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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Why do Slaanesh and Nurgle hate each other?

Nurgle and Slaanesh are also opposed because one is a sensation-seeker and the other just wants to slum it. If you modelled the Chaos Gods as a square, the diagonal relationships would be neutral while the sides would be opposing.
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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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Which Chaos Gods are rivals?

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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Is Tzeentch the god of hope?

Tzeentch represented the belief of hope, of ambition, of change. The belief that you don't have to accept your lot in life, that there's always a way out, a way to overcome the odds, a way to cheat. It is that ambition that leads men to plotting and magic and all the things we associate with Tzeentch.
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Why is nurgle evil?

He spreads disease, pain and wants to make everyone a rotten bag of pus and all that but... once you embrace that stuff he gives you an appreciation and happiness out of being a rotten bag of pus, and also a greater love for your rotten buddies.
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Is Tzeentch the most evil?

Tzeentch is second most evil and dangerous God because of his jokerish cruelty because he treats his followers as nothing more than pawns but far more benevolent than The Prince/sses.
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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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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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What is Tzeentch the god of?

Tzeentch: the Chaos God of change, fate, ambition, planning and schemes, lies, politics, sorcery, mutation, hope, and knowledge.
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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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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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Who is the strongest Chaos god Warhammer?

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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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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Does nurgle have a wife?

Isha | Warhammer 40k Wiki | Fandom.
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What does nurgle actually look like?

The legends and tales universally describe Nurgle in unflattering terms. He is said to be an immense, bloated humanoid, his body swollen with putrefaction. His skin is shown as leathery and necrotic, his surface pocked with running sores, swelling buboes and oozing wounds.
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Who is the strongest chaos god fantasy?

Khorne, the Blood God

Khorne is the mightiest of the Chaos Gods. Every act of violence and killing empowers him, regardless of whether it was committed by his followers, his enemies or those ignorant of his existence.
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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 Slaanesh an Eldar god?

Showertought; Slaanesh is the only Eldar God worshipped by non-eldar too. Its suggested the Hrud could worship the standard Eldar gods as well, they all have similar names and descriptions.
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Why do people fall to Nurgle?

Because nurgle actaully cares for his followers. Khorne dont mind if you get killed, just as the blood flows.
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Why is Nurgle called Papa?

Nurgle is the Chaos god of disease, decay, despair and destruction. Even though the nature of his influence, he begins to like his victims, caring for them in a jovial manner close to a loving grandfather; so he is commonly called Grandfather Nurgle or Papa Nurgle.
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Why is Nurgle so popular?

Nurgle is at the sweet spot of having a very unique and distinctive visual style – combined with a very easy to comprehend concept. The physical corruption and zombie-like qualities are somewhat in vogue at the moment in pop culture. Some might even say that zombies/undead have kind of jumped the shark at this point.
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Why are nurgle daemons so happy?

Those blessed by Nurgle are granted relief from physical pain as well as a bizarre satisfaction in their depressive state. It is a twisting of a being's perceived reality, turning delusion and denial into truth and acceptance, just as self-respect and vanity turn into monstrous self-satisfaction.
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What does tzeentch look like?

Such descriptions often reveal Tzeentch as a thin, lanky sorcerer, either male or female, in robes that continually change colour. Tzeentch's head hangs low, beneath its shoulders, so that head and body are one and its arms are long and spindly.
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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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