But this is true in all things, not just carnal pleasures. Wherever mortals are ruled by their own unquenchable desires, the Dark Prince of Chaos is there in the shadows, whispering, tempting, and feasting on a banquet of souls. The Daemonic armies of Slaanesh are known as the Legions of Excess. Its sacred number is six and the colours associated with Slaanesh are riotous purples, pinks and black. It is the god of obsession, the Master of Excess in All Things, from gluttony to lust to megalomania.

Slaanesh is the Prince of Pleasure, the Dark God dedicated to the pursuit of earthly gratification and the overthrow of all decent behaviour, as well as hedonism and pleasure for its own sake. The name Slaanesh is a corruption of the Aeldari term Slaaneth ( Slaa meaning 'ecstasy' or 'pleasure' and Neth meaning 'lord' or 'prince' in the Aeldari Lexicon hence, the 'Prince of Pleasure'), though ironically, the Aeldari refer to this foul entity only as Sai'lanthresh, 'She Who Thirsts.'

Slaanesh is the youngest of the four major Chaos Gods, having come to full self-awareness within the Immaterium only during the 30th Millennium. Lust, pride and self-indulgence are the hallmarks of all who follow it. Slaanesh, also known as the ' Dark Prince,' the ' Prince of Pleasure,' the ' Lord of Excess,' the ' Perfect Prince,' and the ' Prince of Chaos' in the Imperium of Man and ' She Who Thirsts' among the Aeldari, is the Chaos God of pleasure, pain, hedonism, excess, perfection and decadence.

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