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The Blood Throne is a mark of status -- a physical manifestation of Khorne's own favour. The Herald of Khorne who resides atop its pinnacle does not rest or repose as would another in his position, but prowls restlessly as his chariot advances, eyes and tongue twitching madly as he anticipates his next kill. No bastion of command is this, as perhaps such a throne would be in a mortal military force -- the Herald certainly does not attempt to direct the massed regiments of Bloodletters that fight in his shadow, for even when the tang of blood is not heavy on the air, Khorne's daemons are resolutely driven in their pursuit of skulls and slaughter. Once the battle begins, their maniacal bloodlust reduces Bloodletters and Heralds alike to maddened beasts, with no taste for the finer details of

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  • The Blood Throne is a mark of status -- a physical manifestation of Khorne's own favour. The Herald of Khorne who resides atop its pinnacle does not rest or repose as would another in his position, but prowls restlessly as his chariot advances, eyes and tongue twitching madly as he anticipates his next kill. No bastion of command is this, as perhaps such a throne would be in a mortal military force -- the Herald certainly does not attempt to direct the massed regiments of Bloodletters that fight in his shadow, for even when the tang of blood is not heavy on the air, Khorne's daemons are resolutely driven in their pursuit of skulls and slaughter. Once the battle begins, their maniacal bloodlust reduces Bloodletters and Heralds alike to maddened beasts, with no taste for the finer details of
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  • The Blood Throne is a mark of status -- a physical manifestation of Khorne's own favour. The Herald of Khorne who resides atop its pinnacle does not rest or repose as would another in his position, but prowls restlessly as his chariot advances, eyes and tongue twitching madly as he anticipates his next kill. No bastion of command is this, as perhaps such a throne would be in a mortal military force -- the Herald certainly does not attempt to direct the massed regiments of Bloodletters that fight in his shadow, for even when the tang of blood is not heavy on the air, Khorne's daemons are resolutely driven in their pursuit of skulls and slaughter. Once the battle begins, their maniacal bloodlust reduces Bloodletters and Heralds alike to maddened beasts, with no taste for the finer details of military tactics or strategy. Should the Herald stand high enough in Khorne's favour to embody a locus of the Blood God's power, his blessing ripples outward from the throne. So does a portion of Khorne's unbridled wrath become infused within the veins of nearby daemons, lending ferocity to their blows and driving them into a maddened frenzy. Thus, a conflict fought in the Blood Throne's shadow is inevitably an example of battle at its hardest and most unforgiving. From atop his macabre perch, the Herald searches for those foes whose plundered skulls will make the most audacious offerings to the Blood God. Then the Herald spurs his Blood Throne forward, howling with unspeakable joy as he readies his Hellblade for the kill. Such a sight can often cause a potential victim to turn tail and attempt to flee, but such desperate survival tactics rarely succeed, for the enemy is swiftly run to ground. Khorne cares naught from where the blood flows -- the death of a shamed warrior offers praise to the Lord of Murder just as surely as that of an honoured hero. With that said, whilst all blood is equal in Khorne's eyes, the skulls of the slain are not. Those of cowards are fed into the Blood Throne's baleful workings, consumed in fire to bring the Daemon Engine fresh vigour. Those taken from the truly valiant are claimed by the Herald and fused with the throne itself, eternal monuments to the futility of opposing the will of Khorne. In this way, the oldest Blood Thrones bear the skulls of Space Marine Chapter Masters, the Dark Eldar Archons of Commorragh and the Warbosses of the Ork race stacked side-by-side.
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