Failure Daemon Princes

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**dan2026**

JubbJubbz wrote:
Don't forget chaos plays the long game, not just in the immediate present. Chaos' goal isn't and never was to destroy every last trace of the Imperium. The goal is to keep the galaxy in chaos and war; a goal which the powers are doing pretty well at.

Exactly. For example Khorne doesn't want to 'win' and utterly vanguish all his enemies.

'After all, the one true constant in the galaxy is that of endless war - Khorne himself has made sure of it'

**Selym**

nobody wrote:
Desubot wrote:
Engine of War wrote:
WHat about those who are "promoted" into princes in battle only to be killed by a lascannon (or something more humiliating like a few guardsmen in melee)?

Do they forsee their newly choosen failing so badly? Do they regret it?

Its clearly to instate a sense of confidence before crushing them in the long run.

Just..

As...

Planned

You know, I vaguely remember hearing about Tzeentch granting followers daemonhood, and then promptly giving them a True Name that was something obscenely common....

Human: "Billy!"

999,999,999 Daemon Princes of Tzeentch: "Yes Master"

Human: "WHAT THE EMPRAH!?!?!"

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Maximus Bitch wrote:
I think GW should've found some way to get rid of all the traitor primarchs like they got rid of the loyal primarchs.

Since ascending, Lorgar and Fulgrim have done diddly squat. Perturabo has been outshone by Failbaddon. Angron and Magnus have struggled against single planets. And the most humiliating is Mortarion, he let Draigo do "art all over his heart".

That's just mattard fanfic.

**Jehan-reznor**

jhe90 wrote:
Has any failed so bad they got demoted down?
Litiraly cast down from imortality

The only punishment i know of is to be turned in a deamon weapon.

Or you annoyed us enough! be a tank for a while

**jhe90**

Jehan-reznor wrote:
jhe90 wrote:
Has any failed so bad they got demoted down?
Litiraly cast down from imortality

The only punishment i know of is to be turned in a deamon weapon.

Or you annoyed us enough! be a tank for a while

So nothing like cursed in to a spawn, trapping a sanesh prince in a statue where it can feel nothing, khrone princes as unable to draw blood, tenech princes in a land where everything is the same and unchanging or other smart and atchualy creative punishments.

**Iron_Captain**

jhe90 wrote:
Jehan-reznor wrote:
jhe90 wrote:
Has any failed so bad they got demoted down?
Litiraly cast down from imortality

The only punishment i know of is to be turned in a deamon weapon.

Or you annoyed us enough! be a tank for a while

So nothing like cursed in to a spawn, trapping a sanesh prince in a statue where it can feel nothing, khrone princes as unable to draw blood, tenech princes in a land where everything is the same and unchanging or other smart and atchualy creative punishments.

Putting a Nurgle Prince in a completely sterile environment

**Exergy**

Frozen Ocean wrote:
Ascension to Daemonhood is purely a reward. The Prince has proven themselves worth the gift already, and that's why they're a Prince. It's not because the patron God believed they would be an investment that would pay off later. Daemonhood can be granted for practically anything, from finding a lost artefact (even if accidentally) to burning whole systems in sacrifice, or just being liked by a God for whatever reason. By the same token, you could be a devoted, successful Champion of Chaos with innumerable victories claimed in service of the Dark Gods and never receive their boon. The Gods are fickle, and all that.

THIS

Some are elevated into daemonhood for what they did when they were mortal, not for what the gods think they will do in the future. The chaos gods pay off those who serve them well. The reward then fuels more mortals to serve the chaos gods in the future. By the very nature giving immortality makes a large number of their followers less interested in service, and a lot of them just go about doing their own thing, but there will always be new champions to take their place.

**Furyou Miko**

Just a note - according to the 4e Chaos codex, failed Daemon Princes get turned into Familiars.

**Wulfmar**

Ironically, the Chaos gods, who loath stasis and cursed the Anathema (Emperor) who was waging war for stasis.... end up causing never ending war, a form of stasis.

Maybe they just like trolling the Emperor

**Desubot**

I'm fairly sure it is ending. Just because go isn't actually moving the time table means it's a stalemate atm