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'''Ku'Gath the Plaguefather''' is a [[Great Unclean One]] of [[Nurgle]].{{Fn|1}} Before the [[Plague Wars]] he was 1st in the favor of Nurgle.{{Fn|10c}}

Ku'Gath was once a [[Nurgling]] sitting upon the shoulder of Nurgle. Whilst Nurgle was mixing his most virulent toxin ever, Ku'Gath tumbled from his nesting place into the cauldron, where he took a great draught of the filthy contents and swelled with its power. Invigorated, Ku'Gath drank and drank until the cauldron was nearly empty and he had grown into a [[Great Unclean One]]. Nurgle laughed at the antics of his Nurgling, who had become the embodiment of the perfect disease that had been bubbling within the cauldron. Ku'Gath, however, realised that he had robbed his father of the greatest disease ever concocted; and has since been wandering the universe, searching for the perfect ingredients to recreate the toxin for Nurgle. He also captures those whom his diseases corrupt and take them back to his lair, where he can observe their degeneration more closely.{{Fn|3a}}

Despite the setback on Parmenio, Ku'gath was able to use some blood he gathered from Guilliman there to complete his ultimate disease: the [[Godblight (Disease)|Godblight]]. Going against Nurgle's own orders to withdraw to the [[Scourge Stars]] in order to wage the [[War in the Rift]], the Great Unclean One instead sought to earn greater glory by remaining in Ultramar and continuing his alliance with Mortarion.{{Fn|10a}} Upon Iax, Ku'gath sought to use Nurgle's cauldron in combination with Guilliman's death in order to move all of Ultramar into the [[Garden of Nurgle]], but was foiled when he was assailed by an Imperial strikeforce of Space Marines and [[Cadian]]s led by [[Colonel]] [[Odrameyer]]. Ku'gath was able to defeat all the Space Marines but was slain when Odrameyer rammed his [[Leman Russ Battle Tank]] into the Daemon and delivered a point-blank [[Power Sword]] strike directly into his skull. Moreover, his portion of the Cauldron of Nurgle was destroyed thanks to the efforts of the [[Militant-Apostolic]] [[Mathieu]].{{Fn|10b}} Due to this and his prior insubordination, [[Rotigus]] would inform the still-regenerating Ku'gath in the Warp that both he and Mortarion had earned Nurgle's ire. Ku'gath would not be able to re-manifest into the Materium for quite some time, and even worse had lost his status as the most favored of Nurgle's Daemons.{{Fn|10c}}

Unlike his fellow [[Great Unclean One]]s, Ku'Gath is a sombre creature. He is also studious and observant, all the better to create the perfect disease.{{Fn|3}} He is pessimistic and prone to worrying, bemoaning Nurgle's plan on [[Iax]] as likely to fail. Unlike most Daemons of Nurgle he despises music, and violently demands that the twisted bands of the Plague God keep silent while around him.{{Fn|6}}

Despite his formidable powers, Ku'gath does not enjoy fighting and usually attempts to avoid scenarios where he would have to personally battle.{{Fn|10a}}

Ku'Gath rides atop a palanquin carried by straining Nurglings, and loaded with the paraphernalia of his mobile laboratory. In battle, Ku'Gath uses the opportunity to conduct his field tests, unleashing clouds of spores and bacteria that could wipe out whole armies.{{Fn|3}} He wields a large diseased-ridden sword which he stores in his body and pulls from his mouth.{{Fn|10b}}

The [[Nurglings]] that grow from Ku'Gath each carry a unique blend of the elements that had created him, and can be [[Necrotic Missiles|hurled at his enemies]] to produce various different infections.{{Fn|3}}

*{{Endn|1}}: [[Battle Missions]], pg. 17

*{{Endn|2}}: [[Codex: Grey Knights (5th Edition)]], pg. 16

*{{Endn|3}}: [[Codex: Chaos Daemons (6th Edition)]], pg. 51

*{{Endn|4}}: [[Sanctus Reach: Maledictus (Novella)]], Chapter Ten

*{{Endn|5}}: [[Dark Imperium (Novel)]], Chapter Sixteen

**{{Endn|10c}}: Chapter 42

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