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Champions of Excess

April 2025·pp. 22–27

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The Emperor’s Children survive as rival warbands whose vanity and hunger for sensation repeatedly fracture large alliances. Surgical changes, chemical stimulation, sonic weaponry and daemonic bargains turn superb warriors into distorted expressions of their obsessions. Profiles of Noise Marines, Lucius, Flawless Blades and corrupted engines show how martial talent persists beneath the degeneration, making even their anarchic raids terrifyingly effective.

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