You possibly can’t consider Warhammer with out interested by Chaos. And you’ll’t take into consideration Chaos with out pondering of The Blood God. Khorne is the poster-boy for limitless battle. He’s rage incarnate; The Axefather; the bellowing avatar of slaughter who sits atop a throne of skulls in a fortress of brass surrounded by a moat of boiling blood. I actually can’t stress this sufficient: Khorne is offended. Angrier than a British particular person signing off an electronic mail with ‘regards’.
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Khorne and his fellow Darkish Gods reside within the infernal Realm of Chaos: an unlimited, formless limbo, conjured from the goals and ambitions of mortal creatures. Right here, the Ruinous Powers are locked in everlasting battle and their supremacy is in fixed flux, however Khorne is taken into account essentially the most highly effective, free as he’s from the caprice, indulgence, or torpor of his brothers. Rivalries exist between all of them, however Khorne has a particular hatred for Slaanesh, the god of extra, pleasure, and ache. Whereas Khorne calls for self-sacrifice, Slaneesh celebrates self-indulgence. And whereas the followers of Slaneesh search to discover essentially the most perverse and excessive elements of expertise, Khorne has no time for any emotion apart from rage.
Khorne and Slaanesh share a particular enmity, then, however he’s no fan of the opposite gods. He hates Nurgle as a result of his schtick is sitting round and ready for issues to decay, and Tzeentch as a result of scheming is overcomplicated and magic is for weaklings. Though the Chaos Gods squabble amongst themselves, they’re united of their final objective: the damnation of the bodily world. To this finish, they name forth daemonic hosts to wage warfare on their behalf. These are nightmares given type: beings of pure psychic vitality, usually representing warped embodiments of emotion, who’re solely in a position to enter the Warhammer world the place the affect of Chaos is at its strongest.
Like all Chaos Gods, Khorne has mortal followers, however he has no temples. His place of worship is the battlefield, and constructing an edifice in his honour could be like making an attempt to cheer up a nile crocodile with interpretive dance. To observe Khorne is to dedicate your self solely and selflessly to violence and destruction. Each act of killing provides him energy and he has no time for the tangled machinations of the opposite Chaos Gods. That singular goal is mirrored in the way in which he wages battle. You gained’t discover spellcasters amongst his ranks and his models are unusually proof against the consequences of magic. Khorne additionally prefers the flesh-rending intimacy of melee fight to the cowardice of ranged assaults. Briefly, Khorne is about as delicate as assassinating somebody with an anvil. A purple tide of frenzied melee specialists who can reduce by enemy infantry like moist bread.
There’s little artistry to Khorne’s slaughter—I’ll go away that to the performative Slaanesh—however there’s selection. Alongside his human followers, ranks of Bloodletters dash from one enemy to the subsequent, accumulating power as they kill. Slavering flesh hounds chase down enemy models. Terrifying shock cavalry, mounted upon daemonic juggernauts, pulverises enemy traces. After which there are Bloodthirsters, the Higher Daemons of Khorne: terrifying harbingers of destruction that may take to the skies on huge wings, batter down gates, and roast enemies inside their armour.
There are additionally some extra esoteric choices, such because the Blood Shrine, though ‘shrine’ in all probability conjures the incorrect picture: of goblets, altars, and quiet ritual. That is extra like a livid motorcycle that drinks individuals: a relentless, screaming daemon engine that heals itself by grinding lesser creatures beneath its wheels. The Skullcannon is Khorne’s solely concession to ranged fight – primarily the Blood God’s manner of claiming, ‘sure, you may shoot individuals, simply as long as it includes skulls.’ It’s maybe the one piece of artillery that may maintain its personal in melee fight, and it could possibly replenish its ammo by killing individuals. That’s proper: a cannon that would actually beat you in a struggle then fireplace your cranium again at your still-grieving associates.
Khorne’s attachment to mindless violence would possibly lead you to assume that technique is unimportant. However the limitations to Khorne’s roster really require you to assume extra tactically. You’re usually outnumbered. You don’t have any magic. And your ranged assaults are severely restricted. This implies it’s essential to use exact planning for those who plan to spill sufficient blood to maintain the God of Warfare sated. The excellent news is that whenever you lastly attain your enemies, there are few forces, if any, that may stand up to the ferocity of Khorne’s assaults. When you hate magic, sneer at sniping, and solely really feel alive whenever you’re killing, Khorne is the Chaos God for you.
