Chapter Specific Quizzes: Thousand Sons (and Tzeentch) Answers

Easy: 1 point questions

1. What is the battlecry of the Thousand Sons?

‘All is Dust.’ From IA:TS.

2. Name the planet where The Emperor convened a council to investigate Magnus’s use of sorcery.

Nikaea. From IA:TS.

3. Special SCC question: Name the largest of the Sorcerer’s Towers on the imaginatively named ‘Planet of the Sorcerers‘.

‘The Tower of the Cyclops’. From IA:TS.

Moderate: 2 point questions

4. Who stopped Magnus from killing Ahriman?

Tzeentch Himszelf! From Ahriman’s ‘Heroes & Villains’ article in UK WD 276 among others.

5. Who recovered Inquisitor Czevak from Ahriman’s clutches?

The Harlequinade of the Red Masque. (Only one point for ‘the Eldar.’ ) From post-EoT article in UK WD 287.

6. Name the tzeenchian fighter and bomber aircraft that provide the Silver Towers with air-cover. (One point for each)

Doomwing (fighter), Firelord (bomber). From the Epic 40K - Armies Book.

Difficult: 3 point questions

7. Who killed the Tzeentchian chaos champion known as ‘The Excoriator’?

Brother-Librarian Decario of the Fire Claws - who were soon to become known as the Relictors. Decario did the deed with the Excoriator’s own daemon-sword. From IA:Relictors.

8. Whose pernicious influence over ‘The Cult of the Red Talon’ was detected by the Inquisition?

M’kachen, The greater daemon of Tzeentch renowned for being the bane of Brother-Captain Stern of the Grey Knight’s life. From Codex: Daemonhunters.

9. When the aftermath of the Balsoir Symposium was investigated by the Ordo Malleus, what did they find?

The remains of heretics mutated into ravaged mounds of flesh by Tzeentchian daemons such as flamers and horrors. From Index Malleus: Daemons of the Warp in UK WD 274.

Bonus Black Library question: 3 points.

10. Who is Madox’s arch-nemesis?

Ragnar Blackmane. From the Space Wolf BL books by Bill King.

Terminator Honours question.

Which Tzeenchian sorcerer was the longest surviving Chaos contestant in the Divine Hunter Arena of Death held earlier this year?

VonBek - his instakilly Bolt of Change caused the loyalists no end of headaches! Nice paintjob too!

Scoring

Space Wolf Chew Toy (0-5 pts): You are easy prey for the hated sons of Russ, and make a funny squeaky sound when they bite you!
Thrall wizard (6-10 pts): You are a talented psyker in your own right. Continue to please the masters and great rewards will be yours.
Rubric (11-15 pts): Ahriman’s magicks have reduced you to haunting a power-armoured shell. You also have recurring nightmares about being chased by a Dustbuster.
Sorcerer Lord (16-20 pts): The powers of the Empyrean are yours to command. What mortal would dare to oppose you?
Weaver of the Strands of Fate (21 pts): Your plans within plans within plans rival those of Tzeentch himself. Take care that you are not yourself being played!