Harek Ironhelm

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Harek Ironhelm in combat with Magnus on the slopes of The Fang.

Harek Eireik Eireiksson^[1c], known colloquially as Harek Ironhelm, was Great Wolf of the Space Wolves in M32^[2] when the Chapter faced one of its greatest threats, the invasion of their homeworld of Fenris by the Thousand Sons, led personally by Magnus the Red.

Obsessed with tracking down and destroying the Thousand Sons due to the hatred between the two former Legions, Harek was busy pursuing supposed Thousand Sons forces when Magnus' invasion began.^[1a] Harek was lured to the world of Arvion, where he battled Chaos forces allied to the Thousand Sons as part of a grand distraction by Magnus. When he heard of what was befalling his homeworld Fenris, Ironhelm raced to the planet.^[3] Ironhelm only arrived at the closing stages of the battle, intervening in the battle between Magnus and Bjorn and plunging his Drop Pod onto the Daemon Prince. Engaging a wounded Magnus in personal combat, Ironhelm was killed by the Primarch.^[1b]

After the battle had been won, Jarl Arvek Kjarlskar became Great Wolf of the Chapter.^[1c]

Harek Ironhelm was interred with great honour in a tomb on the side of the Fang. His tomb became a regular pilgrimage site for the Chapter's Rune Priests, who are reminded not only of Ironhelm's valour, but also of the folly in trusting visions granted by Chaos^[2].

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• 1: Battle of the Fang (Novel)
  • 1a: Prologue, pg. 12 — Chapter One, pg. 32
  • 1b: Chapter Eighteen, pgs. 402–7; Chapter Twenty, pgs. 438–40
  • 1c: Chapter Twenty-Two, pgs. 491–500
• 2: Codex: Space Wolves (2nd Edition), pg. 43
• 3: The Hunt for Magnus (Novella),^{[Needs Citation]}