"As a mass they seemed to ooze with sores and boils, so that even their armour ran with pus and glistened with ichor. Some appeared bloated like corpses, others had skin that hung from them in shred where contagion feasted upon their flesh. As I dismounted from my horse back, I felt that sticky ground suck at my feet, but did not dare to look down to see what foul thing had met my step."
- —Extract from, "Memoirs of Redemption", by Kazimir Leninov.[1b]
A sketch of a Plague Knight from the Liber Chaotica created by Richter Kless, who was later declared insane.
Plague Knights represent the elite of those Chaos Knights dedicated to the service of Nurgle, the Chaos God of decay and disease.
Plague Knights are motivated by a strange and morbid energy; perhaps it is this that enables them to survive wounds that might otherwise slay another Chaos Knight. By all reports, these evil knights are always infected with all manner of disfiguring diseases, yet they bear their disfigurements openly, and are proud of their dribbling sores and discoloured skin.[1a]
Conversely, some Plague Knights have been known to hide their leprous faces behind bizarre carnival masks with absurdly grinning or grimacing faces. The originally splendid wargear, coats of arms and banners of Plague Knights are always tattered and filthy, like the rags of lepers, and their once-opulent silk or fur cloaks hang from their shoulders like the shrouds of corpses.[1a]
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