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Zombie (Warhammer)

GamesUndeadShamblesSorcery1968 to 1999

The basic undead of Games Workshop's Warhammer fantasy setting, fielded in the armies of the Vampire Counts. They are the necromancer's zombie in its pure form: worthless one at a time, raised in such numbers that they bury the enemy.12

Battle it
First appeared
1983
Warhammer (Warhammer Fantasy Battle) (1983)
Source work
Warhammer (Warhammer Fantasy Battle) (1983)
Games Workshop
Made in
United Kingdom
What causes it
Sorcery
Corpses reanimated by the Dark Magic of a Vampire or Necromancer and driven by their master's will.
How you become one
Raised from the dead by necromancy; a cut-down zombie may get back up moments later.
How it moves
Shambles
Shambles and lurches toward the enemy line in a mass.
Intelligence
Mindless
Weak spots
  • a hammer or axe blow to the skull
  • beheading

When did it first appear?

Ancient worldMiddle Ages1500 to 18991900 to 19671968 to 19992000 to 20092010 to today1983

Warhammer (Warhammer Fantasy Battle) (1983)

field notes

What the sources say

1

Has no fighting skill and wins by weight of numbers12

2

Vampires use zombie hordes to pin and exhaust enemy regiments12

3

Hurried necromancers patch them with graveyard railings, planks and coffin nails12

4

Balefire burns in their rotting eyes12

5

In the setting's lore Nagash was the first necromancer12

Could you outrun it?

Speed class from how the sources describe it (shambles), not a measurement.

Zombie (Warhammer) about 3 km/h (1.9 mph)
You, walking about 5 km/h (3.1 mph)
You, jogging about 10 km/h (6.2 mph)
A fit adult sprinting about 24 km/h (15 mph)
A fast cyclist about 37 km/h (23 mph)

Sources

  1. Zombies - Warhammer Fantasy Lexicanum
  2. Warhammer (game) - Wikipedia

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