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>inb4 HERESY! *BLAM*

So, if the entire Imperium at the same time had to fall to one single Chaos God, which one would you choose? More specifically, which one would be the least harmful?

I'd go with Nurgle. Sure, we'd all be diseased bloating corpses, but at least we would love each other and Nurgle would actually care.

Nurgle all the way. The imperium is already in a state of decay, why not turn it up to 11?

Jeff the God of Bacon

Slaanesh. We know from the Laer that a Slaaneshi society can actually exist and remain stable without going overboard with the whole 'Chaos" thing.

Nurgle would probably work as well, but Khorne and Tzeentch simply wouldn't work.

 Wyzilla wrote:
Slaanesh. We know from the Laer that a Slaaneshi society can actually exist and remain stable without going overboard with the whole 'Chaos" thing.

Nurgle would probably work as well, but Khorne and Tzeentch simply wouldn't work.

Well ironically enough, the Blood God was the first one that came to my head. Khorne could take over the Imperium because the Age of Strife was a time of the strongest battling each other for supremacy and leadership belonging to the mightiest. The Age of Strife was nothing but bloodshed and slaughter, and this was the foundation the Imperium was built upon and it was forged through war. IMO, everyone in it would probably degenerate to the basic principles of 'might makes right' if another cataclysmic event occurred.

However, Khorne wouldn't give a crap. All he'd know is that he's got a bigger fanbase now

The Emperor reborn

 skarnalaxwarlord wrote:

 Wyzilla wrote:
Slaanesh. We know from the Laer that a Slaaneshi society can actually exist and remain stable without going overboard with the whole 'Chaos" thing.

Nurgle would probably work as well, but Khorne and Tzeentch simply wouldn't work.

Well ironically enough, the Blood God was the first one that came to my head. Khorne could take over the Imperium because the Age of Strife was a time of the strongest battling each other for supremacy and leadership belonging to the mightiest. The Age of Strife was nothing but bloodshed and slaughter, and this was the foundation the Imperium was built upon and it was forged through war. IMO, everyone in it would probably degenerate to the basic principles of 'might makes right' if another cataclysmic event occurred.

However, Khorne wouldn't give a crap. All he'd know is that he's got a bigger fanbase now

You can't build a civilization on pure, constant warfare. That's how civilizations implode and die extremely quickly.

 Wyzilla wrote:

 skarnalaxwarlord wrote:

 Wyzilla wrote:
Slaanesh. We know from the Laer that a Slaaneshi society can actually exist and remain stable without going overboard with the whole 'Chaos" thing.

Nurgle would probably work as well, but Khorne and Tzeentch simply wouldn't work.

Well ironically enough, the Blood God was the first one that came to my head. Khorne could take over the Imperium because the Age of Strife was a time of the strongest battling each other for supremacy and leadership belonging to the mightiest. The Age of Strife was nothing but bloodshed and slaughter, and this was the foundation the Imperium was built upon and it was forged through war. IMO, everyone in it would probably degenerate to the basic principles of 'might makes right' if another cataclysmic event occurred.

However, Khorne wouldn't give a crap. All he'd know is that he's got a bigger fanbase now

You can't build a civilization on pure, constant warfare. That's how civilizations implode and die extremely quickly.

He just gave you an in universe example with the age of strife, Which is pretty spot on.

Which was millennia of flare-ups of warfare, with periods of not-warfare inbetween. It was a chaotic, crazy time, what with a sudden, massive upswing in the number of psykers being born, lots of Warp Storms, and the war with the Men of Iron....

... incidentally, being a synthetic race with no souls, the Men of Iron give nothing to Khorne.

The Warp Storms also kept most of the fights fairly local, with sub-light being really the only way to travel. So while they call it the Age of Strife, M40 is actually a far more violent time, it's just not as bug-gak crazy.

Nurgele would be great for the job.Yes everyone would be plagued and half dead, but everyone would love each other and live in a happy world of Puss and Love.

well...in the future there is only war...
Khorne has kinda won already...

Tzeentch.

Just as planned...

 Wyzilla wrote:

 skarnalaxwarlord wrote:

 Wyzilla wrote:
Slaanesh. We know from the Laer that a Slaaneshi society can actually exist and remain stable without going overboard with the whole 'Chaos" thing.

Nurgle would probably work as well, but Khorne and Tzeentch simply wouldn't work.

Well ironically enough, the Blood God was the first one that came to my head. Khorne could take over the Imperium because the Age of Strife was a time of the strongest battling each other for supremacy and leadership belonging to the mightiest. The Age of Strife was nothing but bloodshed and slaughter, and this was the foundation the Imperium was built upon and it was forged through war. IMO, everyone in it would probably degenerate to the basic principles of 'might makes right' if another cataclysmic event occurred.

However, Khorne wouldn't give a crap. All he'd know is that he's got a bigger fanbase now

You can't build a civilization on pure, constant warfare. That's how civilizations implode and die extremely quickly.

But you can build it purely on pleasure? Or decay ?(Nurgle doesn't even make sense...)

Khorne, the galaxy would be split into tiny war bands murdering each other

 changerofways wrote:

 Wyzilla wrote:

 skarnalaxwarlord wrote:

 Wyzilla wrote:
Slaanesh. We know from the Laer that a Slaaneshi society can actually exist and remain stable without going overboard with the whole 'Chaos" thing.

Nurgle would probably work as well, but Khorne and Tzeentch simply wouldn't work.

Well ironically enough, the Blood God was the first one that came to my head. Khorne could take over the Imperium because the Age of Strife was a time of the strongest battling each other for supremacy and leadership belonging to the mightiest. The Age of Strife was nothing but bloodshed and slaughter, and this was the foundation the Imperium was built upon and it was forged through war. IMO, everyone in it would probably degenerate to the basic principles of 'might makes right' if another cataclysmic event occurred.

However, Khorne wouldn't give a crap. All he'd know is that he's got a bigger fanbase now

You can't build a civilization on pure, constant warfare. That's how civilizations implode and die extremely quickly.

But you can build it purely on pleasure? Or decay ?(Nurgle doesn't even make sense...)

Modern society in real life is already built entirely off pleasure, and always has been. The default state of a human being is hedonism.

Plus we already know Slaanesh is stable, as the Laer were perfectly fine and peaceful right up till when the Emperor's Children wiped them out.

Putin



They will fall to him because of his promise to protect ethnic humans in the Milky May from the Xenos fascists. He will create a 'frozen conflict' to prevent the Milky Way from falling to decadent Xenos influence. Thus the galaxy will be in permanent chaos and Putin will have his buffer zone between the Sacred Motherland and the liberast Xenos.
Putin is a true god of chaos.

 Pyeatt wrote:
Jeff the God of Bacon

lol. I vote nurgle

Why not a 5th god of chaos ? I think it was mentioned in the back ground one of the fears is that should the imperium fall to chaos, it would create a new chaos god and drown (perhaps) the entire galaxy in a new eye of terror.

And in a suprise move, the Horned Rat takes over the entire galaxy in one bloody night, striking only when all his servants were in the perfect position.

Nobody ever expected the Space Skaven,

Khonsu wrote:

 Wyzilla wrote:

 skarnalaxwarlord wrote:

 Wyzilla wrote:
Slaanesh. We know from the Laer that a Slaaneshi society can actually exist and remain stable without going overboard with the whole 'Chaos" thing.

Nurgle would probably work as well, but Khorne and Tzeentch simply wouldn't work.

Well ironically enough, the Blood God was the first one that came to my head. Khorne could take over the Imperium because the Age of Strife was a time of the strongest battling each other for supremacy and leadership belonging to the mightiest. The Age of Strife was nothing but bloodshed and slaughter, and this was the foundation the Imperium was built upon and it was forged through war. IMO, everyone in it would probably degenerate to the basic principles of 'might makes right' if another cataclysmic event occurred.

However, Khorne wouldn't give a crap. All he'd know is that he's got a bigger fanbase now

You can't build a civilization on pure, constant warfare. That's how civilizations implode and die extremely quickly.

He just gave you an in universe example with the age of strife, Which is pretty spot on.

No he didn't. The Age of Strife happened, and Khorne didn't take over.

Besides, much of which he described about the Age of Strife isn't actually part of the fluff. The "Age of Strife" is what the Terran-centric Imperium calls it, because it led to massive, widespread wars on Earf and cut it off from the rest of the galaxy. In other parts of the galaxy, the "Age of Strife" and the loss of contact with other planets simply led to other civilizations like Ultramar, or the Interex or the Technocracy arising.

 ChazSexington wrote:
Tzeentch.

Just as planned...

Awww yeaa

I imagine it'd be somewhat like Dark Eldar society mixed with modern politics, with different factions constantly scheming on a galactic scale. It might even be dynamic enough to prevent it from stagnating and collapsing upon itself. And the current object of worship (the Emperor) would just be replaced with Tzeentch.

Slaanesh. Since the faith isn't just about pleasure, but also perfection and opulence its already setting in with planetary governors keeping tithes and etc. I could see it happening and it sticking. The chapters focused on perfection and using the Codex Astartes would be quickest to fall without knowing it. Those reckless chapters (Wolves, Scars, Templars, Angels and etc) would resist but slowly be snuffed out if slaanesh could get a good enough foothold. The Eldar would be forever boned, the coolest fights would be nids vs daemonettes but I could see Khorn being tricked into fighting the nids all the time for the worthy opponent.

The Emperor.

He omnomnom the Imperium yum.

 Wyzilla wrote:

 skarnalaxwarlord wrote:

 Wyzilla wrote:
Slaanesh. We know from the Laer that a Slaaneshi society can actually exist and remain stable without going overboard with the whole 'Chaos" thing.

Nurgle would probably work as well, but Khorne and Tzeentch simply wouldn't work.

Well ironically enough, the Blood God was the first one that came to my head. Khorne could take over the Imperium because the Age of Strife was a time of the strongest battling each other for supremacy and leadership belonging to the mightiest. The Age of Strife was nothing but bloodshed and slaughter, and this was the foundation the Imperium was built upon and it was forged through war. IMO, everyone in it would probably degenerate to the basic principles of 'might makes right' if another cataclysmic event occurred.

However, Khorne wouldn't give a crap. All he'd know is that he's got a bigger fanbase now

You can't build a civilization on pure, constant warfare. That's how civilizations implode and die extremely quickly.

The Vatican seems to be just fine.....

Moot point. Whichever Chaos God won would get leader syndromed within an hour and they'd be back at it.


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 quickfuze wrote:

 Wyzilla wrote:

 skarnalaxwarlord wrote:

 Wyzilla wrote:
Slaanesh. We know from the Laer that a Slaaneshi society can actually exist and remain stable without going overboard with the whole 'Chaos" thing.

Nurgle would probably work as well, but Khorne and Tzeentch simply wouldn't work.

Well ironically enough, the Blood God was the first one that came to my head. Khorne could take over the Imperium because the Age of Strife was a time of the strongest battling each other for supremacy and leadership belonging to the mightiest. The Age of Strife was nothing but bloodshed and slaughter, and this was the foundation the Imperium was built upon and it was forged through war. IMO, everyone in it would probably degenerate to the basic principles of 'might makes right' if another cataclysmic event occurred.

However, Khorne wouldn't give a crap. All he'd know is that he's got a bigger fanbase now

You can't build a civilization on pure, constant warfare. That's how civilizations implode and die extremely quickly.

The Vatican seems to be just fine.....

...'Cause it's not a civilization built on pure, constant warfare? Any subjective arguments about the nature of religion aside I don't think building and decorating giant stone buildings to read a book at people in really counts as "warfare".