That he enjoys tormenting his living avatars speaks to a kind of unrealized self-loathing unique to the GHR in the Warhammer setting. Like Nurgle, he converts his followers into an effigy of himself, but unlike Nurgle, the GHR sees these converts as useless toys whose only purpose is to fail as spectacularly as possible. He is petty, vindictive, and ultimately self-destructive, and quite possibly the only Chaos god that is purely evil, which could be why Archaon scorned him in the first place.Īn aspect of the GHR that isn't touched upon enough in lore is that anyone who reveres him winds up being twisted into a Skaven. And unlike Tzeentch, the GHR delights in seeing the schemes of his underlings fail, because it reinforces how very much they need him.
Unlike the ambition of Tzeentch, which isn't necessarily selfish, the kind of false confidence the GHR inspires is entirely self-serving. From the lowliest slave to Thanquol himself, every Skaven believes himself to be the next Archaon, if only the bumbling universe will get out of the way. Every Skaven thinks that he is the cleverest, most resourceful well of untapped potential ever spawned.
GHR seems primarily to be a god of delusion.
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