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LORE·WHITE DWARF 453

Founding of a Chapter

April 2020·pp. 84–89

THE SHORT VERSION

The team compares starfaring protectors with archivist-warriors before selecting the Tome Keepers as White Dwarf’s Chapter. Short-lived homeworld inhabitants inspire a culture of recording knowledge, while colour tests and a simplified book-and-star icon lead into practical prompts for readers developing names, origins, doctrines and flaws of their own.

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Black TemplarChaos BlackFire Dragon BrightGenestealer PurpleMechanicus Standard GreyNuln OilScreaming SkullTroll Slayer OrangeUlthuan GreyWraithboneXereus Purple

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