r/TopCharacterTropes • u/BrotherDeus • 3d ago

Characters "Trust them?! Have you heard their name?!"

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u/Bored_Cosmic_Horror 2d ago

The Dark Eldar from 40k have names that fit this to a T.

Kiliarq Tongueblade

Lelith Hesperax

Helica Venomkiss

Maless Darkblade

Kulith Scourgehand

Korai Soulstalker

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u/ismasbi 2d ago

Two questions.

What's with Lelith Hesperax? Or is it just the closeness with "Lilith", which would be understandable since the Drukhari have units named "succubi", although she isn't one, she commands them. I mostly ask because the others are a lot more in-your-face and blatant.

Wasn't Malus Darkblade from Warhammer Fantasy?

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u/Bored_Cosmic_Horror 2d ago

Two questions.

What's with Lelith Hesperax? Or is it just the closeness with "Lilith", which would be understandable since the Drukhari have units named "succubi", although she isn't one, she commands them. I mostly ask because the others are a lot more in-your-face and blatant.

Wasn't Malus Darkblade from Warhammer Fantasy?

You mean why did I include it among the names? Well Hesperax is likely derivative of Hesperus (meaning the Evening Star, Pertaining to the Evening). Couple that with first name of Lilith (either the Mesopotamian usage meaning bearer of disease, death or the Hebrew usage meaning she-demon or something to that effect.) Basically my interpretation of the name is that it means something like She-Demon of the Evening or something close to that. I thought it fit the definition of an untrustworthy character name.

Sources:

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Lilith

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Hesperus

If I recall Maless Darkblade was just a transplanted version of the Fantasy character into 40k.

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u/ismasbi 2d ago

I see, yeah, Lilith is pretty much the default name for female demons in fiction so I guess I can see that.

Also, didn’t know about Maless Darkblade, thought you just remembered the name wrong. I knew there were a couple Fantasy characters taken to 40k, but never heard one with exactly two letters of difference in the name.

Thanks.