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Overview
Warhammer manticores are powerful winged predators with leonine bodies and dangerous tails. The Age of Sigmar Legends account describes Chaos leaders forcing them into service, where their ferocity makes them both effective mounts and difficult animals to dominate. A paralysing tail toxin belongs to the inspected warscroll's description. The creature's familiar composite shape does not require the human face or precise powers found in every older manticore tradition.
The Cities of Sigmar account provides a contrasting relationship through Infernadine, the mount of Tahlia Vedra. Its lionlike jaws and scorpion stinger remain dangerous while the rider serves a different faction. This demonstrates that the animal is not merely another name for a daemon or an exclusively Chaos-created organism. Infernadine stays an individual example within the creature entry rather than a second species. The profile follows these Mortal Realms depictions, distinguishing them from the Warhammer 40,000 artillery vehicle named Manticore and from unqualified claims about every fantasy edition.
First appearances & development
The checked baseline consists of Age of Sigmar's Chaos mount descriptions and the 2023 Cities of Sigmar account of Infernadine. Those faction relationships belong to the same broader fantasy creature concept. The 40,000 vehicle and traditional mythological manticores are separate identities, and an exhaustive earliest-appearance chronology is outside this bibliography.
Canon & continuity
The inspected publisher preview identifies Infernadine's leonine jaws and scorpion tail, while indexed official Legends text supports winged aggression and the paralysing tail. The Legends PDF was unavailable to the full-file reader, so the evidence is bounded to those passages. No traditional human-headed anatomy or 40,000 vehicle feature is inferred from the shared name.
Selected bibliography
Documented works and useful reading. This is not a list of every appearance.
- 01
Age of Sigmar Legends — Chaos Lords on Manticore
Official legends warscroll lore; inspected indexed excerpt, with full PDF unavailable to web reader.
- 02
Warhammer Preview – The Cities of Sigmar Muster for the Dawnbringer Crusades
Official July preview identifies Tahlia Vedra's manticore Infernadine, including leonine jaws and scorpion stinger.
Family & connections
A source-supported family tree or inspiration record has not yet been compiled for this profile. Related reading below indicates a connection in subject matter, not a proven lineage or creative influence.
References
Sources supporting this profile. Linked pages have their own scope and editorial standards.
- OfficialAge of Sigmar Legends — Chaos Lords on ManticoreResearch access: 2026-10-05
- OfficialWarhammer Preview – The Cities of Sigmar Muster for the Dawnbringer CrusadesResearch access: 2026-10-05
Image credits
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