Chaos Rune in the Dark Tongue representing the Gift of Flesh
The Gift of Flesh is a reward given to those Chaos Chosen favoured by Khorne, which grants them horrific mutations that make them appear more like Daemons than Men.[1a]
The mortal frames of the Chosen of Khorne will always be perverted and twisted by the warping forces that rise through them through constant exposure to the corrupting power of Chaos. Some of this physical corruption will be of the sort that might be found in any deformed infant of the Old World, but some will have special significance to those who worship the Skull Throne. Thus these Gifts of Flesh may be given to bring these mortals closer to the idealised image of Khorne and his Daemons.[1a]
Such mutations include superhuman strength, where the muscles of the Chosen will bulge and swell in a most unnatural fashion, or the onset of a regenerative capacity that allows the Chosen to heal deep cuts and even wounds that would otherwise prove to be mortal. Their skin will turn black or red or brass, the sacred colours of the Blood God, and their eyes become as dead and white as those of his Daemons.[1a]
These Chosen's very faces may become identical to the bestial likeness of Khorne, or that of a Bloodthirster, Bloodletter, Flesh Hound or Juggernaut. The Blood God may brand the Mark of Khorne into their forehead, claiming them for all to see as his Chosen, or mutate one of their hands into a bloody, clawed replica of his own.[1a]