'Is There Anything More Grimdark Than to Die Offscreen?' — Games Workshop Just Killed Two Space Marine 2 Characters via a Brief Lore Update Post and Warhammer 40,000 Fans Are in Tatters

Games Workshop has sparked daze and choler among Warhammer 40,000 fans aft it killed disconnected 2 main characters from Space Marine 2 via a little lore update posted connected its website.

Last week, Games Workshop announced that Titus, the main playable quality from past year’s blockbuster deed video crippled Space Marine 2, had been promoted with a chill caller trailer that acceptable up the adjacent communicative enlargement for the Warhammer 40,000 setting, dubbed 500 Worlds.

Captain Demetrian Titus, Master of the Watch, is present erstwhile again Captain of the Ultramarines Second Company, a presumption helium had already held earlier helium was taken into custody connected suspicion of heresy by the Inquisition aft the events of the archetypal Space Marine game.

In the discourse of Titus’ promotion, fans had expressed interest implicit the destiny of Sevastus Acheran, the erstwhile skipper of the Second Company and Master of the Watch who dishes retired missions (and tin ne'er spare capable men) successful Space Marine 2. Now we cognize what really happened.

In a lore update station connected Warhammer Community, Games Workshop revealed what Acheran got up to pursuing the events of Space Marine 2. And yes, arsenic fans feared, he’s dead.

Confirmation comes from a 4 paragraph lore mentation successful the nonfiction itself, which reveals Acheran went retired successful a blaze of glory warring a Genestealer Cult connected the hive satellite of Trygg. That’s that. Acheran is dead. But it gets worse.

Sevastus Acheran is dead. Image credit: Games Workshop.

It turns retired Lieutenant Chairon, 1 of Titus’ squadmates from Space Marine 2 and who was conspicuous by his lack from Games Workshop’s Titus reveal, was by Acheran’s broadside and besides died astatine the hands of the Genestealer Cult. Chairon doesn't adjacent get much than a outcry out, contempt being the much salient quality successful Space Marine 2.

Here’s however it went down:

Every past Space Marine that landed connected Trygg was dilatory worn down successful a bid of progressively hopeless battles. When Imperial reinforcements arrived to purge the past of the cult, they discovered that Acheran, Chairon, and the remainder of their brothers had sold their lives to cull untold numbers of xenos hybrids.

It’s just to accidental Warhammer 40,000 fans are a tad upset not conscionable by the quality of the characters’ deaths, but how Games Workshop revealed the news. Many are saying Acheran and Chairon deserved amended than to beryllium killed off-screen, and should alternatively person got their infinitesimal successful either Space Marine 2 DLC oregon the confirmed Space Marine 3. At the precise least, the characters could person been dealt with successful a abbreviated communicative or, amended still, a Warhammer 40,000 novel. But no. All they get is simply a fewer pars successful a Warhammer Community nonfiction astir fans won’t adjacent read.

F's successful the chat for the GOAT Chairon (and Acheran excessively I guess) pic.twitter.com/wY0C1ags0L

— Master of Machines 🚧 (@MachDominus) November 11, 2025

"They had truthful overmuch options," said redditor Fit_Fisherman_9840 connected the Space Marine subreddit, which is presently up successful arms. "Make Chairon the caller LT, oregon since his hatred for the traitor marque him the institution Judiciar. And Acheran? Make it a dreadnought for f*** sake."

"What a bummer astir Acheran and Chairon," said Thinsul implicit connected the Warhammer 40,000 subreddit. "Killing them some disconnected screen, particularly Chairon arsenic a Primaris that was calved during the Heresy, is truly low. It should person happened successful a DLC oregon possibly a animation."

"He died arsenic helium lived, incapable to spare immoderate much men," Beaker_person said of Acheran's demise connected the 40kLore subreddit. "Is determination thing much grimdark than to dice offscreen?" joked ChaoticMat.

And what does this each mean for the different Ultramarines successful Space Marine 2? Are they dead, too? In particular, fans are wondering astir Chaplain Leandros, who was not mentioned arsenic being among the dormant alongside Acheran and Chairon. Perhaps he’s inactive retired determination somewhere, casting an inquisitive oculus connected Titus arsenic helium tries desperately to reclaim Ultramar.

All of this astir apt feeds into Space Marine 3 successful immoderate way, assuming the sequel picks up aft the events of 500 Worlds oregon takes spot during them. We cognize adjacent to thing astir the game, but we tin astir apt number mediocre Acheran and Chairon out.

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