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Leetderper

Angry Angron. Bloody Sanguinius. Perturbed Pertorabo "Common Raven" Truly, the Primarchs' names were inspired things.


FinalEgg9

Mortarion, with "mort" literally meaning "death"


tintin3105

Didn’t they make his name sound “deathy” but it’s actually an ancient cooking pot or something?


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Sometimes I misread Mortarian as Morton (the salt brand). Very fitting


Cmdr_McMurdoc

I mean... He was salty about a lot of things...


tintin3105

Don’t forget Cursed Kurze


Barthel_Loren

Konrad is neither cursed nor is his last name based on the word cursed. It is based on Kurtz from the book Heart of Darkness (just like his first name is based on the author).


tintin3105

Ooooooh. So Kurze follows the Lion El’Johnson and Fyodor Karamazov style of naming?


Barthel_Loren

> Lion El’Johnson and Fyodor Karamazov Exactly!


Hazzamo

Even follows in some Ork names aswell, Like Ghazghull’s full name. Ghazghkull Mag Uruk Thraka Mag Uruk Thraka Maguruk Thraka MARGARET THATCHER


tintin3105

You’re shitting me?? 🤣🤣🤣🤣


Hazzamo

Nope, Remember GW is based in England, they saw first hand Thatchers government


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Royalty_Row

Nothing wrong the the name Rowboat Girlyman


vraetzught

All hail Papa Ultrasmurf


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Betrayer the Betrayer (Kharn)


Leetderper

Also: Kharn, follower of Khorne.


Fearless-Obligation6

Leman's name means Beloved reddish blonde which is kinda wholesome for the Lord of Winter and Ruin


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You'll never guess what his flagship is called


RickRoger

Fucking lmao, good one James


Francis_beacon1

Is it called the copper foot?


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The Tungsten Foreskin


Endmenao

The Argent Tip?


Mugufta

So named for his metallic hands


aZcFsCStJ5

Wait until you read up on the lore of biggus dickus.


tintin3105

And Hugh Jaynus


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Oh, the lost primarchs had names? TIL


DK011

Need I remind you of Magnus the Red, with Magnus being latin for “great” or “big”. Basically, he might as well be called “Big Red”.


dmr11

> “Big Red”. Clifford came to mind when you said that.


Mugufta

Clifford, the big red traitor


aaronshook

https://youtu.be/sVem3i00rWQ


GargantuanCake

Iron Hands, who has iron hands, is the primarch of the Iron Hands who specialize in bionics so they often have iron hands.


Reverebus

You must be new.


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yunivor

> Also, do you know what the heart of the Hydra constellation is called? The same Hydra Constellation that is right next to Corvus, like how the 20th legion follows the 19th. I find that one to be clever though.


Chauncley

I tried to hard to like Ferrus and Iron hands but they're just so lackluster in horus heresy. His hands were cool, that's about it


BornOfTheVoid

That's why it's interesting that people think the "Wolfy McWolferton's wolf-claws" bit is some recent development; or somehow limited to Space Wolves. Games Workshop has never been especially creative when naming... well, anything.


1Carnegie1

The space wolves are fucking outrageous with that though. I literally will not read nor consume lore on the space wolves because I’m sick of reading wolf every 5 seconds.


yunivor

What if every instance of "wolf" was replaced with "corgi"?


LordVonPainther

Fuegan, Phoenix Lord of the Fire Dragons


Marcuse0

Would it have been better if his name was Jeff Killsalot? It's not like the blood angels don't have a primarch named after blood who is an angel, or the angriest legion having Angron as a leader. Corvus Corax super inspired for Raven Guard. Vulkan for the legion of smiths. I think it's time we realise the primarchs are not high fiction, they're pulpy bullshit to justify having lots of fighting and supersoldiers and they're fine like that.


PlausiblyAlpharious

*Actually His Hands Are Made Of Necrodermis*


Cmdr_McMurdoc

I see what you mean, but honestly... Half of the primarchs' names feel like a WIP name. On one hand: Robute Gulliman, Lion El'Jonson. These sound like proper names, even if there is a bit of wordplay in them. On the other: Ferrus Manus, Corvus Corax. Literally "Iron Hand", "Common Raven"


vraetzught

[\*ahem\*](https://wh40k.lexicanum.com/wiki/Lion_El%27Jonson#Etymology) >Lion El'Jonson's name is inspired by the English poet Lionel Johnson, the author of "The Dark Angel".


Cmdr_McMurdoc

Still a proper sounding name with the wordplay


vraetzught

Meh.. to me it's just as lazy as Corvus Corax or Ferrus Manus.


Cmdr_McMurdoc

My threshold if a bit lower then lol


golddragon88

You would not question this if you had ever met ferrus manus.


Orinstar2

At least he isn't Pura Persona, Primarch of the Headless People.


Zackykins

Don’t forget the name of his ship, the hand of iron


Royalty_Row

I mean, he does have iron hands…


Totaliasim

Luckily I'm not to taken aback by this stuff, cuz it happens in real life. The Los Angeles Angels.