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[[File:Plaguebearer.jpg|thumb|200px160px|right|A Plaguebearer]]
'''Plaguebearers''' are the [[Lesser Daemons]] of [[Nurgle]].
==Overview==
Unlike other Daemons that are born from a tiny piece of a Chaos God's power splitting into a seperate being, Plaguebearers are born from the energy of mortal souls succumbing to [[Nurgle's Rot]].<sup>3a</sup>
These daemons have gangling, bony limbs, their bodies swollen with decay, so much so that glistening innards are exposed through rents in their skin. They manifest as foulpossess a single, cyclopean beings eye and a single horn rising above their haggard, drawn faces, their bodies covered in filth and parasites. Despite the Plaguebearer’s unusual appearance, they are supernaturally resilient to harm, the gifts of rotten flesh who their master having inured them to all pain. Plaguebearers are constantly surrounded by swarms clouds of droning fliesand chant monotonous hymns, their gait a staggering lope. Each Plaguebearer counts Plaguebearers carry rusted, heavy blades known as plagueswords. These weapons are infused with foul infections and toxins that can make the untold merest scratch fatal. These daemons are solemn, cruelly efficient warriors in battle, hideously effective at any war of attrition. They also serve as the Tallymen of Nurgle, eternally bound to record all of their dark god’s pestilential creations. Many believe that Plaguebearers are in fact created by such diseases , incubating within plague victims and feeding upon their dying energies, only to later fully emerge from their heaped bodies.Their sonorous voices attempt to keep count of the number of noxious plagues unleashed by Nurgle; an impossible task, for the Grandfather of Nurgle in monotonous chantsPlagues constantly invents new strains of viruses.<sup>3a</sup> Mortals who listen to these cursed chants can fall ill.<sup>2</sup>
Despite their sickly appearance, Plaguebearers pose a lethal threat to anyone they encounter since their otherworldly toughness allows them to endure most attacks with ease. <sup>3a</sup>
A notable source of Plague Bearers is the [[Bubonicus (Planet)|Daemon World of Bubonicus]] <sup>1</sup>
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==Notable Plaguebearers==
