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Poxwalker

GamesUndeadShambles1968 to 1999

The plague zombie of Warhammer 40,000. Poxwalkers are victims of a supernatural disease who go on walking after death with their minds intact and imprisoned, and they serve as expendable infantry for the followers of Nurgle.12

Battle it
First appeared
1987
Date of first appearance not given on the sources consulted
Source work
Warhammer 40,000 (1987)
Games Workshop
Made in
United Kingdom
What causes it
Other
The Walking Pox, one of the diseases of the Chaos god Nurgle.
How you become one
Infection with the Walking Pox: the body rots and dies but does not stop.
How it moves
Shambles
Staggers; slow and clumsy but very hard to put down.
Intelligence
Mindless

When did it first appear?

Ancient world
Middle Ages
1500 to 1899
1900 to 1967
1968 to 1999
2000 to 2009
2010 to today
1987

Date of first appearance not given on the sources consulted

field notes

What the sources say

1

The victim's soul stays trapped in the body, fully aware12

2

Wears a fixed grin12

3

Grows horn-like spikes after death12

4

Even its groaning is said to spread the disease12

5

Accompanies the Death Guard Chaos Space Marines into battle12

Could you outrun it?

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

Poxwalker 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. Poxwalker - Warhammer 40k Lexicanum
  2. Warhammer 40,000 - Wikipedia

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Same era: 1968 to 1999

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