And considering we have Chaos undivided releasing looming for BOTH systems, we might get them, right? Though I would LOVE to see 4/5 Daemon princes released for each allegiance, I don’t know how realistic a hope that is. The only thing I am sure of is I want the answer soon, and models to go with it. I don’t mind which direction they go, both have the potential for interesting stories. I think that could be a fun tragic fate: mortals assume it’s possible to worship the pantheon as a monolith, but once they ascend to the realm of chaos they experience constant torment. Something I feel would be interesting is if Undivided DPs are the most powerful of their kind, but completely erratic, driven mad from embodying stark contradictions. I’m not against the concept, though, it just needs more to it.
‘4-flavours-only’ also strengthens the Beasts of Chaos lore, since they tend worship chaos as a pantheon and from that perspective you could argue that Undivided Princedom is spawndom. Their existence does slightly diminish the impressive ‘purity’ of Undivided champions like Archaon who, in their quest to serve the entire pantheon of Chaos, forsakes the ultimate dark gift. In fact, 40k has a much bigger issue, with two traitor Primarchs (Lorgar and Perterabo) being in-canon undivided Daemon Princes. And yet, you can clearly field an undivided DP, as it confers the Soul Eater rule on the warscroll. Belakor, first of the Daemon Princes, was blessed by all four, and his subsequent treacheries effectively discouraged them from trying again ( there's quite a cool Belakor conversion floating around on Reddit recently). Back in Oldhammer, it was established that being an Undivided DP (i.e. This facet has become an inconsistency in the lore (or that much-misused phrase, ‘plot-hole’). GW has worked to distinguish the main four across the AoS and 40k range (a good move, in my opinion), so lack of specificity in the current sculpt further dates it. Perhaps more importantly, though, it utterly fails at depicting demon princes of specific gods.
Daemon Princes are, after all, the ultimate goal for many a chaos champion, and while the current DP kit is not completely awful, it doesn’t capture an appropriate dark majesty.
They're pretty important to the fluff of chaos, huh? With the upcoming release of Black Legion stuff for 40k (and undivided Slave to Darkness in AoS sometime this year), I’m hoping brand-new Daemon Prince kits.
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