Which Chaos gods are rivals?

Slaanesh, the Dark Prince, is the Chaos God of pleasure, pain, obsession, excess, and amoral hedonism. He is the embodiment of mortal greed, lust, desire for gratification, and indulgence in sensation. Slaanesh is the great rival of Khorne, whom he considers his opposite in every way.
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Which Chaos Gods are opposed?

Subject: Per the fluff, which Chaos gods hate each other, which like each other.... Khorne and Nurgle are supposed to be neutral towards one another, same with Tzeentch and Slaanesh. Outside of those pairings, they are opposed. Tzeentch and Nurgle hate each other as they represent change vs acceptance of the Staus quo.
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Do the Chaos Gods fight each other?

The Chaos Gods are rivals of each other -- the constant war between them mirrors the struggle between their followers in the material universe, and vice-versa. This struggle for dominance over the Warp and the physical universe by the Chaos Gods is known as the "Great Game."
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Why are khorne and Slaanesh rivals?

Basically Slaanesh regards Khorne as crude and unsofisticated while Khorne despites Slaanesh for being an arts sissy. The Cult of Slaanesh destroys your paltry notions of taste with mindless extreme hedonism.
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Why are nurgle and Tzeentch rivals?

Tzeentch hate Nurgle because Tzeentch is selfish individualism while Nurgle is inclusive collectivism. Think Cold War Soviets vs Yanks but in Warhammer extremes. On the Slaanesh V Khorne thing, it's more that Slaanesh sees Khorne as brutish, unrefined, base, destruction for the sake of it with no finesse or pleasure.
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Is khorne older than Tzeentch?

The oldest and first of the chaos god is Khorne, this is said repeatedly in the Liber Chaotica which is our best in universe canon understanding of how the forces of chaos function.
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Is nurgle the nicest Chaos god?

>Where other Chaos Gods are cruel and murderous, Nurgle is generous and possesses a twisted sort of kindness. Nurgle treats all his servants, from the lowliest Nurgling to his Daemon Princes, with grandfatherly regard, bestowing poxes, plagues and vile growths upon them so they may better spread his dubious blessings.
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Does Slaanesh like nurgle?

The RPG "Black Crusade" included ruleswise that Nurgle and Slaanesh are opposed (together with Tzeentch and Khorne, respectively), as with the Khorne/Tzeentch thing. Really though, the actual fluff has that Slaanesh and Nurgle don't care too much about each other.
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Is Khorne honorable?

However, though Khorne is the god of bloody slaughter, it is also the god of martial pride and honour, of those who set themselves against the most dangerous foes and earn victory against the odds. A devotee of Khorne is as likely to be an honourable champion in combat as a blood-crazed slaughterer.
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Who is Slaanesh rival?

Shalaxi is the embodiment of Slaanesh's eternal, furious feud with the Blood God, Khorne, and was in many ways created to slay his Bloodthirsters with contemptuous ease. To Slaanesh, defeating a rival deity in their own obsession is to secure an unforgettable victory.
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Do khorne and nurgle hate each other?

Khorne hates all three of them, he just hates Nurgle a little less. He doesn't even need a reason to hate him, the fact that he isn't Khorne is enough to want to tear him to shreds and feed him to the bloodcrushers.
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Which Chaos god is the strongest?

Warhammer 40K: 5 Strongest Chaos Gods
  1. 1 Nurgle.
  2. 2 Tzeentch. ...
  3. 3 Slaanesh. ...
  4. 4 Khorne. The Blood God and Lord Of Skulls himself, Khorne is the chaos god of strength, war, hatred, murder, and rage amongst others. ...
  5. 5 Malice/Malal. Oh yes, there's a fifth chaos god. ...
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Is the emperor more powerful than the Chaos Gods?

The Emperor's true power comes from the warp. The Chaos Gods are the Warp. So, in a way, their power is pretty much the same raw energy.
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Is Sigmar a primarch?

Absolutely not. It wasn't even clear on the Warhammer World for a long time whether Sigmar was even a god or just a jumped-up human cultural hero for the ancient tribes of the Empire of Man. But AoS has definitely answered that question.
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Is the Horned Rat A Chaos god?

The Great Horned Rat is the fifth major Chaos God, rising to join the pantheon of the Ruinous Powers in the last days of the World-That-Was.
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Why is Malal not canon?

Malal is actually of dubious canon in Warhammer Fantasy, let alone Warhammer 40,000, due to a copyright issue regarding his creators. While Games Workshop has tried to get around this by rebranding him as "Malice," he almost never appears in any stories.
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Does Khorne have a wife?

Valkia the Bloody, known also as the "Gorequeen," the "Valkyrie," the "Bringer of Glory," the "Sword-Maiden of the Blood God," and the "Dread-Consort of Khorne," is a Daemon Princess of Khorne.
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Is Khorne evil?

Khorne is the name given to the malevolent chaos-god of anger, bloodshed, violence, rage and hate, and is the Chaos God that is the purest embodiment of a deity of War. He is the main antagonist of the tabletop sci-fi wargame and universe Warhammer 40,000.
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How did Skarbrand betray Khorne?

Exiled for eternity, the frustrated Skarbrand bellowed his wrath towards the heavens. He then set upon an eternal path of slaughter that would dwarf all the bloodshed that had come before it. Spurred on by his mindless betrayal, Skarbrand has become the embodiment of wrath incarnate.
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Who follows Slaanesh?

Slaanesh's physical form is an androgynous being of the most physical beauty. Their holy number is 6, and main enemy god is Khorne. Those who worship Slaanesh are those who either wish to achieve the most popularity amongst their peers or the most ecstatic pleasure, pleasure beyond the imaginable.
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Did the Eldar create Slaanesh?

It also led to the birth of the Chaos god Slaanesh, the death of billions of Eldar and Humans across the galaxy and the creation of the three main Eldar factions, the Craftworld Eldar, the Dark Eldar and the Exodites.
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Is Slaanesh and Eldar God?

Rune for the Asuryani in the Aeldari Lexicon. The Aeldari Pantheon, known in earlier sources as the Eldar Pantheon, are a collection of ancient gods of the alien Aeldari, most of whom were consumed by the creation of the Chaos God Slaanesh at the moment of its birth during the Fall of the Aeldari.
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Why is nurgle so popular?

Main reason people serve Nurgle is because Nurgle grants his followers to ability to feel no pain. Though their bodies become infested and you see their organs, they feel none of it.
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Who is the favorite Chaos God?

The Four Ruinous Powers are not equals – Nurgle has been a fan favorite for years – but why? We've heard it from retailers, fans and in anecdotes for years – Nurgle is the most popular chaos daemons range with the community.
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Who is Chaos husband?

Afterward, Night, impregnated by the wind, laid an egg in Erebus, out of which golden-winged Eros was born. And then, in Tartarus, Eros mated with Chaos, who subsequently gave birth to the race of birds.
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