Pestigor

2023-02-28T07:32:36Z

2001:8003:1C20:8C00:E8C8:8FF0:1F1F:4335: 1. Learn to spell. 2. Citation needed

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[[File:Oldhammer Pestigor.png|thumb|right|350px|Its a 10 inch maggot in his pocket AND he's happy to see you!]]
'''Pestigors''' are [[Beastmen]] in [[Warhammer Fantasy]], [[Warhammer 40000]], or [[Age of Sigmar]] who have dedicated themselves solely to the worship of [[Nurgle]] and been rewarded with his Mark for their feats. While it would've been extremely funny if they were called Nugors or Nurgors (say it out loud), its less clear why they aren't called Nurglgors given the nice phlegmy sound it has, or even Nurgigors, as that is sufficiently removed from certain misinterpretations.

==Overview==
===WFB===
<strike>Nurglgors</strike> Pestigors are exactly what you'd expect. Full of disease, have bloated bellies and puss-filled sores giving them a highly asymmetrical shape, extra thick hide they can't feel, have one horn and a recurring image of threes in the details, wear the heaviest armor and can be seen poking through its rusted parts in places, and have no loss of vigor from it all. Unlike the rest of Nurgle's kin, Pestigors are not darkly cheerful in their happy hopelessness. Quite the opposite, they're possibly the most civilization-hating rabid monsters of all the Beastmen. For contrast the [[Tzaangor]]s are kept organized by the direct whim of Tzeentch, [[Khorngor]]s appreciate the discipline and craftsmanship their god centers around, and [[Slaangor]]s hate themselves for loving the pleasures of ordered races. Nurgle's Beastmen just want to see the world rot, to an obsessive degree; if anything Pestigors represent an even more extreme version of the standard Beastmen hat trope. It helps quite a bit that most of the Beastmen named characters are clearly Pestigors (in actions and mindset anyway). In particular, that's pretty much all the Beastmen centered around in [[End Times]].

Despite ALL THAT...lore states that they are more organized than most Beastmen. Khorngors get more organization, Pestigors get more armor. Both defy the trope of their species a small amount. Most likely the "organization" is more akin to Nurgle's disease-counting than actual military drills.

For most of WFB history they didn't really have their own stats, and existed as models (until they were squatted and replaced with generics for all varieties) that represented what Marks your forces had. In the original Realms of Chaos duology, when they were introduced in "The Lost and the Damned", Pestigors were defined by ''Hating'' foes aligned to [[Tzeentch]] and having a 50% chance to carry Nurgle's Rot, which didn't debilitate them but instead infected enemy units in close combat. Also, Pestigor shamans automatically had Nurgle spells appropriate to their level, selecting bonus spells normally.

In the Beasts of Chaos armybook, the only Pestigors were Bestigors, chariots (ridden by Bestigors), and Characters, since only they could take the Mark of Nurgle, presumably because they were the only ones to prove themselves. If the Mark was given to a Lord or Hero, then it would make them cause Fear and give them +1 Wound. Unsurprisingly this made it one of the more popular Marks if you were souping up a character with a ton of Wargear. If it was given to a unit then it made them cause Fear only, which was dogshit for Chariots, but fantastic on regular units because back then if you beat combat (easy enough for Bestigors to do) and you outnumbered your opponent (easy for Beastmen to do) then your opponent automatically failed their Break test. They could be Stubborn at Ld 10 with a re-roll and they'd still auto-fail it.

Variety was gutted when Chaos was split into three armies and [[Phil Kelly|somebody]] took Marks away from the Beastmen, then retconned the fluff to say that Beastmen were never given and could never have Marks.

[[Molokh Slugtongue]] is a Beastman special character who is clearly a Pestigor [[Bray-Shaman]] in everything but name.

Unlike [[Khorngor]]s, [[Slaangor]]s and [[Tzaangor]]s, there are no specific animal features associated with Pestigors; their highly diseased and rotting appearance, iconic to [[Nurgle]] worshippers as a whole, distinguishes them.

===40k===
Beastmen mutations are not automatically Chaos in 40k, but at the same time Beastmen aren't a dominant and uncontrollable force so most <strike>Nurglgors</strike> Pestigors are just considered Chaos Mutants and lumped in with human Cultists. Way back in the day, when Chapters were first being created and released, each one would get a list of how many Beastmen slaves they had access to; obviously any Chapter of [[Chaos Space Marines]] that was devoted to Nurgle had Pestigors.

===AoS===
<strike>Nurglgors</strike> Pestigors have not appeared yet. Just like in End Times, being a Pestigor is just kind of how most Beastmen operate despite the new lore saying that most Beastmen bands have abandoned the worship of gods in favor of Chaos as a concept. But just like Khorngors, Pestigors are almost certain to eventually appear.

==Gallery==
<gallery>
Image:Old Pestigors.jpg|Carelessly shaving off the mold lines could result in lead shaving splinters that could give you an infection or cancer. Papa Nurgle approves!
Image:Pestigor Command.jpg|The later models.
Image:Pestigor Infantry.jpg
Image:Pestigor Eavy Metal.jpg
Image:Ackland Pestigor 1.png|[[Tony Ackland]]'s Pestigors.
Image:Ackland Pestigors 2.png|More of Ackland's.
Image:Blanche Pestigor.webp|A Blanche Pestigor.
Image:CG Pestigor.jpg
Image:Heretical Pestigor.png|Extra heretical Pestigors.
Image:Pestigor Piotr Chrzanowski.jpg
Image:Piotr Pestigor.jpg
Image:Piotr-chrzanowski Pestigor.jpg
</gallery>

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Imperium of Man Terminology

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Long story short the [[Imperium of Man]] has it's own set of names for things, many of which have analogs in the real world. Here is a list of some of said terms.

Many of these are Latin-ish, with some archaic English thrown in for good measure.
=== A to L ===
*'''Adept''' and '''Adepta''': An official of the [[Adeptus Terra]] (the bureaucratic aparatus of the Imperium as a whole).
*'''Adeptus''': A major organizational block in the Imperial Government ([[Administratum]], [[Astartes]], [[Adeptus Arbites|Arbites]], etc)
*'''Auspex''': Any sort of device used as an analysis or detection scanner.
*'''Chirurgeon''': Field Medic.
*'''Cogitator''': A computer, specifically the part that does the processing.
*'''Crusade''': The Imperial equivalent to the Ork '''[[WAAAGH]]!'''
*'''Departmento''': A division of an Adeptus level institution (the [[Departmento Munitorum]] of the [[Adeptus Administratum]])
*'''Emperor's Peace''': Euthanasia, or mercy killing someone mortally wounded to end their suffering,
*'''Enforcer''': Local police forces, as opposed to the [[Adeptus Arbites]] which are the Imperium's Police Force.
*'''Etherics''': Generic term for radar, radio and other signals intelligence equipment. Ships have a "Master of the Etherics" who handles oversees masters of the auspex and the vox.
*'''Frak''': A child friendly swear word, we all know what it stands in for.
*'''Hab''': Apartment or house.
*'''Hab Block''': Residential facility/structure.
*'''"Him on Terra"''', '''"Him"''' and similar usages of the masculine pronoun: [[The Emperor]].
*'''Hololith''', '''Hololithic''', etc: Holograms and Holography.
*'''Imperialis''': A symbol of a winged skull. Mostly associated with [[Space Marines]].
*'''Joygirl''', '''Joyboy''', etc: Prostitutes and Sex Workers.
*'''Krak''': Anti tank warhead, found on grenades and missiles.
*'''Lumen''': Electric light.

=== M to Z ===
* '''Menial''': A waggie, especially those employed by the Adeptus Terra. Truck drivers, janitors, canteen cooks, etc.
* '''Medicae''': Medicine and Healthcare.
* '''Pict''': Cameras and Video Technology, both 2D and 3D.
** '''Pict-Recorder''': Video Camera.
* '''Plastek''': Plastic, pretty straightforward
* '''Recidivist''' and '''Recidivism''': Criminal and Criminality. The IRL meaning of Recidivist is "a convicted criminal who reoffends", with the implication that everyone in the Imperium is a criminal by default and is to be treated as such. Once again, the Imperium is rather nasty.
* '''Rockcrete''': the Imperium's equivalent to Concrete, various types exist based on local material.
* '''Refec''': Kitchen or more broadly Food Preparation.
* '''Refec House''': Restaurant.
* '''Rune''': Button, Key or Icon.
* '''Schola''': School. The [[Schola Progenium]] is a educational institution which operates on the Imperium level, but it's far from the only one. Quality ranges from private academies giving the best education the Imperium will allow to the elite to a dingy room where an overworked dame tries to teach kids their ABCs for a couple credits a day for the poor.
* '''Servo''': Short for [[Servo-skull]].
* '''Twist''': [[Mutant]].
* '''Twistcatcher''': Someone whose job is to hunt down mutants, so they can either be enslaved, immediately executed, executed publicly, or if they have taken action against the Imperium as revenge for their oppression, brutally tortured publicly. Most commonly referring to a specific type of mutant catcher who searches the festering bowels of huge ships, looking for the mutated descendants of slaves who escaped their post into the darkest depths of the ship, devolving over generations into Ghilliams and Hullghasts. These Twistcatchers do this to re-enslave these mutants whenever the "pure" slave stock is depleted from a disaster, although this is often seen as a last-resort, due to the disgust normal serfs feel towards their new mutant "coworkers" running the risk of inspiring a riot on the ship for the heretical act of not immediately killing the mutants.
* '''Vox''': Audio Technology
** '''Voxcaster''': Field Radio.
** '''Vox Hailer''': Loudspeaker.
** '''Vox Thief''': Concealed audio recorder/audio spybug.
* '''Void''': Space.
* '''Voidborn''': Someone born on a Starship or Space Station.
* '''[[Xeno]]''': Intelligent Alien. Also things of Alien origin like Eldar armor, Tau Grain, etc.

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