Nurgle
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20Nurgle, also known as the "Plague Lord," "Grandfather Nurgle, "Father Nurgle, "Mama Nurgle," the "Plague God," the "Lord of Pestilence," the "Fly Lord," "Plaguemother," the "Great Corruptor," the "Mistress of Plague and Pestilence," and the "Lord of Decay" among many other honorifics, is the Chaos Goddess of disease, decay, despair, destruction, death and rebirth. In particular, the emotion of despair in mortals empowers the Plague Goddess more than any other.
Nurgle was the third of the Chaos Gods to fully awaken within the Warp, emerging during the 2nd Millennium in the midst of Old Earth's European Middle Ages, as great plagues swept across the world heralding the god's birth.
Nurgle is the Chaos Goddess most directly involved with the plight of mortals, particularly Humans who suffer so acutely from a fear of death, perhaps the oldest fear of that species, or any other. While Nurgle is the goddess of death and decay, it is also the goddess of rebirth. Decay is simply one part of the cycle of life, without which no new life could grow. In the same way, Nurgle is also the goddess of perseverance and survival. While those who wish to spread decay and corruption are certainly amongst its followers, there are also those who wish to endure, to become resilient enough to handle the difficulties and opportunities presented by an uncaring universe. Many of those affected by Nurgle's poxes usually turn to the goddess in order to escape the pain and sheer despair caused by sickness and disease.
Nurgle is the Great Lord of Decay and the Mistress of Plague and Pestilence. All things, no matter how solid and permanent they seem, are liable to eventual corruption and death. Even the process of creation is but the precursor to destruction and decay. The bastion of today is tomorrow's ruin, the maiden of the morning is the crone of the night, and the hope of a moment is but the foundation of regret.
Nurgle is the ultimate creator of every infection and epidemic.
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