Worlds of Warhammer: What’s in a Name?

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Leila Appleton considers how names communicate a culture before its history is explained. Stormcast titles, hissing Seraphon syllables, blunt orruk sounds, glottal grot names and the clipped terminology of the Ossiarch Bonereapers each suggest different societies; the essay also explores the contrasts between Nurgle’s familial language, Slaaneshi elegance and the traditions preserved by Soulblight bloodlines.

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Find this article in White Dwarf 495, pp. 8–11.

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