus Heresy.

It is with great regret that several organizations (White Scars, Salamanders, etc) are woefully under represented due to the lack of written background information.

Reader beware: mild spoilers abound.

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The Emperor of Man

Is created and formed by / with the reincarnated souls of the shamans of Terra to combat the threat of the Chaos Gods. Guides humanity from the shadows before appearing in the open during the Age of Strife. Enters alliance with Mars and attempts to wipe out religion in a campaign known as the Great Crusade.

Malcador the Sigilite

The strongest psyker after the Emperor and Magnus the Red, the founder of the administratum and the Council of Terra. The Emperor's regent and first Grandmaster of the Assassin Temples.

Pherom Sichar

Lord of Hy-Brasil,double agent for Rogal Dorn's spy network, with links to the Warmaster himself. He was killed by an assassin posing as a Lucifer Black.

Other members: Ormond Braxton, Emissary
Vadok Singh, Warmaston of the Imperial Palace

Dark Angels Space Marine Legion

Lion El'jonson

Primarch of the Dark Angels. Found on Caliban by the Emperor shortly after ridding the world of Chaos beasts. Known to be sullen and brooding but a tactical genius and a master of the blade as well as a beautiful singing voice.Zahariel

Dark Angel Librarian. The only other Calibanite to have slain a Calibanite Lion. (The other being.... Lion.) Discovers latent psychic powers shortly after. Enlisted in the Legion as a Space Marine when the Emperor arrived.

Luther

Right hand of Lion El'jonson and the one who found him and named him. After briefly serving in the Great Crusade, Luther was sent back to Caliban along with Zahariel among others. Driven mad with envy Luther would later turn on his Primarch.

Astelan

Chapter Master and known member of the Order of the Raven's Wing on Caliban. Astelan is known to have clashed with fellow commander Captain Belath of the same Legion. Is present when Luther decides to fire upon El'jonson's fleet.

Israfael

Chief Librarian of Terran descent, is the first to recognize Zahariel's latent psychic abilities and thereafter vouched for his induction into the Librarius.

Nemiel

Cousin to Zahariel, they were involved in a plot to assassinate the Emperor following His arrival on Caliban. Zahariel however, managed to foil the plot and was vouched for by Israfael. Nemiel later remained by the side of the Primarch following his cousin and Luther's return to Caliban.

Other Legionnaires: Hadariel, Chapter Master of the 22nd. [/spoiler]

Emperor's Children Space Marine Legion

Fulgrim

Primarch of the Emperor's Children Legion. His speech upon meeting his Legion moved the Emperor to allow the III Legion to be renamed to the Emperor's Children and to allow them to be the only Legion of that time to wear the Aquilla.


Eidolon

Holding the title of Lord Commander, Eidolon led a contingent of Emperor's Children to a world called Murder, where his foolhardy attempts at snatching glory ended with him needing to be rescued by the Luna Wolves. His reputation with the Warmaster has since lowered considerably.

Vespasian

The other Lord Commander of the Legion, Vespasian was loved by all. Attempted to stop the Legion's degeneration into Slaanesh's ideals and was later killed by Fulgrim for his trouble.

Fabius Bile

Apothecary of the Emperor's Children, he is the first known individual to have directly tampered with Space Marine gene-seed, using elements from xenos biology to enhance the Legion's Marines.

Rylanor

Dreadnought and Keeper of Rites for the Legion. Deemed to be incorruptible, he was sent to the Choral City to die by the hands of his own Legion.

Julius Kaesoron

First Captain of the III Legion. Followed his Primarch to damnation, leading the Phoenix Guard, the Legion's Terminator elite aboard Ferrus Manus' ship, and slaughtered their Iron Hands counterpart, the Morlocks.

Solomon Demeter

Captain of the 2nd Company and due to his transport crashing en route to the battlefield, he was not affected by Slaanesh's taint and was later deemed to be too loyal to the Emperor and was sent to the Choral City to die.

Marius Vairosean

Third Captain fiercely loyal to Fulgrim and the first Noise Marine.

Saul Tarvitz

Captain of Tenth Company, Saul Tarvitz enjoyed a good relationship with Garviel Loken and Tarik Torgaddon of the Luna Wolves. He is responsible for bringing news of Horus' treachery to the loyalists Space Marines and prompting the Death Guard's Nathaniel Garro's escape aboard the Eisenstein.

Lucius

Captain of the Thirteenth Company and said to be invincible with a blade. The best of friends with Tarvitz until envy got the better of him in the battle for the Choral Palace. Betraying his fellow loyalists and slaying Solomon Demeter in the process, Lucius returned to his Legion.

Charmosian

Chaplain of the 18th Company, he fought in the ...

Way back in the bygone days of the 3rd Edition Codex: Orks, a variant theme list was written by Andy Chambers, Pete Haines, and the man with either the worst fake name or the most awesome real name in game design, Space McQuirk. Feral Orks was a simple list that took Orks back to their primitive (even by Ork standards) roots. Trade in your Warbikes for Cyboars, your Shokk Attack Gun for a giant psychic fist and/or foot of Gork.

Rather than rebuild the old Feral Orks list from the ...

I will be working on a simplified version of these articles, kind of a Cliff's Notes on the Horus Heresy or a basic Horus Heresy for Dummies guide. It won't actually contain things that you don't already know, so don't hold your breath. Anyway here we are at part 9. Enjoy...

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I've been trying to shove this small section down one of the articles but various things got in the way. It was supposed to be placed in the original part 3 but that got lost. Efforts to place them in other parts have met with boredom, lack of effort, laziness (which are all the same things, actually) and the general unsuitability of the subject in relation to the particular article. So without further ado, here it is.

I have mentioned that Primarchs are beings of genetic and esoteric marvel. While the genetic part was obvious from them being 7-feet-tall avatars of perfection, I have barely touched on the esoteric part, merely mentioning that they were creatures of some psychic might and are largely impervious to attacks of that nature.

The Emperor, for all intents and purposes their genetic Father, was a creature of incredible psychic power comparable to the Chaos Gods. It was believed that he imparted certain features and strands ...

We're basically done with the series. This particular article is to outline how important and pivotal the Horus Heresy was to the current Warhammer 40,000 timeline and how it shaped the far future, in which there was only war.

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So, quick recap of everything that has happened. The Emperor chastises Lorgar for worshipping him as a God, which breaks the Primarch and he embarks to find the old Gods of Colchis, his homeworld - the Gods of Chaos, just as planned by the Four.

What follows is a galaxy-wide conspiracy perpetrated by the Word Bearers Legion, bringing about the fall of Warmaster Horus and his subsequent betrayal of the Throneworld. Through the Warmaster, fully half of the Legions rebel against the Emperor in civil war.

The civil war ends with Horus dead and the Emperor on the brink of death, ending ...