History Characters / WarhammerChaosGodsAndDaemons

* Bigger Bad -- they are also a textbook bigger bag.

* BigRedDevil: Khorne's daemons fit this archetype, but Khorne is described as being heavily armoured with the head of wolf.

* JackassGenie: ''Beware'' his [[ItAmusedMe sick sense oh humor]].

* LighteningBruiser: Not as much as normal Bloodthirster since he can't fly, but he does move faster on foot and hits harder.

->''"I see a world drowned in fire and plague, where madness is the only reason, and death is the only respite. That world will soon be ours, unless fight these hellspawn with every weapon at our command"''

* WildHunt: Khorne is associated with this in the cultures of those who venerate him.

** The Gifts of Khorne will make you among the most powerful warriors in the world, but the more you immerse yourself in his blessings, the more consumed by rage and battle-lust you'll become, eventually driving you to madness. Unless you have some incredible strength of will, of course.

* RedBaron -- The True Gods, the Gods of the North, the Northern Powers, the Aesgardr, the Hungry Gods of the Dark, etc. This is just what the Norscans and other followers of Chaos call them, mind you.

** Cowards. If one of the followers of Khorne displays cowardice, let's say he won't live long. Hell, even if someone from the other side shows cowardice, Khorne will unleash the hounds.

* {{Expy}}: He's basically Odin. Down to residing in a WarriorHeaven and having {{Valkyries}} at his command. Hell, Norscan marauders roar his name in battle to gain the Berserker Rage even. He's also associated with a ritual called the [[http://warhammerfb.wikia.com/wiki/Norsca#The_Blood_Raven Blood Raven]], which involves tearing out the lungs of someone you hate and putting those lungs on their shoulders like the wings of a bird.

* RatedMForManly: He's a [[WarGod god of war, rage, strength, martial honour, battle and single combat]], and is depicted as an impossibly muscular warrior with a horned, wolf's head sitting atop a massive throne of skulls floating in an endless sea of blood and his plane of existence is basically a site of never ending conflict. And his worshipers are giant, axe brandishing, war loving BloodKnight '''[[HornyVikings VIKINGS]]''', who also tend to be the best melee combatants in the setting.

* WarriorHeaven: Khorne's realm is basically one for the men who worship him, being great halls where they fight for all eternity. Warriors who died in their beds are cursed and shamed by the Blood God, and punished by being chained to forges and made to create weapons for his legions.

* BeneficialDisease: Nurgle's followers regard every disease as being a blessing from their lord. More literally, this is often the form that Nurgle's boons take when granted to his favored children.

* DeadWeight: Though not necessarily technically "dead", many of Nurgle's more "blessed" followers and the most favored of his daemons otherwise fit into this trope. Taking the form of bloated abominations, their skin bursts with open wounds and sores they do not tend to, the stench of rot surrounds them, pus and maggots squirming within their oversized flesh, and they can take one hell of a pounding without being discouraged.

* StepfordSmiler: And HOW!

* HornyDevils: Slaanesh and all its daemons are basically this.

* OutWithABang: Slaanesh has a disturbingly high amount of ways to do this, not all of which are literally sex as ''we'' know it. Slaanesh is also said to grant [[PronounTrouble his/her/it]]'s foes one moment of ultimate esctacy before snuffing their life out. That this is also a gift offered to Slaanesh's own followers is one of the things that makes them [[DeathSeeker willing to die]] for their patron when their creed otherwise emphasizes self-serving behavior instead of self-sacrifice.

* SenseFreak: Taken UpToEleven. Long time, hyper-desensitized followers will literally ''immolate themselves'', just to feel ''something'' new.

* SoBeautifulItsACurse: Slaanesh is described as so beautiful that merely glancing at it can make you fall in love with it, to the extent you will sell your soul to Slaanesh right then and there without hesitation. Slaanesh, of course, does not view this as a curse.

* WickedCultured: Slaanesh is not just about physical sensations such as sex and torture, but also enjoying such things as art and music. Generally, though, Slaanesh and his/her followers gradually move more towards the "wicked" part than the "cultured" part as time goes on.

* TheArchmage: Tzeentch is the most powerful manipulator of sorcery and psionics in the ''Warhammer'' canon. He has since fallen from grace, but is still one of the undisputed masters of magicks. His staff, upon shattering, became not material pieces but rather ''individual spells'', hence Tzeentch is literally the inventor of magic.
* BatmanGambit: Tzeentch basically does this as a thought exercise, every moment of every day for all eternity.

** CombatTentacles: Sometimes it's one of your two arms, sometimes it's an entirely new limb.

* BrightIsNotGood: Sky blue and gold are his favoured colours. Of course, he can change into any colour if he wills it.

* EvilutionaryBiologist: Tzeentch is basically fuelled by the same energies that drive evolution, and seeks to force evolution upon others, hence the readiness with which he dispenses physical transformations. The problem is, Tzeentch doesn't comprehend moderation, and instead causes his worshippers and victims alike to evolve and mutate and change and change and change until they become indescribable horrors or die (or both).
* FailureIsTheOnlyOption: Taken to its extreme. Tzeentch will '''die''' if '''any''' of his myriad plans succeed, thus every one of his plans will fail because he sabotages them, and he has several plans that run completely contrary to his other plans by design (though, of course, not as the end). This is the ''real'' measure of his [[TheChessmaster chessmastery]] skills, the fact that he has ''millions'' of these running, most extremely complex and many spanning centuries, and not one of them succeed even by ''accident'' because he is that damn good.

** Tzeentch is basically the patron god of anyone who hopes to pull off [[ThePlan any kind of plan.]] ''However'', he's ''also'' the patron god of {{Gambit Pileup}}s, anyone who is a SpannerInTheWorks or UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom, and ensuring you DidntSeeThatComing.

* TheTrickster: Basically the Trickster of the Chaos Gods, given his favor of deception and deceit. Although what he considers a practical joke, only he would consider funny..

* XanatosSpeedChess: Tzeentch is basically pulling this constantly against everyone else in the world. Simultaneously.

* OurDemonsAreDifferent

* AxeCrazy: [[UpToEleven And HOW!]] He's ''so'' AxeCrazy he actually induces SanitySlippage by his mere presence, driving all others on the battlefield into homicidal spasms of pure hatred.

* GoodWingsEvilWings: His wings, originally bat-like, have been totally shredded, leaving nothing but bare bone and dripping gore. He can't fly any more as a result.

* GeniusCripple

* NamesTheSame: U'zuhl is also the name of the daemon trapped inside Archaon's daemon-sword, which is ''also'' known as "The Slayer of Kings". There's no official connection between the two.

* CanisMajor: Flesh Hounds basically being giant, muscular red lizard-wolves.
* HellHound: Combines Hunter and Portent. As far as mythological parallels go, he's basically a combination of Cerberus (the three-headed guardian of Hades from ClassicalMythology), Gramr (Cerberus' NorseMythology equivalent), and Freki & Geri (the wolf companions of Odin from NorseMythology).

* AnimalMotifs -- SavageWolves for Khorne, RavensAndCrows for Tzeentch, and FliesEqualsEvil for Nurgle (even his symbol is a stylized fly). These are just the most easily recognized motifs; background material, especially the older ones, note that many Chaos cults can be disguised as animal totemists because there are many possible animals that can be revered as befitting one or more of the Chaos Gods. For example, snakes can be seen as symbols of both Slaanesh and of Tzeentch, bulls as symbols of Slaanesh or Khorne, toads and slugs of Nurgle, etc.

* AnimalMotifs: wolves for Khorne, RavensAndCrows for Tzeentch, and FliesEqualsEvil for Nurgle (even his symbol is a stylized fly). These are just the most easily recognized motifs; background material, especially the older ones, note that many Chaos cults can be disguised as animal totemists because there are many possible animals that can be revered as befitting one or more of the Chaos Gods. For example, snakes can be seen as symbols of both Slaanesh and of Tzeentch, bulls as symbols of Slaanesh or Khorne, toads and slugs of Nurgle, etc.

** The Gifts of Khorne will make you among the most powerful warriors in the world, but you'll be in constant pain the longer you go between slaughters, eventually driving you to madness.

* FantasyPantheon: A very dark example. In Fantasy Battle, they're roughly correspondent to the Norse Gods. Khorne being Odin (as a war-god) and Tyr, Tzeentch being Mimir, Loki and Bragi and Odin (as a god of knowledge), Slaanesh being Frey and Nurgle... well... Yeah...
* FourTemperamentEnsemble: Khorne corresponds to [[HotBlooded Choleric]] and Slaanesh to [[TheHedonist Sanguine]] pushed to their logical extremes, while Tzeentch and Nurgle respectively twist [[ByronicHero Melancholic]] and [[TheStoic Phlegmatic]].

* TheHeartless - Even positive emotions such as Hope or Acceptance feed the Chaos gods.

* PureIsNotGood
* RedBaron -- The Dark Gods, the Ruinous Powers. And that's what their ''own followers'' call them.

* AffablyEvil: In the earlier versions of the game, he forbid killing unworthy enemies, and considered offerings of blood from the weak to be an insult. Later version he underwent heavy {{Flanderization}} and turned into an AxCrazy lunatic.

* AsskickingEqualsAuthority: This is a deeply held Khornate tenant. In a Khornate warband, you achieve prestige by proving you're the deadliest warrior, and by no other method.

* {{Badass}}: Khorne and his followers are all supremely badass. Not only are his Champions often the mightiest warriors of Chaos and the deadliest fighters of the setting, Khorne himself is probably the most powerful of all the Chaos Gods and is thus the most powerful being in all of Warhammer.

** BadassInCharge: By default, he's sorta the de-facto TopGod of Chaos.
** SavageWolf: The wolf is Khorne's sacred animal, he's is often described as having a wolf's head, his flesh-hounds are very lupine in appearance and one of his title's amongst the vicious Norse tribes is 'the Blood Wolf' or the 'Wolf-Father'.
** FourStarBadass: Khorne himself, being a God of War, is probably the originator for every tactic and stratagem of war ever created. Khornate Chaos Lords are also often this in ADDITION to being [[OneManArmy unstoppable]] [[TheBerserker berzerkers]].

-->''""Khorne!" they bellowed, invoking the sacred battle-name of Kharnath, the Blood God, Lord of Battles. "Khorne!" they screamed until it seemed the walls must fall from the violence of their voices alone. "Khorne!" they screeched as they gnashed their teeth and bit their shields."'' - the Destruction of Wisborg, from Wulfrik by C.L. Werner.

* BigRedDevil: Khorne's daemons fit this archetype, and Khorne himself is sometimes implied to also fit the archetype.

* {{Expy}}: To an extent, of [[NorseMythology Odin]]. Both of them are ferocious war-gods who embody berserker rage and battle-thirst and are both associated with the exhilaration of combat. It also helps that Khorne's worshiper's in Fantasy Battle actually ''are'' a FantasyCounterPartCulture to the Vikings. Khorne also has a personal pet known as Karanak which acts in a similar capacity to him as Freki and Geri do to Odin. It also helps that Khorne has his very own Valkyries in this continuity of Warhammer; foremost being Valkia the Bloody. In addition, one of his names; the Axe-Father, is very similar to 'All-Father'.
** We got to see Khorne's Realm of Chaos in the ''Valkia'' novel. It was basically 'Chaos Valhalla'.
** Depending on what version of their fluff you read, Bloodletters are the souls of fallen Khornate warriors who are carried by Valkia to the Halls of Khorne to fight for all eternity until the constant slaughter transforms them into Bloodletters. So basically Chaos Einherjar.

* FeelNoPain: Played with. In battle, Khorne Berserkers will be filled with such UnstoppableRage that nothing short of death will stop them (severed limbs will just slow them down). However, accepting the Gifts of Khorne requires one to kill without question, so the longer one goes between slaughters, they will start to feel intense, unbearable pain.

* HairTriggerTemper

* NamedWeapons: His sword has been called '[[RedBaron Warmaker]]' and '[[NamesToRunawayFromReallyFast The End of All Things]]'' at various points.

* OddJobGods: Khorne's portfolio covers Death, Violence, Murder, Hatred, Rage, Destruction, Warfare and Bloodshed... but also Courage, Honor, Martial Pride, Protection and, one could argue, Compassion (do not kill those who are weak or unable to fight).
** [[CanonDiscontinuity Not anymore.]] Now Khorne [[KillEmAll cares not from where the blood flows]], only [[BloodKnight that it flows.]] Compassion has now been handed over to Nurgle, who puts his own special spin on that particular portfolio.

* OminousFloatingCastle: The Fortress of Khorne, where the Blood God resides upon the Skull Throne.
* ThePowerOfHate
* ProudWarriorRaceGuy: His followers embody the archetype among Chaos. Khorne himself is pretty much the God of Proud Warrior Race Guys.
* RatedMForManly: He's a [[WarGod god of war, rage, strength, martial honour, battle and single combat]], and is depicted as an impossibly muscular warrior with a horned, wolf's head sitting atop a massive throne of skulls floating in an endless sea of blood and his plane of existence is basically a site of never ending conflict. And his worshipers are giant, axe brandishing, war loving {{Blood Knight}}s who also tend to be the best melee combatants in the setting.

* WarriorHeaven: Khorne's realm is basically one for the men who worship him, being great halls where they fight for all eternity. Warriors who died in their beds are cursed and shamed by the Blood God and punished by being chained to forges and made to make weapons for his legions.
* WildHunt: Khorne is associated with this in the cultures of those who venerate him. Hell, according to the Norscans, day-and-night cycles occur when the sun runs away when Khorne starts hunting.

* HellHound: Combines Hunter and Portent. As far as mythological parallels go, he's basically a combination of Cerberus (the three-headed guardian of Hades from ClassicalMythology), Gramr (Cerberus' NorseMythology equivalent), and Freki & Geri (the wolves who will eat the sun and moon from NorseMythology).

* AnimalMotifs: BigBadassWolf for Khorne, RavensAndCrows for Tzeentch, and FliesEqualsEvil for Nurgle (even his symbol is a stylized fly).
** These are just the most easily recognized motifs; background material, especially the older ones, note that many Chaos cults can be disguised as animal totemists because there are many possible animals that can be revered as befitting one or more of the Chaos Gods. For example, snakes can be seen as symbols of both Slaanesh and of Tzeentch, bulls as symbols of Slaanesh or Khorne, toads and slugs of Nurgle, etc.

** [[RedBaron Badass Titles]]: The Blood God, the Lord of Skulls, the Lord of Battles, the Father and Inheritor of all Rage, the Brass Lord of Battles, the God of War, etc, etc.
** BigBadassWolf: The wolf is Khorne's sacred animal, he's is often described as having a wolf's head, his flesh-hounds are very lupine in appearance and one of his title's amongst the vicious Norse tribes is 'the Blood Wolf' or the 'Wolf-Father'.

* BigBadassWolf: Flesh Hounds basically being giant, muscular red lizard-wolves.

* LighteningBruiser: Greater daemons (the Great Unclean less so), they're fast, durable, and hit like tanks. The Bloodthirster can easily tangle with most special characters in the game with pretty good chance of winning.

* TheRedBaron: Hound of Vengeance, Endless Hunter, Talon of the Skull Throne, Blooded Slayer.

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* DoesNotLikeMagic: In a nutshell, it's for pussies. On the other hand, Khorne has no qualms with bequeathing enchanted weapons and armours to his followers to further increase their already incredible killing power. Daemon summoning is also okay. In essence, Khorne permits sorcery so long as you're not using to fight your battles for you. Pointing out that this might be hypocrisy will see you die a death more violent than any can imagine. Khornate units are one of the few chaos units innately blessed with some form of magic dampener and Khorne does not possess his own lore of spells (he's the only god whose mark ''prevents'' its bearer from becoming a spellcaster).

* HopelessWar: One could theorize that thanks to his inherent self-defeating disorder and the fact that he is the most Magnificent of all {{Magnificent Bastard}}s, because of him the cause of Chaos is [[EvilWillFail doomed to fail]] because he can never allow it to succeed. Instead it is in his interest and integral to his nature to maintain a ForeverWar. Still, that is small comfort for the Imperium, especially since they aren't the only ones fighting Chaos and some other horrid race could easily replace him.

Khorne's greatest champion, who roams the Realm of Chaos and beyond atop the mighty Juggernaut

-->''There, feel the glory of necrosis, and rejoice! Nurgle loves you all!''

* IHaveYourTrueName: Victim of this; Tzeentch is the only one who knows the Changeling's true name, so he alone can control the creature.

* BigBadassWolf: Flesh Hounds basically being giant, muscular red wolves.
* HellHound: Combines Hunter and Portent. As far as mythological parallels go, he's basically a combination of Garmr and Freki and Geri.
* ImpossibleTracker
* MultipleHeadCase: Three heads. One tracks the prey through the material world, the other through the spiritual world, and the last through time.

The Blood God, the Brass Lord of Battle, Arkhar, Kharnath. Khorne is the most renowned, widespread and powerful of the Chaos Gods, he is the embodiment of hate, rage, wrath, violence and the urge to kill... but he is also comprised of martial pride, courage, the will to protect others, and honor. Khorne's commandments are simple; death and violence are what he exists for, and those who worship him strive only to kill in his name. The most common saying about Khorne is that he cares not from where the blood flows, only that it flows.

The Fly Lord, Neigel, Nierg, Nieglen. Portrayed as a being horrifically bloated and deformed by the ravages of disease and decay, pustular guts falling through his torn skin, pus and blood and bile and other filth oozing from every pore, Nurgle is the eldest of the Chaos Gods, and may be the most disgusting and terrifying of them. Ironically, he's also the nicest, maintaining a caring and loving manner. Nurgle claims to love ''all'' creatures -- that just happens to include viruses, bacteria, fungi and other disease-causing organisms. Nurgle's followers spread disease and decay across the galaxy, forced to sing the songs of gratitude to "Grandfather" or "Papa" Nurgle. He is is born from the world's fear, despair, fortitude and the will to live no matter what.

The Dark Prince, the Serpent, Lashor, She Who Thirsts. The youngest of the Dark Gods of Chaos, and the physically weakest of the Dark Gods, Slaanesh is perhaps one of the most popular to worship, as it preaches the indulgence of every whim and the seeking of every pleasure, and so it has a very wide power base. The Dark Elves, while officially dedicated exclusively to Khaine, also have a strong underground of Slaanesh worshippers; Morathi herself is a Champion of Slaanesh in all but name, and not only was her creation of the Dark Elves inspired by her dedication, she still seeks to bring them all to Slaanesh's worship. It is the embodiment of {{Squick}}, love, lust, pleasure, pain, excess, hubris, pride and desire.

The Changer of Ways, the Great Conspirator, the Architect of Fate, Tchar. The manipulative one, the Dark God who sees all things that may be and redirects the future to serve his own inscrutable whims and goals. Tzeentch is the lord of Change, and considered the second most powerful of the Chaos Gods, for Change and Chaos are synonymous. Born as the collective embodiment of the galaxy's hope and envy, Tzeentch is the patron of all who would seek change, in any form -- but they may get more then they desired. Tzeentch exhorts his followers to bring change, in any form, to anyone and everyone, and psykers/sorcerers owe him particular allegiance.

* FantasyPantheon: A very dark example.

* {{Cerberus}}: The Warhammer version thereof.

* MultipleHeadCase: Three heads.

Khorne is described as resembling an impossibly huge and muscular warrior clad in bronze armor and wielding a monstrous waraxe, though he is sometimes portrayed as having the head of a monstrous horn-sprouting wolf. His sacred number is 8.

** Cowards. If one of the followers of Khorne displays cowardice, let's say he won't live long.

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