Board Thread:Warhammer 40k General Discussion/@comment-6134883-20130505165611/@comment-7232811-20130508183516

Here's an interesting idea. The Chaos Gods were created by the thoughts of sentient life & the events that took place in the material universe, particularly those to do with humanity. Suppose the Chaos Gods were being created in our universe, but at a faster rate, to keep up with our history, their creation could go something like this:

1: The age of Nurgle; this time era covers from about the point where Homo sapiens fully evolved, yet had not established any form of culture or society, which was around 70,000 years ago to about 10,000. This was the time when we were learning to be truly sentient, & had learned the true meaning of fear, & the time when our lives were short, harsh, & full of suffering. It is not exactly clear when the veneration of dieties sprang up, (actually it probably came a lot later than this) but I am pretty sure that people would have lived in constant fear of death in those days, & this sense of despair & self preservation no doubt led to the creation of Nurgle.

2: The age of Khorne; this time era starts from when we stopped being hunter-gatherers, & started to settle down & found our civilisations, & when this inevitably led to conflict with one another, from about 10,000 years ago to about 1945. This was the time when civilisations were relentlessly at war with each other, & were constantly shedding oceans of blood. In particular, those more bloodthirsty or warlike cultures empowered Khorne, or even those that had gods dedicated to war, but particularly civilisations like the ancient Romans, the Aztecs, the Maouri, & also particularly gruesome events throughout history, like the Crusades, the World Wars, or any event that heralded the mass slaughter of many people. The likes of Genghis Khan & Julius Caesar were no doubt particular worshippers of Khorne. It should be noted that Nurgle was not made any less powerful by these events, on the contrary, he was greatly empowered by all the misery & suffering that the many wars heralded, & much of the squalor & poverty that the bottom rungs of civilisation had served as breeding grounds for Nurgle's pestilence.

3: The age of Tzeentch; this time era begins at about 1945 to the present day. This is the age when we are starting to stop fighting each other enough so that we can begin to advance & change. Our advancements in technology, society, politics, philosophy, & science are all empowering Tzeentch, who is also no doubt affecting a good deal of what's going on. In truth, Tzeentch's apothesis had been long in the making, & was accelerated by major changes in the world that have had significant impacts upon our outlook on things. Everything, from the invention of the wheel, the birth of Jesus Christ, the development of the first true democracy, to Charles Darwin's theory of natural selection, have all been empowering Tzeentch up until the point where he began to exist. Currently, he has been influencing us into landing the first man on the moon, the invention of the computer, & the election of Barak Obama as president. Don't believe me on the last one? Type in 'Lord of Change' on google images & you should find a couple of pictures that support this.

The age of Slaanesh has not yet come about, yet there are already tell-tale signs that he/she will come in the distant future. The signs are to do with society, for instance the decadence of the ancient Roman empire, & the debauchery of many of the European monarchs before the many revolutions. Plus, as he is also the god of sadism & torture, there have existed a large number of instances where we have thought up of particularly vicious methods of killing & torturing others. Not to mention the fact there are a number of people who are in existance that would drive men mad to the point where they would beg for death. (Looks around to make sure none of his fans are listening & whispers Justin Beiber.)