Summary
- Straken, Grimaldus, and Cypher deserve video game cameos for their unique stories and abilities.
- Kranon The Relentless, Gutrot Spume, and Bastian Carthalos offer diverse backgrounds and potential as game bosses or leaders.
- Decimus, The Silent King, and Ciaphas Cain bring intriguing plot threads, mysterious pasts, and immense power to the Warhammer universe.
Warhammer is one of the biggest franchises on the planet, with a near monopoly on the tabletop wargaming genre, hundreds of novels spread across four distinct settings, and even a Lord Of The Rings license. Across all the universes, books, and codices, there are thousands of interesting and fun characters who have been introduced.
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Following on from the incredible success of Space Marine 2 and its awesome cameo from Ultramarines Chapter Master Marneus Calgar, some other beloved Warhammer characters have yet to grace a video game. Which Warhammer characters truly deserve at least a cameo in a video game? Here are ten who are definitely worth a look.
10 Iron Hand Straken
Cyborg Eighties Action Hero
- Allegiance: Imperium of Man
Iron Hand Straken is a far cry from the typical Imperial Commander. Unwilling to send millions of men to their deaths like his peers, Straken instead leads from the front. A true hero of the Astra Militarum, his men worship the ground he walks on.
Coming from the Rambo-inspired Catachan Jungle Fighters, Straken is no stranger to the realities of The Guard, and regards most of his superiors with disdain. His legendary reputation and effectiveness are all that have saved him from a Commissar’s bolt round. Many of his exploits would put Call Of Duty protagonists to shame.
9 Kranon The Relentless
Lord Of The Crimson Slaughter
- Alleigance: Chaos
While Abbadon’s Black Legion are the poster boys for the Chaos Space Marines, there was a time when they were supplanted. At one point, the brutal and cunning Kranon The Relentless and his Crimson Slaughter were inescapable.
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Kranon is a character tormented by his past and driven solely by the interests of himself and his warband. Kranon and his men fell to Chaos following a curse that left them haunted by those they had killed unless they were actively killing. Kranon would be an excellent boss, or even playable character, in a video game.
8 Commander Farsight
Rebel With A Cause
- Allegiance: Farsight Enclaves
Farsight was once the greatest hero of the Tau Empire. A master strategist and battlesuit pilot without equal. Farsight would wage many campaigns against the Imperium, Orks and all kinds of other threats in order to keep his home safe. But slowly, he began to have doubts about their leaders; the Ethereals.
Breaking with the Tau’s dogmatic almost-worship of the Ethereal Caste, Farsight would lead his troops to establish his own empire. The Farsight Enclaves now stand in defiance of the rest of the galaxy, fighting to maintain their independence. The chance to play as a giant sword wielding Gundam, or to see one in action in the Warhammer 40,000 universe would be incredible.
7 Merek Grimaldus
High Chaplain Of Zealots
- Allegiance: Imperium of Man
Grimaldus is the high chaplain of the Black Templars, a chapter of Space Marines known for their brutality, zealous faith, and their disregard for the Codex Astartes. While the faction has appeared before, we’ve yet to see Merek Grimaldus get some of the spotlight.
The Black Templars are one of Warhammer 40,000’s most popular factions, and Grimaldus has one of their best models. He’s also got one of the best stories in the franchise, going from a no-name chaplain to surviving one of the most grueling wars in the setting: the Third War For Armageddon. As a protagonist, he could rival Captain Titus for his impressive feats in that war alone.
6 Gutrot Spume
Plague Of The Seas
- Allegiance: Chaos
While Nurgle worshippers have gotten a lot of love recently, Gutrot Spume is still sorely missing from Total War Warhammer 3. A pirate warlord who has a bone to pick with Karl Franz and Tzarina Katarin, Gutrot would make for an excellent antagonist or faction leader.
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Having almost died at the hands of a rot-kraken and its young, Gutrot would fuse with one of the smaller beasts as a “blessing” from Nurgle. Now a heinous visage of plague with an array of tentacles for a left arm, with his massive naval fleet at his back, Gutrot goes to war wielding a colossal axe and chanting praises to his plague god.
5 Bastian Carthalos
The Storm God’s Chosen
- Allegiance: Order
Despite the lack of large-scale Warhammer: Age Of Sigmar titles, a game featuring Bastian Carthalos needs to be made. The last person to reach Azyr before it was sealed during the Age Of Chaos, and even prior to his ascension to the mighty Stormcast Eternals, Bastian was a force to be reckoned with.
Now, as the Lord Commander of the Hammers Of Sigmar Stormhost, Bastian is the storm god’s will made manifest. He carries into battle a massive warhammer known as ‘Uskavar, The Sunderer,’ and has the ability to call down lightning to burn away his foes. Seeing that in a video game would be a sight to behold.
4 Ciaphas Cain
Lucky Coward Or Imperial Hero
- Allegiance: Imperium of Man (and to a greater extent, himself)
Incredibly lucky and with an inferiority complex that’d make Perturabo blush, Commissar Ciaphas Cain is a true hero of the Imperium. The titular character of his own series of novels, Cain is one of Warhammer 40,000’s most iconic figures.
With his melta-wielding companion, Jurgen, Cain has fought in dozens of campaigns. He’s dueled Chaos Space Marines in single combat and won, raised a rebellion of slaves against an Ork horde and won, and fought back against a zombie plague and won. All the while, he’s simply acting for the sake of his own survival. Cain would be perfect for a more zany, comedic take on a Warhammer video game.
3 Cypher
Gunslinging Fallen Angel
- Allegiance: Unknown
Cypher is one of the most mysterious characters in all of Games Workshop's IPs. A member of the legendary Dark Angels Legion prior to the Horus Heresy, Cypher's identity is shrouded in mystery, with endless fan debate about who he actually is.
Following the brief but destructive civil war among the Dark Angels, the legion, and later its descendant chapters, were desperate to hide their shameful kin from the rest of the galaxy; Cypher most of all. Coalescing these “Fallen Angels” wherever he goes, he seemingly hinders as much as helps the Imperium, even aiding Guilliman to reach Terra. He’d be brilliant for any branching narrative game, letting players choose to trust the Fallen Angel or not.
2 Decimus
Prophet Of The Night
- Allegiance: Night Lords
A plot thread long abandoned by Warhammer 40,000, it would be interesting to see the Night Lords Omnibus get a sequel or reference in a Warhammer video game. Decimus is the prophet of the incredibly underappreciated Night Lords and the direct descendant of Talos Valcoran through his geneseed.
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Decimus is, unlike his predecessor, able to manage the futuresight. While Talos would be sent into a seizure when having a vision, Decimus can predict the future and remain calm. There is potential for him to reunite the Night Lords legion from their shattered warbands and squabbling politics. Should he do so, the Imperium at large should tremble.
1 The Silent King
An Ancient Eldritch Menace
Allegiance: Necrons.
Szarekh, or The Silent King, is to the Necrons what the Emperor is to Humanity. It was Szarekh who made the fateful deal with the god-like C’tan that created the Necrons, dooming his people to servitude.
Szarekh, ashamed of his actions, would lead his people into a reality-splitting revolt before exiling himself to the void between galaxies. Now he has returned and has begun to create the Pariah Nexuses, engines that can split the warp from reality. Szarekh is a force to be reckoned with, and to see his reality-bending technology in a game would be a treat for Warhammer fans.
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