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[Neruz]

Lucid means clear and easily understood, personally i always liked the pun with Gork and Mork.

[Cthulhu]

You normally act like a ten year old who got into his parents' coffee, but today you're all reasonable and talking normally.

[Servant Corps]

wouldnt fit into the grimdark.  its followers wouldnt make war, but would instead just sit around in eyeshadow and fishnet sleeves listening to sad music.

the chaos gods wouldnt tolerate that goth shit because, as we all know, in the grim darkness of the far future there is only Bolt Thrower.

Not really. Remember that the Chaos God thrives on emotions, and want to promote them. And remember that Sorrow always love to inflict Sorrow onto other people, so that other people can feel the same pain they feel. So the Sorrow Chaos God would seek to do something no other Chaos God has done: Break incredibly hardened warriors into angsty teens just waiting to be put out of their misery. I could see a plan to cause an entire planet to be exterminated so that the last surviving Space Marine from that planet by that planet would write sad poems.

[Cthulhu]

It cold be cool, like some kind of greater daemon with an aura that disheartens enemy units, lowering their stats or whatever.

[deadlycairn]

EXACTLY! The Chaos gods already kill, mutate, enslave, plague and corrupt humans, why not go the full hog and break their pesky fighting spirit while we're at it?

[Aqizzar]

In the 3.5 edition Chaos Marines book, Greater Daemons did exactly that, -2 Leadership in close combat.  For that matter, Raptor Squads did the same thing.  Both of them were thanks to the Daemonic Aura special, but if the few battle reports I read on forums and such were any indication, not a lot of people read the rules closely enough to remember that in action, just assigning a -1 (for the basic level aura), if even that.

[Luke_Prowler]

The problem with a "God of sorrow" is the fact that Chaos gods are two sided. Khorne is is a god of war and bloodshed, but of courage and honor as well. So there might be a god with sorrow in it's portfolio, it would not have that alone. 

[Areyar]

sorrow, depression. apathy and sloth.
How's that?

[deadlycairn]

Some of that two-sided stuff is bull. Technically, Nurgle is also the God of all things connected with mortality - all dreams, hopes, etc.

How about the God of Extremes? Extreme sorrow, extreme joy, etc. Whatever moral/leadership bonuses or penalties your units have are doubled in presence of this God's aura.

[Neruz]

It's not two sided; the Chaos Gods are twisted represnations of Virtues; Khorne is the God of Honor and Courage in battle, Slaanesh is the God\ess of Pleasure and Plenty, Nurgle is the God of Love and Acceptance and Tzeentch is the God of Change and new ideas (which is a pretty neutral concept to begin with really.)

[deadlycairn]

Okay then, what about the God of Inaction (Twisted tolerance)

This God is a schemer, he infiltrates planet's governments, and whips up resentment and unhappiness among minorities. Soon, the leaders of the planet are crippled by their inability to do anything without angering a minority group, leaving them easy prey for Chaos.

[Neruz]

Nurgle kind of already has tolerance under his wing since it sort of falls into Acceptance.

Additionally, Tzeentch already has scheming and secret plans, in fact he schemes so much he actually pits his own schemes and plans against each other, deliberately engineering Thirty Xanetos Pile-Ups.

[deadlycairn]

Tzeentch is the Master Schemer. This dude is just a Minor God, who schemes only for the purpose of wrapping governments up in so much politically-correct red tape that they can only watch as their citizens turn to chaos.

He avoids planets near or occupied by the Space Marines, for obvious reason (WHAT red tape?)

[Neruz]

Doesn't really sound like the kind of terrifying ideal that deserves an entire Chaos God all to itself.

[deadlycairn]

I know, but I'm trying. Also, apparently (Lexicanum) there are hundreds of minor Gods, that use up their energy when making demons. Some are so weak they effectively turn themselves into a demon, losing their Godhood.