Kefka
10-08-2009, 01:17 AM
So I was reviewing my Word Bearers fluff (I miss my old 3rd edition army...) and I began to wonder why Word Bearers don't do more to fight the Imperium. They were the ones to initially cause the Horus Heresy, converting and twisting Horus as well as a few others. Yet they hide away in the Eye of Terror and Maelstrom. Anyways, here are my reasons why Word Bearers could put up a rather decent fight against the Imperium by themselves (but maybe BEATING the Imperium themselves is a little presumptuous).
- Logar, the Primarch, is still alive, and, essentially, Immortal. I am not sure if this mean Immortal in the "never ages" term, or if normal mortal wounds mean nothing to him (well, mortal for a space marine) and he is almost unkillable. Either way, he would be a force to be reckoned with on his own, let alone his legion still backing him up.
- Word Bearers have the largest unified Chaos Legion. They have not divided like the Marine Chapters, or most of the Chaos chapters either. They are zealous and united in their cause, so there would be little in-fighting when reaching a common goal. They still have vast numbers, with "Hosts" commonly being the size of a space marine company, and sometimes as large as two.
- They can summon demons. Lots of them. enough to use as shock troops and cannon fodder to protect their Marines. surely seeing thousands of demonic apparitions will strike fear into their enemies, especially of the dreadful demons are considered "weak cannon fodder" by the rest of the enemy.
- Word Bearers also have enormous cult followings on several worlds.For Dark Apostles to convert a few loyal imperial citizens into crazed fanatics is not hard for them to do. This serves to bolster their numbers further, and start civil wars on planets before the Word Bearers even lead their fist assault.
- They Rule 2 dominated planets in which to strike from. Sicarus, in the Eye of Terror, and Ghalmek, in the Maelstrom. Fighting a war on 2 fronts is difficult (especially if divided by light years of space) but if the initial assault is well planned and not expected by the enemy, the imperiums forces will be greatly stunned and disorganized. They will also have to divide their forces, but have little time to react. Hopefully, giving the two Word Bearer armies, to meet up and continue their assault.
Maybe this is a fanboy dream (really, I think the Word Bearers are the strongest legion) but Word Bearers just seem like they should be the ones leading the rest of the Chaos Legions, and wreaking havok on the Imperium.
- Logar, the Primarch, is still alive, and, essentially, Immortal. I am not sure if this mean Immortal in the "never ages" term, or if normal mortal wounds mean nothing to him (well, mortal for a space marine) and he is almost unkillable. Either way, he would be a force to be reckoned with on his own, let alone his legion still backing him up.
- Word Bearers have the largest unified Chaos Legion. They have not divided like the Marine Chapters, or most of the Chaos chapters either. They are zealous and united in their cause, so there would be little in-fighting when reaching a common goal. They still have vast numbers, with "Hosts" commonly being the size of a space marine company, and sometimes as large as two.
- They can summon demons. Lots of them. enough to use as shock troops and cannon fodder to protect their Marines. surely seeing thousands of demonic apparitions will strike fear into their enemies, especially of the dreadful demons are considered "weak cannon fodder" by the rest of the enemy.
- Word Bearers also have enormous cult followings on several worlds.For Dark Apostles to convert a few loyal imperial citizens into crazed fanatics is not hard for them to do. This serves to bolster their numbers further, and start civil wars on planets before the Word Bearers even lead their fist assault.
- They Rule 2 dominated planets in which to strike from. Sicarus, in the Eye of Terror, and Ghalmek, in the Maelstrom. Fighting a war on 2 fronts is difficult (especially if divided by light years of space) but if the initial assault is well planned and not expected by the enemy, the imperiums forces will be greatly stunned and disorganized. They will also have to divide their forces, but have little time to react. Hopefully, giving the two Word Bearer armies, to meet up and continue their assault.
Maybe this is a fanboy dream (really, I think the Word Bearers are the strongest legion) but Word Bearers just seem like they should be the ones leading the rest of the Chaos Legions, and wreaking havok on the Imperium.