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'''Nurgle''' is the [[Gods of Chaos|Chaos God]] of despair, decay, and disease. He was the third to awake of the four [[Gods of Chaos]], fully coming into existence during [[Terra]]'s Middle Ages, with plagues sweeping across continents in the wake of his birth.{{Fn|1b1e}} His titles include the '''Plague Father''', '''Fly Lord''', '''Great Corruptor''', '''Plague Lord''', '''Master of Pestilence''', '''Lord of Decay'''{{Fn|4a}} (the translation of his ''Dark Tongue'' name, ''Nurgh-leth''){{Fn|23a}}{{fn|1c}}

|quote = '''"Indeed, the very process of construction and creation foreshadow destruction and decay. The palace of today is tomorrow's ruin, the maiden of the morning is the crone of the night, and the hope of a moment is but the foundation stone of everlasting regret."'''{{Fn|1c1b}}

All the Chaos gods are embodiments of the hopes, fears and other strong emotions and concepts generated by the mortal races. In Nurgle's case, the source of power is insecurity, denial, self-delusion and the living's fear of inevitable death and disease, as well as their unconscious response to that fear, which is the "power of life", the motivating power of mankind and other races.{{Fn|1c1b}} Nurgle coaxes new worshippers into his fold by stripping them of any other options, inflicting a spiritual taint upon the populace that is reflected outwardly as disease and pestilence.{{Fn|23b}} The desperate, ostracized and dying come to Nurgle to find alleviation from their pain. To these potential devotees, Nurgle provides not redemption from their ailments, but rather comfort within their suffering. Those blessed by Nurgle are granted relief from physical pain as well as a bizarre satisfaction in their depressive state. It is a twisting of a being's perceived reality, turning delusion and denial into truth and acceptance, just as self-respect and vanity turn into monstrous self-satisfaction.{{Fn|23c}}

Nurgle is often referred to as '''Grandfather Nurgle''',{{Fn|10a}} '''Father Nurgle''' or '''Papa Nurgle''' by his followers because of his paternal nature.{{Fn|4b}} His main enemy is [[Tzeentch]], the Lord of Change, because their power comes from opposing sources. Tzeentch is hope and ambition, while Nurgle is defiance born of despair and hopelessness.{{Fn|1c1b}}

*[[Mortarion]] — [[Primarch]] of the [[Death Guard]], now a powerful [[Daemon Prince]].*[[Scabeiathrax]] — One of the mightiest of Nurgle's Great Unclean Ones.*[[Ku'Gath]] — A powerful Great Unclean One.*[[Epidemius]] — A powerful Plaguebearer and Daemonic Herald of Nurgle.*[[Horticulous Slimux]] — Gardener of the [[Garden of Nurgle]].*[[Typhus]] — A Death Guard Captain - now the favoured mortal Champion of Nurgle.{{fn|2}}*[[Ignatius Grulgor]] — Former Captain of the Death Guard, now a powerful [[Daemon Prince]];.*[[Ulkair]] — Great Unclean One, corrupted the [[Chapter Master]] of the [[Blood Ravens]];.

*[[Rotigus]] — Great Unclean One.*[[Vulgrar Thrice-Cursed]] — Victim of the [[Gellerpox]].

The inspiration for Nurgle comes from the Babylonian god known as [[wikipedia:Nergal|Nergal]].{{cite this}}

**{{Endn|1b}}: pg. 17612**{{Endn|1c}}: pg. 1280

**{{Endn|1e}}: pg. 176*{{Endn|2}}: [[Codex: Chaos Space Marines (3rd Edition, 2nd Codex)]],{{cite this}}pg. 53

**{{Endn|3a}}: pg. 13, — ''The Garden of Nurgle''**{{Endn|3b}}: pg. 82, — ''The Caged Maiden''*4: [[Black Crusade Core Rulebook]], by [[Fantasy Flight Games]]**{{Endn|4a}}: page pg. 12**{{Endn|4b}}: page pg. 13

*{{Endn|7}}: http://www.forgeworld.co.uk/Warhammer[[Imperial Armour -40000/Chaos/DAEMONS_AND__BEASTS/NURGLE-PLAGUE-HULKApocalypse II]], pg.html72*{{Endn|8}}: [[White Dwarf 121 (UK)]] , pg. 12

**{{Endn|10a}}: pgs. 18–19 — ''Nurgle, The Father of Plagues'', pgs. 18–19

*{{Endn|11}}: [[White Dwarf September 2019]], pg. 43 - — ''Galactic War Zones: Frozen Wastelands''*{{Endn|12}}: [[Conquest 59]] - ''Tracking a Traitor''*{{Endn|13}}: [[White Dwarf November 2019]] , pg.25

*{{Endn|15}}: [[Psychic Awakening: War of the Spider]] , pg.7*{{Endn|16}}: [[Warhammer 40,000 9th Edition Rulebook]] , pg.37-38*{{Endn|17}}: [[White Dwarf 461]] pg, pgs.69-71

*{{Endn|26}}: [[White Dwarf 464]], pg. 27 - — ''Flashpoint: The Metalican System''