240 Points

Troop Type    WS    BS     S    T    W    I     A    Ld  Sv
Abaddon           6       5       4     5     3    7     3     10  2+

Wargear: Talon of Horus, Daemon Sword Drach’nyen, Chaos Terminator Armour, Mark of Chaos Undivided.

Special Rules

Special Character: A Chaos Space Marine army of 2000 points or more may be led by Abaddon. If you decide to take him, he counts as one of the HQ choices for the army. He must be used exactly as described here and may not be given additional equipment from the Chaos Armoury. In addition he may only be used in battles where both players have agreed to use Special Characters.

Talon of Horus: With this armoured claw Horus fought the Emperor and strangled the Primarch Sanguinius. It was torn from Horus’ armour by Abaddon and is now fused to his own armour. The Talon mounts an early version of the Imperial Storm Bolter on its back (which Abaddon may fire in the shooting phase) and it is treated as a Lightning Claw in close combat. The Talon is an icon of evil incarnate to the Imperium, so all Imperial units with a model within 6" of Abaddon must subtract –1 from their Leadership value. The only exception to this are the Blood Angels, who hate the Talon because it was used to slay their Primarch and therefore add +1 to their Leadership if they are within 6" of it.

Daemon Sword Drach’nyen: The arcane blade borne by Abaddon contains the bound essence of Drach’nyen, a writhing warp entity which can rend apart reality where the weapon strikes. In close combat Abaddon is allowed to make one attack with Drach’nyen in addition to his normal compliment of three attacks with the Talon of Horus. The sword may never make more than one attack per turn, and no attack bonuses can be used to increase this number. Any hit inflicted by the sword will wound automatically and the victim receives no saving throw for armour, though Invulnerable Saves still apply. Vehicles struck by the sword are penetrated automatically. Last, but by no means least, any model wounded by the sword is slain outright, no matter how many wounds it may have.

Chaos Terminator Armour: Abaddon’s Terminator Armour has been blessed by the fickle powers of Chaos. As well as the abilities normally conferred by Terminator Armour, it provides a 4+ Invulnerable Save that may be used against attacks which would normally penetrate the armour automatically. In addition, the armour will nullify any psychic power used against Abaddon or that includes him in its area of effect on a D6 roll of 4+. Note that Abaddon may take the Terminator Armour’s normal 2+ armour save or its 4+ Invulnerable save, not both.

Independent Character: Unless accompanied by a retinue, Abaddon is an Independent Character and follows all the special rules as detailed in the Warhammer 40,000 rulebook.

Retinue: Abaddon may be accompanied by a bodyguard of his finest warriors. See the Chaos Space Marine army list for details.