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Slaaneshs

Slaanesh is a fictional Chaos God appearing in Games Workshop's Warhammer fantasy and Warhammer 40,000 universes. It is one of the four major Chaos Powers, alongside Khorne, Nurgle, and Tzeentch. Slaanesh embodies excess, sensation, beauty, desire, and perfection, as well as the more painful extremes of experience. Its followers pursue artistic achievement, luxury, physical and intellectual ecstasy, and the conquest of limits—often at the expense of ethics or life.

Origins: Slaanesh arose from the psychic energy unleashed by the ancient Eldar during their fall from grace.

In armies and mythology, Slaanesh has an array of daemonic servants, including daemonettes (its female daemons),

In both Warhammer Fantasy and Warhammer 40,000 settings, Slaanesh's influence is marked by seductive power and

The
god
manifests
in
the
Warp
as
a
highly
alluring,
enigmatic
entity;
it
is
sometimes
referred
to
with
gendered
titles
such
as
“She
Who
Thirsts.”
Its
realm
is
the
Realm
of
Chaos,
and
its
symbols
and
depictions
emphasize
sensual
elegance
or
cacophonous
beauty.
keepers
of
secrets
(greater
daemons),
fiends,
and
other
incarnations
that
tempt
mortals
and
warp-touched
beings.
Mortals
who
worship
Slaanesh
seek
perfection
in
sensation
and
form,
often
embracing
decadence,
experimentation,
and
the
cutting
edge
of
art
or
body
modification;
their
rites
can
entail
exalted
beauty
or
extreme
pain.
the
seduction
of
aspirations,
leading
to
ruin
or
corruption.
The
deity
is
depicted
as
captivating
and
dangerous—a
force
of
ecstasy
that
can
transform
and
torment.