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Inspiring Content

Creativity works best with a constraint to work against and a spark to inspire; the Warhammer background provides plenty of both. And this page gives some further sources of inspiration to help you in designing your own force of Nurgle followers.

Father Nurgle, Lord of All,

Give me the enthusiasm of a Beast,
The curiosity of a Nurgling,
The patience of a Plaguebearer,
And the devotion of a Great Unclean One.

Let me accept the inevitable
So that I may enjoy the moment.
Let me endure hardships
So that I may be happy in your love.

Warhammer Setting

• Daemonic Names: Randomly generated true names and use-names for Daemons as per Slaves to Darkness and Enemies Beyond.
• A Nurgle Lexicon: A list of various relevant words to inspire you when naming your army.
• Short Stories: Links to snippets from source texts that present in-game background fluff as Nurgle-related stories.
• Inquisitor Cut-ups: Applying a literary version of collage to pull out random sections of text from novels about Inquisitors to generate plot ideas.
• Cool Stuff: An assortment of background tidbits, pulled out from various sources, that do not necessarily relate to Nurgle but are nonetheless interesting to read.

Painted Models

Golden Demon is Games Workshop's flagship painting competition in which hobbyists participate from all over the world. The linked page lists the winners of various Golden Demon categories whose models have a connection to Nurgle, with links to the official Golden Demon website where you can wonder at the marvellous paint jobs.

Armies on Parade is a Games Workshop website that showcases fine work by talented and skilled members of the hobby. Given that it is GW content, the website is not guaranteed to be around forever, but while the links work here are some Nurgle forces that have been listed there:

• Warriors of Nurgle by Kevin Davis.
• Nurgle Daemons by Markus Haverbier.
• Nurgle Rotbringers by Jamie Forster.

Speculative Flufftossing

Some entirely non-canon fan-created content inspired by Games Workshop's setting.

• Correspondence of the Ruinous Powers, mapping the four Chaos Gods against various other quadripartite properties. This is my own personal take on how they match up; your interpretation may vary.
• Dark Heresy Background Images, stitched together into composite pictures, and with their Dark Tongue runes translated. This page also discusses their correspondence to the Ætheric Dominions.
• Nurgle's Sevenfold Path, a corruption of Buddhism's Noble Eightfold Path that is suited to motivate and inspire followers of the Embracing Grandfather.
• Nurgle's Sevenrot, a corruption of Kabbalah's Sephirot that provides a philosophical framework for followers of the Lord of All.
• Seven Deadly Sins, someone else's vision of how the major Warhammer 40,000 factions tie up to the seven deadly sins, that was too lovely for me not to highlight.

Real World References

• Nergal in Mesopotamian History: notes on the mythological underworld god of plague that was a key real-world inspiration for Nurgle.
• Symbolism of Three Circles: a diverse collection of meanings for three circles arranged in a triangle, the symbol which also represents Nurgle.
• Properties and Symbolism of Seven: mathematical, scientific, geographical, cultural, and religious attributes relating to Nurgle's sacred number.
• Links to other helpful websites:
  • Infectious Diseases at the Worth Library: a fascinating collection of write-ups on historical texts relating to plague, smallpox, syphilis, tuberculosis, fevers, and the theory of contagion.
  • Lists of diseases: the work of the Plaguebearers continued by the volunteers that write Wikipedia.
  • The colour that means both life and death: a BBC Culture article on the use of green in art.

dedicated to the Great God Nurgle