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* [[Badass Normal]]: The Renegade archetype. The other archetypes are [[Super Soldier|Space Marines]], [[Psychic Powers|Psykers]], [[Magitek|Tech-Priests]], or [[Evil Sorcerer]]s, but a Renegade is just a human with some mad skills and a lust for something that Chaos can provide.
** The Apostate archetype counts as well, they are ordinary (initially, at least) humans who happen to be incredibly charismatic.
* [[The Baroness]]: The example Daemon Prince in the book was a corrupt Imperium aristocrat who was obsessed with self-mastery and mastery over others. Eventually, she grew so confident that she summoned a [[Demon Lords and Archdevils|Keeper of Secrets]] into her own body in the belief [[Suicidal Overconfidence|she could absorb it into her soul to extend her life]]...[[Subverted Trope|and she]] [[Did You Just Punch Out Cthulhu?|was right]]. [[Moment of Awesome|And then when she got old and decrepit again, she did the whole thing over again]]. ''[[Up to Eleven|Twice]]''. She was about to do it a fourth time when Slaanesh himself showed up and [[Super Empowering|turned her into a daemon prince]] out of genuine respect (and as a [[Stealth Insult]] to his own Greater Daemons for their inability to stand up to her).
* [[Black and Grey Morality]]: While Chaos is generally [[
* [[Body Horror]]: As a heretic becomes more and more corrupt, he body will slowly start to mutate, and some mutations are rather...impressive.
* [[Byronic Hero]]: A viable character option. When they turned to Chaos, many Heretics felt the Imperium is far too oppressive and limiting for the good of humanity, especially when they feel that embracing the powers of Chaos can help humanity preserve itself in a galaxy trying to kill them. Sometimes it's a more personal level than that, but for every Lord Byron that serves Chaos, there's probably more who are serving the Ruinous Powers for more selfish goals.
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