Slaanesh’s Realm

Slaanesh: Slaanesh and her daemons: Keepers of Secrets are: Full Names

Keepers of Secrets

Q'tlahsi'issho'akshami

Alias

Slayers of Slaanesh

Based Ones

Bringers of Temptation

Lords of Debauchery

Feasters of Pain

Silencer of Lies

Seneschals of Slaanesh

Despoilers of the Flesh

Great Horned Ones

Origin

Warhammer Fantasy

Homeworld

The Realm of Chaos

Abilities

Seduction

Sonic Attack

Expert Swordplay

Shield Abilities

Glamour

Lore of Slaanesh

Soul Sight

Shadow Magic

Psychological Attacks

Reading Minds

Detecting Emotions

Consuming Emotions

Members

N'Kari

Shalaxi Helbane

Kyriss

Manushya-Rakshasi

Ssilvox

Slaanshari the Golden[1]

Ssilvoth Glorybound[2]

Various unnamed members

Goals

Slay Slaanesh's foes.

Explore the extremes of sensation.

Crimes

Torture

Murder

Sexual violence

Type of Hostile Species

Hedonistic Daemons

“ A Keeper of Secrets is a Greater Daemon of Slaanesh, a consummate warrior and spellmaster of the Dark Prince’s hosts. Their four powerful limbs move languidly as they slink forwards – only to explode into lethal motion when their prey is in reach. „

~ Keeper of Secrets[3]

“ Such delicacies approach. I hunger! I yearn! Let us begin! „

~ An Exalted Keeper of Secrets, relishing the moment before battle.

Keepers of Secrets (Q'tlahsi'issho'akshami[4] in Dark Tongue) are greater daemons of Slaanesh and antagonists in Warhammer Fantasy. They are hedonistic, grotesquely beautiful beings who reap souls with weapons and magic. Of all the Greater Daemons, they alone are the most attractive and beguiling, inspiring the deadliest and darkest passions in mortals with their mere presence. However, this beauty belies cruelty and a dark heart, as Keepers of Secrets are the most depraved of the Greater Daemons and there is no low to which they will not stoop to sate their desires.[5]

They are often simply referred to as Keepers.

Contents

1 General

2 Characteristics

3 Notable Individuals

4 Quotes

5 Gallery

6 References

General

“ It granted me all I desired; but took from me all that I valued. I would give anything to look upon its beauty once again. „

~ The Liber Malefic on Keepers of Secrets.

“ I am only interested in your soul. I can see it gleaming within your mortal vessel. Fleshy pulp I shall flense away. It is the pit in the fruit I so desire above all. You know I shall feast, it is inevitable, but as an aperitif, a moment of ecstasy for us both...we shall couple. „

~ Slephialon, Keeper of Secrets

[6]

A monstrous Keeper of Secrets.

Unlike bloody-minded Kharneth, it is not the way of the Prince of Pleasure to resort first to violence. Slaanesh is subtle, as are his creations, but when all other avenues to achieving a desired goal have failed and bloodshed remains the only option, it is these grotesque beasts that the Dark Prince sends to do his bidding. They are so named for their purported ability to hear anything said anywhere, thus making them the Keepers of Secrets. Distinct from the Lesser Daemons of Slaanesh, who only occasionally partake in death-dealing and are much more given to a wide range of artistic expressions and sensation, the Keeper of Secrets is specifically formed and deployed for violence.[7]Inflicting pain is a basic need for these creatures and they stride the battlefield with the aim of causing as much of it as possible.[8]

When they emerge into the material world, it heaves and expulses at their coming. Animals agitate, the earth itself spews forth sweet water from deep beneath the soil, trees creak and wood warps. An unclean trembling takes to the air, affecting everything and everyone. Those given to the creative arts are particularly affected, taken by sudden bursts of skill and inspiration. What they create is far beyond their skill, the mediocre fashioning masterpieces in the midst of the Keeper's aura. However, a Slayer of Slaanesh is a beast of excess just as much as any of his sisters and as he comes closer, artistic mastery becomes outright madness. The painter paints with his own blood, the singer claws at her imperfect throat and chokes on her own melody, emotions run hot and entire communities are consumed by debauchery of the darkest kind. Those who survive the daemon's coming weep, for never again will they come so close to perfection.[9]

Characteristics

“ The Keeper of Secrets is a titanic monster, a physical manifestation of pure Chaos-- a mockery of mortal beauty. In battle, the Keeper of Secrets is a maelstrom of destruction, tearing apart any who come within reach of it's terrible claws and at the same time unleashing the awesome powers of chaos to subjugate its foes. „

~ Description of a Keeper of Secrets[10]

“ See him there! Many-limbed and jeweled eyed. Most beguiling of all immortals. He moves with such grace, his actions so measured and sensual, yet he is deadly indeed! „

~ Liber Chaotica Volume 2 on the Keepers of Secrets

“ A Keeper of Secrets is the true corrupting essence of Slaanesh’s given form. Towering above mortals, they closely resemble their smaller Daemonette cousins, though their heads vary from bovine elongated skulls, to beautiful yet terrible mockeries of Human or Aelven visages. „

~ Age of Sigmar: Core Rule Book

Portrait of an Exalted Keeper of Secrets.

Portrait of an Exalted Keeper of Secrets.

Keepers are perhaps the most physically varied of the daemons, each formed from Slaanesh's own hand, their forms reflecting his muse, his mood, and his interest, all things that are very changeable. That said, Keepers of Secrets tend to fall broadly into three categories: bestial, monstrous, and humanoid. Due to Slaanesh's whimsy, no two Keepers look alike and they are rivalled only by Daemon Prince's for physical variety. However, most Keepers of Secrets are many-limbed and their eyes shine like polished jewels. They are beautiful and disgusting in equal measure, transfixing their prey with their impossibly fluid grace and the aura of sheer domination that emanates from their being. A Keeper of Secrets delights in the pain and suffering of others; he is aroused by the doom and the torment he visits or finds in others. They push both their followers and their foes to the absolute highs and lows of physical and emotional sensation, sating both their own and their master's desires for these deadly extremes.[11]

The Marquis of Masochism and , a mortal.

The Marquis of Masochism and Sigvald the Magnificent, a mortal.

They are warm-bodied[12] and soft skinned with the exception of the chitin of their claws and other body parts. Despite being hideously strong, they are among the most delicate of the Greater Daemons. At around thirty feet in height, the Keeper of Secrets is the tallest of the Greater Daemons.[13][14] Some keepers are known to be even larger, towering at nearly fourty feet of height.[15]

Armed with catching claws and a pair of deadly pincers, the Keeper of Secret's lithe form belies the damage it can inflict. With exquisite precision can it slice a man apart. Even a mortal in full plate armor is nothing to this creature, for it's pincers flense through metal as if it were wet paper. Indeed, such is the glamour of the daemon that few mortals have even the will to raise a blade to them in defense. Many simply sit, stupefied, as the Keeper of Secrets toys with them before finally ripping them to pieces. They enjoy the sensation of talon on bone, of organs quivering against their pincers, and the pitch of a dying man's last scream.[16]

The Keeper of Secrets is not only sadistic, but masochistic. They do not fear death or pain and thrill at the prospect of torment, their own or another, for they seek sensation just as any of Slaanesh's children. Any injury one may manage to deliver to these daemons will only elicit moans of pleasure, shudders of delight, and squeals of exhilaration.[17]

, a more animalistic Keeper of Secrets.

Kyriss, a more animalistic Keeper of Secrets.

In addition to their physical weapons, each of these daemons is an accomplished spellcaster. They wield the Lore of Slaanesh or the Lore of Shadows, both designed to confuse and demoralize the enemy. Despite being adept at combat, the Keeper of Secrets is also among the most fragile of the Greater Daemons and will not last in prolonged engagements. Keepers prefer silks and robes; much of their perfect, smooth flesh is exposed with the purpose of tempting targets. Incredibly fast for their size, they typically forgo heavy armor.[18]

It is said that death is a better fate than abandonment by a Keeper of Secrets. Once in the the thrall of one of these daemons, survivors become jaded and numb to the mundane and nothing will sate their overwhelmed senses ever again.[19]

Keepers of Secrets are multi-lingual, fluent in several mortal tongues as well as their own daemonic language.[20] They also have a language that can be spoken by clicking the pincers together.[21]

Notable Individuals

N'Kari is the strongest of Slaanesh's Keepers of Secrets, as well as the most well known. He is particularly hated by the Elves for leading the Rape of Ulthuan, in which he hunted down and slew most of Aenarion's descendants.

Shalaxi Helbane, also called the Monarch of the Hunt, is a unique Keeper of Secrets formed by Slaanesh with the express purpose of slaying rival greater daemons, Particularly Bloodthirsters. They are one of the rivals of Skarbrand Ragefeaster, whom they have fought to a standstill twice.

Ssilvox is a pleasure-addled Keeper of Secrets who was present during the End Times. He was sent as a representative for Slaanesh on account of his ineptitude, for the Prince of Chaos did not truly wish for the world to end.

Luxcious is a Keeper of Secrets who claims Slaanesh's place in Age of Sigmar following the gods disappearance. She calls herself the "Ur-Slaanesh" and is a Pretender of Slaanesh.[22]

Ghal-Triesh was a Pretender of Slaanesh in Age of Sigmar. Called the Beneficent One, Gal-Triesh was challenged and eventually slain by Y'etresca, their followers taken into their rivals command. They were lithe, their body pale as fresh snow.

Y'etresca was a Pretender of Slaanesh in Age of Sigmar. Called the Prideful Pefection, they were a dark mirror of the Beneficent One, with dark skin, golden tiger-like stripes, and ice blue eyes. They slew Ghal-Triesh and overtook the Keeper's following.

Y'ryllas is a Keeper of Secrets, a legendary general of Slaanesh. With Slaanesh's absence, it was charged with repelling a joint invasion by Slaanesh's brother-gods.

Mendaxia Skinweaver is another legendary general of Slaanesh, assisting its kin repelling invasion by enemy daemons.

The Pale Stalker was a Keeper of Secrets from 40,000 summoned by Tzeentchian sorcerors to visit terror and havoc on Drukhari forces.

Manushya-Rakshasi was a young Keeper of Secrets who dueled and was slain by Jaghatai Khan, the Whitescars Primarch.

Kanathara was a Keeper of Secrets high in a esteem like N'kari or Shalaxi, though not as beloved as those two. It held a grudge towards Fabius Bile.

Quotes

“ The supreme servants of Slaanesh are his greater daemons. Whether they have served their master for aeons, or have been newly summoned from the Realm of Chaos, such beasts are both hideous and beautiful to behold, such is the depth of their depravity, but also the intensity of their gifts. „

~ Book of Pleasure, Greater Servants

“ The greater daemons of Slaanesh are designed to find the ultimate gratification in the art of killing. Moving gracefully across the battlefield, these creatures scream, moan, and writhe in ecstasy as the thrill of battle rakes through their veins. The conduct of these daemons on the battlefield is horrific to witness, often consuming raw flesh, inflicting pain upon themselves to induce a frenzy, addicted to the sensation of destruction. Causing pain has become a basic need for these daemons and they will do anything to intensify the ecstasy of violence, but no amount of slaughter can slake their lust. „

~ Book of Pleasure, Greater Servants

“ The Keeper of Secrets is the most beguiling of all of Slaanesh’s creations. It is a creature that has no conventional beauty. It is androgynous, many limbed, and yet measured, sensuous, ethereal, and titillating to any that set eyes upon it. „

~ Book of Pleasure, Greater Servants

Gallery

N'Kari, the most deadly of the Keepers of Secrets.

N'Kari, the most deadly of the Keepers of Secrets.

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[Context of who slaanesh is: Full Name

Slaanesh

Alias

Archenemy[1]

Prideful Sensate[2]

Dark Prince

Prince of Forsaken Delights[3]

Lord of Skin and Sinew[4]

Shaarnor

Slaaneth

Lord of Temptations[5]

Fulfiller of Desires

Lord of Unspeakable Pleasures

Perfect Prince

Flesh God[6]

Silken Lord

Prince of Depravity

Suzerain of Sensation[7]

The Serpent

Master of Pleasure and Pain

Lord of Pleasure

The Reveller

Shornaal

Last Born and Most Beautiful[8]

Lanshor the Serpent

She-Who-Thirsts (40k)

He-Who-Revels

The Great Enemy (40k)

God-Prince

Prince of the Chaos Gods

The Absent God (Age of Sigmar)

The Decadent Fiend (Age of Sigmar)

The Resplendent (Age of Sigmar)

Dark Magnificence (Age of Sigmar)

The Breeder (Age of Sigmar)

Apex Defiler (Age of Sigmar)

Gorlaz[9]

Origin

Warhammer Fantasy

Occupation

Chaos God

Powers / Skills

Nigh-Omnipotence

Nigh-Omniscience

Nigh-Omnipresence (all within the realm of chaos)

Immortality

Pretentual seduction

Pretentual charisma

Pretentual persuasion

Deadly beauty

Excess and obsession embodiment and empowerment

Depravity and hedonism embodiment and empowerment

Control and authority over daemons of Slaanesh

Daemons creation

Daemonification

Reality warping

Psychic powers

Chaos manipulation

Realm manipulation

Soul manipulation

Illusion creation

Poison manipulation

Senses enhancement

Shapeshifting

Soul devouring

Soul damnation

Curse casting

Dream invasion

Perfumed musk aura

Portal creation

Telepathy

Goals

Achieve complete domination of the demonic and mortal planes for all eternity

Make mortals perform hedonistic acts

Devour every aeldari soul (all ongoing)

Crimes

Malefic

Mass property damage

Mass rape (false)

Mass genocide

Slavery

Torture

Libel

Corruption

Type of Villain

Sadomasochistic Deity

“ For as the rising sun brings the coldness of night to its end, so I have come to bring an end to toil and bitterness. Let every land set aside their wrath and despair, and release the empty promises of change, for I am the joy of now and the vindication of life. I will love you as no other ever has or ever will and you shall love me in turn: with your bodies, with your minds, and with your souls. I shall be your wife and your husband, your mistress and your lover, and in my arms you will find purpose and delight. Pleasure beyond all imagining is mine to bestow, if only you take me into your hearts. „

~ Liber Chaotica, The Satin Throne (Vol II).

Slaanesh (Slaaneth in the Dark Tongue) is one of the main antagonists of the Warhammer Fantasy, Warhammer 40,000, and Age of Sigmar settings. He is the Chaos God of Excess, Perfection, Depravity, Pleasure, Pain, Obsession, Passion, Creativity, and Hedonism.

He goes by many epithets, but is most commonly known as the Dark Prince, Perfect Prince, and She-Who-Thirsts. Of the Dark Powers, he was the last to gain sentience, and is thusly considered the youngest and most immature of the Chaos Gods. He is also the only Chaos God who isn't particularly interested in the utter ruination of reality, though this is a fact he kept carefully concealed from his brothers.

Slaanesh has little love for any of his siblings, but it is Khorne he deems the most objectionable. Finding the Blood God brutal and crass, Slaanesh has entertained a rivalry with Kharneth for countless millenia and their mutual hatred is eons old. To the God of Pleasure, Khorne is that very worst thing of all: boring.[11] Slaanesh takes deep satisfaction in particular in besting the Blood God and his daemons at their own game: bloody murder and battle.

In Age of Sigmar it has two offspring in the god-spawn Synessa and Dexcessa, created in a ritual-gone-wrong with Morathi.

Contents

1 General

2 Characteristics

3 Warhammer Fantasy/Age of Sigmar

3.1 Legends & Manifestations

3.2 Foremost Servants

3.2.1 N'Kari

3.2.2 Shalaxi Helbane

3.2.3 Morathi

3.2.4 Dexcessa

3.2.5 Synessa

3.2.6 Sigvald the Magnificent

3.2.7 Azazel

4 Warhammer 40,000

4.1 Followers

4.1.1 Emperor's Children

4.1.2 Champions Of Slaanesh

4.1.3 Lucius the Eternal

4.2 Daemons

4.2.1 Keepers of Secrets

4.2.2 Daemonettes

4.2.3 Steeds of Slaanesh

4.2.4 Fiends of Slaanesh

4.2.5 Hate-Angels

4.2.6 Daemon Engines

4.2.7 Slaanesh Subjugators

4.2.8 Questor Scout Titans

5 Gallery

6 Navigation

7 References

General

In 40K, Slaanesh was born from the excesses and hedonism of the Aeldari race, his birth swallowing many of them and even many of their gods. In Fantasy, Slaanesh was said to be born from a unspecified cataclysmic show of avarice and was already established amongst his brothers when Chaos Came to the World.

Characteristics

“ In bodily form, Slaanesh is perfect: long-limbed and elegant, with a haunting Androgynous Beauty. „

~ Slaanesh (Realms of Chaos, 1997)

“ Long golden hair spread like a mane around his head while two sets of shiny black horns sprouted from his brow. His body was lithe and supple, male on the left side and female on the right. The most wondrous gowns and robes were draped about his form, adorned with fabulous jewels fringed with the finest velvets. „

~ Slaanesh, The Dark Prince[12]

“ Slaanesh is depicted in the artwork and verse of the depraved as a radiant and slender colossus, male on the left side and female on the right, with a subtly disturbing voice that can bind a man as a spider binds a fly. „

~ The Prince of Pleasure[13]

she actually is fully female she has no ideas why people think she is either genderless or call her by He/him pronounce she is a she/her

Aosslaanesh

Slaanesh, imprisoned in Ulg-Hysh.

Slaanesh alone is divinely beautiful, seductive, and glamorous among the Gods of Chaos.[14] He is most often described as androgynous, with some accounts naming him male on one side and female on the other. Though capable of shapeshifting into anything, he most often prefers to take the form an androgynous humanoid being, though he leans more to the male side of things. The Prince of Chaos is a youthful deity, clean of limb, slender, and elegant. He is described as statuesque and it is said that even the merest glimpse of his allure can drive mortals to complete subjugation, if not madness or death. He has lustorous eyes, twin pairs of horns, and a long mane of golden hair.[15] His body is oiled[16], as well as his hair, his handmaidens lovingly maintaining his blonde tresses. A protean creature, Slaanesh can assume the form of anything he wishes and when dealing with mortals, usually appears as their deepest desire.[17]

Slaaneshrealm

Slaanesh's realm, the fiendish paradise of the Dark Prince.

However, the elegance and beauty of Slaanesh masks a darkness, for the Prince of Pleasure is a cruel and thirsting god. Arrogant and prideful to the extreme, he rarely experiences any such emotion as mercy or pity, even towards his own daemons.[18] His desire is domination, but unlike hated Khorne, the Perfect Prince values the subjugation of others through guile, promises, beauty, and charm. It is these things that are the Dark Prince's weapons and tools of the trade, though his legions are perfectly capable in the application of force when needed.

Slaanesh has been described as frivolous[19] aesthetic[20], melodramatic, crass [21], indolent, guileful[22], and of course sybaritic.[23] He is a notoriously difficult patron to please, and even his own daemons fall short or run afoul of him for the smallest mishaps.[24]

Of the gods, Slaanesh is the hardest to please and his mutating touch is the deadliest. His attentions are fleeting and he bores easily, even of his own champions. Only very few individuals have the constant attention and favor of the Dark Prince.

Slaanesh is the hardest to define of the Chaos Gods and unlike his siblings, takes pains to never appear the same way twice. Thusly, the maddened depictions of him by his followers are broad indeed.

The Dark Prince has a single blemish on his otherwise perfect face, put there by the Lord of Murder Khaine during a titanic battle. Though Slaanesh won this duel, casting Khaine into the realm of mortals, the scar Khaine left in his wake has never fully healed.[25]

Slaanesh owns a sword, a beautific blade said to hold the sharpest edge in all existence.[26] It is known that Sigvald's blade, Sliverslash, was forged from a piece of Slaanesh's sword though it is unclear if this the same weapon.

Warhammer Fantasy/Age of Sigmar

Legends & Manifestations

Slaanesh, along with the three other Ruinous Powers, struck down Be'lakor when the Daemon Prince grew too greedy for power, daring to make demands of the Gods.

There was once a pair of daemonettes consigned to the cleaning of Slaanesh's realm who turned their dull task into a dangerous thrill ride. Before them, the Chariots of Slaanesh were used to mince the corpses of defeated interlopers into small enough pieces for the flora of Slaanesh's realm to consume. Because they were already dead, thus unfeeling, there was little emotion or sensation to be had from this. So dull was this punishment that those assigned to do it were known to simply wither away from ennui. However, a wily pair decided that what could mince dead flesh could mince living flesh just as well and they took their bladed chariots to the realms of Slaanesh's enemies and of men. They predicted correctly, experiencing thrills and joy, running down prey at lethal speeds. It wasn't long until Slaanesh heard of their exploits. He was pleased that his children had found yet a new way of eliciting sensation from prey and to drive a charior of Slaanesh became a place of honor rather than toil. However, the Chaos Gods are leery of their edicts being disobeyed or otherwise shirked and those two Daemonettes were turned to stone and faced away from the racing of the Chariots, unable too see or feel anything, for all time.

A Tzeentchian Daemon called The Changeling took the form of a Slaaneshi daemon and crept passed the servants and senechals of Slaanesh's grand palace. There, he caught the Dark Prince dozing, and cut the hair from his head, fleeing the Realm and then presenting the prize to his master Tzeentch. Tzeentch in turn spun the hair into a cloak, which now adorns the shoulders of Egrimm Van Horstmann. While worn, the Servants of Slaanesh will hate but not attack the wearer, for fear of harming anything made from Slaanesh's own essence.

The Changeling was also the Daemon who inadvertently lured Slaanesh into a war with his brother, Nurgle. The Daemon had snuck into Slaanesh's realm and stolen Silver Apples from the garden of the Dark Prince. He then grew bored of his game within Nurgle's realm, abandoning the fruit there to rot. Slaanesh would eventually discover the "theft" and declare war. For his part, Nurgle accused Slaanesh for engineering a pretext for invasion, and so the two gods came to blows.

Seeking to allure his siblings, Slaanesh made four chalices: The Chalice of War, The Chalice of Entropy, and the Chalice of Lies, which he gifted to Khorne, Nurgle, and Tzeentch respectively. Tzeentch and Nurgle were glad, despite themselves, to be thought of as worthy of such effort in Slaanesh's eyes. Hoever, Khorne could not resolve his nature with the attraction Slaanesh provoked within him. Thus, he shattered his own Chalice. But even as it broke, the Blood God felt compelled to reassemble it, only to shatter it once more. He has since rebuilt and shattered the Chalice of War an uncountable amounts of times.

During a darksome time beneath Slaanesh's rule, the Pleasure God suffered a stunning defeat at the hands of Nurgle and Khorne's combined forces, a war engineered by Tzeentch. Angered and hurt of pride, he turned his rage on his favorite daemonettes. The Masque of Slaanesh was a dancer who's displays were so skilled as to move the hearts of even the gods and when Slaanesh's mood was sour, she would dance for him to lighten his thoughts. However, after this defeat, Slaanesh could only see a jest at his expense from her dance and decided to curse her to dance ceaselessly for the rest of time. Thus she is known as the Eternal Dancer, an exile of Slaanesh.

The beguiling gem is a single tear shed by Slaanesh, a rare chaos artifact usually held by one of his followers. Often misidentified as a simple stone, it is the only tear ever shed by the Prince and pulses pink when worn. Imbued by the allure, but also madness, of the Prince, wearers become irresistable but insane.[27]

Slaanesh partially manifests himself during the Final Battle of Ulthuan during the End Times. As the Elves fight around the Great Vortex on the Isle of the Dead, Morathi draws from the Vortex's energies to fuel her magic and later slaying almost all the mages holding it check once Tyrion and Malekith had fallen battle. This opened a rift at the heart of the vortex and through this rift, the Dark Prince forced through his great taloned hand, groping blindly for prey. However, as the winds of magic fled the vortex to find hosts, the Vortex itself would collapse and the rift would close. Slaanesh, screeching in fury, would be denied full entry into the material realm. However, before being ejected, he is able to grab Caledor Dragontamer and Morathi and pull them into the Realm of Chaos.[28]

Slaanesh granted his cittern to the musician Lena Stein for a time, in return for her eternal service. He further dispatched three discraged daemons into the semi-exile (and demi-mortality) to aid and protect Lena in her murderous endeavors.[29]

Foremost Servants

N'Kari

See main Article: N'Kari

N'kari is Slaanesh's finest Keeper of Secrets and the daemon lord who led the Slaaneshi on the attack on the Isle of the Dead. He was the Greater Daemon to lead the Rape of Ulthuan and has a particular vehemence against the elven race, especially those descendants of Aenarion's bloodline. N'kari is also a rival of Skarbrand, whom he duelled with his Slaanesh-granted blade, Witstealer.

Shalaxi Helbane

See main Article: Shalaxi Helbane

Shalaxi Helbane is one of Slaanesh's finest Keepers of Secrets and a Hunter without compare. They are the manifestation of Slaanesh's eternal fued with Khorne and excel at killing other Greater Daemons, especially Bloodthirsters. Shalaxi has dueled Skarbrand, most deadly of the Bloodthirsters, to a stand-still twice and has designs on a third duel, one which will surely draw the eye of their respective gods.

Morathi

See main Article: Morathi

Morathi is the mother of Malekith and a Dark Elf that has forged many pacts with Slaanesh in exchange for power and influence. She is the reason the pleasure cults abound in secret within Druchii society, even though the official religion of the Continent venerates Khaine. As of Age of Sigmar, Morathi is a goddess in her own right and no longer serves Slaanesh. However, that achievement came with two unintended consequences in the forms of Dexcessa and Synessa.

Dexcessa

See main Article: Dexcessa

Dexcessa is the battle-lust of Slaanesh made manifest and the twin of Synessa. Called The Talon, they are one of the two accidental god-spawn of Slaanesh. Morathi is their mother.

Synessa

See main Article: Synessa

Synessa is the silver tongue of the Dark Prince made flesh and blood and the twin of Dexcessa. Called The Voice, they are one of the two accidental god-spawn of Slaanesh. Morathi is their mother.

Sigvald the Magnificent

See main Article: Sigvald the Magnicifent

Sigvald is the incest-borne adopted mortal son of Slaanesh. He is astronomically vain and this greatly pleases his daemonic father. His sword, Sliverslash, was a gift from the Pleasure God himself and a piece of Slaanesh's own blade.

Azazel

See main Article: Azazel

Azazel is a Daemon Prince and the captain of Slaanesh's Ecstatic Legions. He is considered the most beautiful of daemons, able to rob the will of the enemy by being in their presence. To fight him, and lose, is to damn the very soul. Thus he is known as the Prince of Damnation.

Warhammer 40,000

Followers

Emperor's Children

The Emperor's Children are the dedicated Slaaneshi Chaos Space Marine warriors, lead by their Primarch Fulgrim, the Daemon Prince of Slaanesh. Among them are other Slaanesh-devoted space marine warbands such as The Flawless Host, and the infamous Noise Marines. Their trademark is the use of devastating sonic weaponry that confuses and demoralizes enemy forces in a wild show of “deafeningly loud, psycho-sonically and pyrotechnically explosive attacks”. -please see Noise Marines for more information on these depraved hedonists.

Champions Of Slaanesh

Desire is a powerful emotion and Slaanesh is the embodiment of all desire, with it's Champions revelling in their pleasures. Being former noise marines, They take joy from the ending of life on the battlefield, a perverse pleasure for which the desire is constantly increased. The senses of the Champion are increased beyond human recognition and their minds are so fast to react that they fight in a blur which many enemies cannot even see, let alone defend against. Most champions are typically armed with some form of daemon weapon. Slaaneshi Champions are often the greatest swordsmen in the galaxy and may also be found wielding master-crafted sonic weapons unavailable to most.

Lucius the Eternal

One of Slaanesh's most favored subjects and a mighty champion of the chaos god - please see Lucius the Eternal for more information on this dangerous opponent.

Daemons

Keepers of Secrets

Main article: Keepers of Secrets

Keepers of Secrets are the Greater Daemons of Slaanesh. Created subconsciously by the Prince of Pleasure, these Daemons are the ultimate manifest of his desire for physical excess and pleasure in battle. Each Keeper of Secrets has a unique appearance that mirrors Slaanesh's mood at the time of its creation. Their looks can range from terrifyingly haunting but almost human to bestial, though all are tall and lithe with long claws and limbs and a crown of horns that sprouts from their head and intoxicating eyes that look like black crystals. Nearly all Keepers of Secrets are armed with a giant daemonic weapon known as a witstealer sword which can sap away the mind of enemies, stripping more away with every cut until nothing of their memories, personality or sanity remain.

As well as being vicious warriors, Keepers of Secrets are also capable of weaving powerful spells of misdirection and mystification. They invade the thoughts of their enemies, sending them visions of glory, titillating their egos, and caressing their inner desires to lead them astray. They seek to give and receive sensation in all forms, be it pain or pleasure, but there is nothing more enjoyable to them than the corruption of the noble and pure. They also are surrounded by a breeze that confuses all enemies around and allows the daemon to prey on them easily.

The Keepers of Secret live to feed from others' emotions, especially fear, hope, despair. They love the sensation of cutting through flesh and bestowing the feeling of pain onto its enemies. As well as striking amazingly fast with their limbs, they also cause corruption in another way, they love to turn emotions such as courage, bravery and valor into selfishness and other emotions.

The most powerful Keepers of Secrets are known as Exalted Keepers of Secrets. Glamour-wreathed, stiletto-clawed and black-hearted, Exalted Keepers of Secrets are the ultimate expressions of every obsession, their sickening presence enough to drive lesser warriors to rapturous seizures. Perverse acts of tortuous intensity are committed with lightning speed and dark glee.

Daemonettes

Main article: Daemonettes

Daemonettes are Lesser Daemons of Slaanesh. They are the most numerous of her daemonic minions and serve him as handmaidens, warriors and agents. Daemonettes appear as both beautiful and repulsive to those who look upon them. Their bewitching opal eyes and enchanting aura veil their androgynous features and grotesque claws, revealing an alluring appearance the beholder will always consider the epitome of beauty.

Depending on the situation Daemonettes can be gracious and swift warriors, using their razor-sharp claws when violent force is necessary, or subtle messengers and seducers who will haunt the dreams and nightmares of their victims.

Those Daemonettes that excel in their servitude may serve the Lord of Pleasure personally as courtesans on his throne. The more privileged a Daemonette is, the closer she is allowed to approach the throne.

Steeds of Slaanesh

Steeds of Slaanesh are swift and powerful Daemonic steeds of Slaanesh, capable of running for eternity without ever tiring. A Mount has a serpentine body propelled on two long, muscular legs. Its head is extremely narrow, little more than a slender snout with eyes, from which a tongue several meters long flicks and darts and can taste the desire of mortals. Steeds are vicious when roused, their tongues lashing like whips, their clawed feet kicking and eviscerating. They are incarnations of Slaanesh's free spirit, insatiably curious and, like all Damons of Slaanesh, always crave experience.

Fiends of Slaanesh

Main Article: Fiend of Slaanesh

Slaanesh fiends are warp-birthed monstrosities that perversely mix human, reptile and insect characteristics in a single form. They are endowed with long, slender bodies covered with delicate scales, whip-like tails with mesmerizing movements, four legs with humanoid feet and two claw-like arms they employ for disemboweling their enemies. Their heads are bovine-like, covered with horns and gleaming eyes; their mouths narrow and fanged, with a characteristic long tongue used for tasting the air and endowed with a soporific substance which induces coma in those caressed by it.

In battle, the Fiends show an unnatural ability and speed, leaping towards their prey and balancing on their tail and pincers, and running in a confusing side-to-side movement which often confounds their enemies. As they gather for the kill they let out a keening song that by itself can cause death or terrible damage to organs.

Hate-Angels

A new form of daemon created by Slaanesh that are capable of flight. Little else is known about them currently.

Daemon Engines

Usually found supporting both the demonic legions and mortal followers of Slaanesh are daemon engines. Daemon Engines can vary greatly in form and function, but they are all unified by one factor - the physical shells of the vehicles/walkers contain bound daemons which fully control their actions and movements. Daemon Engines have an insatiable bloodlust and revel in violence and destruction. They also exude an aura of death and hatred that can overwhelm lesser foes and typically possess vastly increased durability compared to a non-possessed vehicle. Slaaneshi daemon engines are usually exceptionally agile and hit hard and fast while moving in a graceful manner, but their armor is quite thin and can more easily be felled compared to daemon engines belonging to other Gods.

Slaanesh Subjugators

The Subjugator is a daemon engine the size of a small titan, dedicated to Slaanesh. The Subjugator embodies the essence of Slaanesh; being lithe, incredibly swift, and fully able to move quickly and still use its weapons with utmost accuracy. When the hordes of Slaanesh attack, the Subjugators will race ahead of the army, galloping towards its foe with its long, powerful legs, the daemonic spirits inside chattering and screaming with the sensations that battle brings. These shrieks turn to howls of elation as the machine's weapons are brought to bear and the foe is destroyed in exquisite agony. Despite the machine's intimidating size and unbelievable speed and the awesome power of its weapons that are capable of pinning entire squads down, those brave enough to face it will find that its armour is no better than that of a small combat walker, ending the Daemon Engine's pleasure far quicker than its possessing spirits desire.

A Subjugator is armed with a variety of weapons for both long-range and close combat. The Daemon Engine features two unique Hellslicer battle claws—one on each side of its chassis—that is capable of ripping apart enemies many times its own size, and is also armed with tail and dorsal-mounted Tormentor cannons A Tormentor Cannon is a psychically-charged warp-based (possibly made by Slaanesh's own hands) energy cannon that kills a Subjugator's victims with unbearable agony, leaving a trail of charred wrecks and ashen corpses wherever it is fired. A Subjugator is also armed with a set of two blastmasters and a single up-sized doom siren mounted on the machines front. These are Chaotic sonic weapons that destroy and rip apart enemies with the agonising power of extreme sound.

The Subjugator is also surrounded by a glittering wall of energy known as a "Glamour of Slaanesh." This is a result of the Warp-interface which keeps the daemonic spirit within them imprisoned in the material universe. This shifting, swirling aura makes these Daemon Engines very hard to accurately target. As the Glamour of Slaanesh is an interface with the immaterial universe of Warpspace it also provides a good amount of protection from attacks that use the power of the Warp, such as vortex missiles and psychic powers.

Questor Scout Titans

A noted variant of the Slaanesh Subjugator. The Questor possesses a higher stature and slightly thicker armour than its counterpart, but its powerful legs can still drive forward at a considerable pace. Graceful arms spread from the Questor's carapace, each tipped with a rapid-firing, warp-based energy weapon called a tormentor cannon. The Questor also carries a pair of powerful lascannons, one mounted in the head, the other slung between the legs. A Questor is also armed with a pair of Bolters to serve as an anti-infantry deterrent. Like the subjugator it is also surrounded by a glittering wall of energy, making it very hard to accurately target and protecting it from psychic powers and weapons which utilize the power of the warp.

she never actually forced herself on anyone she never even heard the consept of rape, and the only man she even killed via a intimate act was a kiss and she found it disappointing so she was acused of mass rape from millions for false reasons, and she even corrects people saying she is the chaos goddess of pleasure, not forced sex, their is a difference, and she kinda got redeemed after years as she now cares for children who appear in her dreams by accident, and she does actually is kinda desperate for a personal mortal to fulfill her desires, but still she has no idea of the word rape nor even heard of what ti ment and she never did it before (she was very disappointed that the one mortal she kissed decayed the minute her lips touche dhis and she even complained "some mortals, just cant take a simple kiss, hm" she groans

she still questions why she is seen as a boy by mortals and other beings, she is a fully fledge girl not no man and she hates being called prince its princess, she also is never half male half female she is a flully fledge good in every way even appearence she hates being called genderlessand is curious and irritated of mortals and other beings calling her a male and she never makes herself eben look like as man she never tried nor ever will

and she never had children which means dexcessa and synessa are not her children btu she treats them as her children]

Slaanesh: Keepers of Secrets are: Full Names

Keepers of Secrets

Q'tlahsi'issho'akshami

Alias

Slayers of Slaanesh

Based Ones

Bringers of Temptation

Lords of Debauchery

Feasters of Pain

Silencer of Lies

Seneschals of Slaanesh

Despoilers of the Flesh

Great Horned Ones

Origin

Warhammer Fantasy

Homeworld

The Realm of Chaos

Abilities

Seduction

Sonic Attack

Expert Swordplay

Shield Abilities

Glamour

Lore of Slaanesh

Soul Sight

Shadow Magic

Psychological Attacks

Reading Minds

Detecting Emotions

Consuming Emotions

Members

N'Kari

Shalaxi Helbane

Kyriss

Manushya-Rakshasi

Ssilvox

Slaanshari the Golden[1]

Ssilvoth Glorybound[2]

Various unnamed members

Goals

Slay Slaanesh's foes.

Explore the extremes of sensation.

Crimes

Torture

Murder

Sexual violence

Type of Hostile Species

Hedonistic Daemons

“ A Keeper of Secrets is a Greater Daemon of Slaanesh, a consummate warrior and spellmaster of the Dark Prince’s hosts. Their four powerful limbs move languidly as they slink forwards – only to explode into lethal motion when their prey is in reach. „

~ Keeper of Secrets[3]

“ Such delicacies approach. I hunger! I yearn! Let us begin! „

~ An Exalted Keeper of Secrets, relishing the moment before battle.

Keepers of Secrets (Q'tlahsi'issho'akshami[4] in Dark Tongue) are greater daemons of Slaanesh and antagonists in Warhammer Fantasy. They are hedonistic, grotesquely beautiful beings who reap souls with weapons and magic. Of all the Greater Daemons, they alone are the most attractive and beguiling, inspiring the deadliest and darkest passions in mortals with their mere presence. However, this beauty belies cruelty and a dark heart, as Keepers of Secrets are the most depraved of the Greater Daemons and there is no low to which they will not stoop to sate their desires.[5]

They are often simply referred to as Keepers.

Contents

1 General

2 Characteristics

3 Notable Individuals

4 Quotes

5 Gallery

6 References

General

“ It granted me all I desired; but took from me all that I valued. I would give anything to look upon its beauty once again. „

~ The Liber Malefic on Keepers of Secrets.

“ I am only interested in your soul. I can see it gleaming within your mortal vessel. Fleshy pulp I shall flense away. It is the pit in the fruit I so desire above all. You know I shall feast, it is inevitable, but as an aperitif, a moment of ecstasy for us both...we shall couple. „

~ Slephialon, Keeper of Secrets

[6]

A monstrous Keeper of Secrets.

Unlike bloody-minded Kharneth, it is not the way of the Prince of Pleasure to resort first to violence. Slaanesh is subtle, as are his creations, but when all other avenues to achieving a desired goal have failed and bloodshed remains the only option, it is these grotesque beasts that the Dark Prince sends to do his bidding. They are so named for their purported ability to hear anything said anywhere, thus making them the Keepers of Secrets. Distinct from the Lesser Daemons of Slaanesh, who only occasionally partake in death-dealing and are much more given to a wide range of artistic expressions and sensation, the Keeper of Secrets is specifically formed and deployed for violence.[7]Inflicting pain is a basic need for these creatures and they stride the battlefield with the aim of causing as much of it as possible.[8]

When they emerge into the material world, it heaves and expulses at their coming. Animals agitate, the earth itself spews forth sweet water from deep beneath the soil, trees creak and wood warps. An unclean trembling takes to the air, affecting everything and everyone. Those given to the creative arts are particularly affected, taken by sudden bursts of skill and inspiration. What they create is far beyond their skill, the mediocre fashioning masterpieces in the midst of the Keeper's aura. However, a Slayer of Slaanesh is a beast of excess just as much as any of his sisters and as he comes closer, artistic mastery becomes outright madness. The painter paints with his own blood, the singer claws at her imperfect throat and chokes on her own melody, emotions run hot and entire communities are consumed by debauchery of the darkest kind. Those who survive the daemon's coming weep, for never again will they come so close to perfection.[9]

Characteristics

“ The Keeper of Secrets is a titanic monster, a physical manifestation of pure Chaos-- a mockery of mortal beauty. In battle, the Keeper of Secrets is a maelstrom of destruction, tearing apart any who come within reach of it's terrible claws and at the same time unleashing the awesome powers of chaos to subjugate its foes. „

~ Description of a Keeper of Secrets[10]

“ See him there! Many-limbed and jeweled eyed. Most beguiling of all immortals. He moves with such grace, his actions so measured and sensual, yet he is deadly indeed! „

~ Liber Chaotica Volume 2 on the Keepers of Secrets

“ A Keeper of Secrets is the true corrupting essence of Slaanesh’s given form. Towering above mortals, they closely resemble their smaller Daemonette cousins, though their heads vary from bovine elongated skulls, to beautiful yet terrible mockeries of Human or Aelven visages. „

~ Age of Sigmar: Core Rule Book

Portrait of an Exalted Keeper of Secrets.

Portrait of an Exalted Keeper of Secrets.

Keepers are perhaps the most physically varied of the daemons, each formed from Slaanesh's own hand, their forms reflecting his muse, his mood, and his interest, all things that are very changeable. That said, Keepers of Secrets tend to fall broadly into three categories: bestial, monstrous, and humanoid. Due to Slaanesh's whimsy, no two Keepers look alike and they are rivalled only by Daemon Prince's for physical variety. However, most Keepers of Secrets are many-limbed and their eyes shine like polished jewels. They are beautiful and disgusting in equal measure, transfixing their prey with their impossibly fluid grace and the aura of sheer domination that emanates from their being. A Keeper of Secrets delights in the pain and suffering of others; he is aroused by the doom and the torment he visits or finds in others. They push both their followers and their foes to the absolute highs and lows of physical and emotional sensation, sating both their own and their master's desires for these deadly extremes.[11]

The Marquis of Masochism and , a mortal.

The Marquis of Masochism and Sigvald the Magnificent, a mortal.

They are warm-bodied[12] and soft skinned with the exception of the chitin of their claws and other body parts. Despite being hideously strong, they are among the most delicate of the Greater Daemons. At around thirty feet in height, the Keeper of Secrets is the tallest of the Greater Daemons.[13][14] Some keepers are known to be even larger, towering at nearly fourty feet of height.[15]

Armed with catching claws and a pair of deadly pincers, the Keeper of Secret's lithe form belies the damage it can inflict. With exquisite precision can it slice a man apart. Even a mortal in full plate armor is nothing to this creature, for it's pincers flense through metal as if it were wet paper. Indeed, such is the glamour of the daemon that few mortals have even the will to raise a blade to them in defense. Many simply sit, stupefied, as the Keeper of Secrets toys with them before finally ripping them to pieces. They enjoy the sensation of talon on bone, of organs quivering against their pincers, and the pitch of a dying man's last scream.[16]

The Keeper of Secrets is not only sadistic, but masochistic. They do not fear death or pain and thrill at the prospect of torment, their own or another, for they seek sensation just as any of Slaanesh's children. Any injury one may manage to deliver to these daemons will only elicit moans of pleasure, shudders of delight, and squeals of exhilaration.[17]

, a more animalistic Keeper of Secrets.

Kyriss, a more animalistic Keeper of Secrets.

In addition to their physical weapons, each of these daemons is an accomplished spellcaster. They wield the Lore of Slaanesh or the Lore of Shadows, both designed to confuse and demoralize the enemy. Despite being adept at combat, the Keeper of Secrets is also among the most fragile of the Greater Daemons and will not last in prolonged engagements. Keepers prefer silks and robes; much of their perfect, smooth flesh is exposed with the purpose of tempting targets. Incredibly fast for their size, they typically forgo heavy armor.[18]

It is said that death is a better fate than abandonment by a Keeper of Secrets. Once in the the thrall of one of these daemons, survivors become jaded and numb to the mundane and nothing will sate their overwhelmed senses ever again.[19]

Keepers of Secrets are multi-lingual, fluent in several mortal tongues as well as their own daemonic language.[20] They also have a language that can be spoken by clicking the pincers together.[21]

Notable Individuals

N'Kari is the strongest of Slaanesh's Keepers of Secrets, as well as the most well known. He is particularly hated by the Elves for leading the Rape of Ulthuan, in which he hunted down and slew most of Aenarion's descendants.

Shalaxi Helbane, also called the Monarch of the Hunt, is a unique Keeper of Secrets formed by Slaanesh with the express purpose of slaying rival greater daemons, Particularly Bloodthirsters. They are one of the rivals of Skarbrand Ragefeaster, whom they have fought to a standstill twice.

Ssilvox is a pleasure-addled Keeper of Secrets who was present during the End Times. He was sent as a representative for Slaanesh on account of his ineptitude, for the Prince of Chaos did not truly wish for the world to end.

Luxcious is a Keeper of Secrets who claims Slaanesh's place in Age of Sigmar following the gods disappearance. She calls herself the "Ur-Slaanesh" and is a Pretender of Slaanesh.[22]

Ghal-Triesh was a Pretender of Slaanesh in Age of Sigmar. Called the Beneficent One, Gal-Triesh was challenged and eventually slain by Y'etresca, their followers taken into their rivals command. They were lithe, their body pale as fresh snow.

Y'etresca was a Pretender of Slaanesh in Age of Sigmar. Called the Prideful Pefection, they were a dark mirror of the Beneficent One, with dark skin, golden tiger-like stripes, and ice blue eyes. They slew Ghal-Triesh and overtook the Keeper's following.

Y'ryllas is a Keeper of Secrets, a legendary general of Slaanesh. With Slaanesh's absence, it was charged with repelling a joint invasion by Slaanesh's brother-gods.

Mendaxia Skinweaver is another legendary general of Slaanesh, assisting its kin repelling invasion by enemy daemons.

The Pale Stalker was a Keeper of Secrets from 40,000 summoned by Tzeentchian sorcerors to visit terror and havoc on Drukhari forces.

Manushya-Rakshasi was a young Keeper of Secrets who dueled and was slain by Jaghatai Khan, the Whitescars Primarch.

Kanathara was a Keeper of Secrets high in a esteem like N'kari or Shalaxi, though not as beloved as those two. It held a grudge towards Fabius Bile.

Quotes

“ The supreme servants of Slaanesh are his greater daemons. Whether they have served their master for aeons, or have been newly summoned from the Realm of Chaos, such beasts are both hideous and beautiful to behold, such is the depth of their depravity, but also the intensity of their gifts. „

~ Book of Pleasure, Greater Servants

“ The greater daemons of Slaanesh are designed to find the ultimate gratification in the art of killing. Moving gracefully across the battlefield, these creatures scream, moan, and writhe in ecstasy as the thrill of battle rakes through their veins. The conduct of these daemons on the battlefield is horrific to witness, often consuming raw flesh, inflicting pain upon themselves to induce a frenzy, addicted to the sensation of destruction. Causing pain has become a basic need for these daemons and they will do anything to intensify the ecstasy of violence, but no amount of slaughter can slake their lust. „

~ Book of Pleasure, Greater Servants

“ The Keeper of Secrets is the most beguiling of all of Slaanesh’s creations. It is a creature that has no conventional beauty. It is androgynous, many limbed, and yet measured, sensuous, ethereal, and titillating to any that set eyes upon it. „

~ Book of Pleasure, Greater Servants

Gallery

N'Kari, the most deadly of the Keepers of Secrets.

N'Kari, the most deadly of the Keepers of Secrets.

the reason the rape of ulthaun has the word rape in it is because historians had nothign else to call it so they called it the rape of ulthaun because it was a great war but also people assume their was sexual violence when their was not]

[Context of who slaanesh is: Full Name

Slaanesh

Alias

Archenemy[1]

Prideful Sensate[2]

Dark Prince

Prince of Forsaken Delights[3]

Lord of Skin and Sinew[4]

Shaarnor

Slaaneth

Lord of Temptations[5]

Fulfiller of Desires

Lord of Unspeakable Pleasures

Perfect Prince

Flesh God[6]

Silken Lord

Prince of Depravity

Suzerain of Sensation[7]

The Serpent

Master of Pleasure and Pain

Lord of Pleasure

The Reveller

Shornaal

Last Born and Most Beautiful[8]

Lanshor the Serpent

She-Who-Thirsts (40k)

He-Who-Revels

The Great Enemy (40k)

God-Prince

Prince of the Chaos Gods

The Absent God (Age of Sigmar)

The Decadent Fiend (Age of Sigmar)

The Resplendent (Age of Sigmar)

Dark Magnificence (Age of Sigmar)

The Breeder (Age of Sigmar)

Apex Defiler (Age of Sigmar)

Gorlaz[9]

Origin

Warhammer Fantasy

Occupation

Chaos God

Powers / Skills

Nigh-Omnipotence

Nigh-Omniscience

Nigh-Omnipresence (all within the realm of chaos)

Immortality

Pretentual seduction

Pretentual charisma

Pretentual persuasion

Deadly beauty

Excess and obsession embodiment and empowerment

Depravity and hedonism embodiment and empowerment

Control and authority over daemons of Slaanesh

Daemons creation

Daemonification

Reality warping

Psychic powers

Chaos manipulation

Realm manipulation

Soul manipulation

Illusion creation

Poison manipulation

Senses enhancement

Shapeshifting

Soul devouring

Soul damnation

Curse casting

Dream invasion

Perfumed musk aura

Portal creation

Telepathy

Goals

Achieve complete domination of the demonic and mortal planes for all eternity

Make mortals perform hedonistic acts

Devour every aeldari soul (all ongoing)

Crimes

Malefic

Mass property damage

Mass rape (false)

Mass genocide

Slavery

Torture

Libel

Corruption

Type of Villain

Sadomasochistic Deity

“ For as the rising sun brings the coldness of night to its end, so I have come to bring an end to toil and bitterness. Let every land set aside their wrath and despair, and release the empty promises of change, for I am the joy of now and the vindication of life. I will love you as no other ever has or ever will and you shall love me in turn: with your bodies, with your minds, and with your souls. I shall be your wife and your husband, your mistress and your lover, and in my arms you will find purpose and delight. Pleasure beyond all imagining is mine to bestow, if only you take me into your hearts. „

~ Liber Chaotica, The Satin Throne (Vol II).

Slaanesh (Slaaneth in the Dark Tongue) is one of the main antagonists of the Warhammer Fantasy, Warhammer 40,000, and Age of Sigmar settings. He is the Chaos God of Excess, Perfection, Depravity, Pleasure, Pain, Obsession, Passion, Creativity, and Hedonism.

He goes by many epithets, but is most commonly known as the Dark Prince, Perfect Prince, and She-Who-Thirsts. Of the Dark Powers, he was the last to gain sentience, and is thusly considered the youngest and most immature of the Chaos Gods. He is also the only Chaos God who isn't particularly interested in the utter ruination of reality, though this is a fact he kept carefully concealed from his brothers.

Slaanesh has little love for any of his siblings, but it is Khorne he deems the most objectionable. Finding the Blood God brutal and crass, Slaanesh has entertained a rivalry with Kharneth for countless millenia and their mutual hatred is eons old. To the God of Pleasure, Khorne is that very worst thing of all: boring.[11] Slaanesh takes deep satisfaction in particular in besting the Blood God and his daemons at their own game: bloody murder and battle.

In Age of Sigmar it has two offspring in the god-spawn Synessa and Dexcessa, created in a ritual-gone-wrong with Morathi.

Contents

1 General

2 Characteristics

3 Warhammer Fantasy/Age of Sigmar

3.1 Legends & Manifestations

3.2 Foremost Servants

3.2.1 N'Kari

3.2.2 Shalaxi Helbane

3.2.3 Morathi

3.2.4 Dexcessa

3.2.5 Synessa

3.2.6 Sigvald the Magnificent

3.2.7 Azazel

4 Warhammer 40,000

4.1 Followers

4.1.1 Emperor's Children

4.1.2 Champions Of Slaanesh

4.1.3 Lucius the Eternal

4.2 Daemons

4.2.1 Keepers of Secrets

4.2.2 Daemonettes

4.2.3 Steeds of Slaanesh

4.2.4 Fiends of Slaanesh

4.2.5 Hate-Angels

4.2.6 Daemon Engines

4.2.7 Slaanesh Subjugators

4.2.8 Questor Scout Titans

5 Gallery

6 Navigation

7 References

General

In 40K, Slaanesh was born from the excesses and hedonism of the Aeldari race, his birth swallowing many of them and even many of their gods. In Fantasy, Slaanesh was said to be born from a unspecified cataclysmic show of avarice and was already established amongst his brothers when Chaos Came to the World.

Characteristics

“ In bodily form, Slaanesh is perfect: long-limbed and elegant, with a haunting Androgynous Beauty. „

~ Slaanesh (Realms of Chaos, 1997)

“ Long golden hair spread like a mane around his head while two sets of shiny black horns sprouted from his brow. His body was lithe and supple, male on the left side and female on the right. The most wondrous gowns and robes were draped about his form, adorned with fabulous jewels fringed with the finest velvets. „

~ Slaanesh, The Dark Prince[12]

“ Slaanesh is depicted in the artwork and verse of the depraved as a radiant and slender colossus, male on the left side and female on the right, with a subtly disturbing voice that can bind a man as a spider binds a fly. „

~ The Prince of Pleasure[13]

she actually is fully female she has no ideas why people think she is either genderless or call her by He/him pronounce she is a she/her

Aosslaanesh

Slaanesh, imprisoned in Ulg-Hysh.

Slaanesh alone is divinely beautiful, seductive, and glamorous among the Gods of Chaos.[14] He is most often described as androgynous, with some accounts naming him male on one side and female on the other. Though capable of shapeshifting into anything, he most often prefers to take the form an androgynous humanoid being, though he leans more to the male side of things. The Prince of Chaos is a youthful deity, clean of limb, slender, and elegant. He is described as statuesque and it is said that even the merest glimpse of his allure can drive mortals to complete subjugation, if not madness or death. He has lustorous eyes, twin pairs of horns, and a long mane of golden hair.[15] His body is oiled[16], as well as his hair, his handmaidens lovingly maintaining his blonde tresses. A protean creature, Slaanesh can assume the form of anything he wishes and when dealing with mortals, usually appears as their deepest desire.[17]

Slaaneshrealm

Slaanesh's realm, the fiendish paradise of the Dark Prince.

However, the elegance and beauty of Slaanesh masks a darkness, for the Prince of Pleasure is a cruel and thirsting god. Arrogant and prideful to the extreme, he rarely experiences any such emotion as mercy or pity, even towards his own daemons.[18] His desire is domination, but unlike hated Khorne, the Perfect Prince values the subjugation of others through guile, promises, beauty, and charm. It is these things that are the Dark Prince's weapons and tools of the trade, though his legions are perfectly capable in the application of force when needed.

Slaanesh has been described as frivolous[19] aesthetic[20], melodramatic, crass [21], indolent, guileful[22], and of course sybaritic.[23] He is a notoriously difficult patron to please, and even his own daemons fall short or run afoul of him for the smallest mishaps.[24]

Of the gods, Slaanesh is the hardest to please and his mutating touch is the deadliest. His attentions are fleeting and he bores easily, even of his own champions. Only very few individuals have the constant attention and favor of the Dark Prince.

Slaanesh is the hardest to define of the Chaos Gods and unlike his siblings, takes pains to never appear the same way twice. Thusly, the maddened depictions of him by his followers are broad indeed.

The Dark Prince has a single blemish on his otherwise perfect face, put there by the Lord of Murder Khaine during a titanic battle. Though Slaanesh won this duel, casting Khaine into the realm of mortals, the scar Khaine left in his wake has never fully healed.[25]

Slaanesh owns a sword, a beautific blade said to hold the sharpest edge in all existence.[26] It is known that Sigvald's blade, Sliverslash, was forged from a piece of Slaanesh's sword though it is unclear if this the same weapon.

Warhammer Fantasy/Age of Sigmar

Legends & Manifestations

Slaanesh, along with the three other Ruinous Powers, struck down Be'lakor when the Daemon Prince grew too greedy for power, daring to make demands of the Gods.

There was once a pair of daemonettes consigned to the cleaning of Slaanesh's realm who turned their dull task into a dangerous thrill ride. Before them, the Chariots of Slaanesh were used to mince the corpses of defeated interlopers into small enough pieces for the flora of Slaanesh's realm to consume. Because they were already dead, thus unfeeling, there was little emotion or sensation to be had from this. So dull was this punishment that those assigned to do it were known to simply wither away from ennui. However, a wily pair decided that what could mince dead flesh could mince living flesh just as well and they took their bladed chariots to the realms of Slaanesh's enemies and of men. They predicted correctly, experiencing thrills and joy, running down prey at lethal speeds. It wasn't long until Slaanesh heard of their exploits. He was pleased that his children had found yet a new way of eliciting sensation from prey and to drive a charior of Slaanesh became a place of honor rather than toil. However, the Chaos Gods are leery of their edicts being disobeyed or otherwise shirked and those two Daemonettes were turned to stone and faced away from the racing of the Chariots, unable too see or feel anything, for all time.

A Tzeentchian Daemon called The Changeling took the form of a Slaaneshi daemon and crept passed the servants and senechals of Slaanesh's grand palace. There, he caught the Dark Prince dozing, and cut the hair from his head, fleeing the Realm and then presenting the prize to his master Tzeentch. Tzeentch in turn spun the hair into a cloak, which now adorns the shoulders of Egrimm Van Horstmann. While worn, the Servants of Slaanesh will hate but not attack the wearer, for fear of harming anything made from Slaanesh's own essence.

The Changeling was also the Daemon who inadvertently lured Slaanesh into a war with his brother, Nurgle. The Daemon had snuck into Slaanesh's realm and stolen Silver Apples from the garden of the Dark Prince. He then grew bored of his game within Nurgle's realm, abandoning the fruit there to rot. Slaanesh would eventually discover the "theft" and declare war. For his part, Nurgle accused Slaanesh for engineering a pretext for invasion, and so the two gods came to blows.

Seeking to allure his siblings, Slaanesh made four chalices: The Chalice of War, The Chalice of Entropy, and the Chalice of Lies, which he gifted to Khorne, Nurgle, and Tzeentch respectively. Tzeentch and Nurgle were glad, despite themselves, to be thought of as worthy of such effort in Slaanesh's eyes. Hoever, Khorne could not resolve his nature with the attraction Slaanesh provoked within him. Thus, he shattered his own Chalice. But even as it broke, the Blood God felt compelled to reassemble it, only to shatter it once more. He has since rebuilt and shattered the Chalice of War an uncountable amounts of times.

During a darksome time beneath Slaanesh's rule, the Pleasure God suffered a stunning defeat at the hands of Nurgle and Khorne's combined forces, a war engineered by Tzeentch. Angered and hurt of pride, he turned his rage on his favorite daemonettes. The Masque of Slaanesh was a dancer who's displays were so skilled as to move the hearts of even the gods and when Slaanesh's mood was sour, she would dance for him to lighten his thoughts. However, after this defeat, Slaanesh could only see a jest at his expense from her dance and decided to curse her to dance ceaselessly for the rest of time. Thus she is known as the Eternal Dancer, an exile of Slaanesh.

The beguiling gem is a single tear shed by Slaanesh, a rare chaos artifact usually held by one of his followers. Often misidentified as a simple stone, it is the only tear ever shed by the Prince and pulses pink when worn. Imbued by the allure, but also madness, of the Prince, wearers become irresistable but insane.[27]

Slaanesh partially manifests himself during the Final Battle of Ulthuan during the End Times. As the Elves fight around the Great Vortex on the Isle of the Dead, Morathi draws from the Vortex's energies to fuel her magic and later slaying almost all the mages holding it check once Tyrion and Malekith had fallen battle. This opened a rift at the heart of the vortex and through this rift, the Dark Prince forced through his great taloned hand, groping blindly for prey. However, as the winds of magic fled the vortex to find hosts, the Vortex itself would collapse and the rift would close. Slaanesh, screeching in fury, would be denied full entry into the material realm. However, before being ejected, he is able to grab Caledor Dragontamer and Morathi and pull them into the Realm of Chaos.[28]

Slaanesh granted his cittern to the musician Lena Stein for a time, in return for her eternal service. He further dispatched three discraged daemons into the semi-exile (and demi-mortality) to aid and protect Lena in her murderous endeavors.[29]

Foremost Servants

N'Kari

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N'kari is Slaanesh's finest Keeper of Secrets and the daemon lord who led the Slaaneshi on the attack on the Isle of the Dead. He was the Greater Daemon to lead the Rape of Ulthuan and has a particular vehemence against the elven race, especially those descendants of Aenarion's bloodline. N'kari is also a rival of Skarbrand, whom he duelled with his Slaanesh-granted blade, Witstealer.

Shalaxi Helbane

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Shalaxi Helbane is one of Slaanesh's finest Keepers of Secrets and a Hunter without compare. They are the manifestation of Slaanesh's eternal fued with Khorne and excel at killing other Greater Daemons, especially Bloodthirsters. Shalaxi has dueled Skarbrand, most deadly of the Bloodthirsters, to a stand-still twice and has designs on a third duel, one which will surely draw the eye of their respective gods.

Morathi

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Morathi is the mother of Malekith and a Dark Elf that has forged many pacts with Slaanesh in exchange for power and influence. She is the reason the pleasure cults abound in secret within Druchii society, even though the official religion of the Continent venerates Khaine. As of Age of Sigmar, Morathi is a goddess in her own right and no longer serves Slaanesh. However, that achievement came with two unintended consequences in the forms of Dexcessa and Synessa.

Dexcessa

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Dexcessa is the battle-lust of Slaanesh made manifest and the twin of Synessa. Called The Talon, they are one of the two accidental god-spawn of Slaanesh. Morathi is their mother.

Synessa

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Synessa is the silver tongue of the Dark Prince made flesh and blood and the twin of Dexcessa. Called The Voice, they are one of the two accidental god-spawn of Slaanesh. Morathi is their mother.

Sigvald the Magnificent

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Sigvald is the incest-borne adopted mortal son of Slaanesh. He is astronomically vain and this greatly pleases his daemonic father. His sword, Sliverslash, was a gift from the Pleasure God himself and a piece of Slaanesh's own blade.

Azazel

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Azazel is a Daemon Prince and the captain of Slaanesh's Ecstatic Legions. He is considered the most beautiful of daemons, able to rob the will of the enemy by being in their presence. To fight him, and lose, is to damn the very soul. Thus he is known as the Prince of Damnation.

Warhammer 40,000

Followers

Emperor's Children

The Emperor's Children are the dedicated Slaaneshi Chaos Space Marine warriors, lead by their Primarch Fulgrim, the Daemon Prince of Slaanesh. Among them are other Slaanesh-devoted space marine warbands such as The Flawless Host, and the infamous Noise Marines. Their trademark is the use of devastating sonic weaponry that confuses and demoralizes enemy forces in a wild show of “deafeningly loud, psycho-sonically and pyrotechnically explosive attacks”. -please see Noise Marines for more information on these depraved hedonists.

Champions Of Slaanesh

Desire is a powerful emotion and Slaanesh is the embodiment of all desire, with it's Champions revelling in their pleasures. Being former noise marines, They take joy from the ending of life on the battlefield, a perverse pleasure for which the desire is constantly increased. The senses of the Champion are increased beyond human recognition and their minds are so fast to react that they fight in a blur which many enemies cannot even see, let alone defend against. Most champions are typically armed with some form of daemon weapon. Slaaneshi Champions are often the greatest swordsmen in the galaxy and may also be found wielding master-crafted sonic weapons unavailable to most.

Lucius the Eternal

One of Slaanesh's most favored subjects and a mighty champion of the chaos god - please see Lucius the Eternal for more information on this dangerous opponent.

Daemons

Keepers of Secrets

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Keepers of Secrets are the Greater Daemons of Slaanesh. Created subconsciously by the Prince of Pleasure, these Daemons are the ultimate manifest of his desire for physical excess and pleasure in battle. Each Keeper of Secrets has a unique appearance that mirrors Slaanesh's mood at the time of its creation. Their looks can range from terrifyingly haunting but almost human to bestial, though all are tall and lithe with long claws and limbs and a crown of horns that sprouts from their head and intoxicating eyes that look like black crystals. Nearly all Keepers of Secrets are armed with a giant daemonic weapon known as a witstealer sword which can sap away the mind of enemies, stripping more away with every cut until nothing of their memories, personality or sanity remain.

As well as being vicious warriors, Keepers of Secrets are also capable of weaving powerful spells of misdirection and mystification. They invade the thoughts of their enemies, sending them visions of glory, titillating their egos, and caressing their inner desires to lead them astray. They seek to give and receive sensation in all forms, be it pain or pleasure, but there is nothing more enjoyable to them than the corruption of the noble and pure. They also are surrounded by a breeze that confuses all enemies around and allows the daemon to prey on them easily.

The Keepers of Secret live to feed from others' emotions, especially fear, hope, despair. They love the sensation of cutting through flesh and bestowing the feeling of pain onto its enemies. As well as striking amazingly fast with their limbs, they also cause corruption in another way, they love to turn emotions such as courage, bravery and valor into selfishness and other emotions.

The most powerful Keepers of Secrets are known as Exalted Keepers of Secrets. Glamour-wreathed, stiletto-clawed and black-hearted, Exalted Keepers of Secrets are the ultimate expressions of every obsession, their sickening presence enough to drive lesser warriors to rapturous seizures. Perverse acts of tortuous intensity are committed with lightning speed and dark glee.

Daemonettes

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Daemonettes are Lesser Daemons of Slaanesh. They are the most numerous of her daemonic minions and serve him as handmaidens, warriors and agents. Daemonettes appear as both beautiful and repulsive to those who look upon them. Their bewitching opal eyes and enchanting aura veil their androgynous features and grotesque claws, revealing an alluring appearance the beholder will always consider the epitome of beauty.

Depending on the situation Daemonettes can be gracious and swift warriors, using their razor-sharp claws when violent force is necessary, or subtle messengers and seducers who will haunt the dreams and nightmares of their victims.

Those Daemonettes that excel in their servitude may serve the Lord of Pleasure personally as courtesans on his throne. The more privileged a Daemonette is, the closer she is allowed to approach the throne.

Steeds of Slaanesh

Steeds of Slaanesh are swift and powerful Daemonic steeds of Slaanesh, capable of running for eternity without ever tiring. A Mount has a serpentine body propelled on two long, muscular legs. Its head is extremely narrow, little more than a slender snout with eyes, from which a tongue several meters long flicks and darts and can taste the desire of mortals. Steeds are vicious when roused, their tongues lashing like whips, their clawed feet kicking and eviscerating. They are incarnations of Slaanesh's free spirit, insatiably curious and, like all Damons of Slaanesh, always crave experience.

Fiends of Slaanesh

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Slaanesh fiends are warp-birthed monstrosities that perversely mix human, reptile and insect characteristics in a single form. They are endowed with long, slender bodies covered with delicate scales, whip-like tails with mesmerizing movements, four legs with humanoid feet and two claw-like arms they employ for disemboweling their enemies. Their heads are bovine-like, covered with horns and gleaming eyes; their mouths narrow and fanged, with a characteristic long tongue used for tasting the air and endowed with a soporific substance which induces coma in those caressed by it.

In battle, the Fiends show an unnatural ability and speed, leaping towards their prey and balancing on their tail and pincers, and running in a confusing side-to-side movement which often confounds their enemies. As they gather for the kill they let out a keening song that by itself can cause death or terrible damage to organs.

Hate-Angels

A new form of daemon created by Slaanesh that are capable of flight. Little else is known about them currently.

Daemon Engines

Usually found supporting both the demonic legions and mortal followers of Slaanesh are daemon engines. Daemon Engines can vary greatly in form and function, but they are all unified by one factor - the physical shells of the vehicles/walkers contain bound daemons which fully control their actions and movements. Daemon Engines have an insatiable bloodlust and revel in violence and destruction. They also exude an aura of death and hatred that can overwhelm lesser foes and typically possess vastly increased durability compared to a non-possessed vehicle. Slaaneshi daemon engines are usually exceptionally agile and hit hard and fast while moving in a graceful manner, but their armor is quite thin and can more easily be felled compared to daemon engines belonging to other Gods.

Slaanesh Subjugators

The Subjugator is a daemon engine the size of a small titan, dedicated to Slaanesh. The Subjugator embodies the essence of Slaanesh; being lithe, incredibly swift, and fully able to move quickly and still use its weapons with utmost accuracy. When the hordes of Slaanesh attack, the Subjugators will race ahead of the army, galloping towards its foe with its long, powerful legs, the daemonic spirits inside chattering and screaming with the sensations that battle brings. These shrieks turn to howls of elation as the machine's weapons are brought to bear and the foe is destroyed in exquisite agony. Despite the machine's intimidating size and unbelievable speed and the awesome power of its weapons that are capable of pinning entire squads down, those brave enough to face it will find that its armour is no better than that of a small combat walker, ending the Daemon Engine's pleasure far quicker than its possessing spirits desire.

A Subjugator is armed with a variety of weapons for both long-range and close combat. The Daemon Engine features two unique Hellslicer battle claws—one on each side of its chassis—that is capable of ripping apart enemies many times its own size, and is also armed with tail and dorsal-mounted Tormentor cannons A Tormentor Cannon is a psychically-charged warp-based (possibly made by Slaanesh's own hands) energy cannon that kills a Subjugator's victims with unbearable agony, leaving a trail of charred wrecks and ashen corpses wherever it is fired. A Subjugator is also armed with a set of two blastmasters and a single up-sized doom siren mounted on the machines front. These are Chaotic sonic weapons that destroy and rip apart enemies with the agonising power of extreme sound.

The Subjugator is also surrounded by a glittering wall of energy known as a "Glamour of Slaanesh." This is a result of the Warp-interface which keeps the daemonic spirit within them imprisoned in the material universe. This shifting, swirling aura makes these Daemon Engines very hard to accurately target. As the Glamour of Slaanesh is an interface with the immaterial universe of Warpspace it also provides a good amount of protection from attacks that use the power of the Warp, such as vortex missiles and psychic powers.

Questor Scout Titans

A noted variant of the Slaanesh Subjugator. The Questor possesses a higher stature and slightly thicker armour than its counterpart, but its powerful legs can still drive forward at a considerable pace. Graceful arms spread from the Questor's carapace, each tipped with a rapid-firing, warp-based energy weapon called a tormentor cannon. The Questor also carries a pair of powerful lascannons, one mounted in the head, the other slung between the legs. A Questor is also armed with a pair of Bolters to serve as an anti-infantry deterrent. Like the subjugator it is also surrounded by a glittering wall of energy, making it very hard to accurately target and protecting it from psychic powers and weapons which utilize the power of the warp.

she never actually forced herself on anyone she never even heard the consept of rape, and the only man she even killed via a intimate act was a kiss and she found it disappointing so she was acused of mass rape from millions for false reasons, and she even corrects people saying she is the chaos goddess of pleasure, not forced sex, their is a difference, and she kinda got redeemed after years as she now cares for children who appear in her dreams by accident, and she does actually is kinda desperate for a personal mortal to fulfill her desires, but still she has no idea of the word rape nor even heard of what ti ment and she never did it before (she was very disappointed that the one mortal she kissed decayed the minute her lips touche dhis and she even complained "some mortals, just cant take a simple kiss, hm" she groans

she still questions why she is seen as a boy by mortals and other beings, she is a fully fledge girl not no man and she hates being called prince its princess, she also is never half male half female she is a flully fledge good in every way even appearence she hates being called genderlessand is curious and irritated of mortals and other beings calling her a male and she never makes herself eben look like as man she never tried nor ever will

and she never had children which means dexcessa and synessa are not her children btu she treats them as her children]