The tragedies of the Horus Heresy - Riven
Caught in the intricate plans of the four Chaos Gods, the Thousand Sons unwillingly became puppets of Tzeentch. Even worse, most became hollow armoured automatons with the former inhabitants' souls bound to them after the desperate attempts of several powerful sorcerers among the legion to overcome the Flesh Change. Their trademark soulless nihilistic chant, "All is dust," chills the morale of the foes facing the hollowed power armoured giants walking towards them in a robotic fashion with bolters unleashing a salvo of bolts coated in etheric fire. Even among loyalists, however, there are those who have literally, "turned the keys to Hel," after witnessing the death of their beloved genesire on the fields of Istvaan V: the massacre ground where 3 legions were shattered upon the anvil of betrayal established between the Arch traitor and his embittered brother Primarchs. The Iron Hands have always striven to temper the weakness of their flesh by the ways of the...