Editing Mortkin (section)

==Why Mortkin is interesting==
Mortkin is a very interesting character for the Warriors of Chaos and all Chaos factions in general and he is remorseful and has actual regrets. Not the regrets like getting made a slave to an uncaring god or being tricked and fucked over and then being upset messing around with the chaos gods backfired. Regrets of his own making. He wanted to become more powerful, he wanted to become a Chaos Lord and he wanted to lead great legions in search of his own power, fortune, glory, favor and he was given these things with no strings attached as most other chaos worshippers would see. But the "minor" things he lost such as his humanity and all the things that he would lose because of that like family and having a happy life were all replaced with constant bloodshed and hanging out with daemons. He is one of the few Chaos characters in the whole of Warhammer to look back on his actions and decide he has done the wrong thing, without being tricked into doing them or getting fucked over at the end to bring him to that decision.

He is also one of the few characters (if not the only chaos lord/champion) who actually used the Chaos Gods to get what he wanted and then ended the deal with them on his terms, while he venerated the gods, he put his own needs and wants first and prioritized them over the gods. [[Black Library]] and [[GW]] both make big songs and dances around characters like [[Archaon]] and [[Abaddon]], and if they use the gods or if the gods use them with [[Aaron Dembski-Bowden|some]] BL authors outright saying that they do or don't. But Mortkin used the gods to build his army, take his revenge and then killed himself to end his story and bring himself peace, while simultaneously messing up the gods' own plans by not being their vessel to bring further destruction to the world. It's depressing that the only way to beat the Chaos Gods at the great game is to remove yourself from play on your own terms, but both Archaon and Abaddon are still stuck furthering the chaos gods plans while making very little progress in their own plans of world/realm/galaxy domination, so Mortkin has them both beat here.

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