Cross-Posted to EA Background

Note that this is  an attempt to clarify for myself
a Chaos Engine/Knight "Bestiary"

Ok=>
I am a little confused by the 40K 're-imaging'
(so what else is news?)
This used to be a Blood Slaughterer
http://www.freewebs.com/grandmasterwade ... hterer.JPG
and Now this is the 'new' Blood Slaughterer
http://www.gamehole.com/images/Harrower2.jpg
< ahem> I mean this is the 'new' Blood Slaughterer
http://www.mwunion.com/wp-cont....ore.jpg

Question:  
Under the Current Fluff;
Is the Blood Slaughterer simply the Khornate version of the Defiler?
http://www.mrocznyraj.pl/sklep....ler.jpg
They look awfully similair....
Is the Slaughterer simply a type of Possessed Defiler,
(the new Gnurgle Plague Hulk implies this , at least to me:
http://www.forgeworld.co.uk/plaguehulk.htm   )
or are they simply two (um...three) entirely different beasties...?


Okay, question the Second:
Given:
http://www.solegends.com/citcat94/cat1994104-02.htm
The Slaughterer was the smallest of the mebbe-possessed war-engines,
followed by the larger DeathDealer
http://media.photobucket.com/image....jpg?o=6
Then, finally:the quasi-titanic Lord of Battle
http://www.coolminiornot.com/223304

This followed (more or less, relatively speaking)
the established  pattern of; (from lesser to greater)  
Daemon Beast, Lesser Daemon,  Greater Daemon,
(albeit in Mechanized Form).

Are these now considered to be, basically:
The Same Thing, just  different sizes of?
Or are they still completely different beasties, following the pattern (above)?
Are all four Chaos powers still allowed to use these 'types', theoretically...?

(The question arises because I note, parenthetically, that
the Death Dealer & Blood Slaughterer are now
basically, functionally:  one & the same,
at least based on relative size,if not game-specific abilities...)

Question the Third:
Am I correct in assuming that:
http://home2.inet.tele.dk/json/additional.html
"Beast" ≈ Slaughter ≈ Plague Hulk ≈ HellStrider ≈ DoomWing
"Lesser" ≈ Death Dealer ≈ HellKnight/Hell Scourge ≈ Fire Lord≈ Contagion
"Greater"≈ Lord 'o' Battle ≈ Subjugator/Questor ≈ Silver Tower ≈ Plague

{ I know, its 'Chaos',
so by definition it doesn't need to follow any "logic";
But, Hey:
can't blame a guy for trying....}

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