Lesser Daemon

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A Pink Horror, a Lesser Daemon of Tzeentch^[6]

Lesser Daemons are a classification of Chaos Daemon.^[1]

Overview

Dark Tongue rune for Lesser Daemon.^[9]

Lesser Daemons are the foot soldiers of Chaos, building the core of the Daemonic Legions. They are usually anthropomorphic in appearance and possess a calculating, malevolent intellect.^[1] Among the Daemons of Chaos they are ones most likely to answer the call of mortal heretics.^[2] Lesser Daemons are little more than slaves to the will of their patron Chaos God and take orders on the battlefield most often from Daemonic Heralds and Greater Daemons but also sometimes a Daemon Prince.^[7]

Types of Lesser Daemons

• Khorne - Bloodletter^[1]
• Nurgle - Plaguebearer, Nurgling^[1], Glitchling
• Tzeentch - Horror^[1], Flamer^[2]
• Slaanesh - Daemonette^[1]
• Other/Unaffiliated: Daemon Brute^[8]

Notable Lesser Daemons

• Skulltaker - Bloodletter^[3]
• Epidemius - Plaguebearer^[3]
• Horticulous Slimux - Plaguebearer^[4]
• Changeling - Horror^[3]
• Blue Scribes - Blue Horrors^[3]
• The Masque - Daemonette^[3]
• Syll Lewdtongue - Daemonette/Daemonic Herald^[5]

See Also

• Greater Daemon
• Daemonic Herald
• Daemonic Beast

Sources

• 1: Codex: Chaos Space Marines (3rd Edition, 2nd Codex) pg.29-31
• 2: White Dwarf 274 (UK) - Index Malleus
• 3: Codex: Chaos Daemons (4th Edition) pg.40-47
  • 3a: Daemonic Forces
• 4: Games Workshop (last accessed 10/15/2020)
• 5: Warhammer Community Slaanesh the Lore (posted 4/24/2019 (last accessed 10/15/2020)
• 6: Dark Heresy: Daemon Hunter, p.96
• 7: Black Crusade Core Rulebook pg.351-358
• 8: The Horus Heresy Book Eight pg. 247
• 9: Realms of Chaos: The Lost and the Damned, pg. 83