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With a rich background stretching back decades in time, the various Warhammer games contain a vast array of names (of people, places, items, and so on). Many of these names are original, but some happen to have a meaning in the real world, as obscure terms, foreign words, or cultural references. This page lists some of these underlying etymologies for your edification. Note that some of these are best guesses (speculative fan theory) rather than confirmed derivations.
Where a name is followed by the symbol ¹, if you hover over or click on that symbol you will see when that name was first mentioned in a publication.
| Name | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Bloodmaster | "Blood", vital fluid permeating a body + "master", person in control. [AoS WH40k Chaos Khorne Daemon Herald] |
| Epidemius | "Epidemic", widespread disease. [WHFB AoS WH40k Chaos Nurgle Daemon Herald] |
| Fateskimmer | "Fate", destiny + "skimmer", one who glides along. [AoS WH40k Chaos Tzeentch Daemon Herald] |
| Fluxmaster | "Flux", change + "master", person in control. [AoS WH40k Chaos Tzeentch Daemon Herald] |
| Horticulous Slimux | "Horticulture", the science of gardening + "slime", mucus-like substance + "muck", mud, slop. [AoS WH40k Chaos Nurgle Daemon Herald] |
| Poxbringer | "Pox", a skin disease + "bringer", one who supplies. [AoS WH40k Chaos Nurgle Daemon Herald] |
| Skulltaker | "Skull", head bone + "taker", one who removes. [AoS WH40k Chaos Khorne Daemon Herald] |
| Slimux | See: Horticulous Slimux. [AoS WH40k Chaos Nurgle Daemon Herald] |
| Sloppity Bilepiper | "Sloppy", messy + "bile", a liver secretion + "piper", one who plays a pipe. [AoS WH40k Chaos Nurgle Daemon Herald] |
| Spoilpox Scrivener | "Spoil", ruin + "pox", disease + "scrivener", one who writes. [AoS WH40k Chaos Nurgle Daemon Herald] |
| Inspiration | |
| Warhammer Setting | The Dark Tongue; Daemonic Names; Lexicon; Short Stories; Cut-ups; Cool Stuff |
| Art | Golden Demon; Nurglesque Music |
| Speculation | Chaos God Correspondence; Dark Heresy Backgrounds; Sevenfold Path; Sevenrot; Seven Deadly Sins |
| Real World References | Nergal in Mesopotamian History; Symbolism of Three Circles; Symbolism of Seven |
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