Word Bearers

Word Bearers
Battle Cry	Verses from the Book of Lorgar
Number	XVII
Original Name	Imperial Heralds
Original Homeworld	Colchis
Current Homeworld	Sicarus
Primarch	Lorgar
Champion	Erebus, Kor Phaeron
Strength	More or less Legion strength
Specialty	Zealotry, use of Daemons, spreading Chaos
Allegiance	Chaos Undivided
Colours	Dark crimson and steel

"By its very nature, theology tends - and under certain conditions, must always tend - to become demonology."

— Thomas Mann, "Doctor Faustus"

"All I ever wanted was the Truth."

— Opening Line of the "Book of Lorgar", First Canticle of Chaos

The Word Bearers are a legion of Chaos Space Marines. Their Primarch is Lorgar.

History

There is a phenomenon of psychology that some people are prone to zealotry. It does not matter what they believe in, they believe in it with all their heart. This type of individual who is likely to end up becoming a fanatical member to a certain ideology will if they somehow become disillusioned with it, often find it easier to adopt an opposing or opposite ideology and be just as fanatical to said new cause rather than simply moderating their commitment to their first ideology as needed and making caveats and exceptions to it's general principles. The Word Bearers are this phenomenon at its most extreme.

Early History

Why hello there unbeliever. Would you mind a small theological chat?

The Emperor used the genetic templates of the Primarchs to create the Legiones Astartes after the powers of Chaos stole the gestating Primarchs. Those who received gene-seed from template number seventeen stood apart from their brother Astartes in duty and outlook. They fought with utter devotion and a fanatical zeal. Their original recruits were drawn from the sons of defeated enemies, raised to know the crimes of their fathers and the price of the Emperor's forgiveness. Thus while the other Legions went to war with righteousness, the XVIIth fought with the cold fury that only the condemned and redeemed could know. While other Legions took some time to acquire formal names, the XVIIth was named the Imperial Heralds almost immediately after their founding. This was due to their early role: to deliver the Emperor's ultimatum of submission or destruction. Upon defeating an enemy, the Imperial Heralds would empty their libraries and records of any contents deemed heretical or sorcerous. Condemned works, individuals, and buildings would be destroyed in the name of the Imperial Truth (though they also tended to exterminate the entire population of the places they conquered; see Antarctica). The Imperial Heralds repeated this process all across Terra during the Unification Wars. This gave the Imperial Heralds a rarely-spoken nickname among the greater Imperium: the Iconoclasts.

Great Crusade

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