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I'm not as familiar with the lore as others have pointed out, but it seems to me that a perpetual is someone that just reincarnates everytime they die for no real reason. Lucius reincarnates due to a blessing of Slaanesh, so I would argue that is more of a chaotic gift than an actual perpetual.

Perpetuals also ALWAYS regenerate. They don't have weird fairy tale style conditions on it.

 Stux wrote:

 Formosa wrote:

 vaklor4 wrote:
I think perpetuals are different than Choas chosen. Khornate heroes are frequently brought back from death to keep fighting if I recall.

Not as far as I am aware, well not as far as I can remember at any rate, do you have any examples ?

not being a dick just curious.

Kharn is the obvious one. There may be others.

I vaguely recall this occurring in one on the Grey Knight novels on the Khornate planet. But a better example is the CD Codex story about the Ork Warlord Tuska, the "Daemon-Killa" whose Ork WAAAGH! battles eternally in the heart of Khorne's domain. He and his WAAAGH are resurrected everyday at dawn to fight once more. I would be shocked if there were no Berserkers or other Khornate mortals among those resurrected eternally to fight for Khorne amusement.

There is only one Tuska*. There are plenty more nameless berserkers.

*Limit subject to wibbly wobbly timey wimey

Unless they changed his fluff, Kharn definitely died and had "life breathed back into him", IIRC, by Khorne.

 Stux wrote:
Perpetuals also ALWAYS regenerate. They don't have weird fairy tale style conditions on it.

Instant reincarnation for no reason is pretty fairy tale in its own right.