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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 17 August 2026 Most recent source dated 8 June 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 the Imperium’s most famous Commissar, defined entirely by his war against Ghazghkull on Armageddon.
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 entryorks
1 entry ?
What is not known yet
The open questions these pages follow. Nothing here has been announced by the publisher.
?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.
?Whether the Armageddon setting of the presentation means the campaign is built around that conflict is unannounced.
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.