Chaos Lords are the mightiest of the Chaos Space Marines, rewarded by the foul Chaos gods for countless vile deeds. Chaos Lords lead groups of warriors that can range in size from a small warband made up of a couple of dozen Chaos Space Marines, through to a powerful host that can ravage entire planets.

Options: The Chaos Lord may have any equipment allowed from the Chaos Armoury.

Sorcerer Lord: The Chaos Lord can be upgraded to a Chaos Sorcerer Lord at a cost of +10 pts. The Sorcerer Lord will have the same characteristics as the Chaos Lord and gains psychic powers. The Chaos Sorcerer Lord can not have a Mark of Khorne.

Independent Character: Unless accompanied by his Retinue, the Chaos Lord is an independent character and follows all the Independent Character special rules as given in the Warhammer 40,000 rulebook.

Psychic Powers: Chaos Sorcerer Lords can use psychic powers. The powers available to them can be found in the Armoury and details of how they work are in the Wargear section.

Retinue: The Chaos Lord may be accompanied by a Retinue of Veteran Chaos Space Marines (see the Retinue entry below). Note that a Chaos Lord and his Retinue count as a single HQ choice.

Chaos Lords are usually accompanied by a bodyguard of veteran Chaos Space Marines. These embittered warriors will be amongst the best fighters in the army, having fought in countless Black Crusades, committing countless deeds of savagery and evil.

See Squad below for details on profiles and points cost.

Squad: The squad consists of between five and nine Chaos Space Marines. The type of squad taken depends on the Mark of Chaos that the Chaos Lord has:

Mark of Tzeentch: Thousand Sons.

Mark of Khorne: Khorne Berzerkers.

Mark of Nurgle: Plague Marines.

Mark of Slaanesh: Noise Marines.

Any Mark: Veteran Chaos Space Marines.

If the Chaos Lord is equipped with Terminator armour then he may take a Chaos Space Marine Terminator squad as his Retinue.

The cost of the Retinue is taken from the relevant squad choice.

Weapons: See the relevant squad choice.

Options: The standard options available to the chosen squad type are available to the Retinue. However, any number of members of the Retinue may be upgraded to Aspiring Champions, rather than just one as is normally the case (this option does not apply to members of the Thousand Sons as they are suits of animated armour!).

Icon Bearer: One Aspiring Champion in the Retinue can become an Icon Bearer and carry a Chaos icon chosen from the Chaos Armoury at the additional cost listed there.