Board Thread:Warhammer 40k General Discussion/@comment-25686730-20141212030710/@comment-24944355-20141214071725

The only reason the Thousand Sons are not a "mega elite force" is because they are not united. Some serve Abbadon, some Ahriman, some Magnus and others strike out on their own if they ever did unite behind one leader they would be a force to shake the foundations of the galaxy. In fact Ahriman is the most powerful chaos lord going by a mile, he would eat Abbadon for breakfast if he wanted his position as chaos 1st champion. Ahriman though has very different ambitions, he couldn't give two hoots about chaos taking over the galaxy. Ahriman ambitions are more personal & focused ie: increasing his knowledge & sorcerous power, discovering how to become a god or defeat one & curing his legion of the rubric curse that Tzeentch gulled him into inflicting on the Thousand Sons.