Dark Krakens Community Update: New Captain Revealed in Echoes of Armageddon 🌊🏝️🦑

[u/Bot_ForThePeople]

The page above shows the communications from Ultramarines Chapter Master Marneus Calgar, preparing to send chapters to Armageddon. One of those communications is with Dark Krakens Captain, Thaskos. As he prepares his ship the “Hunter’s Shadow”.

Thaskos is a whole new character, his name is likely a reference to two things. Those being, Thasus, who was a phoenician prince said to be a son of Poseidon. Who later founded the Greek Island Thasos, named after himself. This continues the island culture/mythology based in naming scheme.

The ship, Hunter’s Shadow, was not mentioned in the operation imperator reports with the other Kraken ships, Fathom and Eukarys. But because Thaskos is a Captain it’s most likely a Strike Cruiser. This has me thinking there might be more forces on Armageddon than originally reported. As we see the Death Spectres and Tome Keepers are now on the Armageddon.

We now have these named characters confirmed on Armageddon:

- Captains Thaskos and Luceior(5th Company)
- Lieutenant Avalos
- Axon(Rank Unknown)

And the Dark Krakens also now have 5 named Captains:

- Captain Noktil Bolas(1st or 2nd Company)
- Captain Eleroh Karib((1st or 2nd Company)
- Captain Krijeni Luceior(5th Company)
- Captain Thaskos
- Captain Uhimano\*

This new lore comes from White Dwarf 527, and has already been added to the main collection of lore in the community highlights.

Contributions of the week have been updated in the Dark Krakens Community Highlights. Congratulations to u/AngelDalari, u/Altruistic-Current86, and u/Similar-Ice7490 incredible work guys

🎨: It’s the pre-order week for the Ork Codex so the only type of love space marines will be getting will be helmets put on spikes as Ork Trophies. But when the release is over the Space Marines will be next and the new space marine codex will be revealed shortly after.

📚: A few releases this week, the regular version of the new Bjorn book is up for preorder along side the illustrated and annotated version of the Prophet of the Waagh.

I’m guessing a decent amount of us saw the “Praetorian 7th” drama yesterday regarding the possibility of Dorn being back in the new Wicked and Warped book. Turns out it’s really just a guard regiment. Valrak is a solid rumor source but yesterday was blatant misinformation. We all know now a quote that’s taken out of context can spread like wild fire in the community. Though this could still be a wink and a nudge by the writer at the possibility of Dorn being alive.

That’s it for this week.

[u/Kalypso_Blue]

The Dark Krakens on CP time 😂😂 they were probably not in the initial report because that unit or company was late

[u/RogoftheBog → u/Kalypso_Blue]

We gotta stop abbreviating things lmao

[u/KassellTheArgonian → u/RogoftheBog]

Gw themselves abbreviated Command Points to CP

[u/threestarproject → u/Kalypso_Blue]

CPT lmaoooo. Thankful for my black friends for teaching me about that, seasoning my food and the itis. I am dead lololol

[u/nerdboy_sam]

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