What's your favorite Chaos God?

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**Slarg232**

Nitros14 wrote:
Slarg232 wrote:
Jimsolo wrote:Canuck: I always thought that death was Khorne's thing. Nurgle's influence ends at death. I kind of thought Nurgle was all about the decay, the lead up to death, but never actually granting the release that death would bring. Ironically, Nurgle seems to promote life (in a twisted, perverse kind of way).

Am I wrong on this?

Nurgle's abilities end at death, but not in the way that actually sounds. Of all the Dark Gods, Nurgle is a creator. He creates viruses and bacteria, which are the simplest of living things, but yet they also destroy much more complicated life, and as such Nurgle is seen as a killer instead of a creator. His powers end with life, but since he also technically creates life. Nurgle strives off of fear of desease and death, which is why his followers turn to him, they don't want to die and as such give themselves to Nurgle.

As for me, I like all the gods equally. They are all based off of flaws in the human psyche, Khorne being blind rage that leads to regret, Nurgle being fear, Slaanesh as uncontrollable fetishes, and Tzeentch as a power lust. All four can be used to great effect, but if you're not careful, they will destroy you. To put it simply: The Dark Gods embody those perfect imperfections of the human race. You hate them, and those who succomb to them, but you can't help but feel sorry for them too.

Tzeentch is much more of a creator than Nurgle. Nurgle's powers are fear and despair but also stagnation, apathy and acceptance of what is.

Tzeentch is a blazing furnace of creation. Everchanging growth and evolution. Tzeentch is creation gone wildly out of control, as all the hopes and dreams of mortals are unleashed to their fullest potential. He's constantly creating intricate plans and weaving new webs of deception. He's curiosity and knowledge taken to their farthest extremes.

You know Lords of Change come up with 100+ new names and titles for themselves every day, Horrors and Flamers recreate their bodies in a new way every few seconds

I don't really think that's creation, per say, more just evolution.

I picture it as Nurgle will create something that will destroy what is already there, where as Tzeentch will build upon what is already there. Nurgle creates something to undermine the basis of life, but Tzeentch builds upon it. Tzeentch is that crazy construction worker you had no choice hireing, Nurgle are those damned termites.

**Nitros14**

Zed wrote:Slaanesh. He/She/It promotes sex, drugs and noise, what more could you want? I also got an excuse to put an electric guitar on one of my models (my Noise Champion).

From what I've read of his fluff, Slaanesh also expands your senses a thousand fold, but then you grow used to that level of stimulation and can't find the slightest scrap of fulfillment from anything. Thus the ironic damned torment of those who turned to him for pleasure. They can't experience pleasure ever again. Noise Marines can only find the tiniest bit of it from the explosions and screams of the dying.

Granted there's drawbacks to the other Chaos Gods. Khorne is likely to get you killed very rapidly. Nurgle should be self explanatory. Tzeentch is liable to expend you like the pawn you are when you outlive your usefulness.

**Slarg232**

Nitros14 wrote:
Zed wrote:Slaanesh. He/She/It promotes sex, drugs and noise, what more could you want? I also got an excuse to put an electric guitar on one of my models (my Noise Champion).

From what I've read of his fluff, Slaanesh also expands your senses a thousand fold, but then you grow used to that level of stimulation and can't find the slightest scrap of fulfillment from anything. Thus the ironic damned torment of those who turned to him for pleasure. They can't experience pleasure ever again. Noise Marines can only find the tiniest bit of it from the explosions and screams of the dying.

Just adding on to that: That also includes pain, to an extent. They become so used to pain that it truely takes a whole hell of a lot of it to stimulate them. They don't care, either, anything but boredom.

**Krauser**

Melissia wrote:
Dr. Cheesesteak wrote:Gork and Mork are incarnated as cunningly brutal and brutally cunning, right? Sounds like Khorne and Tzeentch rip-offs to me turned slowed by the Ork brain...

Arguably, Khorne is a weaker variant of Gork . Back when the Orks were created, the chaos gods were in their infancy and Slaanesh had certainly not been born yet. Back then, they were the Krork mind you.

Funny enough there was a piece of fluff suggesting that Gork was actually Khorne, but Orks simply saw it has Gork, a big, meant and tough ork.

**blood reaper**

BLOOD FOR THE BLOOD GOD ! and i like tzeentch a bit.

**Temujin**

I'm torn between Tzeentch and Slaanesh. In fluff terms I might lean slightly towards the Changer of Ways, but I much prefer Slaaneshi daemons (the Forgeworld Keeper of Secrets is up there with the MK II Cobra as my favourite ever model).

**xxmatt85**

Change Real Change

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**SagesStone**

Tzeencth definitely.

**baroncrowle**

Tzeentch because having a parrot for a Greater Daemon is always a win

**SpeedingParticle**

Tzeentch are pretty cool. I mean at least they LOOK like they shower!!!

**Devastator**

chuck norris

**Krauser**

Devastator wrote:chuck norris

He's not a chaos god!

he's one of the old old one that created the old ones which created the 40k universe.

**KamikazeCanuck**

Jimsolo wrote:I totally take back my comments, Canuck. I reread my info from my sources, and I had my supposition ass backwards. *bow* Forgiveness please.

s'ok. I think of Korne as the God of killing. All Killing involves death but not all death involves killing.

**Jimsolo**

True true. As for my personal pick, I went with Nurgle. The thing i like most about Nurgle is that those affected by him see their infections as a blessing. Khornate cultists still don't want to die, and live with the ever growing knowledge that their dark god makes no distinction between them and their victims. Both of their skulls will wind up on the skull throne one day. Tzeentch's followers understand that everything is transitory, and the guy who sits on the top of the pile one day might be the sacrificial lamb the next. And has already been stated, Slaaneshi cultists get so MUCH experience that they get burned out. Nurgle gives his followers the blessing of madness, because they truly don't seem to realize the horror of what has happened to them. In point of fact, they often seem jovial and good natured, from what I've read. So there's my pick, Big Papa Nurgle.

**KamikazeCanuck**

Nurgle's scary because he's within all of us. He claims every virus and bacterium is his agent. Every sniffle and cough could be him coming for you. He's also the oldest god.

**Beer_&_Bolters**

While Nurgle isn't the most popular, he gets my vote. Why? he's jolly, like a decaying Santa.

**Extinction Angel**

Tzeentch, the god of A.D.D.!

All of the Chaos gods are double edged swords seeing as how you sacrifice your immortal soul to them, but as long as I have to be eternally damned, I'm going to gain as much knowledge as possible.

Sex, drugs, rock 'n roll? I can enjoy those things without Slaanesh's help. Unlocking the mysteries of the universe? Little beyond my normal abilities.

**Sasori**

Nurgle. He and his followers are a lot more jovial than the other Daemons.

**VikingScott**

garret wrote:Malal.

Beat me to it.
As soon as i saw this thread i thought that only the so-called '4 chaos gods' would be the options.
And i was right!

Malal the God of renegades, It which hates all other chaos.

**KamikazeCanuck**

VikingScott wrote:
garret wrote:Malal.

As soon as i saw this thread i thought that only the so-called '4 chaos gods' would be the options.
And i was right!

Malal the God of renegades, It which hates all other chaos.

He's no longer Cannon cuz he was never owned by GW.

**Gorskar.da.Lost**

I'm partial to a bit of Nurgle myself, he has such a great sense of humour. You should hear his jokes.

**KamikazeCanuck**

Ya, how can Papa Nurgle be losing this thing?

**VikingScott**

KamikazeCanuck wrote:
VikingScott wrote:
garret wrote:Malal.

Beat me to it.
As soon as i saw this thread i thought that only the so-called '4 chaos gods' would be the options.
And i was right!

Malal the God of renegades, It which hates all other chaos.

He's no longer Cannon cuz he was never owned by GW.

Yeah i know because the guy who made it left GW.
But if it was never owned by Gw then why do i have a fantasy roleplay book where Malal is listed as a Chaos God?
This book was made by GW.

And there are the lesser gods. But they just don't get the coverage.

**Nitros14**

KamikazeCanuck wrote:Ya, how can Papa Nurgle be losing this thing?

Nurgle can't disease that which has no form

**Darkchild**

Khorne. If you have to ask why, you clearly need to be hit in the face by a chainaxe.

Darkchild

**KamikazeCanuck**

VikingScott wrote:
KamikazeCanuck wrote:
VikingScott wrote:
garret wrote:Malal.

Beat me to it.
As soon as i saw this thread i thought that only the so-called '4 chaos gods' would be the options.
And i was right!

Malal the God of renegades, It which hates all other chaos.

He's no longer Cannon cuz he was never owned by GW.

Yeah i know because the guy who made it left GW.
But if it was never owned by Gw then why do i have a fantasy roleplay book where Malal is listed as a Chaos God?
This book was made by GW.

And there are the lesser gods. But they just don't get the coverage.

Weird. What year is that book?

**Melissia**

Krauser wrote:He's not a chaos god!

No, he's a gakky actor with an ego that rivals Steve Jobs'.

**VikingScott**

KamikazeCanuck wrote:
VikingScott wrote:
KamikazeCanuck wrote:
VikingScott wrote:
garret wrote:Malal.

Beat me to it.
As soon as i saw this thread i thought that only the so-called '4 chaos gods' would be the options.
And i was right!

Malal the God of renegades, It which hates all other chaos.

He's no longer Cannon cuz he was never owned by GW.

Yeah i know because the guy who made it left GW.
But if it was never owned by Gw then why do i have a fantasy roleplay book where Malal is listed as a Chaos God?
This book was made by GW.

And there are the lesser gods. But they just don't get the coverage.

Weird. What year is that book?

**shaunzo**

Its my understanding that since time does not exist in warp space that the chaos gods have always been and have never been... and true, gork probably did exist before Khorne but Khorne easily surpasses gork in power, in fact its possible that gork may have become Khorne and is now just one aspect of him (just my speculation). The power of conflict, an infinite universe in a constant state of conflict, is what powers Khorne. My faves are Khorne and Slaanesh... both come from desire... the desire to indulge every sense beyond the limits and the desire to mindlessly destroy everything and everyone just for the sake of doing it.

**MekanobSamael**