Thousand sons lore?

[Zarviya]

why do they explode into liquid glitter when you kill them?

[Frederick]

because a magic man of that legion tried to fix a genetic fault and turned them into dust

[Xero142]

im saving this cuz i wanna know too from lore experts.

[Xero142]

Originally posted by Evildog142:

im saving this cuz i wanna know too from lore experts.

need me like a whole paragraph or a link to some pages or videos

[Norn-Queen Kya]

The rank and file of the thousand sons are actually dust inside their suits. The top thousand son, in a quest to cure their legions mutations accidently cursed all the legion and only the especially strong psykers resisted it. Their primarch was furious but what was done was done. So that's why when you kill them, dust (and I'm assuming warp energy) is flying out

[Frederick]

Originally posted by Zarviya:

why do they explode into liquid glitter when you kill them?

look up this video, there are plenty of videos that go into detail on it

Thousand Sons: The RUBRIC of AHRIMAN - Understanding Warhammer 40K Lore

[Nokturnal]

In short, they're called "Rubric Marines", they used to actually be Space Marines but now their souls are just trapped inside their armor. They have no human form anymore.

Wiki: https://warhammer40k.fandom.com/wiki/Thousand_Sons

Youtube Vid: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7scOBWRRhwQ&ab_channel=WesHammer

The lore behind Thousand Sons is actually pretty interesting if you look into it. They even mention the burning of Prospero in this game.

They were the most loyal traitor Legion, that was basically forced into becoming Traitors, no one ever trusted them to do them being the legion with the most Psykers.

[Ω Yukich]

Rubric Marines are Empty Living Armor filled with Barely Living Souls
Inside them are sand,dust and magic to make them at least walk
When you kick their head off - Magic and Soul are leaving the Armor

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the ones we fight that are not sorcerors are called rubric marines, these are the non psyker members of the thousand sons before they joined chaos, in the warp, the non psyker members are having trouble adapting unlike ther psyker members,

after a spell used by ahriman, their chaptermaster? all the non-psyker members got reduced to dust, sealed in their suit, while their psyker members got strengthen

[Piderman]

Originally posted by Ω Yukich:

Rubric Marines are Empty Living Armor filled with Barely Living Souls
Inside them are sand,dust and magic to make them at least walk
When you kick their head off - Magic and Soul are leaving the Armor

The downside is, they need a Sorcerer to guide and command them. However, these souls can be summoned into an armor over and over again.
I think i remember a bit of Lore that statet, only Magnus could do this, but either that got retconned or its just a bit freedom of creativity for the game.

[IronFist]

Originally posted by Frederick:

because a magic man of that legion tried to fix a genetic fault and turned them into dust

Only witches of the thousand sons are in flesh and blood, but i could be wrong. It's too long ago since i read about their lore.

Originally posted by Zarviya:

why do they explode into liquid glitter when you kill them?

Originally posted by Evildog142:

im saving this cuz i wanna know too from lore experts.

Here is the compendium of knowledge about WH40k lore. Take your time, is is all-encompassing:

https://lexicanum.com/

[Ω Yukich]

Originally posted by Piderman:

Originally posted by Ω Yukich:

Rubric Marines are Empty Living Armor filled with Barely Living Souls
Inside them are sand,dust and magic to make them at least walk
When you kick their head off - Magic and Soul are leaving the Armor

The downside is, they need a Sorcerer to guide and command them. However, these souls can be summoned into an armor over and over again.
I think i remember a bit of Lore that statet, only Magnus could do this, but either that got retconned or its just a bit freedom of creativity for the game.

Last time I've read the lore of Thousand Sons when that faction was added as a mod to Dawn Of War
So some of the details I may have forgotten
Pretty cool stuff nonetheless

[Zarviya]

Damn they really were cursed by the warp and turned into magnetic kid play sand RIP homies lol

[Ω Yukich]

Originally posted by Zarviya:

Damn they really were cursed by the warp and turned into magnetic kid play sand RIP homies lol

Yeah, it kinda sad really

[Piderman]

Originally posted by Ω Yukich:

Yeah, it kinda sad really

Magnus was a great guy and he just wanted to save his brother and his dad.

[Cloud McFox]

Short version: They don't have a body and their marine troops are essentially animated suits of armor filled with dust.



Long version: ~12 thousand years ago before the events of SM2 the Thousand Sons legion was the most psychically gifted legion of all that served the Emperor of Mankind. However, that came at a cost of their troops quickly mutating under the influence of warp energies they conjured to smite enemies of the Imperium, eventually turning into Chaos Spawn that you can see in Darktide. This flaw of theirs was called the Flesh Change.

Horus Heresy happened, and the Thousand Sons legion fell under the influence of Tzeentch, the god of Change and patron of all things related to Sorcery. Their Primarch, Magnus the Red, after a chain of unfortunate events that happened to him and his legion, was forced to sell his soul to Tzeentch himself in order not to get his skull crushed by his brother Leman Russ.

After the Horus Heresy, the best of the best of Thousand Sons, Ahzek Ahriman, is grown tired of the Flesh Change that plagued his battle brothers, and decides to use Sorcery in order to fix this genetic flaw of the legion, and casts the infamous spell called "The Rubric". This event is called The Rubric of Ahriman.

Of course this spell didn't work like it was supposed to. Instead of fixing the Flesh Change, this spell esentially struck the Thousand Sons marines with bolts of extremely potent psychic energy. If the marine was not psychically strong enough to withstand this flux of energy, he turned to dust and was sealed inside his suit of armor . These unfortunate marines are not dead, however. Their souls are trapped inside their suits of armor. These marines are refered to as Rubric Marines, or Rubrics for short

Those few that did manage to withstand this spell, were instead greatly empowered with ungodly sorcery, becoming the Sorcerers that you see in the game. The Sorcerers are the ones controlling the Rubrics to fight their enemies.