Why Are The Chaos Marines in Warhammer 40k: Space Marine 2 Made Of Dust?
While blasting through the forces of chaos in players will quickly notice that most of the imposing Chaos Rubric Marines spew colorful dust rather than blood. This strange phenomenon is even referenced by Titus and his Ultramarines, noting their displeasure at beating enemies without a physical form. After slaying a Rubric Marine, they simply fall apart into a pile of armor as the rainbow particles within fly away, leaving many players confused about what they're truly fighting in .
[Warning: This article contains slight spoilers for the story of Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2]
Despite their lack of physical form, each Rubric Marine is very much alive, but with a soul that's tied to their armor and dust within it. Thankfully, for the revenge-hungry Ultramarines, not every one of these traitorous enemies is filled with the same kind of confetti, as the Chaos Sorcerers are still flesh and blood. Players will face even more Chaos threats in their crusade to cleanse the system of heresy, but the Rubric Marines stand apart from the crowd thanks to their sparkling demise.
The Thousand Sons themselves were once a legion of Space Marines dedicated to serving the Imperium on a lifelong quest for knowledge, which ultimately led them to succumb to the influence of the Chaos Gods. Each member of the Thousand Sons legion had a genetic defect built into their DNA, resulting in a great affinity for warp-controlled sorcery at the cost of heavily mutating their bodies. These mutations were known as the Flesh-Change, a ravaging disease that caused horrific deformations to the point of turning the host into a shambling mutant abomination if left unchecked.
The Thousand Sons Legion got its name from the number of surviving members who remained when they became officially formed under their leader, Primarch Magnus the Red.
Spending years attempting to undo this genetic curse, sorcerers within the legion thought they finally found a cure by conducting a ritual known as the Rubric of
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