Are the Mysterious Carcharodons Actually War Hounds Returning from Deep Space?

[Badtucker]

i thought the space sharks were likely to be from Raven guard stock, giving that they have similar gene seed mutations

[Psychosplodge]

How did I miss that?

[OzDestro]

i thought the space sharks were likely to be from Raven guard stock, giving that they have similar gene seed mutations

There seems to be a lot of confusion about the Carcharodons and the Space Sharks.
Space Sharks are likely to be White Scars apparently...
There seems to be lots of conjecture about the Carcharodons - all the best for speculation.

[Psychosplodge]

I thought the Charcharodens were the space sharks?

[OzDestro]

I thought the Charcharodens were the space sharks?

I know, right?
Me too!
Apparently not...
There seems to be some debate now in this new Forge World reimagined world!

[Psychosplodge]

I thought they were interchangeably used in whichever anthology has a story in. Can't remember if it was a hammer and bolter or one of the of the space marines

[Rev. Tiberius Jackhammer]

If they are descendant from a Traitor Legion (which I hope not, that plotline always comes off as too fanfic-y), I'd say Night Lords, since Night Lords, Carcharodons and Raven Guard all have the "pale skin, black eyes" thing going for them.

Also, didn't Forgeworld outright say at one of the gamesdays that "Carcharodons Astra" was the new name they picked for Space Sharks? I didn't think there was any debate about the fact the names were interchangeable.

[David Crossley]

I thought the Charcharodens were the space sharks?

They are, the 'in universe' explanation is that Space Sharks is their name in low gothic (the 40k version of English) while Charcharodens Astra is their name in high gothic (the 40k version of latin), and because they've been away from the imperium from so long they still mainly speak in high gothic rather than the more common low gothic.

[Rev. Tiberius Jackhammer]

Also, it's worth keeping in mind that the whole "are typically equipped with older armour marks" thing was probably inspired mostly by Forgeworld's then-new range of old armour mark kits!

[Sitnam]

If they are descendant from a Traitor Legion (which I hope not, that plotline always comes off as too fanfic-y), I'd say Night Lords, since Night Lords, Carcharodons and Raven Guard all have the "pale skin, black eyes" thing going for them.

I think Forgeworld likes to play with the unknown founding/mysterious origins trope a bit too much. I personally like chapters better when the don't cop out on who their primogenitors are. I also agree that Raven Guard make the most sense, and if they were ever better expanded on I think a connection between the Carcharodons and Corax's experiments