History Characters / WarhammerChaosGodsAndDaemons

* 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 his titles amongst the vicious Norse tribes include "the Blood Wolf" and "the Wolf-Father".

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%%* HatesEveryoneEqually: As the embodiment of hate.

* SatanicArchetype: [[{{Pride}} Massive ego]]? Check. [[IHaveManyNames Known by many names, none of which are his original?]] Check. [[WingedHumanoid Big, batty wings]] and HornsOfVillainy? Check. Struck down to a denigrating position for trying to rise up against his masters? Super check!

The Fly Lord, Neigel, Nierg, Nieglen, Onogal, the Crow. 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.

[[folder:Chaos Gods]]

!!Tropes applying to the Chaos Gods as a whole:

The major Chaos Gods are as follows:

!!'''Khorne'''

!!'''Nurgle'''

!!'''Slaanesh'''

!!'''Tzeentch'''

[[folder:Daemons of Chaos]]

!!General Tropes

!!Daemons of Khorne

!!Daemons of Tzeentch

!!Daemons of Nurgle

!!Daemons of Slaanesh

P'tarix and Xirat'p, the Bue Scribes, are eternally squabbling Blue Horrors charged by Tzeentch with hunting down all spells and fragments of arcane lore in existence.

* 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 a site of never ending conflict. His worshipers are giant, axe brandishing, war loving BloodKnight vikings, who also tend to be the best melee combatants in the setting.

* WhatMeasureIsANonBadass: In-universe, this is Khorne's opinion. You are badass, good! You aren't, you are only worthy of swift death.

** Chaos Lords, Heralds, and Chosen of Slaanesh wield demonic empowered wields and are actually able to [[ImprobableWeaponUser fight with them effectively in battle]] despite being mortals.

* WhipsOfDominance: Whips are particularly associated with Slaanesh due to their theme of [[TheHedonist hedonism]], sadism, and pleasure. Many Slaaneshi units, both mortal and demonic are armed with them in combat.

* DarkIsEvil: Heavily associated with darkness. He appears as a large, dark skinned daemon, is a caster of the lore of shadows, his title is "The Dark Master" etc.

Tzeentch has long obsessed over the dread Well of Eternity at the heart of his Impossible Fortress, for it was said to contain knowledge hidden even from Tzeentch's mind. Yet not even a god such as he could be sure of his survival if he were to enter it. Finding his servants to be far more expendable than himself, Tzeentch seized the Lord of Change Kairos and threw him into the Well. Kairos remained in the depths for time beyond counting before he clawed his way back, and since returning to the knowable world he has borne a second head and is the only being who can be said to know things even beyond Tzeentch's understanding. His right head sees all possible futures as clearly as day, while his left head sees the past without the petty filters of perspective and bias, his only weakness being that he cannot see the present. Tzeentch's right-hand minion, Kairos sits in the depths of the Impossible Fortress, whispering dread secrets revealed to him by the Well, even as nine times nine Lords of Change transcribe his babbling with quills plucked from their own plumage and Tzeentch's own blood as the ink.

Tzeentch has long obsessed over the dread Well of Eternity at the heart of his Impossible Fortress, for while it was said to contain knowledge hidden even from Tzeentch's mind, not even a god such as he could be sure of his survival if he were to enter it. Finding his servants to be far more expendable than himself, Tzeentch seized the Lord of Change Kairos and threw him into the Well. Kairos remained in the depths for time beyond counting before he clawed his way back, and since returning to the knowable world he has borne a second head and is the only being who can be said to know things even beyond Tzeentch's understanding. His right head sees all possible futures as clearly as day, while his left head sees the past without the petty filters of perspective and bias, his only weakness being that he cannot see the present. Tzeentch's right-hand minion, Kairos sits in the depths of the Impossible Fortress, whispering dread secrets revealed to him by the Well, even as nine times nine Lords of Change transcribe his babbling with quills plucked from their own plumage and Tzeentch's own blood as the ink.

Tzeentch has long obsessed over the dread Well of Eternity at the heart of his Impossible Fortress, for while it said to hide knowledge hidden even from Tzeentch's mind not even the god could be sure of his survival if he were to enter it. Finding his servants to be far more expendable than himself, Tzeentch seized the Lord of Change Kairos and threw him into the Well. Kairos remained in the depths for time beyond counting before he clawed his way back, and since returning to the knowable world he has borne a second head and is the only being who can be said to know things even beyond Tzeentch's understanding. His right head sees all possible futures as clearly as day, while his left head sees the past without the petty filters of perspective and bias, his only weakness being that he cannot see the present. Tzeentch's right-hand minion, Kairos sits in the depths of the Impossible Fortress, whispering dread secrets revealed to him by the Well, even as nine times nine Lords of Change transcribe his babbling with quills plucked from their own plumage and Tzeentch's own blood as the ink.

* CharmPerson: Those who gaze upon Slaanesh can do nothing but fall down and worship its inhuman beauty. This extends to its daemons, though a powerful mind can resist their presence. With Slaanesh itself, however, it doesn't matter how powerful your mind is -- unless you are a god or something equally powerful, you will falter and fall before it.

The Changer of Ways, the Great Conspirator, the Architect of Fate, Tchar, Chi'an Chi, the Raven God. 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 world's hope and envy, Tzeentch is the patron of all who would seek change, in any form -- but they may get more than they desired. Tzeentch exhorts his followers to bring change, in any form, to anyone and everyone, and psykers/sorcerers owe him particular allegiance.

%%* AsskickingEqualsAuthority: This is a deeply held Khornate tenant.

* FriendToAllLivingThings: Nurgle has the attitude of the former coupled with the function of the later. The juxtaposition of the two is one of the things that makes Nurgle as creepy as he is.

* AnAxeToGrind: As functionally the first real weapon of war created, the axe is symbolically very important to Khorne and his worshippers. He's often described as wielding a massive battleaxe, as well.

* AnAxeToGrind: Bloodthirsters favor axes. Their model is equipped with one by default, and they can take an ''Axe of Khorne'' if they are lucky with the rolls for gifts, giving them +3 Attacks if they are in contact with more than 3 enemy models.

* AnAxeToGrind: He carries [[DualWielding two of them]], named Slaughter and Carnage. In game, they are paired Magic Weapons that ignore armour saves.

* HornyDevils: Slaanesh and all its daemons are this.

* HornyDevils: Being shards of Slaanesh's power, they're unnaturally attractive to mortal foes, despite their obviously monstrous features. Their curves and revealing outfits or lack thereof help. They love above all else to tempt mortals and enslave them.

* BigBad: Of ''Slayer'', the final book in ''[[Literature/GotrekAndFelix the Gotrek and Felix series.]]''

* TheLegionsOfHell: The Daemons of Chaos are all part of their respective god’s armies, all organized in meaningful armies relative to the holy number associated with said god. For instance, Khorne is associated with the number 9 and his Daemons are organized into 9 legions.

* KillEmAll: His modus operandi. Khorne is empowered by violence and bloodshed, after all.

* UltimateEvil: The very first edition of the game had pictures of them, but later additions only describe them rather than portraying them in artwork. That said, the Great Unclean Ones are said to physically resemble Nurgle himself, which could imply that the Chaos Gods' "main" forms simply look like their Greater Daemons. Depictions from related (but distinct) universes like the Great Horned Rat in ''Total War'' being a [[https://i.redd.it/i45winnro1e01.jpg giant Verminlord]] and Slaanesh in ''Age of Sigmar'' [[https://ageofsigmar.lexicanum.com/mediawiki/images/7/7f/Slaanesh_Imprisioned_01.jpg a giant Keeper of Secrets]] with a CelestialBody would also point towards that being the case.