The Chaos Gods, who had always dwelled in the depths of the Warp, each occupied one corner of the Chaos Octagon.
Rorschach's private suspicions, along with the ancient information revealed to him by The Maker Vashtorr, confirmed this point one by one.
Mindless Slaughter undoubtedly corresponded to Blood God Khorne, while Ecstatic Perception corresponded to Sallish of Slaanesh. As for Putrid Decay, none other than Grandfather Nurgle could claim it.
The only thing Rorschach could not quite determine was whether Hellstorm and The Unseen and Twisted both corresponded to holy Tzeentch.
However, the friendly exchange between Rorschach and The Maker Vashtorr had not been in vain.
The Maker Vashtorr proposed a possibility that no one had dared verify: the Chaos Gods might not each occupy only one corner of the Chaos Octagon.
Their Chaos domains might, through the nourishment of the material universe, spread corruptive infiltration toward unclaimed Chaos God Seats or those Chaos God Seats more compatible with their nature.
The Maker Vashtorr had even revealed certain secrets known only to it in order to curry favor with the future Sixth Chaos God.
The reason why The Maker Vashtorr wished to ascend to a Chaos God Seat as quickly as possible was because it had accidentally discovered that some of the Chaos traits it possessed, which clearly more closely approached or even represented the Chaos God Seat of Malice and Trickery, would occasionally manifest within holy Tzeentch's Chaos domain.
Yet Tzeentch had once been the strongest and most ancient of all the Chaos Gods in the depths of the Warp. The other three Chaos Gods had even joined forces to besiege him without end, only stopping after holy Tzeentch had no choice but to concede.
In other words, perhaps both Hellstorm and The Unseen and Twisted had once fallen