History Characters / TheRoboutianHeresyForcesOfChaos

* TheChessmaster: In his guise as [[spoiler:the Sanguinor]], Sanguinius had [[spoiler:rallied multiple Blood Angels and Slaaneshi warbands, arranged several Keepers of Secrets and other daemons of Slaanesh to be on or to get to the Sol system, and persuaded Slaanesh to release the Laer from their afterlife punishment, to attack Holy Terra and the Sol System at the moment the Emperor made his '[[HeroicSacrifice Hail Mary]]' against Chaos, kickstarting the 'Angel War' while the Imperium is still reeling from the Emperor's death and giving Slaanesh a shot to either destroy the Imperium at its heart, or failing that cripple it.]]

* EvilCannotComprehendGood: Subverted compared to even Slaanesh, which became ''very'' important [[spoiler:when the Emperor pulled his [[WalkingSpoiler final]] '[[HeroicSacrifice Hail Mary]]' against Chaos]]. Being Human or Human-like once, Sanguinius and most likely the Sanguinor, despite their corruption, still retained some Humanity in them which allowed them to comprehend some of the Humans' actions. While the very inhuman natures of the Chaos Gods, including Slaanesh, as selfish and monstrous reality cancers meant [[spoiler:they would not be able to see the Emperor's final gambit coming]], Sanguinius ''could'' anticipate something like this due to whatever Humanity remaining within him. [[spoiler:[[TheChessmaster This drove him to arrange for the 'Angel War' to erupt in the Solar System]] the ''very moment'' the Emperor hit the bucket, so to take advantage of the chaos to either conquer Sol and destroy the Imperium of Man at its heart for Slaanesh while it was still reeling from the Emperor's death, or failing that cripple Imperium enough that it cannot take advantage of the Emperor's sacrifice when it fully comes into play, buying time for Slaanesh and the rest of the Chaos Gods can regroup and deal with it and its consequences]].
** [[spoiler: However, while he is able to understand the Emperor's self-sacrifice and plan for it before anyone even considered it, he is incredibly bad at tempting others without using the glamour. He is too narcissistic to try and comprehend others, instead relying on basic assumptions of their history to offer what he considers to be good rewards.]]

* AmbiguouslyEvil: While Azreal himself is a puppet of Tzeentch in every way and exactly as much of a monster as that implies, it's significantly less clear if the personality buried under that control was a loyal follower as is claimed or an enemy of the Dark Gods forced into servitude. The fact his body started instinctually cutting down his own forces [[VillainousBreakdown the moment said chains were strained to the breaking point by Magnus' repeated thwarting of Tzeentch's plans]] certainly indicates that, whoever Azreal really is, they aren't nearly as loyal to Chaos as the First Legion would have the galaxy believe.

* CaughtOnTape: Russ was shocked and enraged at Alpharius, whom he welcomed at Fenris with open arms, not only voted for the use of Psykers but also showed evidence that his Rune Priests are tapping powers from the Warp. This caused his argument come off as hypocritical that Mortarion (who was his only stauch ally in banning the Psykers) blames Russ more than Magnus (who had been silent on the duration of the Council). This caused a massive rift between the Space Wolves and the Alpha Legion.

* BeyondRedemption: [[spoiler:Lorgar comes to this conclusion when he realizes that Sanguinius was faking his delusion - there's nothing, not even Lion's own ambivalence about his fate, that could lead him to reject Chaos. He doesn't even realize how far he's fallen]]

* BoomerangBigot: Despite being an Ultramarine, he hated the entire legion with a burning passion, wishing to destroy it all for all the pains and tortures he went through when he was made into one. This went to the point that learning Marius Gage, the Sacrificed Son [[spoiler:was in fact none other than the Ultramarine loyalist renegade Aeonid Thiel in disguise]], far from stunning him or making him reconsider his loyalties, only ''reinforced'' his decision to join the Black Crusade against Macragge.

* KickTheDog: Salamanders, when capturing a human planet, turn its population into mindless slaves via the Branding Ritual and force them to work in hellish conditions. Then, when the Imperium tries to take back the planet, Salamanders sabotage all the remaining infrastructure and escape, leaving countless slaves to die from starvation.

* HumanoidAbomination: All Chaos Space Marines from the Raven Guard are either living conduits of Warp energy (purebloods) or misshapen clones (Spawn Marines).

* BigBadEnsemble: Arguably one of the most important BigBad villains of the whole story together with Chaos Gods and other threats and menaces faced by the galaxy. He's responsible for kidnapping of the Primarchs and is implied to be an incarnation of Chaos itself, but are also hostile to the Ruinous Powers and other malignant factions and vice-versa due to contradictory endgames and natures.

* TragicVillain: The reason why he joined the traitors? His Legion was infected with Nurgle's Rot, and Guilliman lied to him that the Emperor withholds the cure, and said that if the Emperor wins, he would dispose of them [[HeKnowsTooMuch as they know too much about his lies to left alive]]. By the end of War of Angel, he briefly muses that he no longer has to ponder whether or not his father would forgive him, meaning he still feels sone regret.

* BigBadEnsemble: Arguably one of the BigBad villains of the whole story together with Chaos Gods and other threats and menaces faced by the galaxy. He's responsible for kidnapping of the Primarchs and is implied to be an incarnation of Chaos itself, but are also hostile to the Ruinous Powers and other malignant factions and vice-versa due to contradictory endgames and natures.

* TragicVillain: The reason why he joined the traitors? His Legion was infected with Nurgle's Rot, and Guilliman lied to him that the Emperor withholds the cure, and said that if the Emperor wins, he would dispose of them [[HeKnowsTooMuch as they know too much about his lies to left alive]].

* EldritchAbomination: A daemon god which represents Emperor's evil and heavily implied to be avatar of Chaos Undivided.

* NeverBeHurtAgain: His entire motivation, he wants to amass as much power as possible because he was burned and killed by his adoptive mother, Nocturne Salamander.

* HoistByHisOwnPetard: While rupturing the Webway allowed him to hunt Cypher personally, [[spoiler:it also let Lorgar escape from the Chaos Gods and take the Sword that was Promised]].

* FreudianExcuseIsNoExcuse: The narrator of the Imperial Fists' entry acknowledged that the traumatic losses Rogal Dorn experienced in Inwit's doomed war against invading Ork [=WAAAGHs=] may had most likely pushed the Imperial Fists Primarch down the path of treachery. But then the narrator pointed out that other Primarchs had endured similar horrific losses and remained loyal. Though his StartOfDarkness is a significant contributor to his downfall, at the end of the day it was still Rogal Dorn's own decision to rebel and eventually join the forces of Chaos, and that alone made it inexcusable.

** Sigismund's [[spoiler:destruction of the Seventh Legion's pact with Khorne, while necessary to undo Guilliman's secret influence over Rogal and his legion, may had also removed the only realprotection the Seventh Legion has from their genetic curse, Dorn's Darkness. Without it, the Imperial Fists may be doomed to be gradually reduced to uncontrollable berserkers and self-destruct like they nearly had in Roboutian Heresy after being marked by Khorne]].

** [[spoiler: However, while he is able to understand the Emperor's self-sacrifice and plan for it before anyone even considered it. He is incredibly bad at tempting others without using the glamour. He is too narcissistic to try and comprehend others, instead relying on basic assumptions of their history to offer what he considers to be good rewards.]]

* ArchEnemy: They wants to destroy Nostramo as revenge for destruction of their own homeworld, Chogoris. They also hates Alpha Legion (who participated in the same battle), but don't know what to target, so concentrates on Night Lords first and foremost.

** They ''really'' hates Dark Angels, because they're directly responsible for the loss of their Primarch.