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Characters

The named characters shown or announced for Total War: WARHAMMER 40,000. Each page separates what the publisher has shown from what the tabletop establishes — and says which is which.

TOPICS WRITTEN 2 of 2 Each page carries its source and the date we checked it.

LAST UPDATED 5 September 2026 Most recent source dated 28 August 2026.

REPORTED BY THE PRESS 2 pages Not confirmed by the publisher in any material we were able to open.

ALL TOPICS 2 TOPICS IN TOTAL

Commissar Yarrick

Sebastian Yarrick is an Imperial Commissar closely associated with the wars for Armageddon and his pursuit of Ghazghkull beyond that world.

Ghazghkull Mag Uruk Thraka

The most successful Ork Warlord of the era, and the architect of the Armageddon wars.

Written & verifiedthe page exists, with its sources and dates

Not written yetcatalogued, so you know we will cover it

BY FACTION 2 of the launch factions have entries named by a source.

astra militarum

1 TOPIC

Commissar Yarrick

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1 TOPIC

Ghazghkull Mag Uruk Thraka

What is not known yet

The questions and limits these pages follow. Available facts provide context for what the cited sources still leave open.

?Press coverage of the 7 June 2026 presentation reports Yarrick as the Astra Militarum faction leader. No publisher material naming him has been traced.

?What a faction leader is in this game — a campaign character, a battlefield unit, or both — has not been described.

?No ability, statistic or campaign mechanic attached to him has been published.

?Press coverage of the 7 June 2026 presentation reports him as the Ork faction leader — spelled “Thrakka” in that coverage. No publisher material naming him has been traced.

?PC Gamer’s 9 June account quotes Armageddon as the end goal at least for the Orks and the Imperium; in August, Dave Petry tells PCGamesN that the campaign is focusing on Armageddon. The detailed objectives and structure remain unspecified.

Our method

Confirmed means a source of authority established it. Reported means an established press outlet reported it and the publisher has not confirmed it. Unconfirmed means it is expected, assumed, or inferred. Every claim on this site carries one of the three, and a date.

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