What ambition drives the mortal but ambition itself? What intrigues cover the very love of intrigue? What is the scheme that drives men forward but the slippery shadow of Tzeentch, the Changer of the Ways.
Tzeentch is the Changer of the Ways, and of all the Chaos Powers it is he who is most closely associated with magic. Though magic brings about change, it is only one instrument out of many, not the inspiration for change itself. The real motive may be found in all mortal hearts, for all men dream of a better tomorrow, of wealth and freedom to come.
These dreams of change are not limited to the impoverished or the powerless, for even rich men dream of greater wealth, or perhaps of an end to the responsibilities which their moeny brings. And while some people scheme with real intent, others lay their plots in a erpetual world of wishful thinking, but most dream for the sake of the dream without any real intention of change. From the impulse and the idle fantasy, the schemer's plan and plotter's dream, Tzeentch gathers his strength. He is the Changer of the Ways, the Lord of Fortune and Intrigue, and Master of all like things, whether petty or profound.
Tzeentch and his disciples are driven solely by the impulse for change. Some of his followers lose their minds in a wild abandonment of continuity and coherence. This often goes beyond simple Bacchic excess to such a loosening of moral and social restraints that they lose all consistency of personality, thought and speech, and become cackling, drooling, tear-strewn maniacs.
However, the followers of Tzeentch are inconstant even in their inconsistency. In the case of nations, commercial enterprises, and other major organised human endeavours, small decisions of no apparent consequences may be made, which will in time cause empires to fall or flourish, and dynasties to perish or prosper. In all these matter, Tzeentch is the supreme architect both of the madness of the moment and of the scheming and plotting that directs the course of history and the destiny of the world. His is the wheel of fortune that spins and spins, carried on by its own momentum, and stops... perhaps never.
Every Power of Chaos has his opposite number, another Chaos Power whose nature is the antithesis of his own. Tzeentch is the eternal adversary of the Chaos Poer Nurgle, the Lord of Decay. Tzeentch's energy is founded upon hope and changing fortune; that of Nurgle comes from defiance born of despair and hopelessness.