Board Thread:Warhammer 40k General Discussion/@comment-24944355-20141215055516/@comment-25869775-20141217224050

Interesting idea of Curze as a god of terror. Here is a soundtrack for those goose bumps.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NUzQ3mHp8bs.

Now. There are minor gods, that is more or less canon. It is said that CSM who adorn their armor with spikes may be doing so in honor of a specific god for each spike. Doesn't have to be the case but it is a practice. Also when Horus went chaos it is said that he turned to the reverencing of a many gods. In the warp there are plenty of entities not aligned to the big 4.

Lorgar is basically a minor god now. Magnus and Ahriman are trying to get there. Mortarion could be considered a minor god as well. Being the grim reaper essentially. It is my speculation that there are likely a couple hundred minor gods. Malice is never to be put in the same category as the Ruinous Powers sir. He is a minor god. An example that there are minor gods in fact. He is not even close to their caliber.

I do want to mention that some of the descriptions you provided for the 4 ruinous powers are not entirely correct in my eyes. It is hard to capture their aspects in a couple of words I will concur. To add to what you have: Slaanesh- desire, perfection, excess. Khorne- hate(not malice) and honor. Nurgle- life as well as death.