Nurgle is the Chaos
god of disease, decay and consistency. He is the oldest of the four chaos
gods and is the most involved with the plights of mortals. Many of those
affected by his poxes usually turn to him in order to escape the pain caused
by sickness. The physical likeness of Nurgle is described as a giant
wormlike creature with a gaping, fang filled maw and thousands of open
wounds. The traitorous Death Guard Chaos Space Marine Legion serve him
solely.
Nurgle's anti-thesis is Tzeentch, the Lord of Change, because, where
Tzeentch seeks to build, and plot, and scheme, Nurgle only seeks to destroy,
and break down.
Nurgle's sacred number is seven.
Nurgle also embodies the will of mankind to struggle on no matter what
opposes them. Suffering, death etc: the human race pushes these things from
their minds and tries to forget them by living in the moment. For this
reason he, his daemons and followers usually demonstrate a disturbing
jovility and joy at the pestilence that he inflicts, seeing the plagues as
gifts and the cries of their victims as gratitude rather than agony. This is
demonstrated on the Daemon World of Bubonicus, where an endless chain of
crazed revellers circle the planet's equator in a never ending dance. He is
often referred to as "Grandfather Nurgle," "Father Nurgle" or "Papa Nurgle"
by his followers because of this paternal stance.
Nurgle's Daemons
* Nurglings resemble Orkish Snotlings (with the exception of being disease
ridden)
* Plague Bearers are of vaguely humanoid appearance, with a single burning
eye. They are often refered to as the 'Tallymen of Nurgle' for they
constantly strive to number the poxes and represent the need of humanity to
impose order on a chaotic and uncaring universe.
* Beasts of Nurgle look like giant slugs with lots of tentacles and the
outlook of overexcited puppies.
* Great Unclean Ones are massive, bloated disease carriers. They usally
carry a blade known as a Plague Sword into battle. These massive, rusted
blades are said to be dipped in the foul pus and contagion at the base of
Nurgles throne.
The inspiration for Nurgle comes from the Babylonian god Nergal
