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So, a little something that has been bugging me for a while now.

What is the correct way to write this guys name? Is it "Khârn the Betrayer" (as in his name is Literally Khârn the Betrayer) or is it considered a title, Khârn, The Betrayer (as in Khârn, who is called The Betrayer).

I prefer "Jimmy"

I vote "Khârn the Betrayer". I do think "the Betrayer" is a title (it's obviously not his last name), just one that is intrinsically tied to his name (i.e. he's not just called "The Betrayer" by anyone, except maybe some embittered World Eaters. After all, there's a lot of traitors running around, you have to be more specific than that).

I'm pretty sure that the knickname may be related to his habit of wantonly slaughtering his own followers, allies, and so on. Though one wonders how anyone ever says to themselves: "I think I'll put my trust in Khârn the Betrayer to lead us to victory."

if it had a comma after it you'd be saying this is what he is.

if it's his title, he needs no comma.

In the codex on page 48 it states " Kharn is called the Betrayer because of an incident on the daemon world of Skalathrax." My interpretation of this sentence means it should be Kharn, the Betrayer.

Vindicator#9 wrote:In the codex on page 48 it states " Kharn is called the Betrayer because of an incident on the daemon world of Skalathrax." My interpretation of this sentence means it should be Kharn, the Betrayer.

Alexander, The Great? Ivan, The Terrible?

That doesn't seem right...

Good point never thought of it that way. So probably is "Kharn the Betrayer" as all the ones you described are written like this in history.

Kharn cares not for grammar!




jk

If its a nickname, I'de expect it to be in quotation marks. Like hes a cage fighter.

Karn "The Betrayer" Johnson gets my vote

Better question: how do you pronounce the circumflex in his name/why bother with a diacritic?

Adding a weird mark above a vowel to make the name more sci-fi? But that would take some kind of tactical geni--CRÉÉÉÉÉÉÉÉÉÉÉÉÉÉÉÉÉÉÉÉÉÉÉÉÉÉÉÉÉÉÉÉD!!!!1!

It's irrelevant anyway. I mean, what key on the keyboard makes that mark anyway?

â?
Hold ALT press 0226 and release ALT.

For the keyboard I assume you are using based on the flag.

(Note: It's 0194 if you want it capitalized)

I would assume that the Name Khârn the betrayer is a title which would by all means in the English grammar laws and set up would entitle it to be part of his name without any sort of grammatical punctuation

Nurglitch wrote:I'm pretty sure that the knickname may be related to his habit of wantonly slaughtering his own followers, allies, and so on. Though one wonders how anyone ever says to themselves: "I think I'll put my trust in Khârn the Betrayer to lead us to victory."

But... but...

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I knew that a discussion about Kharn wouldn't end without that picture...
"Kawaii neko desu!"

My theory is that it's the name by which Khorne knows him, and consequently anyone who sees him would call him that. It's like an onanomopeia, it's self evident. People who have never heard of him would scream that Kharn the Betrayer is coming in terror.

nyyman wrote:I knew that a discussion about Kharn wouldn't end without that picture...
"Kawaii neko desu!"

Should technically be "Neko wa kawii desu" if I'm not mangling all my Japanese lessons, I think... but nobody cares about accuracy in memes.

Ahhh, japanese, it's like Korean, only with hundreds of years of isolation!

Or, Japanesee, like Korean it is!
An entire language of Yodas.

BTW does anyone have a list of keybord shortcuts to symbols?

Well my friends i beleive the name Kharn is Betrayer in Arabic.... so i guess our buddies in Arabia have been playing with the Betrayer the betrayer lols ps new to this wargaming thing and would like to learn how best to paint 40 khorne Bezerkers Kharn and a land raider please no color schemes only painting techniques please and thankyou. oh and i think you may find this very amusing
http://1d4chan.org/wiki/Kharn

Both. Kharn the Betrayer, the Betrayer. He just loves betrayin' that much.

....I'd hate to say this, but what does it say in GW's marketing material?

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