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'''Ferrus Manus''', (literally "Hand of Iron") '''the Gorgon'''{{Fn|3}}, was one of the twenty [[Primarch]]s created by the [[Emperor]] before the [[Great Crusade]]. He led the [[Iron Hands]] [[Space Marine Legion]].
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'''Ferrus Manus''', (literally "Hand of Iron") '''the Gorgon'''{{Fn|3}}, was one of the twenty [[Primarch]]s created by the [[Emperor]] before the [[Great Crusade]]. He led the [[Iron Hands]] [[Space Marine Legion]]. During his time on the world of [[Medusa]] Manus' hands became encased in a hard metallic substance, and he became known for his iron-resolve and disdain for weakness.
  
[[Image:Ferrus Manus by John Blanche.JPG|thumb|180px|right|Ferrus Manus ([[M31]]){{Cite This}}]]
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==Arrival on Medusa==
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==History==
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===Arrival on Medusa===
 
Ferrus was stolen away by the forces of [[Chaos]] just as his brothers, and spent his first years on the planet [[Medusa]].  
 
Ferrus was stolen away by the forces of [[Chaos]] just as his brothers, and spent his first years on the planet [[Medusa]].  
  
 
He awoke after his pod crashed on Medusa, in the centre of a colossal mountain of black rock and ice. He left the pod and inspected his surroundings: he discovered an "X" mark on his pod and that the chamber was too precise to be a natural formation. Exploring further, he discovered runes and electro-conductive stalagmites all around the chamber. His inspections awakened an imprisoned colossal biomechanical worm-like creature, which attacked him and escaped, ignoring his attacks. He followed its path of destruction and swore he would destroy the beast he had unwittingly released. When he reached the surface, he saw other men in the distance but wouldn't reveal himself to them, keeping his recent oath in mind.{{Fn|4}}
 
He awoke after his pod crashed on Medusa, in the centre of a colossal mountain of black rock and ice. He left the pod and inspected his surroundings: he discovered an "X" mark on his pod and that the chamber was too precise to be a natural formation. Exploring further, he discovered runes and electro-conductive stalagmites all around the chamber. His inspections awakened an imprisoned colossal biomechanical worm-like creature, which attacked him and escaped, ignoring his attacks. He followed its path of destruction and swore he would destroy the beast he had unwittingly released. When he reached the surface, he saw other men in the distance but wouldn't reveal himself to them, keeping his recent oath in mind.{{Fn|4}}
  
Ferrus would not join these tribes, as many of his brothers did. Instead, he sought out physical challenges to make himself stronger and more resilient. These tests ended with his battle against the Great Silver Wyrm [[Asirnoth]], a metallic beast impervious to harm; Ferrus had to drown it in magma to kill it. The melted flesh of the wyrm fused to Ferrus's flesh, giving him the true metal hands his Legion would take its name from{{Cite This}}.
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Ferrus would not join these tribes, as many of his brothers did. Instead, he sought out physical challenges to make himself stronger and more resilient. These tests ended with his battle against the Great Silver Wyrm [[Asirnoth]], a metallic beast impervious to harm; Ferrus had to drown it in magma to kill it. The melted flesh of the wyrm fused to Ferrus's flesh, giving him the true metal hands his Legion would take its name from. Ferrus returned to the tribes and lectured them on technology. The clans advanced at a stunning pace and Medusa prospered, but Ferrus took care to leave the inter-clan rivalry and fighting by never taking sides, as he saw the competition between them as healthy and good. The Emperor eventually came to Medusa and Ferrus Manus tested himself on him in a cataclysmic battle that is said to have lain waste to entire mountains. Finally having found someone equal, Ferrus accepted the Emperor as his master and took command of a legion of [[Space Marines]] {{Cite This}}.
  
Ferrus returned to the tribes and lectured them on technology. The clans advanced at a stunning pace and Medusa prospered, but Ferrus took care to leave the inter-clan rivalry and fighting by never taking sides, as he saw the competition between them as healthy and good{{Cite This}}.
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===Great Crusade===
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Thousands of planets would fall to the remorseless [[Iron Hands]] under Ferrus's leadership. Each weak link in humanity was to be purged if mankind was to grow stronger. Scholars spoke of the wave of piety and faith that spread before the Iron Hands, with many planets suddenly motivated to look into themselves when they heard that the Iron Hands were approaching{{Cite This}}. During the Great Crusade the Iron Hands battled the [[Human]] [[Diasporex]] alongside the [[Emperor's Children]]. This was symbolic of the bond shared by Ferrus Manus and the Emperor's Children Primarch [[Fulgrim]], who were close friends.{{Fn|2}} However during the [[Conquest of One-Five-Four Four]] he received visions from the [[Eldar]] alluding to his eventual demise at Fulgrim's hands. Distrustful of the Xenos, Ferrus rejected the prophecy.{{Fn|11}}
  
The Emperor eventually came to Medusa and Ferrus Manus tested himself on him in a cataclysmic battle that is said to have lain waste to entire mountains. Finally having found someone equal, Ferrus accepted the Emperor as his master and took command of a legion of [[Space Marines]] {{Cite This}}.
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Ferrus was one of the four primarchs privately referred to by [[Roboute Guilliman]] as ''"the [[Dauntless Few]]"'', the four of his brothers who most exemplified their father's design and whose Legions reflected their best qualities (the others being [[Rogal Dorn]], [[Sanguinius]], and [[Leman Russ (Primarch)|Leman Russ]]){{Fn|5}}
  
==Great Crusade==
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Ferrus was one of the four primarchs privately referred to by [[Roboute Guilliman]] as ''"the dauntless few"'', the four of his brothers who most exemplified their father's design and whose Legions reflected their best qualities (the others being [[Rogal Dorn]], [[Sanguinius]], and [[Leman Russ (Primarch)|Leman Russ]]).{{Fn|5}}
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===Horus Heresy===
 
 
==Horus Heresy==
 
 
[[Image:Ferrus Manus.jpg|thumb|250px|right|Ferrus Manus and Fulgrim in a duel{{Fn|2a}}.]]
 
[[Image:Ferrus Manus.jpg|thumb|250px|right|Ferrus Manus and Fulgrim in a duel{{Fn|2a}}.]]
Once swayed himself to the side of the Warmaster, [[Fulgrim]] approached Ferrus Manus before the heresy and tried to lure him to join Chaos. Ferrus Manus was so enraged at this proposal that he attacked Fulgrim. A short duel took place, where Ferrus destroyed Fulgrim's sword Fireblade, the same weapon Ferrus had given to him many years before. Fulgrim escaped after rendering Ferrus unconscious, leaving him alive but taking with him the massive [[thunder hammer]] he himself had crafted for his brother.{{Fn|2}}
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Once swayed himself to the side of the Warmaster, [[Fulgrim]] approached Ferrus Manus before the heresy and tried to lure him to join Chaos. Ferrus Manus was so enraged at this proposal that he attacked Fulgrim. A short duel took place, where Ferrus destroyed Fulgrim's sword Fireblade, the same weapon Ferrus had given to him many years before. Fulgrim escaped after rendering Ferrus unconscious, leaving him alive but taking with him the massive [[Thunder Hammer]] ''[[Forgebreaker]]'' he himself had crafted for his brother.{{Fn|2}}
  
 
The Iron Hands was one of the loyal legions the Emperor called to [[Isstvan V]]. Given the large distance, Ferrus Manus took the Legion's fastest ships and departed only with his veterans. Most of them died in this battle, when following the loss of their primarch they were struck down by the traitor legions, caught between the hammer of the [[Emperor's Children]] and upon the Anvil of the four support legions of the second wave. {{Fn|2}}
 
The Iron Hands was one of the loyal legions the Emperor called to [[Isstvan V]]. Given the large distance, Ferrus Manus took the Legion's fastest ships and departed only with his veterans. Most of them died in this battle, when following the loss of their primarch they were struck down by the traitor legions, caught between the hammer of the [[Emperor's Children]] and upon the Anvil of the four support legions of the second wave. {{Fn|2}}
  
Fulgrim personally killed Ferrus during the battle at [[Isstvan V]], using the daemon weapon he acquired fighting the [[Laer]] to strike his head from his shoulders in one fell swoop. Fulgrim was distraught with grief that his closest brother was dead by his own hand, eventually giving into the whispers of Chaos to ease his pain, which ripped apart his mind and soul, overtaking his body and pushing him into the deepest corners of his mind. It turned him into a Daemon Prince and he brought Ferrus's mutilated head before Horus. {{Fn|2}}
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Fulgrim personally killed Ferrus during the battle at [[Isstvan V]], using the daemon weapon he acquired fighting the [[Laer]] to strike his head from his shoulders in one fell swoop. Fulgrim, distraught with grief that his closest brother was dead by his own hand, was soon thereafter possessed by the daemon within the sword. The possessed Fulgrim then delivered Ferrus's head to Horus.{{Fn|2}}
  
 
When Guilliman heard reports that Ferrus had fallen, along with [[Vulkan]] and [[Corax]], he lamented that, of the three, he would miss Ferrus most of all.{{Fn|5}}
 
When Guilliman heard reports that Ferrus had fallen, along with [[Vulkan]] and [[Corax]], he lamented that, of the three, he would miss Ferrus most of all.{{Fn|5}}
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Later during the Heresy as Horus fell deeper and deeper into Chaos and his mental state perhaps began to deteriorate, he took the skull of Ferrus Manus, mounted it on his throne, and began to increasingly speak to it. During their one-sided conversations, Horus lamented that he only had bloody-handed tyrants, mass murderers, and daemons for his generals instead of strategists and men of duty like Ferrus.{{Fn|9}}
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Ten thousand years later, a [[daemonette]] of [[Slaanesh]] taunted Iron Hands [[Space Marine Sergeant|Sergeant]] [[Naim Morvox]] on [[Shardenus]], claiming that it had seen Manus's head, and ''"it is still screaming."''{{Fn|6}}
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===The Draor Obelisk===
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'' 'On the eighteenth day of Nureg, the Guardian of Terra did alight on Draor and there was a great star-fire in the heavens as seven ships of gold descended. And, lo, did the men of Iron kneel to his will and the will of the Avenging Son. He brought his word and his bond, but it was the gift of bone the men of Iron took heed of. And so reunited with their patriarch was a pact with the men of Iron sealed and the Imperium of Man reunited. Never again would it be put asunder.’ ''{{Fn|7}}
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On the world of Draor, Inquisitor Kinebad, accompanied by a companion named only as [[Tsu'gan|'Scar-borne']], uncovered an ancient Obelisk detailing a pact made between Guilliman, Dorn and the Shattered Iron Hands legion. In return for their adherence to the nascent Codex Astartes, the Iron Hands were returned the Skull of Ferrus Manus. How exactly Guilliman and Dorn retrieved the skull is unknown.{{Fn|7}}
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===Clones===
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Following the Drop Site Massacre, a mentally volatile Fulgrim would have [[Fabius Bile]] clone Ferrus. However these clones proved unstable and each refused to turn against the Emperor,  forcing Fulgrim to once again kill his brother and driving him even madder.{{Fn|}}
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==Wargear==
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Ferrus Manus' primary weapon was the gigantic [[Thunder Hammer]] [[Forgebreaker]], crafted for him by [[Fulgrim]]. Manus wore a finely-wrought suit of [[Cataphractii Pattern Terminator Armour]] known as the ''[[Medusan Carapace]]''. More than a simple suit of armor, it possessed many servo mechanisms and support systems.{{Fn|10}} He was also seen fighting with a wrench-shaped [[Power Weapon]].{{Fn|2}}
  
 
==Etymology==
 
==Etymology==
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==Images==
 
==Images==
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==Sources==
 
==Sources==
* {{Endn|1}}: [[Iron Hands (Novel)]] by [[Jonathan Green]]
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*{{Endn|1}}: [[Iron Hands (Novel)]] by [[Jonathan Green]]{{Cite this}}
* {{Endn|2}}: [[Fulgrim (Novel)]] by [[Graham McNeill]]
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*{{Endn|2}}: [[Fulgrim (Novel)]] by [[Graham McNeill]]{{Cite this}}
 
**{{Endn|2a}}: Cover Illustration, artwork by [[Neil Roberts]]
 
**{{Endn|2a}}: Cover Illustration, artwork by [[Neil Roberts]]
* {{Endn|3}}: [[The First Heretic (Novel)]] by [[Aaron Dembski-Bowden]]
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*{{Endn|3}}: [[The First Heretic (Novel)]] by [[Aaron Dembski-Bowden]]{{Cite this}}
* {{Endn|4}}: [[Angel Exterminatus (Novel)]] by [[Graham McNeill]] Book 2 As Above so Below - Theogonies II
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*{{Endn|4}}: [[Angel Exterminatus (Novel)]] by [[Graham McNeill]] Book 2 As Above so Below - Theogonies II
 
*{{Endn|5}}: [[Know No Fear (Novel)]] by [[Dan Abnett]], Ushkul//Thu, Chapter Two, pg. 350
 
*{{Endn|5}}: [[Know No Fear (Novel)]] by [[Dan Abnett]], Ushkul//Thu, Chapter Two, pg. 350
 
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*{{Endn|6}}: [[Wrath of Iron (Novel)]] by [[Chris Wraight]], Chapter Fourteen, pgs. 249-250
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*{{Endn|7}}: [[Salamanders: Rebirth (Novel)|Rebirth (Novel)]] by [[Nick Kyme]]: Epilogue, pg. 378
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*{{Endn|8}}: [[Death and Defiance (Anthology)]] - Imperfect
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*{{Endn|9}}: [[Warmaster (Audio Book)]]
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*{{Endn|10}}: [[The Horus Heresy - Book Two: Massacre]] pg.234-235
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*{{Endn|11}}: [[Feat of Iron (Novella)]]
 
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Ferrus Manus, (literally "Hand of Iron") the Gorgon[3], was one of the twenty Primarchs created by the Emperor before the Great Crusade. He led the Iron Hands Space Marine Legion. During his time on the world of Medusa Manus' hands became encased in a hard metallic substance, and he became known for his iron-resolve and disdain for weakness.

Ferrus Manus

History

Arrival on Medusa

Ferrus was stolen away by the forces of Chaos just as his brothers, and spent his first years on the planet Medusa.

He awoke after his pod crashed on Medusa, in the centre of a colossal mountain of black rock and ice. He left the pod and inspected his surroundings: he discovered an "X" mark on his pod and that the chamber was too precise to be a natural formation. Exploring further, he discovered runes and electro-conductive stalagmites all around the chamber. His inspections awakened an imprisoned colossal biomechanical worm-like creature, which attacked him and escaped, ignoring his attacks. He followed its path of destruction and swore he would destroy the beast he had unwittingly released. When he reached the surface, he saw other men in the distance but wouldn't reveal himself to them, keeping his recent oath in mind.[4]

Ferrus would not join these tribes, as many of his brothers did. Instead, he sought out physical challenges to make himself stronger and more resilient. These tests ended with his battle against the Great Silver Wyrm Asirnoth, a metallic beast impervious to harm; Ferrus had to drown it in magma to kill it. The melted flesh of the wyrm fused to Ferrus's flesh, giving him the true metal hands his Legion would take its name from. Ferrus returned to the tribes and lectured them on technology. The clans advanced at a stunning pace and Medusa prospered, but Ferrus took care to leave the inter-clan rivalry and fighting by never taking sides, as he saw the competition between them as healthy and good. The Emperor eventually came to Medusa and Ferrus Manus tested himself on him in a cataclysmic battle that is said to have lain waste to entire mountains. Finally having found someone equal, Ferrus accepted the Emperor as his master and took command of a legion of Space Marines [Needs Citation].

Great Crusade

Thousands of planets would fall to the remorseless Iron Hands under Ferrus's leadership. Each weak link in humanity was to be purged if mankind was to grow stronger. Scholars spoke of the wave of piety and faith that spread before the Iron Hands, with many planets suddenly motivated to look into themselves when they heard that the Iron Hands were approaching[Needs Citation]. During the Great Crusade the Iron Hands battled the Human Diasporex alongside the Emperor's Children. This was symbolic of the bond shared by Ferrus Manus and the Emperor's Children Primarch Fulgrim, who were close friends.[2] However during the Conquest of One-Five-Four Four he received visions from the Eldar alluding to his eventual demise at Fulgrim's hands. Distrustful of the Xenos, Ferrus rejected the prophecy.[11]

Ferrus was one of the four primarchs privately referred to by Roboute Guilliman as "the Dauntless Few", the four of his brothers who most exemplified their father's design and whose Legions reflected their best qualities (the others being Rogal Dorn, Sanguinius, and Leman Russ)[5]

And of them, Manus was the key. Implacable. Unshakeable. If he was at your side, he would never break.[5]

Horus Heresy

File:Ferrus Manus.jpg
Ferrus Manus and Fulgrim in a duel[2a].

Once swayed himself to the side of the Warmaster, Fulgrim approached Ferrus Manus before the heresy and tried to lure him to join Chaos. Ferrus Manus was so enraged at this proposal that he attacked Fulgrim. A short duel took place, where Ferrus destroyed Fulgrim's sword Fireblade, the same weapon Ferrus had given to him many years before. Fulgrim escaped after rendering Ferrus unconscious, leaving him alive but taking with him the massive Thunder Hammer Forgebreaker he himself had crafted for his brother.[2]

The Iron Hands was one of the loyal legions the Emperor called to Isstvan V. Given the large distance, Ferrus Manus took the Legion's fastest ships and departed only with his veterans. Most of them died in this battle, when following the loss of their primarch they were struck down by the traitor legions, caught between the hammer of the Emperor's Children and upon the Anvil of the four support legions of the second wave. [2]

Fulgrim personally killed Ferrus during the battle at Isstvan V, using the daemon weapon he acquired fighting the Laer to strike his head from his shoulders in one fell swoop. Fulgrim, distraught with grief that his closest brother was dead by his own hand, was soon thereafter possessed by the daemon within the sword. The possessed Fulgrim then delivered Ferrus's head to Horus.[2]

When Guilliman heard reports that Ferrus had fallen, along with Vulkan and Corax, he lamented that, of the three, he would miss Ferrus most of all.[5]

Now it seems he is gone. Gone. Dead. Brother. Friend. Warrior. Leader. Ultramar's most stalwart ally.[5]

Later during the Heresy as Horus fell deeper and deeper into Chaos and his mental state perhaps began to deteriorate, he took the skull of Ferrus Manus, mounted it on his throne, and began to increasingly speak to it. During their one-sided conversations, Horus lamented that he only had bloody-handed tyrants, mass murderers, and daemons for his generals instead of strategists and men of duty like Ferrus.[9]

Ten thousand years later, a daemonette of Slaanesh taunted Iron Hands Sergeant Naim Morvox on Shardenus, claiming that it had seen Manus's head, and "it is still screaming."[6]

The Draor Obelisk

'On the eighteenth day of Nureg, the Guardian of Terra did alight on Draor and there was a great star-fire in the heavens as seven ships of gold descended. And, lo, did the men of Iron kneel to his will and the will of the Avenging Son. He brought his word and his bond, but it was the gift of bone the men of Iron took heed of. And so reunited with their patriarch was a pact with the men of Iron sealed and the Imperium of Man reunited. Never again would it be put asunder.’ [7]

On the world of Draor, Inquisitor Kinebad, accompanied by a companion named only as 'Scar-borne', uncovered an ancient Obelisk detailing a pact made between Guilliman, Dorn and the Shattered Iron Hands legion. In return for their adherence to the nascent Codex Astartes, the Iron Hands were returned the Skull of Ferrus Manus. How exactly Guilliman and Dorn retrieved the skull is unknown.[7]

Clones

Following the Drop Site Massacre, a mentally volatile Fulgrim would have Fabius Bile clone Ferrus. However these clones proved unstable and each refused to turn against the Emperor, forcing Fulgrim to once again kill his brother and driving him even madder.

Wargear

Ferrus Manus' primary weapon was the gigantic Thunder Hammer Forgebreaker, crafted for him by Fulgrim. Manus wore a finely-wrought suit of Cataphractii Pattern Terminator Armour known as the Medusan Carapace. More than a simple suit of armor, it possessed many servo mechanisms and support systems.[10] He was also seen fighting with a wrench-shaped Power Weapon.[2]

Etymology

Ferrus Manus is Latin for "Iron Hand."

Images

Sources