Chaos Warrior

Chaos Warrior
skill	10 (Chaos Warrior) 11 (Chaos Champion)
stamina	10 (Chaos Warrior) 12 (Chaos Champion)
Habitat	Dungeons, Ruins, Towns
Number Encountered	1-3
Type	Humanoid
Reaction	Unfriendly-Hostile
Intelligence	High

Chaos Warriors, whose elite members are called Chaos Champions, were Human warriors aligned with Chaos in the Fighting Fantasy franchise.

Description

Chaos Warriors were easily recognizable by their armor. They usually wore full-body plate armor and face-covering helmets covered with spikes and (occasionally) marks and runes of Chaos, or bearing other distinctive designs that signified their allegiance. They typically wielded swinging weapons such as two-handed swords, axes and maces. It is also likely that they have the Strength skill in order to endure the rigors of combat wielding their heavy armament.

An elite Chaos Warrior was called a Chaos Champion. A Chaos Champion was a highly dangerous enemy, combining mastery of the military arts with unwavering devotion to the Dark Lords of Evil and Chaos. Such a Champion is highly trusted by his or her Chaotic masters, and will usually have a magical weapon and magical armour, or even bear a Chaos Mutation, as a reward for their service. A Chaos Warrior may also ride a monstrous mount called a Chaos Steed into battle.

Origins and Distribution

Created by the Trickster God, Logaan, Man's nature was essentially neutral and was amenable to both Lawful and Chaotic dispositions. Chaos Warriors were portrayed as humans who had been irredeemably warped by - or voluntarily gone over to - Chaos.

Titan had no shortage of chaotically aligned humans, but what seemed to distinguish Chaos Warriors was their almost religious devotion. They were invariably linked, whether it was in service or through a pact, to the Dark Lords or Greater Demons. As such, Chaos Warriors may have been more than simply warriors - it was not uncommon to find them subjecting themselves to dark magic or carrying enchanted items. They were rarely encountered, but when seen tended to be among the ranks of particularly destructive armies or in the service of a powerful sorcerer or demonic entity, such as Zagor or Agglax the Shadow Demon.

While there were more normal warriors who would align themselves to Chaos (and could therefore be called Chaos Warriors as well), the term "Chaos Warrior" signified both a special status and the strength of devotion of a particular warrior to the Demonic forces he had sworn to serve. This is signified by the equipment they usually wield (see Description, above).

Notable Chaos Warriors and Chaos Champions

The Chaos Knight of Firetop Mountain

• The Deathtrap Dungeon Entrant (called Lord Kurgash in the D20 Module)
• The chaos knights who oversaw the slaving operation on the Arrowhead Islands.
• The Grand Templar of Castle Argent
• Darkblade Skullbiter, the Chaos Champion who served Zagor following his resurrection
• Klash was a chaos warrior active in Northern Allansia.

Further Information

• Many Chaos Warriors worshipped the evil demigod Trabaten, the "Lord of Exenteration" and patron of torturers.
• A woman called the Chaos Mercenary was encountered in Gallantaria, who followed the Demon Prince Myurr and was tattooed with his symbol. It is likely she was a Chaos Warrior who was not wearing the Warrior's usual armour.
• There was a depiction of a warrior android in the Fighting Fantasy science fiction gamebook, Star Strider. The warrior bore a resemblance to typical portrayals of Chaos Warriors.

Further Information in Canon

More information can be found at:^Source
Trial of Champions (para6, para112, para121, para178, para180, para195*, para247#, para261, para323, para350, para383#)
Creature of Havoc (para39#, para46#, para256#, para275#, para397#)
Armies of Death (para91, para118, para316, para317#, para323, para351, para359)
The Keep of the Lich-Lord (para15, para45, para119, para383*)
Return to Firetop Mountain (para24, para88, para105, para194#*, para206, para217, para355, para356)
Knights of Doom (para48, para98, para159, para200, para201#*, para210, para259, para267, para270, para333, para355, para357#)
Bloodbones (para131#)

Notes

# - denotes a reference with statistics
* - denotes a picture

See Also

• Chaos
• Death Knight

Appendix

Gallery

Six possible chaos warriors in the army of Agglax.

The chaos warrior Klash upon the Singing Bridge.

A chaos warrior, standing over the corpse of a sentry.

A chaos champion armed with an axe.

Appearances

Adventures

• Armies of Death
• Bloodbones
• Citadel of Chaos (AFF)
• Knights of Doom
• Legend of Zagor (book)
• The Port of Peril (book)
• Trial of Champions (book)
• Trial of Champions (d20)

Sourcebooks

• Beyond the Pit
• Encyclopedia Arcana Vol I - Treasures (mentioned)

References