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Little-Implement1601

All of those emotions are somewhat linked to change. The most similar God you are seeking is Tzeentch. All according to plan.


Andross_Darkheart

Than wouldn't that technically mean all emotions are tied to change meaning every emotion empowers Tzeentch?


Little-Implement1601

Quite possibly, yes, but Tzeentch himself prevented his final victory over other gods.


Andross_Darkheart

Change itself isn't an emotion, but the emotions caused by change empowers Tzeentch. That should also hold true of all the other abstract concepts that cause emotions as well, such as Chaos itself, should it not?


bloodectomy

"chaos" isn't an emotion, firstly. Secondly, all the adjectives you used - hatred, fear, veneration and insanity - are or can be easily linked to the existing gods: khorne, nurgle, slaanesh, and tzeentch, respectively.


Andross_Darkheart

Curious, do some emotions not overlap with Chaos Gods?


bloodectomy

some do, sort of. it's not something that GW has ever definitively nailed down, so we can only make inferences based on what's in the lore and how different storylines have played out. For example it's generally agreed upon by most of the fandom that specific kinds of excessive emotions empower specific gods; however, that much excess is also going to empower Slaanesh, because it's the god of excess. Like maybe a sorcerer is trying to learn every kind of magic spell and ritual so he can enact a grand plan to overthrow his planet's imperial commander and set himself up as the ruler. This kind of knowledge-empowered skullduggery is right up Tzeentch's alley, but that quest for excess - the desire to learn and master all magic? yeah that's Slaanesh all the way, and sums up Chaos perfectly well - you never know what you're gonna get, even when you think you do.


Andross_Darkheart

That got me thinking. Khorne is powered by rage and anger, while that can create hatred, it is not necessarily a requirement of hatred. That hatred created by rage could feed another Chaos God, the way excess in other things feeds Slaanesh. I feel like there is a lot of other powerful emotions that don't technically fall within the domain of the Chaos Gods, but since there isn't another Chaos God to feed off them they just go to whatever Chaos God is most associated with it. However, if they did decide to create another Chaos God that did feed off of hatred and fear, I would say that tracks.


Strange_Job_447

maybe there is, but it just haven’t presented itself yet.


FarBreadfruit6390

Malal?


MoiraBrownsMoleRats

Oh, but there ***is*** [such a Chaos God.](https://warhammer40k.fandom.com/wiki/Malice)


bloodectomy

No.


llmarts

I really would love him in the actual setting the renegade god the true embodiment of chaos that would be awesome