Board Thread:Warhammer 40k General Discussion/@comment-24037808-20150127105800/@comment-24944355-20150128045928

Just how "minor" is Malice? From what I've read there are the chaos gods under whom are various demon princes & under those there are many other lesser ranked demons. Now it's been suggested that many of the more powerful demons & even some of their lesser kin have played at being a god to turn worshippers to chaos. They were not true gods though & Malice has been called always a god not a demon prince faking it, if he is a god he would have to be far more powerful than a demon prince so how is he "minor"? My view is would be as powerful as the other 4 chaos gods except he isolates himself & unlike the others will not, or even cannot, co-operate with them.

The reason for Malice's isolation is his nature & traits which are hunger & self destruction. Malice's avowed goal is to devour the other chaos gods, then the warp, then the material universe & finish up by devouring himself. That nature means he would be considered insane even by chaos god standards & there is no way the other chaos gods could ever consider allying with him. Also Malice's nature means that any one who serves him is slowly devoured by his power so he would get few worshippers & even fewer demonic servants.

All this leads me to believe that Malice has all the power potential of any of the other chaos gods but is hamstrung by having very few underlings to aid his purpose. Thus the reason Malice is called a "minor" chaos god is all about how his nature limits him in the material universe but in the warp he would have the same potentials as any of the other chaos gods. So in conclusion in all likelihood Malice is indeed the 5th god of chaos, he just doesn't play well with others.