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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.'''''
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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}} They called the '''True Gods''' by some of their followers.{{Fn|21}}
==Overview==
===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|godsmurdered 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}}
*{{Endn|19}}: [[Fabius Bile: Clonelord (Novel)]], Chapter 11
*{{Endn|20}}: [[Codex: Chaos Daemons (6th Edition)]], pg. 8
*{{Endn|21}}: [[Rites of Passage (Novel)]], ''Preparations''
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