The Chaos Gods are not known for their unity—and when one ascends, the others never let it stand for long. With the Emperor’s Children basking in the spotlight this month, the rest of the Ruinous Pantheon has stirred. Jealousy has given way to action, and now Khorne, Nurgle, and Tzeentch each rise in a surge of warped glory, heralded by new codexes, new units, and a dark promise: Chaos will not be balanced. Chaos will escalate.

World Eaters: Slaughterbound and Unleashed

Khorne answers the call with pure rage made manifest. The Slaughterbound storms into the fray as the new champion of the Eightbound, a hulking brute so consumed by bloodlust that even a Bloodthirster shares his soul. He’s the embodiment of carnage—unstoppable, unrelenting, and unrepentant.

The newly updated Codex: World Eaters bleeds with lore and fury, introducing five unique detachments that unite Khorne’s mortal and daemonic warriors. Now, Bloodletters, Bloodthirsters, and more can march shoulder to shoulder with Berzerkers and Eightbound, all under the blood-soaked banner of war. It’s a force that doesn’t just seek battle—it demands it.

Death Guard: Decay Refined

Not to be outdone, Grandfather Nurgle brings the festering tide. With a new Codex: Death Guard and the introduction of the Lord of Poxes, this detachment-driven book lets you tailor your plagues across six horrid flavors of contagion-fueled destruction.

This codex weaves together the mortal legions of the Death Guard and their pestilent daemonic kin—Plaguebearers, Great Unclean Ones, and more—all steeped in rot and ruin. The combinations are disgusting, the flexibility is terrifying, and the battlefield presence is… well, moist.

Thousand Sons: Sekhetar Awakened

Tzeentch’s rise takes a different form—one of ancient intelligence and arcane artifice. The Sekhetar Robots are finally revealed: towering constructs bound with eldritch energy and inscribed with reality-warping runes. Hidden from view by illusions and wards, they strike without warning using devastating hellfyre missiles and sorcerous blasts.

These arcane engines are detailed in the new Codex: Thousand Sons, which offers five versatile detachments mixing Rubric Marines and Daemons of Tzeentch like Flamers, Screamers, and even the majestic Lord of Change and Kairos Fateweaver. Whether you want to unleash a cabal of spellcasters or a daemon-fueled nightmare, this codex grants all the tools of the Architect of Fate.

Chaos, Fragmented and Furious

Each codex brings more than just new units—they introduce new ways to play, new lore to immerse yourself in, and new paths to damnation. Whether you're a disciple of wrath, rot, or revelation, your god has not forgotten you—they just prefer to reward patience with overwhelming power.

With the Chaos pantheon now fully reinvigorated across the tabletop, the galaxy trembles not from unity—but from the cacophony of Chaos in full bloom.

Be warned, loyalist and xenos alike: this is not the end of Chaos’ rise. It is only the beginning.

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