Old Special character food Lols

[Grailkeeper]

I heard that Games Workshop used to name its squt characters after cakes, and some chaos characters after curries available at a local curry house. Can anyone confirm this? and give the names

[Nosmo75]

'Ahriman' sounds like a prime candidate for curry ancestry. =P

[Valkerie]

'Ahriman' sounds like a prime candidate for curry ancestry. =P

Sorry. :( Ahriman is the name of a demon from Zoroastrian mythology. Pretty important one, in fact, he's the one who introduced death to the world.

Although, with some of the curries I've had, there might be a connection after all, some of them could make you wish for death...

[Herald of Nurgle]

Chili con Kharne?
Abbad-curry-hon?
Lushious the Internal?
Blackeyed Huron?

[Drew da Destroya]

Yeah, that sounds a lot like urban legend.

Most of their names are taken from mythology or classic fiction. Sometimes puns, or phonetic jokes, are used... like Kharne (part of the word Carnage).

[Lockark]

Yeah, that sounds a lot like urban legend.

Most of their names are taken from mythology or classic fiction. Sometimes puns, or phonetic jokes, are used... like Kharne (part of the word Carnage).

The orks are the best example of the latter. I.e: Ghazghkull Mag Uruk Thraka. XD

[Grailkeeper]

Gw special characters are full of puns (my favourite being rezephaur frogs or lion 'el Johnson) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squat_(Warhammer_40,000)

I may have misread it it says planets and characters were named after pop singers and cake manufacterers. I know of Mad Donna Ulanti the necrom unda character but cannot think of any other pop singer or cake manufacturer (mr Kipling?) planet or specail character let alone chaotic curry character (say that one quickly three times)

[Lexington]

The orks are the best example of the latter. I.e: Ghazghkull Mag Uruk Thraka. XD
I think this one's more urban legend than sneaky joke - Ghazgkhull's name was, IIRC, rolled from on the "random ork name generator" from the old 'Ere We Go book. The "Margaret Thatcher" interpretation's pretty new, from what I've seen, and feels a little too out of sync with the way other tongue-in-cheek names were done at the time.

One surprising wellspring of this kind of comedy is the 3rd Edition rulebook, which is otherwise the touch-off point for all the "grimdark" nonsense of modern 40K. Things like Techmagos Wilhelm Gaytes inventing a "cogitator" that sounds suspiciously like an early-era PC, and all that. :)

[DarkLink]

I think this one's more urban legend than sneaky joke - Ghazgkhull's name was, IIRC, rolled from on the "random ork name generator" from the old 'Ere We Go book. The "Margaret Thatcher" interpretation's pretty new, from what I've seen, and feels a little too out of sync with the way other tongue-in-cheek names were done at the time.


Not to mention that Thraka sounds absolutely nothing like Thatcher. Heck, Maguruk doesn't sound much like Margaret either.

[DrLove42]

Yeah i didn't understand what Lockark was trying to get till someone pointed it out as supposedly Margeret....

[me_yourself]

you also have the old DE character that did not make it into the new dex. Kruellagh the vile... which sounds suspiciously close to someone else

[Night System]

Kruellagh was always a little bit *to* obvious for my tastes.

Now Ferrus Manus, thats where its at ;)

[Lexington]

Not to mention that Thraka sounds absolutely nothing like Thatcher. Heck, Maguruk doesn't sound much like Margaret either.
Well, if you pronounce it fast enough, and with an "orky" tenor, it does sort of sound similar, but only if you imagine the speaker also has a mouth full of chewing gum. ;)

Like I said, though, I find this doubtful, since contemporary 'joke names' were a bit more obviously tailored to the individual in question - ie. 'Mad' Donna Ultanti and the like.

[Lockark]

Not to mention that Thraka sounds absolutely nothing like Thatcher. Heck, Maguruk doesn't sound much like Margaret either.

Everyone in my lgs would disagree with you.
;)

[DarkLink]

Everyone in my lgs would disagree with you.
;)

Yeah, well, everyone at your lgs is drunk:p

[Lockark]

Yeah, well, everyone at your lgs is drunk:p

Well... The LGS IS next to a pool hall.
;)