The Tome

of
Anarchy

Black Crusade Apocryha Collection ­ Volume 3

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Contents
 Anarchy!

"...and he that went before now came last, and that which was white
and black and all direction was thrown against itself. Grown
mightily indignant at the words of the Gods, Malal did turn his
heart against them and flee into the chambers of space...And no man
looked to Malal then, save those that serve that which they hate,
who smile upon their misfortune, and who bear no love save for the
damned. At such times as a warrior's heart turns to Malal, all Gods
of Chaos grow fearful, and the laughter of the Outcast God fills the
tomb of space..."
— From The Great Book of Despair
 For if nothing else, Malal had one weakness.
Usurper, Upstart, Contender, Rival, Nemesis. All Its very nature was bound on the idea that all order
words that bring a smile to Malal’s face. His origins are should be undone. That any sense of structure ripped
unknown, for his purview breaks all connections and shatters asunder. This included the existence of the daemons and the
all ties. History to him is no more important than the future, Chaos Gods themselves. Its literal final goal was to unmake
as is the present. Some whisper that he was once an ousted everything that was. It was the ouroboros of Chaos, that
prince of some long dead feudal world who saw the which was that would unmake everything that was,
pointlessness of it all. The knowledge that any system including itself, but if itself was undone then that which was
brought up would only benefit the strong, the wise, the elite could be again. Malal cannot be without undermining its
until someone stronger, wiser, or more refined would own being. Therefore, the four powers placed him in infinite
overthrow the system and just replace it. Therefore it needed shackles so that all of its nature could do nothing by attempt
to be brought down, cast off, so nothing was able to grow to be free, least its nature be undone.
from the ashes. One would think that this mortal Malal was Once captured a great purge rampaged through the
some acolyte of Nurgle, but it didn’t want regrowth. Was it a Immaterium. Any daemons of the Will of Malice were
champion of Khorne? Blood didn’t matter, only that order unmade and any Princes were hunted down. Their work
was sundered. Did it delight in showing that the individual nearly complete, the Chaos Gods placed the Hierarch of
was more important than the masses and so the Slaanesh Anarchy and Terror’s cell far away from their seats of power.
would be its patron? Sadly no, for the self Far from notice. They cast Its
didn’t matter, only the disarray and incarceration into The Frozen Heart of
confusion. The machinations of Tzeentch the warp. A Daemon World mired to the
were inherently loathsome to the Hierarch of will of the Gods but anchored in physical
Anarchy and Terror, change only begot new laws so that no being could free that which
systems. Malal cared for none of this and should not be freed.
brought only nihilism. Bindings loosen, from
As had been said, his origins are time to time. Ask any wielder of a daemon
shrouded and confusing, so his warp­birth weapon. As is it is the nature of all
was no different. Unlike the hellscream of daemons to chafe at any forced
Slaanesh’s apotheosis, it did not announce confinement, Malal is able to caress the
itself as the fall of a galactic empire. The wiry, the oppressed, the outcast, and the
Renegade God merely existed, or always mutant. His cry for freedom echoes the
existed, and wrought devastation in its wake. outrage of those that were themselves
All that is known, and only to a rare few scholars, that many betrayed. It is the nature of this that allows The Renegade
thousands of years ago as The Horus Heresy raged, the God to speak to his followers, gather co­conspirators, and
following of Malal swelled. The universe was falling to seek out Its revenge against the Ruinous Powers. The Lost
anarchy. Serf killed master, son killed father, and so on. His God is even the patron of a few traitor legions, the Sons of
influence spread as many worlds fell to not only to the tide of Malice being the most infamous. In their hearts they seek to
Chaos, but the embrace of lawlessness. This disarray brought rip away all that is dear from those that hold dominion to this
the power of Malal to the fore and even the other Ruinous world and the next.
Powers took pause. For in its ascension it undermined their
status. For the Gods of Chaos, while mutable, need worshipers
Wherever the followers of Malal go they bring unrest, revolt,
. They need Greaters Daemons to control lesser Daemons.
and chaos. They arise from worlds that bear a deep
Their system had worked since the inception of time and
unabiding oppression and corruption. Anywhere there is a
now Malal threatened it. The Lost God’s daemons broke
system where someone feels betrayed or taken advantage of,
bonds and turned Lesser against Greater in mutual
Malal calls. This makes the Will of Malice very alluring. Not
annihilation. This could not stand and so a war in hell raged,
in a decadent way, but philosophically.
a Dark Crusade. Mighty servants, daemon princes, and even
He calls for revolt, for change, for freedom.
Gods themselves thrashed and wrestled. The Immaterium
However, just like many sentient races the more things
was alight with power and glory.
change the more they stay the same. Order is reestablished
Unfortunately this war only brought more disorder,
and another person is oppressed. A never ending cycle that
more power to The Lost God. The only thing that could be
Malal decries to those that see the pattern. It desires to
done is bind it to its nature. Place unbreakable chains infused
shatter upon the rock of ages any notion of stability .
with the majesty of all four Ruinous powers on the thing that
would be forever free.
 The Pronoun "It"
Malal has long thought of and addressed as he, similar to how Khorne embodies many traditional masculine aspects.
However, like any tradition that comes in contact with the Renegade God, they fall away. Whereas Slaanesh wants
to be a gender, or really any gender the recipient secretly desires, such tricks are another form of control. Malal
seeks none of that, therefore the Master of Spite is referred to as It because such binary nomenclature is just a
symptom of order. It can be anything to anyone and thus everything at all times. This pleases Malal the most.

This makes many local heroes, outcasts, rebels, and mutants

some of its most avid followers. When an acolyte of The Lost To walk down the path of anarchy requires the character to
God tries to gather a coterie they first look to the possess at least 10 points of Scorn with no more than four
downtrodden and forgotten. There they find the most points in any one of the other Offertory. Upon this the
fruitful flock. A character is visited by the Will of Malice within their
strange dichotomy arises for those that embrace the Hiearch nightmares. It offers to them no power, no gifts, no rewards,
of Anarchy and Terror. It is fickle, but the Master of Spite’s only that at the end revenge will be theirs.
whims are always focused toward tearing down the If accepted the character becomes aligned to the Malal, from
establishment. Only the end matters, not the means. this point on the character can utilize any Scorn rewarded to
However, a cult of malcontents is hard to launch an remove points of Praise on a one for one basis. Please note
effective offensive with if no one agrees. You see, Malal likes that the character can still receive Praise from the Ruinous
to be challenged and likes it when his followers challenge Powers and as such they can become aligned to another god.
each other. Any group that centers around the worship of If that happens Malal removes any and all rewards and
disarray will break down to infighting and betrayal. This is powers granted by it, which many include protection against
why any given cult is generally made up of a loose network the character’s accumulated Scorn. Additionally the
of worshippers who periodically come together under the character may place up to half of any Corruption reward into
auspice of a particular plan in order to undermine some sort their Scorn. In a very real sense this is the character
of organization. When the goal is achieved they disband embracing raw chaos and rejecting the accolades of the gods.
before anyone gets any bright ideas. This also helps keep Scorn is accumulated as normal, however the player cannot
conspiracies stay secret. The Renegade God can be as patient have their character accumulate Scorn by deliberately
as necessary so long as the deed is done. attempting to fail tests. In short, they cannot game the
Another reason the cults of Malal are kept secret system. However, Scorn accumulated due to failing compacts
and loose is not just to make sure their plans are hidden, but or disrupting acts of faith and rituals is perfectly allowed.
also to keep out of sight of not only the Imperium forces but Undermining the system is what it is all about.
also other Chaos Cults. It is no surprise that the Ruinous Once aligned the character gains a passive
Powers loath the Will of Malice and want to keep Its +5 bonus to two skills that are unaligned, see Black Crusade
worshipers from spreading too far, lest they garner enough pg. 76. The same skill cannot be selected twice. In addition,
power to free The Rioter. Many of the cults that are aligned the character may immediately reroll any Gifts of the Gods
to one of the Chaos Gods will garner great favor if they they posses that were gained through Scorn and the
discover and run down any band that seeks to claim character may roll twice and modify these rolls by double the
themselves Discontented. character's Scorn bonus. If the character would later gain a
Gift of the Gods via Scorn the same rules apply. If the
character is considered unaligned for the purposes of
While many call Malal the god of Chaos Undivided it goes far
utilizing Daemon Weapons. Lastly, the Gamemaster should
beyond that. To be undivided is to be united and unity can
select a wholly negative Gift of the God and inflict it upon the
never be tolerated. The Renegade God loathes that any sort
character. The gamemaster has final say on what they
of structure and function are placed upon It from the
consider wholly negative.
Immaterium and by extension the physical universe.
However, It must fulfill its need and it cannot do so without
some sort of process. In this the Hierarch of Anarchy and
Terror spreads out his corruption to those that have been
scorned by the Ruinous Powers and the pitiful Emperor of
Man. It wants those that hold within them the contempt of
everything.
 that attempts to harm or undermine the character suffers a
Not only have you heard the cry of revolution, you embrace ­10 on any and all tests. Psykers, except those that are
its concedes. Once the character has reached 20 Scorn and Daemonic, that attempt to target the character with a power
has less than 5 praise from any one god the character is automatically generate a Psychic Phenomena with a +20
inflicted by the “mercy” of The Lost God and is granted one bonus. If the character possesses the Fear Trait, increase it by
time only +5 bonus to either one. If not, then they gain the Fear Trait (1).
. In addition the character may freely pick one So pronounced is the character’s declaration to
Gift of the Gods of their choice that does not count against rebellion that the character gains the Enemy (Chaos
the character’s mutation limit. Lastly, the character no Daemons and Gods) Talent and Hatred Talent to the same
longer suffers any negative effects from any Gift of the Gods entities. Finally the gamemaster should denote another
and reverses any effects that were inflicted by such Gifts. wholly negative Gift of the Gods and inflict it upon the
All Gods oppose Malal and so the character must character if they should ever fall out of alignment with Malal.
select one aligned characteristic. When selected the
character from that point
Table 5.1 ­ Brand of Anarchy
forward suffers a ­10 penalty to
any tests related to that
The character gains a +1 Unnatural Characteristic
characteristic. The
trait to their Strength, Perception, and Willpower.
gamemaster should select
The character also gains the From Beyond Trait.
another wholly negative Gift
of the Gods, however this Gift
The character gains the enmity of all of Chaos and
should be denoted for later
gains the Enemy(Followers of Chaos) and Enemy
and if the character should
(Followers of the Imperial Creed) talents. They also
ever leave Malal’s alignment
gain the Hatred Talents for the above two groups.
than this negative Gift is
inflicted upon the character.

To dedicate a Compact to The Rioter is to dance with

Not since the the Horus Heresy has there been a Champion
disaster, for Its ways are not ones of planning, plotting, or
of Disorder such as yourself. Contempt has completely
subtle treachery. It tends to be cunning, rash, and fought
saturated your mind, body and soul. When the character has
with direct betrayal. Patience can be utilized, but it is the
accumulated 40 Scorn and has less the than 5 Praise from any
patience of a hunter not a schemer. As such those that
of the Ruinous Powers. the character gains the “Mark” of the
dedicate a Compact to Malal are granted a +5 bonus to their
Malal, see Table 5.1,
Perception and Strength characteristic for the duration of
The gamemaster should select another wholly
the Compact. However, as nothing is ever easy with the Will
negative Gift of the Gods, however this Gift should be
of Malice the Compact always suffers an additional
denoted for later and if the character should leave Malal’s
Complication. Lastly, the additional Corruption (Glory)
alignment then this negative Gift is inflicted upon the
reward from a dedicated Compact comes in the form of
character.
Scorn, not Glory.

There is nothing left to save you. Your soul has been given The Will of Malice is only pleasured when all others are
over to undiluted chaos and Malal could not be happier. If the suffering. Each act of defiance and rebellion spawn two more.
character has accumulated 60 or more Scorn and has less This cascade of disorder is the lifeblood of one such as the
than 5 Praise from any of the Chaos Gods then the character Hierarch of Anarchy and Terror. Those that have become
is truly damned and is granted one final gift from the Aligned to the Renegade God can performs acts of devotion
Hierarch of Anarchy and Terror. the bring the universe closer to heat death.
The character may spend an Infamy Point and a
Full Action to switch out any Gift of the Gods they possess • Killing a Foe (one at least as powerful as the PC) through
with another Gift of the Gods of their choosing. These careful stalking, cunning, and/or dark poetic justice gains the
changes are permanent until the character spend another character 1 Scorn.
Infamy point. his power can be used as often as the character • Slaying a Champion of one of the Ruinous Power's garners
wishes. Additionally any Daemonic or Chaotic force (this the character 1d5 Scorn and 1 infamy. If this death was after
includes any Marked Follower of Chaos) dismantling all of the Champion’s support, allies, and other
resources the character gains 1d5+2 total Scorn and 2 Infamy
• Bringing about the disorder and potential ruin of a vast As all thing must end, so did the reign of the Princes that
organization of either the other Chaos Gods, Imperium of allied with the Renegade God. Too obstinate to allow to live,
Man, or other Xenos Institutions garners the character 1 to 4 the Ruinous Powers knew that these Daemon Prince would
Scorn, depending on the size, scope, and level of devastation. either plot revenge or free their imprisoned master. So they
slaughtered them all and placed a powerful ward upon the
infinite chains that now holds the Hiearch of Anarchy and
If the character should posses over 100 Corruption and have
Terror. No new Daemon Princes can be crowned so long as
over 100 Infamy they follow the above rules concerning life
the Will of Malice is restrained.
in a post 100 Corruption World. However, the character still
So for even one of Malal’s acolytes to even
gains Scorn and Lowers their Infamy by the same amount.
contemplate ascending to a station currently barred from
However, Scorn earned can be spent to lower the character
them, they must first endeavor to free their master, a feat so
levels in any Praise they may still have or be traded like
terrible and vast that one may even find killing the Emperor
Praise to gain Favor.
of Man an easier task. Nonetheless, all things have to come to
an end, one day. So it is fortuitous in this time of tumult that
the chains that hold back the Will of Malice are loosening.
The Chaos powers have surged forth to back Abbadon the
Despoiler to assault the Imperium of Man and as such their
attention is drawn elsewhere. The Daemon World of The
Frozen Heart, deep within the Screaming Vortex, can be
sieged and Malal’s chosen may have a chance to free their
god.
The method and price paid for such a task is beyond
mortal reckoning and as such are not detailed here.
Gamemasters are encouraged to make freeing the Hierarch
of Anarchy and Terror a tremendous Compact that nearly
rivals a Black Crusade. At the end of which Malal is freed and
will grant his worshipers the reward of Princedom. However,
should they fail they will be smote from all recorded history
by the terrible powers that be.
Assuming Malal is free, in order to ascend to the
rank of Daemon Prince the character must bear 100 Scorn.
No mark of the other Ruinous Powers may be upon their
essence. Besides that the rules are very similar to other
Daemon Princes. They gain the normal bonus for becoming a
Daemon Prince except for the following :

Infamy of Malice • No matter the status of the character’s alignment the

The contempt that Malal has for all of creation is as character’s Corruption freezes at a 100 Scorn and they no
infinite as the Immaterium. It cannot stand that longer gain Corruption of any kind. The character is forever
anything can be and so seeks to unmake that which is. locked into the thrall of Malal.
When a character has a Corruption of 21+ and is All Rewards and powers from a character’s alignment are
aligned to Malal the character may spend an Infamy retained when they become a Daemon­Prince.
Point to force another character within line of sight • All characters retain any Gifts purchased by Favor when
to reroll a successful test. The second roll may be they ascend to Princedom.
rerolled if the affected character has a reroll, if not • The character gains and loses Favor similar to how other
the second roll stands. Daemon Princes do, however they are forever enemies to all
However, The Master of Spite’s contempt is beings and as such acts that Gain or lose favor follow the
just as complete to Its followers as to anything else. restriction that they must undermine and destroy greater &
The character can heal wounds as normal but they greater structures and organization.
cannot heal any Critical Damage with Infamy.
 Besides the standard Daemon Prince characteristic
increases characters gain +10 to one of Malal’s aligned
Sons of Malice
characteristics (Strength, Willpower, or Perception) and +5 to
each of the other two aligned characteristics. Born out of the intolerance of the Imperium of Man the Sons
The character may select one of the following special of Malice know now that all must be brought to ruin. The
abilities. Corpse God is lie and the Chaos Gods are a joke. For no
matter where you are or who you are with, there is always
something striving to make you conform to their will.
The spite of the character is only dwarfed by the
While not the only Space Marine Chapter to fall to
contempt of the Will of Malice. The character picks
It, the Sons are the largest and surprisingly the most
a target within line of sight and as a Half Action
organized. The defeat of Abaddon in his failed 13th Crusade
performs a contested Willpower Test with that
has spurred this chapter to new heights of rebellion. They no
target. If the target loses they are cursed with a
longer take orders from anyone save their own. They have
wholly negative mutation of the character’s
returned to their sacred quest to reclaim Scelus, there they
choosing. This mutation lasts for 1d10 rounds +1 per
know that swift retribution for their enemies awaits them
Degree of Failure.
from the hands of the Hiearch of Anarchy and Terror.
So malignant is the Prince’s nature that
any and all weapons within line of sight of the
character are destroyed utterly if the bearer rolls a
natural 100. Only those weapons that are
completely indestructible ignore this roll. The
character’s own weapons are immune to this effect.
Lastly, if the character is the target of a Psychic
Power the psyker automatically and always
generates Psychic Phenomena with a +20 bonus.

The character is a walking reminder of the Doom

that is at the end of all things and as such any
attack the character conducts is considered to have
the Sanctified special weapon quality. Lastly, due
to the inevitability of the character they are
immune to the Warp Weapon special weapon
quality.

Princes may purchase the special ability they did not select
when they ascended by spending 10 Favor.

• The Daemon prince automatically gains the Psyker Trait,

with a Psy Rank of Epsilion, and count as Daemonic.
• Should the heretic possess Exalted Psyker powers once,
they ascend lose access to those powers. For every 100
Experience Point invested in Exalted psychic powers garners
the character 1 point of favor.