Often the Champion is a powerful demagogue, Apostate Confessor or cardinal of the Ecclesiarchy, Traitor or Arch-heretic. They form personal armies that can vary tremendously in size and strength. In order to fulfil their own agendas, Champions of Chaos draw lesser Chaos followers to them. They are not a single coherent force, but rather a diverse and infinite collection of warbands and hosts under the leadership of Chaos Champions, also known in official Imperial parlance as 'Renegades' and ' Heretics.' The Lost and the Damned is the name collectively given to the multitude of beings that have turned to Chaos over the millennia, the vast majority of whom are the ordinary mortals who fight for the Chaos Gods. The many faces of the Lost and the Damned, including rogue psykers, mutants, Chaos Cultists, Hereteks, sorcerers and Renegade Imperial Guardsmen.

They look on the Imperium and see only the possibility of fire and death - and they find that good.'

' Beyond the circle of light, there are countless slaves to darkness who know nothing but hate and madness.