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Naming your General or Daemon Prince is a simple thing
you can do to instantly add some character to your army. To
help you, we've put together the Daemon Name Generator, as
first seen in the old Realm of Chaos: Slaves to Darkness book.
You can pick your names traditionally by rolling on the given
tables, or you can generate one randomly.
Daemons use a number of false names and titles so as to
keep their true names a secret. These vary for a single Daemon,
according to mood or circumstance (Pinchbottle, Maeltranseer
etc). Daemons will apply such 'use-names' to themselves as
they think fit or as amuses them.
Generate your
own Daemon Use-Names Table
Greater Daemons have names that are longer than those of
other Daemons. Roll 4 times on the above table to generate
a first and a second name for Greater Daemons. Other Daemons
and creatures roll only twice, generating only one name.
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Re-roll any duplicated results. The elements that are
rolled up should be put together in pairs to give the
name of the Daemon, for example, grim + belch
and chaos + warp = Grimbelch Chaoswarp.
While this table can generate names of any type of
Daemon, you may wish to select name elements for some.
Daemons of Khorne, for instance, have names which echo
nothing but their love of violence and destruction:
Warfiend, Thrashblood Hackflesh and Manblight Gnaw-weapon.
Any combination of names can be augmented by -er,
-ling, and -or suffixes, or by the
providing that these are applied intelligently.
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For example, rut + sate (-e)r gives
Rutsater, gut + (t)-er + sinew gives
Guttersinew, while maggot + spoor + -ling
gives Maggotspoorling.
Single or double words from the table can be added as a further
description for a Daemon, as in plague + vomit
+ the + drool + ing = Plaguevomit the
Drooling.
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Virtually all Daemons take great care
to keep their true names a secret. Only the most powerful
Arch Daemons, who need not fear domination by any other
creature, do not bother to hide their true names. The
true name of a Daemon is often completely alien and very
nearly unpronounceable. Knowledge of a true name grants
power, and gives some leverage when it comes to dealing
with a Daemon. As a consequence, a Daemon will never voluntarily
reveal its true name, nor can it be commanded to do so
except on pain of utter and total destruction. Most Daemons
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Generate
your own Daemon True Names Table
The number of elements in a Daemon's name depends upon the
number associated with the Chaos God it serves. Furthermore,
the more powerful the Daemon, the longer its name will be.
| Daemon |
Number of elements in name |
| Greater |
1D6 or 2D6 (your choice) x Chaos god's number. |
| Other |
Chaos god's associated number. |
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Once the number of elements has been determined, the
following table can be used to randomly generate the
parts of the Daemon's true name. Alternatively, you
can simply choose the right number of elements from
the table.
Once the elements have been generated they can be used
'as is' to give a completely random name or, in cases
where this looks and feels wrong, rearranged.
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Apostrophes (') and other punctuation can be added as you
see fit to break the name up and make it slightly more pronounceable.
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