In the same way, Nurgle is also the god of perseverance and survival. Decay is simply one part of the cycle of life, without which no new life could grow. While Nurgle is the god of death and decay, it is also the god of rebirth.

Nurgle is the Chaos God most directly involved with the plight of mortals, particularly Humans who suffer so acutely from a fear of death, perhaps the oldest fear of that species, or any other. Nurgle was the third of the Chaos Gods to fully awaken within the Warp, emerging during the 2nd Millennium in the midst of Old Earth's European Middle Ages, as great plagues swept across the world heralding the god's birth. In particular, the emotion of despair in mortals empowers the Plague God more than any other.

Nurgle, also known as the ' Plague Lord,' ' Grandfather Nurgle,' the ' Plague God,' the ' Lord of Pestilence,' the ' Fly Lord,' ' Plaguefather,' and the ' Lord of Decay' among many other honourifics, is the Chaos God of disease, decay, despair, destruction, death and rebirth.

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