Isha

2020-05-30T08:35:58Z

2600:1700:BF90:B950:C889:98D5:B046:4C9D: /* During the Fall of the Eldar */

[[File:PotentialIshaLookalike.jpg|350px|thumb|right|What Isha would look like before things went to shit. [[Nurgle|All that yellow-green though....]]]]
<div style="font-size:1.10em;font-weight:bold;font-style:italic;font-family:serif;margin-top:1em;margin-bottom:1em"><span style='color:#FF69B4;font-size:110%'> <u> Beware my child, for Nurgle has released yet another miasma of disease and death<br>- Isha warning the Eldar of Nurgle's plots</u>'''</span></div>

{{topquote|How far that little candle throws its beams! So shines a good deed in a naughty world.|William Shakespeare}}

'''Isha, the Mother''' is one of the many gods and goddesses of the [[High Elves]] in [[Warhammer Fantasy]] and the [[Eldar]] in [[Warhammer 40,000]]. Isha's domain is healing, fertility, and the harvest. She and her daughter [[Lileath]] are two of the few ''completely'' and genuinely loving and kind [[Warp]]-entities in 40K.

So, naturally, [[grimdark]] things happen to her. A lot. To give some sense of scale, the story behind Eldar's spirit-stones is that they are Isha's tears. Seeing as there were once trillions of Eldar... yeah, you do the math.

==40k Version==
===Pre-Fall history===
Long ago, before the Eldar got into their hedonistic shit, [[Khaine]] learned of a prophecy that an Eldar would kill him, so he did the only [[grimdark|rational]] thing in this universe: start wiping out the Eldar. Isha complained to Asuryan, King of the Eldar Gods, to stop this. At first, Asuryan's response was "cry me a river". You can imagine his surprise when she did just that in his palace. Not wanting to ruin his floors any further, Asuryan told Khaine to calm the fuck down, and ordered the Gods to cease interacting with the Eldar (even though they are formed by the consciousnesses of the Eldar themselves, lulz). Isha had a bit of a problem with this, and so met the Eldar in secret. When Khaine found out, he imprisoned Isha and her husband [[Kurnous]]. The other Gods thought this was kind of extreme, but only Vaul, the Smith God, did anything about it (which pretty much sounds like an Eldar thing to do), offering to make one hundred swords to pay their ransom. Since Vaul's swords were really fucking powerful, Khaine agreed to release them in a year. Problem was, Vaul only made 99 in that time, so he threw in a regular sword. Isha and Kurnous were freed, but when Khaine found out, he imprisoned Vaul instead.

===Well actually...===
In the book, Angel Exterminatus, written by [[Graham McNeil]], on page 93, [[Fulgrim]] is rambling on about [[Eldar]] mythology to the [[Iron Warriors]]. He basically says that Isha let [[Khaine]] use her for sex if he would save the Eldar from the threat of some weird ass species called the Hresh-Selain. It is said that Khaine fucked her so hard that the moment he came, the Angel Exterminatus (Demon/avatar of Khaine on steroids) clawed its way out of her body, killing her. Since Fulgrim is known for being nearly as high as [[Doomrider]], and he lied about so much other shit in the book, the authenticity of his claim is highly debatable. Also, the Angel Exterminatus was made up by Fulgrim. It was just a prophecy about him becoming a daemon prince.

===During the Fall of the Eldar===
Then the Fall of the Eldar happened, and things got real ugly. The only good thing to happen to Isha is that Isha survived Slaanesh's initial birth-slaughter, compared to the other poor Eldar gods. However, [[Slaanesh]], being what he/she/it is, decided to take Isha as his/her/its eternal sex toy. Naturally, Isha started crying again, which someone again heard this time. However, it was the last person she would expect: the loveable bastard [[Nurgle]] had heard her cries and misery, like every other Chaos god, for a long time.

He however, decided to do something about it. He also realized he was feeling true, real love for another being (could be because nobody was in more despair than her at the moment, and that's kinda his thing, and/or because he and her are both gods of life). While the other Chaos gods kinda wished to give Slaanesh a little breathing room (He/She/It had just raped and killed most of the Eldar pantheon) until the birth subsided, Nurgle wasn't having that shit, so he challenged Slaanesh for the freedom of Isha, and won (thus setting a precedent for Him/Her/It vs the other gods).

Unfortunately the 6th edition [[Eldar]] Codex says that only [[Cegorach]] and [[Khaine]] survived [[Slaanesh]]'s feast upon the eldar pantheon, calling these events into question. Or maybe they just assumed that she died. The 6th Edition [[Daemon|Daemons]] Codex states that only one isolated Craftworld knows about her fate.

A recent story has five eldar farseers entering the warp in Nurgle's realm to save Isha from Nurgle. They fail and are turned into features of his garden, but the omniscient narrator confirms her survival, specifically by saying [[Grimdark|she saw the farseers fall and get captured]].

===Post-Fall status===
To this day, Nurgle adores her like no one else can (well besides Kurnous, but he can't being deader than dead) like a creepy stalker. By the rules, she was his, and for a while, he would keep her in his Gardens and force-feed her many of his creations to see how long it would take her to succumb(tl;dr [[Poxfulcrum]]). Being a goddess of healing, she wouldn't die from any of them and could cure herself, so if Nurgle was satisfied with the effects, he would release the contents somewhere in the universe - if not he'd drink the batch and start all over again. Isha could and still does take her time to whisper to the mortals as she has always done, to tell them how to cure themselves. Thus she didn't actually die at the hands of [[Slaanesh]] like most the other gods of the pantheon since Nurgle rescued her before the former could rape her to death. Kinda funny how she cares for all life despite her own children bastardizing her teachings (like [[Imperium|ANOTHER certain race]] with [[Emperor|THEIR non-deity]]
{{BLAM}} {{BLAM| suggesting the emperor is not a god is ''HERESY''!}} (they're perfect for each other)) and by consequence most other mortals hate the shit out of them too. But to be fair, she's kinda stuck in the same boat as a certain half-dead, super human atheist, so who’re we to judge?

==Warhammer Fantasy==
Doing much better than her 40k version namely that her husband is still alive and she's not Nurgle's prisoner (goddess Shaylla is imprisoned instead- and that goddess escapes Nurgle's manse in the End Times, but those stories are absolutely horrible anyway). The [[Everqueen]] is her avatar/high priestess, and thanks to the fact each Everqueen's soul is added to the soul blob that makes up the Everqueen entity Alarielle (current Everqueen) is kind of the God Emperor of Fantasy (however the official counterpart to big guy is an actual admirable [[Conan the Barbarian]] [[Sigmar|look-a-like]] with a dwarf king sidekick) that can counter the Chaos Gods' own powers. Isha still cures Nurgle's plagues, and like High Elves are more friendly than Eldar in general she too whispers cures to non-Elf races (yes, even [[Dwarfs]]).

Then [[The End Times]] happened. [[Lileath]] poisoned Isha, who was really [[Ariel]], and merged her with the Everqueen. That makes Isha technically the only original Elf deity to survive into [[Age of Sigmar]] (unless [[Khaine]]'s heart counts).

==On /tg/==
However, in /tg/ish canon, Isha and Nurgle's relationship has progressed beyond what it was (possibly due to Stockholm Syndrome, possibly due to them being complementary gods of life), and Isha can be said to love him back in kind. There is even debate whether she was chained in the Garden (where she could easily escape), or legitimately stayed behind. However, her reciprocation of love is always an uncomfortable one for Papa Nurgle, for he always worries that he's not good enough for her, and that she will leave him one day. She however, sees past his exterior for his true self, and his kind heart, and balks at the idea of leaving him. Nurgle [[Daemonette|Daemonettes]] are a result of this.

This probably means there is a [[Chaos Space Marine]] band/army dedicated to her, but of course such a thing would be [[Extra Heresy]]! It might even have Eldar Nurgle Chaos Space Marines. There is currently no level of heresy to depict this.

In other [[/tg/]] canon, the [[Emperasque]] recently rescued her from Nurgle's garden; he claims he only did it because he needed leverage over the Eldar, but he's also apparently a much nicer guy after ten thousand years of forced introspection, probably because he knows how it feels to be stuck in one spot in constant pain and suffering and have [[Imperial Cult|your teachings shat all over on by a bunch of fanatics]] [[Inquisition|who claim to do your will but are just in it for power.]]

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Poxwalkers

2020-05-30T08:31:12Z

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[[File:Poxwalkers1.jpg|260px|right|thumb|Look at their shit-eating grins. You know they just popped a whoopee cushion filled with all of the Galaxy's known STD's somewhere in the house.]]

There's a new kid in town and these shambling plague hosts are represented by the repugnant and varied '''Poxwalkers''', each draped in scraps of clothing from their former lives. Poxwalkers — GW's copyright-friendly update of the classic [[Plague Zombie]] — are the new breed of [[Nurgle]]'s rotting legions and sit somewhere between your basic Nurgle follower/cultist and [[Plaguebearers]] in Papa Nurgle's food chain. Crunch wise, Poxwalkers are smelly [[Grognard]]s with pretty terrible stats and no shooting weapons, are slower than even [[Plague Marines]], but can do Advance moves and get two base melee attacks. They also get the same <s>Feel No Pain</s> Disgustingly Resilient ability as Plague Marines so ignore any wound on a 5+, along with a 7+ armor save because that's a thing (since cover is a modifier now this can be improved). One of their only remarkable traits is that enemies slain in combat by Poxwalkers will themselves become a Poxwalker (sadly, they actually become a Poxwalker and not an undead version of themselves). Of course as awesome as that sounds that would probably need a whole ass PDF just to fit the chart of every possible zombified infantry unit and would almost certainly slow the game down massively as well as needing to be updated regularly and likely start all kinds of rules lawyering arguments. So, probably for the best that they went with the simple route.

Poxwalkers can be affected by a few buffs that turn them from a meh tarpit unit into one that's actually kinda good. The first is that if a Poxwalker unit contains 10 or more models it adds +1 to its attack rolls, making them hit on a 4. Another is [[Typhus]]; if he's within 6" Poxwalkers gain +1 S/T. Casting Miasma of Pestilence makes enemy shooting rolls -1, Putrescent Vitality gives them a further +1 S/T and all can be combined, along with Disgustingly Resilient ignoring wounds on 5+ and Curse of the Walking Pox adding models every time enemies are slain, to turn this into a shockingly effective blob unit. 20 of these will cost about the same as 5 Plague Marines (not counting Typhus' cost for the S/T boost). One of the Death Guard's Stratagems boosts them further by causing all non-Poxwalker infantry that die near them (''including allies'') to turn into Poxwalkers on death, so taking them with Cultists lets them become a massive tarpit that gains models faster than they can be killed off.

In the [[fluff]], Poxwalkers are in fact Plague Zombies of a specific strain. The Walking Pox, as it's called, is spread by the sound of a Poxwalker's moans and has the especially cruel effect of preserving the victim's consciousness even after their death and transformation. This leaves the Poxwalker [[Grimdark|fully aware of its surroundings and condition, but incapable of controlling the actions of its decaying, increasingly mutated body]]. The Ordo Sepulturum think the Walking Pox may be a modified form of Nurgle's Rot, as even after the Poxwalker's death its flesh mutates in the same way as a [[Plaguebearer]]'s.

GW has also made the dick move of not releasing them as a separate kit, so your only options of getting them are 20 from the Dark Imperium set (with some actual variety to the models) or 6 from the Ez-Build box. Consider that you'll probably want some extras on hand, for when your Poxwalker blob starts growing after some rounds of combat. Have fun. If you want some variety, grab some Skeletons or Zombies from the <s>Warhammer Fantasy</s> Age of Sigmar range.
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