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|Gender =Male
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|Occupation =Most favored favoured of [[Nurgle]]<br><small>(Former){{Fn|10c}}</small>
|Preceded by =
|Succeeded by =[[Rotigus]]<br><small>(As most favored favoured of Nurgle){{Fn|10c}}</small>
|Faction ='' ''
*[[Chaos]]
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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 favour of Nurgle.{{Fn|10c}}
==History==
In 012.[[M42]]{{Fn|9}} during the [[Plague Wars]], he appeared on [[Iax]] leading seven hosts of daemons, trying to destroy it because of its conversion to a hospital-planet, something that caused death to Nurgle's gifts.{{Fn|5}} During the war on Iax he was given a portion of Nurgle's own cauldron, which he attempted to use to concoct a brew that could slay [[Roboute Guilliman]].{{Fn|6}} Ku'Gath's plan later came to a head at [[Parmenio]], where the Daemon failed to kill Guilliman who instead slew his lieutenant [[Septicus]].{{Fn|7}}
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 favoured of Nurgle's Daemons.{{Fn|10c}}
==Personality==
