Animea hotz villains The Forces of Chaos

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This section is to introduce the main antagonists we will be facing
they are not playable characters. I've Based them off the Chaos armies from War Hammer 40,000 if you want to learn more about the back ground to these characters and the game read these

http://www.megadownload.net/download...rines-cod..pdf
http://www.megadownload.net/download...ye-of-ter..pdf

Birth of the Chaos Gods

Between the realms of earth and the higher plains exists a place even more terrifying than the lowest level of Hell, a boiling sea of madness known only as the warp. This is a place where the thoughts and emotions of mortal beings gather. These are incredibly potent forces these a long with the blessing provided the respective God a sorcerer pays homage to are the fuel used to conjure up powerful magic. Inside the warp similar thoughts and emotions gather together forming streams of anguish eddies of desire pools of hatred and torrents of pride. For billions of years these tides and waves flowed unceasingly through the warp growing in power until they created creatures made of the very stuff that the warp was made of.

Over time these formless instinctual creatures gained conciousness and thus the Chaos Gods, vast psychic presences made of the dreams and nightmares of mortals. As the mortal races of the living plains prospered and grew so did their hopes, dreams, rage, wars love and hatred feeding the Chaos Gods and nurturing their power. Eventually the Gods reached into their dreams to demand praise and servitude for a Chaos god can only grow through the actions and thoughts of mortals and those who behave in a way that feeds a Chaos god are rewarded with strange gifts, and extraordinary powers with which they can achieve things that would be otherwise impossible wealth immortality at the mere cost of their sanity and the damnation of their souls.

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Followers of Chaos

If someone was to lose their soul and sanity why would they bow to the forces of Gods of Chaos the answer is that it chaos is more than an word to describe anarchy and disorder , it is a tangible force, when people enter an area infected by chaos they can feel it, taste it, smell it. It gives people headaches as it bombards them whispering sweet promises of a life free from restraint into the ears of those willing to listen and it can tempt them over before they realize they have damned themselves, it only takes one small act to turn your back on everything you knew and head down a road towards damnation. Even if you can ignore the temptation, in time chaos will simple drive you insane just like it's followers and reduce you to a quivering shell of your former self but at least your soul will be saved as you will be unable think or act in a way that can benefit Chaos.

As mentioned each person can choose to devote his/her life to good or evil but once the path of Chaos is chosen he/she falls further than anyone acting as a mere agent of evil. Any sense of deprivation restraint and selflessness is thrown aside to indulge in his/her new found independence to the fullest extent free from tradition constraint and responsibility a person can exercise his/her every whim be it bloodshed sensual pleasure ambition love or hate in the most diabolical ways imaginable. Like a dam holding back a lake when a persons will finally breaks and they give themselves body and soul to the Chaos Gods, the result is catastrophic as the whole edifice of his/her purpose and self-being tumble into disarray

Let loose these cultists become psychopathic killers their reasons and ideals for joining cast aside in chaos induced madness as they peruse their bloody lives to the fullest glorying in the power of their own bodies and their ability to inflict death and misery some will never o beyond this remaining bloodthirsty renegades for the rest of their lives where upon death their souls will become a sumptuous feast to sustain their dark masters.

Others who gain favour among the gods will receive gifts in the way of mutations with chaos warping their bodies as it has done to their minds. Some are beneficial, some are Harmless others are detrimental. These mutations compile until eventually not a trace of the original mortal is left and he/she has ascended becoming an immortal daemon a creature that cannot be killed only banished to the warp where it must wait consuming emotions and thoughts for centuries until it has enough power to tear open the fabric of reality and emerge to reap havoc until it is banished again. Most at that point will be so far gone that they will be little more than slathering beasts kept as pets by those they once called comrades and friends. Those which kept some form of vile intelligence will become a Daemon Prince or Princess a deadly warlord that now basks in the adulation of those it fights beside as it leads them in their never ending quest for anarchy and destruction

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Now would Bhaal be a part of that I know he was an evil God in the Forgotten Realms and trying to fit him in here as well with these dieties as well.

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As the chaos gods aren't real gods just psychic entities he could bring them under his control and unite them to a common goal a black crusade to take control of the mortal realm.

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Khorne the Blood God

Khorne is the Blood god an angry and murderous beast whose bellows of insatiable rage echo throughout time and space. his great brass throne sits upon a mountain of skulls in the midst of a plain of splintered bones and lakes of blood. these are the remains of his followers slain in battle and those who were killed in his name. khorne embodies absolute violence, destroing everyone and anything within reach slaying both friend and foe alike.

The followers of Khorne are always ferocious warriors, for the blood god abhors the trickery of magic and cowardly sorcerers. Men turn to Khorne for the power to conquer to defeat their enemies in battle to wreak bloody vengeance ad to attain unimaginable martial prowess. The most fanatical and dedicated of his followers become his champions the Khorne berserkers. In their madness they come to realize he only desires wild slaughter and cars not from whence the blood flows only as long as it does



Warriors of Khorne live life as barbarians adorning themselves in red and wearing the faces and skulls of their victimes into battle


The Champions of Khorne are the infamous Khorne berserker they wear the armour of their Bloody god and have been gifted the first of the mutations that will turn them into daemons normally in the form of horns and talons sprouting from under their armour


Daemons of Khorne
Those Berserkers who have lost all reason become little more than frenzied animals and it is reflected in this final daemonic form, a hound of Khorne


The Daemon Princes of Khorne
These are the Berserkers who have retained intelligence despite their madness. They have stopped transformation halfway remaining a hybrid of beast and man possessing an animalistic cunning they are the most powerful of Khorne's followers

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Nurgle Lord of Decay

Nurgle is the great lord of decay he is the one who presides over physical corruption and morbidity. Disease and putrefaction the inevitable entropic decline of all things, these are the wonders he bestows upon the universe. The God's immense body is bloated with corruption and exudes a sickly diseased stench. His skin is black leathery and necrotic, it's surface pock-marked with boils running sores and infestations. From his exposed guts spill tiny daemonic flies the nurglings, who sup upon the filthy juices the pour from his festering wounds.

Mortals turn to Grandfather Nurgle to escape the despair of illness starvation and death. He is a warm welcoming God ho prides himself on the achievements of his followers gifting them with hideous diseases that protect them from the pain and ravages of death (unless it comes from a hand wielding a weapon of some sort) instead inflicting it upon those they come into contact with . The fear of death can be found in the hearts of all mortals so there is no shortage of patrons willing to sacrifice their immortal souls in return for a corrupted preservation of their physical bodies for all eternity



The followers of Nurgle are turned into Lepers and carriers of disease by his tainted hand. They must travel around spreading plague death and famine in their wake so they may to keep Nurgle's favour and preserve their perverted immortality. These wretches are immune to natural causes of death they may only be slain by the hand of another. Even so they are still a menace they must be decapitated and burned to insure that even in death they cannot continue his foul work.


The Zombie plague bearers are the animated remains of Nurgle's followers who were slain but not decapitated their souls have since gone to be devoured by him. Void of any intelligence of self awareness these putrefied bodies preserved by his spell wander aimlessly spreading disease where ever they go



The plague Knights are Nurgle's Champions These are great warriors who feared only death and have sworn themselves to him so they may fight forever. As well as the putrid immortality Nurgle gifts to all his followers he has given them the usual mutations associated with those on the path towards daemonhood Underneath their armour their flesh is green and bloated pushing outwards distorting and busting armour. Vile fluid builds up in their bodies bursting the skin and forcing rotten organ out it is not uncommon to see entrails dangling from jagged holes in their armour.

"In the embrace of Grandfather Nurgle,
I am no longer afraid, for with his pestilential
favour I have become what I once most
feared: Death!"
Quoted by a fallen knight from the order of the holy triad




The Plague Bearer daemons are the result of zombies which where not destroyed they may have been left in an abandoned area where nobody dares venture or buried and unable to dig themselves out. Over time as more and more diseases are bestowed upon the zombie warping it's flesh until it's no longer recognisable as being anything but a monster it's at this stage that sufficient amounts of chaos have built up inside this creature to facilitate it's ascent from an undead creature to a daemon with a bloated belly full of nurglings. No living follower will ever suffer this as even Nurgle's power cannot dull the never ending pain these creatures feel and he cares enough about his followers to spare them that fate



Becoming a demon prince of Nurgle is the ultimate destiny of the strongest of Nurgle's champions These creatures are covered in rotting flesh green with putridness, bloated by puss and studded with boils and lesions More often than not these creatures sport a pair of wings rendered useless either by the creatures sheer weight or by the dry cracked skin being eaten away by bacteria leaving only bone. These creatures would be the most deadly of all the daemons if they weren't rendered practically immobile by their bulk. While carrying far less diseases than their plague bearer brethren they still have enough to render a man dead moments after merely laying a hand upon him and an intelligence to use this ability to deadly effect. These creatures epitomise Nurgle not only resembling him in form but acting as shepherds for his flock.



The followers of Nurgle all share a fatal weakness in the form of healing magic. They have become so dependant one disease to sustain their miserable existence that curing them will ultimately destroy them

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Tzeentch Lord of Destiny

Tzeentch (pronounced Zeentch) Lord of Destiny is known by many titles including the Changer of Ways, Master of Fortune, Great Conspirator and Architect of fate. He is the Great Sorcerer, the god of magic and master of the mutable stream of destiny and time. Tzeentch is the most weirdly disturbing of all the Chaos Gods. His skin is crawls with constantly changing faces that leer at and mock those who look upon him. As Tzeentch speaks, these faces repeat his words, often with subtle and important differences of intonation and meaning for with Tzeentch nothing is as it seems he is in fact the oldest of the chaos gods despite appearing to be the youngest.

Those who wish to effect change, thirst for knowledge and magical power for achieving their goals are patrons of Tzeentch. Plotters, schemer, assassins philosophers politicians leaders and mages flock to his cults. All are inexorably drawn along convoluted paths of fate, using Tzeentch to achieve their dreams and aspirations. But ultimately they are lead into Tzeentch's eternal schemes. No person could fully comprehend the full nature of the intricately woven multi layered plots of Tzeentch, and to even attempt to do so is to tempt falling to insanity. In fact, Tzeentch doesn't have a grand design or an ineffable goal to fulfil. For Tzeentch the mere act of plotting and endlessly entwining of the brief fates of mortals is fulfilment enough. There is no end to Tzeentch's scheming for he desires no end. Tzeentch can never achieve an ultimate goal for to do so would bring an end to ambition and thus an end to the Lord of Destiny himself

Tzeentch Lord of Destiny


The followers of Tzeentch come from all walks of life but they all have one common desire to be able to control their own destinies and those the people around them. Tzeentch's cults are the most secretive and shadowy of all the cults they do not act openly instead operating from the shadows causing change through magic, assassination, lies, and politics. Tzeentch's followers generally don't field the most powerful of warriors they specialize in assassins, people who are expert at fighting from a distance or when the targets back is turned and they boast some of the most powerful sorcerers to ever walk the mortal realm.

Tzeentch Cultist


The shadow master is the is the mundane daemon of Tzeentch mostly the non magic followers of Tzeentch become one of these daemon and they are the most common in his cult. Unlike the other gods who's mutations twists flesh causing their followers to grow grotesque horns Tzeentch choose not to draw attention to himself as to do so would interfere with his plans. Instead his chose followers become steadily more unnoticeable until they simply cease to be if upon ascension the follower was too weak or had failed to gain a place in Tzeentch's plans he will fade from all existence. But if he has gotten the attention of the Lord of Destiny he will become his own shadow, a stealthy creature can emerge from any shadow exposure to light dispels them making them disappear but once it is dark again they can return. These daemons aren't particularly strong they rely on stealth and sneak attacks such as thrusting an arm wielding a blade from a tiny shadow cast by a cup on a table, they can easily be dispatched and banished to the warp by clean killing blow that could fell any mortal but because Tzeentch is their master they may return from the warp far sooner than other daemons thanks to his magical powers. Needless to say the majority of these daemons were assassins in their mortal lives some were gifted orchestrators but it is normally assassins who survive the transformation from mortal to Shadow master daemon.

Shadow Master Daemon


The Daemon price/princess of Tzeentch is bird like creature and is the form that the most favoured of Tzeentch's sorcerers assume. Unlike other daemons who's transformations are gradual, the transformation of the sorcerers happens almost instantly their bodies being twisted and warped by the sheer amount of chaos and magic bestowed upon them. It is an excruciating process which will either kill or destroy the new born prince/princess mentally. This coupled with the fact that Tzeentch will only bestow this power upon those most loyal to him and most key to his plans accounts for the very small number of these creatures in existence even by the standard of daemon princes' which is very fortunate indeed for these creatures wield a power that only the most powerful of wizards could hope to oppose. So powerful are they that they can magically open the warp and return to our world with the right conditions which thanks to the turbulent nature of the warp isn't very often. Another point worth mentioning is that some members of the Tzeentch cult will break away to worship these daemon's and will summon them back to the mortal realm using rituals should they be banished to the warp

Daemon Prince/Princess of Tzeentch

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Slaanesh Prince of Pleasure

Slaanesh is the youngest of the chaos gods and is known as the Prince of Chaos or the Prince of Pleasure. Slaanesh is divinely beautiful, and as seductive as only an immortal can be, disarming in it's innocence, utterly beguiling in it's manner and irresistibly tempting in it's words. Slaanesh neither male nor female but an amalgam of both it can appear as male, female or hermaphroditic, as it wills but more often than not it is the form most pleasing to it's beholder. Generally it's appearance is elven, but it can cater to all tastes. It is not known if this is because the beauty and grace of elves are both admired and envied by all or because it was formed mainly from the elven feeling of pleasure which are more potent than those of other races, but what is known is that it is almost impossible for a mortal to look upon Slaanesh without losing his or her soul and becoming a slave to Slaanesh's slightest whim.

Mortals that seek charisma and fellowship turn Slaanesh, for it's gifts can make one popular and inspiring. Poets and artists are drawn into it's gaze by promises of inspiration and fame, while even the hardest warriors might seek the adulation of the masses and the unflinching loyalty of their followers . Yet as one continues in the service of Slaanesh, such pleasures grow stale and it's servants are driven on, to search for even greater pleasure and wondrous sensations in ever higher acts of self-fulfilment self worship and sexual gratification until only the most decadent and debased acts can stir their emotions.



Those who follow Slaanesh tend to gather in brothels and other dens of sin and vice they are numb, hollow beings concerned only with pleasure and and how to get more of it, walking in the thin line between pleasure and pain where the the ultimate sensations of the mind and body dwell. These beings are deadly foes to encounter on the battle field enhanced by a cocktail of drugs and potions, they revel in both the inflicting and receiving of pain. They have mastered the art of killing through practising the debauched arts of torture and murder and it is better to die quickly on the battle field than to be captured alive for surly one who suffers this fate can expect to become a subject of their experiments in the never ending quest for perverse pleasure.



Slaanesh has no daemon princes or princesses for it is too vain to allow a creature that could possibly overshadow it's own beauty to exist, instead followers of Slaanesh will ultimately become mere Daemons and Daemonettes. These exist in a constant state of euphoria and roam free and unhindered partaking in endless rape and murder. These creatures embody everything Slaanesh stands for and a bewitching perverse beauty is found in their hideous visage. Those with weak wills are rooted to the spot staring dumbfounded in a mix of admiration and horror at these creatures as they approach. These creatures can give untold sexual pleasures with just the slightest touch so their victims will know only the most supreme pleasures in death's embrace.

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All credit for the characters of the Chaos Gods belongs to Gav Thorpe and Alessio Cavatore I just tweaked them to suit our game There is a medieval version of the game just called Warhammer the Chaos gods exist in that setting too but I know nothing about that version as it's not as popular as the 40K version and I never read any of the books inspired by it so I just fabricated minions that we can use as we see fit.

So that's it for the Chaos Gods, normally they exist as bitter rivals pitting their followers against those of the others Chaos Gods. so we can use them independently or have them united by Bhaal fighting for a single purpose in what is known as a Black Crusade