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A long time ago (15+years) I heard a story about an encounter between Khorne and Slaanesh that I thought was pretty interesting. I recently thought about it again, but can not remember where I read it. I could swear it was in an old white dwarf, or an old codex, but it's possible it was told to me by a friend at the time who just made it up. If anyone could let me know where this story originated, I'd appreciate it. Would enjoy reading it again, or at least knowing if it's a real story.

The story was about Slaanesh gifting Khorne a perfectly beautiful chalice (I think it was a chalice, it may have been something else). It was so well made, and so beautiful that Khorne couldn't help but admire it. After appreciating the beauty of the gift for a bit, Khorne was suddenly filled with rage (as he does) at the thought that he would actually appreciate the beauty of a gift offered by Slaanesh. In this fit of rage, he threw the chalice on the floor and it shattered into many pieces. Looking at the shards of the object on the floor, Khorne actually regretted his action and wished he had the wonderful chalice back. So he painstakingly gathered the shards back and re-assembled the chalice. When he realized he spent so much time and effort on this task, so much time repairing a gift from his hated enemy, he once more threw the chalice in rage and it shattered again. This process then repeated itself over and over.

Doesn't sound like anything GW have ever written. I have no recollection of them ever writing anything with the Chaos gods themselves as first -person characters.

It might be from the 5th Ed Daemons Codex because it feels familiar.

That's from the old demon codex/army book. Slaneesh gifted a chalice to each of it's brothers. Nurgle and Tzeentch accepted them readily as did Khorne. But Khorne being Khorne smashed it, immediately regrets it and spends time remaking it. He then loses it and smashes it again and this constantly repeats.

https://i.redd.it/6xbyhkj7t4ez.png

There is a different story in Tome of Excess but with similar themes.

Slaanesh wished to experience True Death and had openly offered Khorne the chance to take his existence, permanently ending their rivalry. Every time Khorne has refused because to accept would be to admit he was manipulated into doing what Slaanesh wanted.