How Dead Is a Dead Primarch? The Three Kinds of Gone in Warhammer 40K
A dead primarch isn't one thing. There are at least three ways the Emperor's sons go, and GW treats each like a separate category.
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A dead primarch isn't one thing. There are at least three ways the Emperor's sons go, and GW treats each like a separate category.
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