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 ===Great Crusade and Horus Heresy===
-The [[Great Game]] began anew as Slaanesh, glutted and emboldened by the power gained from the consumption of most of the Aeldari race and their [[Eldar Gods|gods]], expanded his domains but his dark brothers met him with significant opposition. After a brief time as the ascendant god in the Great Game, Slaanesh's stolen domains from Khorne would be taken back. Tzeentch and Nurgle allied and Khorne's rage at being usurped in power by Slaanesh led to a rampage claiming back all Slaanesh had stolen from him and more.{{Fn|7b}}
+The [[Great Game]] began anew as Slaanesh, glutted and emboldened by the power gained from the consumption of most of the Aeldari race and their [[Eldar Gods|murdered pantheon]], expanded his domains but his dark brothers met him with significant opposition. After a brief time as the ascendant god in the Great Game, Slaanesh's stolen domains from Khorne would be taken back. Tzeentch and Nurgle allied and Khorne's rage at being usurped in power by Slaanesh led to a rampage claiming back all Slaanesh had stolen from him and more.{{Fn|7b}}
 Thus, the Dark Gods' full attention was given to the Great Game as the Emperor and [[Mars]] began their [[Great Crusade]] unimpeded by the gods, at least for a time. Amidst the Great Crusade's triumphs the seeds were sown by the Dark Gods in the hearts of the Primarchs. Eventually, they bore fruit when the Emperor returned to Terra. The [[Warmaster]] [[Horus Lupercal]] was corrupted and he swayed many of his fellow Primarchs to join him in rebellion and damnation. The Daemon legions were deployed by the gods to aid them in their [[Horus Heresy|civil war]] that blackened the Imperium forever.{{Fn|7b}}

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-The '''Chaos Gods''', also called the '''Dark Gods''' or the '''Ruinous Powers''', are god-like psychic entities of cosmic power. The most powerful Dark Gods of the pantheon are the '''dark brothers''': [[Khorne]], [[Tzeentch]], [[Nurgle]], and [[Slaanesh]].{{Fn|1a}}{{Fn|13}}
+The '''Chaos Gods''', also called the '''Dark Gods''' or the '''Ruinous Powers''', are god-like psychic entities of cosmic power. The most powerful Dark Gods of the pantheon are the '''dark brothers''': [[Khorne]], [[Tzeentch]], [[Nurgle]], and [[Slaanesh]].{{Fn|1a}}{{Fn|13}} They called the '''True Gods''' by some of their followers.{{Fn|21}}
 ==Overview==
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 *{{Endn|19}}: [[Fabius Bile: Clonelord (Novel)]], Chapter 11
 *{{Endn|20}}: [[Codex: Chaos Daemons (6th Edition)]], pg. 8
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	\|quote = '''''On my pilgrimage I learned much. Win or lose, the gods feast on our deeds. A man pets a stray, and his small pleasure in the act of kindness feeds [[Slaanesh]]. A woman strikes her crying child, and that awful moment of elation she feels feeds [[Khorne]]. A [[Munitorum]] drone considers suicide. [[Nurgle]] grows fat on his despair. A merciful strategist devises a plan for bloodless victory, and [[Tzeentch]] is content.'''''		\|quote = '''''On my pilgrimage I learned much. Win or lose, the gods feast on our deeds. A man pets a stray, and his small pleasure in the act of kindness feeds [[Slaanesh]]. A woman strikes her crying child, and that awful moment of elation she feels feeds [[Khorne]]. A [[Munitorum]] drone considers suicide. [[Nurgle]] grows fat on his despair. A merciful strategist devises a plan for bloodless victory, and [[Tzeentch]] is content.'''''

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 ===Age of Strife===
 Throughout humanity's [[Age of Strife]], Khorne's [[Bloodthirster]] generals lead [[Blood Legions]] in wars across the galaxy. Many worlds, both human and xenos, fell to Chaos or were destroyed in the [[Warp Storm]]s appearing across the galaxy. Towards the end of this era, when the being known as the [[Emperor]] neared his completion of the [[Primarch Project]], [[Tzeentch]] sensed potential chain of events that could someday cause the downfall of the Chaos Gods. Thus Tzeentch manipulated the dark powers that flung the nascent [[Primarch]]s from their sanctum.{{Fn|7b}}
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 ==Followers==
-[[Image:ChaosMap.jpg|thumb|right|250px|The realms of the Chaos Gods]]
+[[Image:ChaosMap.jpg|thumb|right|250px|The realms of the Chaos Gods{{Fn|}}]]
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 The lives of mortals go mostly unnoticed by the Chaos Gods, being little more than a brief flicker to their cosmic consciousnesses. They care nothing for mortals, only that they are continually fed their souls and emotions. Some of the most devoted followers' deeds might gain the momentary fraction of a god's attention, sometimes bestowing [[Marks of Chaos|Marks]] and [[Gifts of Chaos]], alongside other 'boons' to their apparent followers.{{Fn|4}}

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 [[Image:40k-139-the-ruinous-powers.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Daemons of the Ruinous Powers]]
-The '''Chaos Gods''', also called the '''Dark Gods''' or the '''Ruinous Powers''', are powerful beings of the psychic universe known as the [[Warp]], created and sustained by the emotions and souls of every living being of the material universe. Although they are god-like beings, they are by their nature monomaniacal and completely single-minded (formed completely of a single emotion or concept) as well as being completely dependent on the emotions of mortal creatures for their power and continued existence.{{Fn|1a}}{{Fn|13}}
+The '''Chaos Gods''', also called the '''Dark Gods''' or the '''Ruinous Powers''', are powerful beings of the psychic mirror-realm known as the [[Warp]], created and sustained by the emotions and souls of every living being of the material universe. Although they are god-like beings, they are by their nature monomaniacal and completely single-minded (formed completely of a single emotion or concept) as well as being completely dependent on the emotions of mortal creatures for their power and continued existence.{{Fn|1a}}{{Fn|13}}
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 Gods are able to devote a fraction of their power to create [[daemon]]s, whose appearance and character reflect the god's own nature. These daemons may be reabsorbed into the god at whim. The least of the minor gods may be so limited in their power that expending their power to create a daemon means their entire power is expended; in effect, the god becomes a daemon.{{Fn|1a}}{{Fn|7}}

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 *[[Mord’dagan]], '''the Eater of the Dead''', supernatural beast of legend, godhead of the [[Saynay]] cannibal cult.{{Fn|10}}{{Fn|11}}
 * [[Vashtorr]], '''the Arkifane''', ruler of the [[Forge of Souls]], has been called a demi-god of inventors, engineers, scientists, and artisans. He seeks to become a 5th major Chaos God in his own right.{{Fn|9}}
-*[[Pater Mutatis]] - God of distortion of the body and mutation. Grown from the creations of [[Fabius Bile]]{{Fn|15}}
+*[[Pater Mutatis]] - God of distortion of the body and mutation. Grown from the creations of [[Fabius Bile]]{{Fn|15a}}
 * It is speculated that [[Chaos Raptor|Raptor]] Cults worship a minor Chaos deity.{{Fn|6}}
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 *{{Endn|13}}: [[The Talon of Horus (Novel)]] - Chapter 5
 *{{Endn|14}}: [[Magic: The Gathering's Universes Beyond Warhammer 40,000]] - ''Ruinous Powers''
-*{{Endn|15}}: [[Fabius Bile: Manflayer (Novel)]] - Chapter 5
+*15: [[Fabius Bile: Manflayer (Novel)]]:
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 *{{Endn|15}}: [[Fabius Bile: Manflayer (Novel)]] - Chapter 5
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 Beyond the main four, the Warp has created many nameless Chaos gods, only for them to die with the passing of aeons. Of these the following are known or speculated to exist within the setting:{{Fn|5}}
-* [[Ans'l]], [[Mo'rcck]], and [[Phraz-Etar]] are minor Chaos deities. [[Chaos Space Marine|Chaos Space Marines]] were rumoured to praise them by putting spikes on their [[power armour]].{{Fn|2}} Their names are puns on the last names of [[Bryan Ansell]], [[Wikipedia:Michael Moorcock|Michael Moorcock]], and [[Wikipedia:Frank Frazetta|Frank Frazetta]].
+* [[Ans'l]], [[Mo'rcck]], and [[Phraz-Etar]] are minor Chaos deities. [[Chaos Space Marine|Chaos Space Marines]] were rumoured to praise them by putting spikes on their [[power armour]].{{Fn|2}}{{Fn|Note 1}}
 * The [[Dark King (Entity)|Dark King]], theoretical 5th major Chaos God.{{Fn|12}}
 * [[Malice (Chaos God)|Malice]] is an entity worshipped as the '''Renegade God''' of Chaos and '''Hierarch of Anarchy and Terror'''. The Renegade [[Chapter]] [[Sons of Malice]] are among his followers.{{Fn|4}}
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 *[[Pater Mutatis]] - God of distortion of the body and mutation. Grown from the creations of [[Fabius Bile]]{{Fn|15}}
 * It is speculated that [[Chaos Raptor|Raptor]] Cults worship a minor Chaos deity.{{Fn|6}}
 ==See also==