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White Dwarf 6 - Termagants, Juggers, Fiends and Blue Horrors

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If you ask anybody when did Termagants, Juggers, Fiends and Blue Horrors first appear in a Games Workshop publication the answer will likely be in the mid 80’s, however that wouldn’t strictly be correct. Reading through White Dwarf 6 from 1978 I came across a D&D article by Lew Pulsipher called “A Place in the Wilderness”.  As it is before my time (and not being into D&D) I have never read the early articles however this one caught my attention as it had an illustration of a Termagant. Illustration by Polly Wilson So after grabbing my attention by an early reference to a Termagant I started reading the article. To my surprise there was also reference to Juggers: Illustration by Polly Wilson Now Jugger is just a shortened version of Juggernaut so easily a coincidence but then there is mention of a Fiend and Blue Horror. Obviously the latter is now associated with Tzeentch so did this article or book inspire the name for the Realm of Chaos demons? The book that the article t...