Slaanesh

Slaanesh's History

Slaanesh, also known as the "Dark Princess is the major Chaos Goddess of pleasure, passion, obsession, excess, hedonism, decadence and pain. Born of mortal inspiration and desire, Slaanesh is the great muse, the fulfiller of dreams.She is passion given form. She is pleasure incarnate, from the intellectual satisfaction of a problem solved to the fulfilment of baser desires. She is the domain of frustration and agony, the struggle to achieve that which mortals covet. She is titillation. She is suffering. She is the sum of all mortal experience.

Unlike the influence of the other Chaos Gods, Slaanesh's power is more prevalent amongst the civilised nations of the Old World. The warlike tribes of the north have very little time to indulge themselves in their desires, for every waking moment is a simple fight for survival. As a result, perhaps the most numerous disciples of Slaanesh hail from the more decadent peoples of the south. It is only from here that a person can indulge themselves in the pleasures of civilised life, such as beautiful artwork, culinary delights, extravagant clothing, and the pleasures of the flesh. And none have more time and wealth to indulge themselves in such delights than the wealthy nobles of the southern aristocracies.