The Chaos Lord is a warlord of the damned, a warrior of terrible power and ambition who commands the war-hosts of the Long War. Forged in ten thousand years of unending conflict, he has clawed his way to supremacy through cunning, savagery and the fickle favour of the Dark Gods, and he rules his warband through fear as much as respect.
Clad in ancient, blasphemously ornamented power armour and wielding weapons of dread renown, the Chaos Lord is a peerless killer. He leads from the front, cutting down champions and warlords with contemptuous ease, an inspiration to his followers and a nightmare to his foes. His will bends lesser warriors to his purpose, forging disparate killers into a disciplined instrument of destruction.
Every Chaos Lord dreams of ascension, of glory enough to earn the ultimate reward, apotheosis to daemonhood, or eternal power at the right hand of the gods. Among the Chaos Space Marines, such tyrants are the architects of endless war, waging the Long War against the corpse-Emperor with implacable, self-serving zeal.