40 Facts and Lore on All of Nurgle's Greater Demons the Great Unclean Ones in Warhammer 40K

welcome back to another episode of 40 facts about the 40k universe I am your host Gershwin and you were watching when mine syndicate today we continue talking about Nergal as we get into the great unclean ones if you're new to the channel subscribe we post Warhammer 40k content every single day and if you enjoy our content think our patrons on patreon link in the description if you want to support but with that said let's get into 40 facts and the great unclean one a great unclean one is a grotesque greater demon of the play god Nergal a chaos god of disease death and decay our monks grandfather nerville's greatest servants bearers of his most sacred plagues and poxes these monsters are squad and mountain is covered in rotting flesh and open sores that we foul reverse of pus hot ropes of intestines drip out of huge tears in their enormous bloated and distended bellies his horrific girth is supported by two impossibly small and atrophied looking legs and their large bulbous heads are crammed by enormous stag like antlers to immortalize these greater demons of Nergal are undoubtedly the foul list of all the demonic servants of the ruinous powers each of these great unclean ones is shaped in the fashion of Nergal himself flyblown maggot ridden innards spilling into view through the tears and gashes in his swollen belly as he lumbers forward clusters of pus are always erupting from his hide birthing small swarms of giggling nerdlings noxious juices seeping from dozens of infected sores leaving a glistening trail of mucus in the grate unclean ones wake few mortals have the stomach let alone the will to oppose such a b-grade unclean ones are seldom deathlike or morbid in character in fact they are usually motivated by the same trivial enthusiasm that drives the living air Gregorius and even sentiment in their nature with a remarkable funds for their followers they often refer to their father as their children and take great pride in their appearance an oddly endearing behavior is not uncommon for great unclean ones to compete amongst themselves in the matter of spreading nerville's plagues and blessings across the galaxy they take and the achievements of their fellow servants of Nergal proclaiming joyfully the splendors of the boxes and sores evidenced by those around them and laugh heartily at the death and destruction created in the name of Nergal their appearance on the mortal plane is heralded with an ear-shattering howl of glee as they burst through the veil of reality delighted to walk upon real space once again spreading their bounty of Blake's upon mortals often disease and desolation on a planetary scale herald their arrival as entire populations are stricken with corruption of the plague Lords favorite plague which is known as Nergal rod this disease is the most contagious and most heinous of all sicknesses boxes and fevers their Nergal has ever conceived the afflicted mortals slowly suffer as the plague ravages their bodies turning them into bloat rotting living corpses before they succumb to their inevitable agonizing demise the bio slick read unclean one then waddles through the collapse cities and mounds of die happily bestowing his blessings born a loaf on a living tide of nur gleans driven to coordinate nur khals chaotic endeavors great unclean one seeks to instill purpose and function the demonic legions under his command globules of yellow green spit fly from his mouth as the Great unclean one urges his minions on worked with grumbles the greater demon harry's those who are tardy in advancing or who seem less energetic in the pursuit of the goals of grandfather Nergal the love of their minions fill a great unclean one with joy they are consumed with indignation when a foe seeks to thwart Nergal and his escalates to rage when his underlings are harmed when roused to war a great unclean one is a terrifying sight to behold though ponderous they are but unstoppable in the advance shrugging off the bolts and blades of the foe as though they were nothing but bothersome insects aided by the momentum of his charge a great unclean one will throw his immense bulk upon the victim with all the force again muster the selfless act of generosity worming its rotten heart those that survive their charge are met with a combination of disease plague flails iron bladed bile swords filth encrusted bio blades and rusted doomsday belts is not physical attacks alone that'd make a great unclean one so dangerous by breathing deeply on the festering powers of the war he can summon a pestilent wind to wither his foes vomit forth streaming tides of Filth maggots and mucus or blesses underlings with new tumorous growth that cover the worst of wounds if threatened with bodily harm the thousands of diminutive Nergal ease that follow and the greater demons wake will attack an unwary opponent dragging them down in a murderous way the instant their father is attacked naturally born carrion creatures and bring in the thousands gather around the greater demon to protect it and trill in its way hordes of sky blackening flies rats vultures crows and worms inevitably follow a great unclean ones passing great unclean ones long ago became a nerd to pay a result of their abundant infections plagues and virulent sores they're truly massive size their ability to withstand almost any level of injury or pain make them dangerous adversaries as they can absorb astounding amounts of damage before finally falling to the attack of their foe these demon Lords possess a hellish prowess which seems at odds with their bulk and squat stature they barrel into the enemy's laughing boisterously all the while laying out their colossal rusty cleavers and seven-headed plague flails that thick clouds of flies which feast at their open sores disrupt the attacks of their enemies and spread the putrid diseases of their hosts all the while the cooing nerdlings from a hideous vanguard for their patriarch and in a playful gesture do all they can to spread their father's beloved Blake's to all those nearby one of grandfather nur ghouls most beloved great unclean ones was bolo Thrax in the 33rd millennia three Imperial sectors were overrun by a vast army of the immaterial referred to fearfully as the diamond I'm deploying into the demon path five nightly houses that by the renowned nobles of house Turin formed an adamant Bastion to halt the rampage using Swift packs of Armiger Alvarez and war gleaves high queen the smadar at her in chan the demons through the shattered valleys of God's Mod as the warp born creatures spilled onto the hallowed Blaine's they were subjected to thunderous bombardments by two dozen knights Castille ends the demons casualties were phenomena yet with no concept of fear they searched onward to exact vengeance over six hundred four stores class Knights stormed out to meet them during barrage as of sorcery flame and filth it said cowering suits toppling to the ground with Queen Desmond daughter at her exalted court at the lands point the knight slammed into the still vast amount accord covered a path of annihilation to its heart the ground shaking beneath their tread unclean eager draining their legs though empiric feeds and warp energies toward down one night after the other their momentum was unstoppable at last with the Reaper chain swords howl and the Thunder strike gun its crackling the exalted courts of three Knightly houses engaged the master of the diamond eye the battle at fault was so grandiose and catalystic and it spawned hundreds of songs tales and tapestries several heroic knights were slain by the enormous great unclean one bolo Thrax for the Knights valued known as the master of iron and the fell breaker successfully pinned the foul abomination with a thunder coil harpoon with their quarry unable to move the night hack the mighty demon apart bolo threats banishment spell the end to the demonic tie so they wreaked much more destruction before they finally faded back into the warp it was on that day that bolo Thrax is unending grudge against house Turan and all the descendants was born later in the years after the opening of the Great Rift bolo threats would gain his revenge amidst the swirling fury of the Damocles go hiking Tybalt led the Knights of house Turan and their latest push against the Tao invaders they struck that recently reclaimed tile colony world of Shazia formerly an imperial held planet known as Gaza man initially the Terran offensive progressed well that nights were supported by a force of Raven Guard Space Marines who scouted ahead at their advance and repeatedly neglected the Zeno enemies rapid maneuvering abilities the battle took an unexpected turn however as the skies curled into matted fill black rain fell rotting all that it touched from this fill Rose the demons of nerville led by the bloated abomination that is bolo Thrax the great unclean one in the vicious conflict that follow how stir it and sustain terrible losses but the vengeful bolo threats wounded hiking Tybalt soared and fell the Knights of three of his closest blood relatives it is only when the raven guard Loretha tell forces into contact with the demonic hose Tybalt's exalted court was able to spearhead a breakout the mould Imperial forces stage at a fighting retreat to their extraction point battling droning plague creatures all the way they left Shasta to the frustrated demons who wasted no time in making the Tau suffer in another part of the galaxy during the battle of hama gor in the early 42nd millennia the second company of the sights of the Emperor Lee reformed with primary sister Dee battle brothers in the wake of the reinforcements brought by the indominus crusade found itself under siege upon the hive world assailed by an endless swarm of Nergal demons intercessor squads established a punishing series of kill zones amongst the ruins of the hive city yet for every demon they slew two more emerged from the date tunnels of the Undercity their casualties began to mount operating in total secrecy strike force our bringer of the great Knights fifth brotherhood teleported into the sub city their quarry was the great unclean one goal ganga toll who had turned the city sprawling sewage works to his personal baths hordes of putrid even scrawled endlessly forth from the rancid gruel after a bloody battle a strike team finally sent the great unclean one screaming back into the war Amma Goro was saved till the sites never discovered how with in the pantheon of Newark OHS demonic children botulin of the plague Lords most favored servants this ancient pestilent evil has plagued mankind for long millenia Bocelli's boasted he even fought the Emperor of mankind at some unknown point in history and that not even the latter could kill him sometime during the 38th millennia Newark dispatch botulism to spread his pestilence and Blake's amongst the crowded hive population of the Imperial hive world of areas unbeknownst to the Demon Lord he had blundered into a well-executed trap set by the Eldar led by their leader Farseer Correll the elder warriors dropped from the sky and attacked the vile demon in mass Corral then began the necessary rituals in order to bind Bahji less trapping the loathsome creature within the psychic construct known as the black pyramid unfortunately the elder were interrupted when they were attacked by Imperial forces before they could complete the ritual aided by the Inquisition the space was in a detachment of Imperial Guardsmen from the Gaza regiments they assaulted the Eldar during the ensuing melee they seized the arcane talisman of Lycos as the brutal fighting continued the talisman was broken into three separate pieces rendering its powers dormant at the conclusion of the battle the commanders of the Imperial forces divided their prize amongst themselves one piece was taken by the Inquisitor dark a second piece by the senior space wolf commander and taken back to the fame and the remaining piece was given to commander Byron of the Celt regiment to be taken back to his homeworld of gallant the great unclean one modulus remained Feder was in the black pyramid by multiple layers of arcane war pacts held our spirits and the Farseer powerful incantations these intricate patterns only revealed their flaws once every 3,000 Terran years when the comic bale star became visible in the sky and the Arias moons were in proper alignment while in prison the great unclean was still able to communicate with his foul servants on a limited basis during his imprisonment he eventually discovered the location of each broken portion of the talisman of Lycos the demon lord schemed to acquire these pieces so that he could free himself from his wretched prison the return of the comet Bale star in the late 41st millennium Herald a dire omen for the planet this coincided with a deadly plague that had struck the hive world to the coincidence was actually helped along by the subtle manipulations of botulism and his foul agents hidden amongst the masses of the Arian citizens heating the dire warnings of the Oracle of carillon Inquisitor Ivan Sternberg turned to the space wolves for help and recovering the Peace of the ancient talisman of Lycos which could cure the disease written planet and restore order this was to be the first mission of Ragnar blackmail of barek Thunder fist great company as a blood flow black mane was assigned to assist a pair of inquisitors Ivan Sternberg and Kara is on in recovering this talisman the inquisitors had come to Fenris to request the aid of the space Bulls in reclaiming the elder artifact Sternberg suspected that the black pyramid a famous structure on the planet which had been the site of a great battle of the space was the Imperial Guard and the Inquisition against the elder could restore the planet one piece of the talisman kept in the vaults of victory within the faith was to be found on the planet of gout and the third was lost in the warp aboard a derelict space hulk unknown to Inquisitor Sternberg one of his servants commander ghoul of the Inquisition's vessel light of truth was a herod in a servant of botulism acquiring the first piece of the talisman from the estar teased the inquisitors and the space was set out for the world of gal'd when they arrived at the planet to recover the second piece of the talisman they found an or cord and invaded the system and the orc warlord Gor had taken possession of the piece of the talisman found on gout Ragnar and his companions infiltrated the or cord and battled against the green skin warlord to reclaim the second piece of the talisman Inquisitor eyes then used her psychic abilities to discover that the last piece of the talisman was aboard a space hawk near the dead son of Cori Alice Ragnar and the Inquisitor successfully recovered the final piece of the talisman after battling many dangers such as tyranny gene stealers found aboard the drifting hulk after acquiring the final piece a group of Imperials traveled to the wanted to use the talisman when they arrived they found nearly the whole planet had been already infected by the plague taking the arcane item to the center chamber of the black pyramid before they entered the structure they were warned but what appeared to be an elder spirit not to use the device the inquisitors and their space wolf escorts ignore the warning when Inquisitor Sternberg activated the talisman they unwittingly released bachelors from his imprisonment much to the shock of the Imperials the gloating great unclean one recounted his tale of how he became in prison within the psychic construct and proceeded to explain how they had been manipulated to do his bidding all along calling forth his minion commander ghoul to receive his reward for his faithful servant who Ragnar black made quickly drew his bolter pistol and shot the corrupt officer through the head killing him Inquisitor eyes than both the attack the great unclean one with his psychic abilities but bah jealous mortally wounded her the demon lord reanimated Cole's corpse ordering the revenue to kill the intruders tapping into the power of the black pyramid modulus began casting a grand spell of archaic power animating millions of the planets plague victims as plague zombies Inquisitor Sternberg and the space was valiantly fought the great unclean one distracting the loathsome creature long enough for Aizen to siphon the power of the talisman of Lycos in order for her to seal the black pyramid sacrificing herself in the process and trapping modulus within for another 3,000 Terran years the great unclean known as old care it's been a blight upon mankind since ancient times during the 40th millennia the imperial world irelia was engulfed in a warp storm the resulting turbulence pushed the planet out of its natural orbit causing its environment to plunge into an unnatural an unexpected Ice Age the world became entirely engulfed in ice as the temperatures plummeted turning irelia into a frozen planetary wasteland referred by Imperial scholars as an ice world much of its population died as a result of the sudden frigid environmental changes when old care manifested on the doomed planet during the warp storm he was confronted by the chief librarian of the bloody Angel Space Marine chapter Mariah to manage to wound the greater demon before dying from his own mortal wounds in an act of vengeance another librarian of the Bloodraven Space Marine chapter Azariah Kyra's defeated old care imprisoning the immensely powerful demon on the frozen planet then the warp took the world and Kairos along with it old key remain trapped within his prison for over 1,000 standard years with other black legion chaos space marines invaded the sub-sector of irelia in the late 41st millennia led by their thrice-damned leader the chaos lord ella fast the inheritor a former duc apostle of the word bearers who had been restored to life by the chaos gods to regain vengeance upon the blood ravens the Black Legion was intent on releasing old care from his imprisonment so that he could pursue his wrath upon the people of the sub-sector when the Black Legion invaded the sub-sector during the events of the second aurelion crusade LFS and his minions captured several Space Marines and then sacrificed them in order to free old care from his infernal prison the arcane rich freed the greater demon as well as restored irelia to real space enabling the Demon Lord to manifest within the disease-ridden bodies of the plague Marines which served as his demon hosts once old Kerr successfully freed himself from his imprisonment the newly returned ice world of irelia was torn asunder in the meantime a bloodraven strike force led by Force Commander Aramis was tasked with a difficult mission to defeat the Demon Lord before it launched itself across the sub-sector threatening the existence of all the worlds used by the blood ravens to recruit the chapters of spirits before the bloody Ravens could destroy the great unclean one he had to first fail the vile chaos Lord elephant and his traitor Marines they clashed upon the world of irelia at the ruins of keeps ellinon it was there that Aramis fought the inheritor in single combat LFS exhibited tremendous chaotic powers and unmatched savagery against the hated servants of the cember were the favor of the wretched chaos Lord with the Dark Gods was such that he was able to call upon the personal blessings of all the chaos gods to aid him despite his formidable mind the blood of Ravens overcame LFS but before he could be slain he escaped their wrath by fleeing into the warp after Force Commander Aramis managed to fight his way through the remaining forces of chaos on irelia he eventually confronted the great unclean one after a long and hard-fought battle old care was once again defeated and in prison as irelia was cast back into the immaterial but he remarked to the blood ravens that his prison was now inadequate and weakened and that he would soon rise again to utterly destroy the blood ravens within the pages of the Ordo malleus is forbidden grimoire of true names our list the forbidden names of the greater demons of the ruinous power amongst the list of miracles most favorite servants it's the ancient and terrible great unclean one known as gaba Thrax through the ages this incarnation of pestilence has been known by many different names the Lord of the blighted pit maggots poor wind of miracle and scab attracts the great bloated this greater demon makes his home upon a demon world dedicated to playing deep within the eye of terror within one of nerville's greatest demonic sprawling pits called the blighted pit from within this toxic rotting pit of notches and blinds or spawn the foul creatures that Nergal releases upon the universe only the most dedicated of neuro scholars can summon forth the Lord of the blighted pit from his home in the war when he crosses the veil of reality onto the mortal plane he appears only briefly to spread disease and decay amongst the enemies of Nergal before returning to wallow and his beloved filth of the blighted pit once again mercifully scab attracts has only been summoned twice within the last millennium up until the second summoning during the siege of rax scab attracts had not been encountered since the contingent of area offered 900 Terran years earlier this great unclean one is truly a horrific sight to behold when he does appear in real space he draw view numbers humming to himself and whistling merrily surrounded by an impenetrable swarm cloud of large black flies thousands of Nergal EES clamoring over his mountainous bulk and scampering across his Talon feet fighting for the choicest morsels of rotten flesh or a succulent postulate to suck on forever this greater diamond red decay blossoms flora and fauna black and rot wither in turn to slime the fairy cracks and crumbles into dust and slime noxious pools of pestle and goo lie in his wake he carries a massive crude rusting cleaver known as the blade of decay when it strikes someone it has the power of rapidly age in decaying all it touches armored vehicles rushed away into some junk and the wounds have been injured become instantly infected quickly turning the flesh necrotic as it rots away whence Kavitha Rex was some into the Imperial armory world of racks prime by the trader agents of chaos many of his followers from the blighted pits including plague bearers swarms of nerdlings nerve obese and oh man are a foul chaos spawn and demon engines were brought forth the followers of Newark turned their attention upon racks pride happily spreading their rut and corruption with the intent to turn racks into a new plague world for their patron God Nergal when this Demon Lord was confronted by Inquisitor voc's of the auto malleus he struck the demon hunter with a spell blade turning the Inquisitor into a puddle of oozing organic sly scab a thorax was only stopped by the intervention of the gray knight Space Marines whose hero captain stern brought the demon lord lo once defeated the great unclean one spirit was sent howling back to the realm of chaos returning to the corrupted layer within the blighted pit though this greater demons incursion on vrak's was stopped he did not hamper the demonic hosts of nerve from rampaging across the benighted planet causing havoc and spreading their infection wherever they went not on notorious great unclean ones are as ancient as gaba Thrax the foul great unclean one known as qu gab began humbly enough as a diminutive Newark serving Nergal he once sat upon the great shoulders of the Lord of decay no more than a mite while his master concocted the most virulent toxins ever created dumpling from his nesting place while Nergal was mixing the noxious content coal gas fell into the rusty cauldron taking a great drink of the filthy contents the minor demon quickly swelled with power invigorated by the potent cauldron of poxes coal gas continued to drink and drink until the cauldron was empty the miniscule form of coal gas grew into a mighty great unclean one laughing with happiness at the antics of his new creation naru was pleased with coal gas and what he had become the embodiment of the perfect disease realizing that his Creed was not angry by his turn of events coal gas soon realized that he had robbed the plague lord of his greatest achievement since that day coal gas has sought to recreate the toxic miracle that birth him into existence standing apart from his fellow greater demons coal gas now referred to as the plague father is a somber creature he does not revel in the gurgling delights of infection in plague for the plague father is contemplative and industrious forever traveling through the realms of chaos and the mortal universe seeking every ingredient in sickness imaginable in order to recreate the perfect disease once more coal gas moves across reality atop a Peloquin carried by a mountain of thousands of straining Nergal links searching for the right combination of boxes and blinds to replicate Nergal stark miracle the Pala Quinn is also loaded with the alchemy ik paraphernalia of coal GATS mobile laboratory so that he can continue to experiment and distill the procured poisons of millions of worlds and the furthest reaches of the ever-changing realm of the warp to field-test his creations Koga Nathan leashes his burial and plagues during times of war in order to test the effectiveness of his various concoctions wiping out whole armies in battle Cole Gath hurls his pestilent Newark lines at his enemies for the tiny demons grow within the Demon Lord each carrying a unique blend of the virulent elements that created the unique great unclean one with detached interest coal gas watches each particular infection and their symptoms take hold of his victims of his field test experiments capturing those corrupted by his diseases he takes them back to his lair within ervil's garden itself to observe them more closely thousands of cages containing creatures of every known species from all across Simon space stretch into the darkness of his fast ruinous lair the victims of Koch wailed River and moan in the gloom desperate for the death it will be long and agonizing in the coming coal goth has not always seen alone the great unclean one known as sceptic iseven commander of the sceptic ously follows coal gas into battle with a nervous elite demonic play guard sceptic is often carries with him the glycerin stomach sack of some unfortunate creature with protruding hollowed antlers on which he plays music it was some horrible bagpipe summoning such terrible sense it exasperates even his fellow demons during the later years of the plague wars sceptic has aided the play guard in claiming the garden world of the axe in the realm of ultra more he also confronted rue boot Guillemette during the battle sceptic is fought Guillemette but was defeated and his essence banished back into the warp by the ultramarines Primark with the mighty sword of the emperor though sceptic as' essence was supposedly annihilated by the use of this potent Imperial artifact as an extension of nur Cole's own concoctions it was still possible for him to be resurrected his ultimate fate it's not truly known the only other great unclean one catalogue by the Inquisition is Radha gasps often referred to as the rain make rain father or the generous one he is a powerful greater demon of Naraku and he epitomizes nerville's generosity no one except the Lord of decay himself is more attuned to the woes of the world in their despair the most defiant of mortals vowed to endeavour onward despite the utter hopelessness of a situation thus to the barren pray for fertility the growers of crops plead for rain the starving beg force us radagast listens to each supplication and to those desperate enough to pledge anything in exchange for their life he promises salvation and the rain father always delivers his attention can best be seen on the Agra world of olden when their beasts went sterile they stood upon the brink of ruin when the animals began to breed once more the citizens believed their prayers to the ancient fertility God had been answered only when the wretched beasts kept giving birth covering the ground in moldering mutated newborns had shrieked to the skies that they realize that they were actually praying to their doom the Inquisition has even catalogue this malevolent beast attacked the xenos when their hydrotech broke at TAO earth caste farmers of do art and were so desperate for rate that they ignored protocol and gave in to the superstitions of the primitive tribes from whom they usurped the planet when the downpour first came it was wild but soon enough the entire planet became a full tide swamp rife with a plague these floods of plague is what raw takus is known for when in real space he manifests Naugles deluge a disease storm that eternally hovers over him drenching the great unclean one to his innermost folds as they wobble with thunderous laughter those foes that do not drown in his presence of Virata kisses generosity usually find themselves crushed by his massive bulk as befits his giving personality Radek has also been blessed with a fountain of plenty he has the ability to vomit an endless stream of filth a foul soup of blackish plague water half-digested rotten flesh and the most acidic vial of the galaxy this liquid can melt ceramide armor and cause Pharoah Crete to rot and crumble disgustingly the projectile vomit issues not only from his gaping mouth but also from his belly more random tooth orifices opened up all over Radha guesses thick body retching Buick fluid that seeds with contagions with such defenses prodigious feels no need to carry weapons instead he bears a neural rod from the hornbeam tree of all the strange and unusual plants within the master's garden the hornbeam is an Urkel's favorite in a constant cycle the tree begins as a seed sprouts grows to maturity sickens with disease declines and dies in rapid fashion every time it's wither Corpse decays away it reveals a seed from which the cycle begins again with every rebirth comes a different disease that causes the hornbeam to die in some new and horrific way the curled branches of neurons beloved tree is a powerful symbol of his favour and the in sorcery wood is rich and regenerative magic and those were 40 facts on all the great and clean ones I hope you guys enjoyed this video if you did share it with your friends and think our patrons on patreon it's because of them that we can do these longer videos linked in the description if you guys want to support us it's a dollar a month and that dollar a month goes a long way so thank you ahead of time like I said we're gonna be doing longer videos from now on expect these like conglomeration videos more often I know that 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