Faith in Chaos? Fluffy question

[Kol Saresk]

Basically the Colchisian faith was polytheistic(many gods). Lorgar came along and was raised by the priests. He had his visions of one golden entity coming to Colchis. He believed that the Colchisians had simply misinterpreted their faith, that instead of many gods, there was only one god. The whole war was for him to spread his monotheistic doctrine of the same faith across Colchis. It was identical to the "old" faith in every way except for the number of gods. All Kor Phaeron did was point out that maybe the polytheism version was the true version.

[Dark Apostle Thirst]

At this point, I'm just going to agree to disagree. What we have perceived is two different things, and I'd rather not have conflict with fellow Word Bearer fans.

[voi shet magir]

His enemies had vastly underestimated the depth of belief in Lorgar's words and the Covenant split into two factions, each deeply opposed to the other's belief, and each believing that only they could save their people. A holy war of horrific proportions erupted, with more and more of the population forced to choose sides as the battles grew larger and spread across the planet. For six years the fighting raged across Colchis and many were the atrocities carried out in the name of holy righteousness. Lorgar's supporters were outnumbered, but they were led by a Primarch, and his strength and power were beyond compare. Lorgar fought many battles, learning the ways of war with astounding rapidity. His inspired words roused his armies to undreamed of heights of courage and devotion, binding them to the promise of their saviour's coming, and the priests of the Covenant could do nothing to stop him. Eventually, Lorgar led his people to victory, storming the temple he had trained in and killing all the priests within. With the end of the war, the people awaited the arrival of the divine being promised by Lorgar, and less than a year after the final battle, a mighty, sky-borne vessel descended to the temple on a trail of fire. The Apocrypha of Skaros tells that the Emperor and Magnus the Red descended to Colchis with two squads of Thousand Sons Space Marines, to meet its mighty war leader.

 

 

Then, for the same reason someone produced power rangers tv shows, somebody wrote a novel involving Lorgar's thought about that bloody war he had won right before the Emperor came.

 

 

So, anyway, the Black Legion are the most mystic legion. Since metaphysics are extremely real in this setting, the Thousand Sons take an almost quantitative approach to warpcraft, and think that mastery of the warp is possible from a spiritual plane without spiritual transcendence. The Word Bearers are obviously more mystic, but their faith is codified in the Book of Lorgar, so despite their access to mystic technology involving sacred objects and destiny, their religion is doctrinal.

 

Black Legion practice mysticism; they seek the aid of spirits in a haphazard way that is not formalized. They are the mystic Legion.