Lorgar
Lorgar is a male character who features in Warhammer 40,000.
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Biography
Lorgar Aurelian was one of the genetically engineered Primarchs created by the Emperor of Mankind. After his spiriting away by the forces of Chaos he was found on a desert feudal planet of Colchis. A nomadic tribe of outcasts known as the Declined under the chieftain Fan Morgal found the infant's shattered capsule and took him in. They came to name the child Lorgar, or the Rain-caller. Seventeen days later, Lorgar who had already grown to the size of a young child was discovered by Kor Phaeron an exiled priest of the Covenant. Immediately sensing greatness in the boy and believing him blessed by the Powers, Kor Phaeron convinced Lorgar to become his disciple and promptly killed Fan Morgal and his tribe to cover up the boy's identity. Despite enduring Kor Phaeron's vicious abuses, Lorgar fervently believed in the Covenant and researched every aspect of it that he could find, coming to the conclusion that there was the One that binded the polytheistic Covenant together. Kor Phaeron dismissed such notions initially and often abused Lorgar physically and emotionally. At the same time, Kor Phaeron saw something special in Lorgar and attempted to manipulate him in order to rule over Colchis. Nonetheless, Lorgar remained intensely loyal to Kor Phaeron and even saved his life in a crew mutiny. Lorgar also grew close to those in Kor Phaeron's caravan, which included the captain Axata and slave Nairo. Despite Kor Phaeron's abuse Lorgar quickly surpassed his master. He became a devout preacher, his skill in oratory and the power of his charisma winning him many followers, rising to the position of Archpriest of the Godsworn. After saving Kor Phaeron's life in the crew mutiny, Lorgar was named the new Bearer of the Word by the priest. Lorgar's fame quickly spread thereafter, he began liberating slaves across Colchis. However, as Lorgar grew in standing amongst the people, members of the Covenant began to grow jealous of his popularity. Lorgar's youth was plagued by visions of a mighty warrior in gleaming bronze armour coming to Colchis, a cyclopean giant in blue robes standing beside him. At one point, the visions reached such intensity that Lorgar claimed that the prophesied return of Colchis' god was soon to occur. He began to preach this news to the people of Colchis, causing disruptions to the rule of the Covenant as people converted to his beliefs. Lorgar's enemies in the Covenant saw this as the opportunity they had been waiting for to remove the threat that Lorgar was to the status quo, declaring him a heretic.
Those who came forward to arrest Lorgar were killed by his followers. The Covenant split into two factions the followers of the Old Faith and the Brotherhood of Lorgar, and a holy war of immense proportions known as the Schism Wars erupted. Eventually the entire population of Colchis was forced to choose a side. This war lasted six years. Lorgar eventually amassed a massive army that marched on the capital city of Vharadesh. After a fiery sermon before the city gates, they opened to him with lower priests of the Colchis presenting the corpses of the Covenant Ecclesiarch and Hierarchs as a gift. After taking Vharadesh, Lorgar's forces moved from city to city, taking them either peacefully or in some cases putting everyone to the sword for their heresy in refusing The One. After several years of fighting the last city to stand against Lorgar's army was Gahevarla, which was protected by a Dark Age of Technology-era storm generator. Performing a miracle, Lorgar approached the maelstrom around the city and caused the storm to part, allowing his army to swarm through the gap and capture Gahevarla. With that Lorgar was lord of Colchis, but proclaimed that they still had much to do. Possibly as part of this conflict, or after it, one in three of Colchis were said to turn against Lorgar, and the first Great Purge was conducted by the Brotherhood's fanatically loyal warrior-monks hand-picked by Lorgar. Less than a year after the victory of Lorgar's people, a landing craft carrying the Emperor and Magnus the Red, along with two Tactical Squads of Thousand Sons Space Marines descended from orbit and landed near the temple. Lorgar was said to immediately recognize these people as the ones in his visions, and swore his fealty to his father and creator. Every facet of the Covenant's belief structure was reorganized towards the worship of the Emperor as their saviour, and the people of Colchis united behind their new god. The elaborate celebrations and displays of piety lasted for months, although it was said that the Emperor did not approve of this, wishing to rejoin the Great Crusade as soon as possible. At the conclusion of the celebrations, Lorgar was made commander of the Seventeenth Space Marine Legion, which was then known as the Imperial Heralds but was soon renamed the Word Bearers.
Overview
Personality and attributes
After ascending to daemonhood, he gained the self-appointed titles of Archpriest of the Primordial Truth and as the Minister of Chaos Absolute.
Lorgar Aurelian conquered not simply through strategy, overmatching power, or simple brute violence, but by the subtle craft of exaltation, liberation and example.
It was shown that he was bitter over his existence as a Primarch, believing himself to be a soldier bred for nothing but war. As Lorgar had always dedicated himself to exploring the true nature of the universe and building a society that would embody these universal truths, Lorgar never mastered the arts of combat and military strategy like his brothers and even looked down on acts of conquest.
In his literal interpretation of the meaning of the Great Crusade, however, he and his Legion strayed from the path that had been laid for them.
For his failings, Lorgar received disdain, contempt, and censure from his siblings and father. With his beliefs shattered, anger and resentment set in and Lorgar began to adopt new and darker truths. Both betrayer and betrayed, it was he who would set the stage for the nightmare of the Horus Heresy.
Powers and abilities
Lorgar was a genetically engineered Primarch created by the Emperor of Mankind to serve as leaders of his Space Marine legions.
He was shown to had improved his strength from being the weakest Primarch to being able to fight evenly against Roboute Guilliman by the Shadow Crusade. However, it was his psychic talents that were considered his most potent asset.
In battle, he was clad in the Armour of the Word that protected him from harm. Based on the Maximus Pattern, the Armour of the Word incoporated a defensive field generator and was graven with ancient Colchisian sigiils of protection from Lorgar's own words of Chaos.
He was armed with a heavy mace Power Maul that was known as the Illuminarum.
By his side, he carried on him the Book of Lorgar that was a tome penned by himself.
As one of the Primarchs, he was created to serve as the commander of one of the Space Marine Legions with his designated soldiers being part of Legion XVII. During the Great Crusade, they came to be renamed as the Word Bearers where they began to adopt their leaders philosophies.
Notes
- Lorgar was created by Games Workshop and featured in the setting of the Warhammer 40,000 universe.
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