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[[Image:Warsmith.jpg|thumb|right|130px|Warsmith miniature{{Fn|4}}]]
 
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'''Warsmith''' is a rank among the [[Iron Warriors]]. The title of Warsmith is given to the leader of a [[Grand Company]]{{Fn|3}}. It is similar to the post of [[Chapter Master]], with the Warsmith having overall command of the Grand Company while delegating authority to subordinate [[Space Marine Captain|Captains]] commanding regular [[companies]]{{Fn|3}}. Warsmiths have been observed retaining command of their Grand Company even after being interred in a [[Chaos Dreadnought]].{{Fn|1}}
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'''Warsmith''' is a rank among the [[Iron Warriors]]. The title of Warsmith is given to the leader of a [[Grand Battalion]] (or '''Grand Company'''){{Fn|3}}. It is similar to the post of [[Chapter Master]], with the Warsmith having overall command of the Grand Company while delegating authority to subordinate [[Space Marine Captain|Captains]] commanding regular [[companies]]{{Fn|3}}. Warsmiths have been observed retaining command of their Grand Company even after being interred in a [[Chaos Dreadnought]].{{Fn|1}}
  
 
Warsmiths are not just military leaders but also masters logistics, earthworks, engineering, and architecture.{{Fn|9}}
 
Warsmiths are not just military leaders but also masters logistics, earthworks, engineering, and architecture.{{Fn|9}}
  
 
==Known Warsmiths==
 
==Known Warsmiths==
* [[Andraaz]]{{Fn|7}}
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*[[Forrix]] - the Breaker, 1st Grand Battalion,{{fn|9a}} killed in the [[Second Siege of Hydra Cordatus]]{{Fn|3}}
* [[Berossus]]{{Fn|1}}
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*[[Berossus]]{{Fn|1}} - 2nd Grand Battalion{{fn|9a}}
* [[Barabas Dantioch]]{{Fn|2}}
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*[[Andraaz]] - 3rd Grand Company, killed in the [[Siege of Castellax]]{{Fn|7}}
* [[Barban Falk]]{{Fn|3}}
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*[[Rhodaan]] - 3rd Grand Company{{Fn|7}}
* [[Baldarun]]
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*[[Idriss Krendl]] - 14th Grand Battalion{{fn|2}}
* [[Ferrous Ironclaw]]
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*[[Harkor]] - 23rd Grand Battalion{{fn|9a}}
* [[Forrix]]
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*[[Kroeger]] - 23rd Grand Battalion,{{fn|9b}} killed in the [[Second Siege of Hydra Cordatus]]{{Fn|3}}
* [[Galvanus]]{{Fn|5}}
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*[[Kyr Vhalen]] - the Shatterblade, 77th Grand Battalion{{fn|11}}
* [[Honsou]]{{Fn|1}}
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*[[Barban Falk]] - 126th Grand Battalion,{{fn|9a}} [[Daemon Prince]]{{Fn|3}}
* [[Idriss Krendl]]
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*[[Bakulos]]{{fn|13}}
* [[Kalkator]]
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*[[Baldarun]] - [[Abrial's Claw]]{{fn|15}}
* [[Kolvax]]
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*[[Barabas Dantioch]]{{Fn|2}}
* [[Koros]]
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*[[Dargron]] - killed in the [[Battle at the Phall System]]{{fn|9b}}
* [[Krom Gat]]
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*[[Ferrous Ironclaw]]
* [[Kyr Vhalen]]
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*[[Galvanus]]{{Fn|5}}
* [[Madrydon Drados]]{{Fn|8}}
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*[[Gharrok]] - enemy of the [[Steel Brethren]]{{fn|12}}
* [[Shon'tu]]
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*[[Honsou]]{{Fn|1}}
* [[Soltarn Vull Bronn]]
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*[[Kalkator]]
* [[Toramino]]{{Fn|1}}
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*[[Kallus]] - [[Corpse Grinders]], [[Black Legion]]{{fn|14}}
* [[Varrek]]
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*[[Kolvax]] - killed in the Fall of [[Forgefane]]{{Fn|10}}
* [[Zhorisch]]{{Fn|6}}
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*[[Koros]]
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*[[Krom Gat]] - killed in the [[Thirteenth Black Crusade]]{{Fn|16}}
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*[[Madrydon Drados]] - [[Shatter Corps]]{{Fn|8}}
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*[[Shon'tu]] - [[Sons of the Forge]], killed in the [[Thirteenth Black Crusade]]{{fn|16}}
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*[[Toramino]]{{Fn|1}} - Master of the [[Stor-Bezashk]]{{fn|9a}}
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*[[Varrek]]{{fn|9b}}
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*[[Zhorisch]]{{Fn|6}}
  
 
==See Also==
 
==See Also==
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*{{Endn|8}}: [[Black Crusade: The Tome of Decay]], pg. 29
 
*{{Endn|8}}: [[Black Crusade: The Tome of Decay]], pg. 29
 
*{{Endn|9}}: [[Angel Exterminatus (Novel)]]
 
*{{Endn|9}}: [[Angel Exterminatus (Novel)]]
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**{{Endn|9a}}: Dramatis Personae
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**{{Endn|9b}}: Chapter Two
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*{{Endn|10}}: [[White Dwarf 362 (UK)]], ''Liber Apocalyptica: Trygon'' pg. 46
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*{{Endn|11}}: [[The Horus Heresy Book Three - Extermination]], pg. 255
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*{{Endn|12}}: [[Imperial Armour Volume Thirteen - War Machines of the Lost and the Damned]], pg.51
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*{{Endn|13}}: [[Siegemaster (Short Story)]]
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*{{Endn|14}}: [[Black Iron (Short Story)]]
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*{{Endn|15}}: [[Apocalypse]], pg.171
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*{{Endn|16}}: [[Gathering Storm: Fall of Cadia]], Chapter 1
  
 
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Revision as of 16:41, 19 January 2017

Warsmith miniature[4]

Warsmith is a rank among the Iron Warriors. The title of Warsmith is given to the leader of a Grand Battalion (or Grand Company)[3]. It is similar to the post of Chapter Master, with the Warsmith having overall command of the Grand Company while delegating authority to subordinate Captains commanding regular companies[3]. Warsmiths have been observed retaining command of their Grand Company even after being interred in a Chaos Dreadnought.[1]

Warsmiths are not just military leaders but also masters logistics, earthworks, engineering, and architecture.[9]

Known Warsmiths

See Also

Sources


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