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Warboss Gorgutz 'Ead 'Hunter

Gorgutz 'Ead 'Hunter was an Ork Warlord who was involved in three major campaigns during the last century, mostly in M42. First was the battle for Lorn V, where he temporarily allied with (and then took the head of) Lord Crull, the World Eaters champion. After being defeated on Lorn V, he fled to Kronus and built up his Waaagh! once more, only to - once again - be defeated. He then arrived in the Kaurava system, settling his forces on Kaurava II.

Gorgutz originated as a simple Warboss on the planet of Lorn V, where various Ork tribes had been warring with each other for untold generations. Here his Waaagh! originated, as he united the tribes of rival Orks under his control, by burning their big banners. One notable tribe he captured were the Foot Stompas, a group of Orks that trained Squiggoths. Warlord Gortgutz defeated them by sending their own Squiggoths against them.

During the campaign of Lorn V, Gorgutz harbored a shaky alliance with Lord Crull, a champion of the World Eaters Chaos Legion, which was eventually broken towards the end of the campaign. In the midst of an Imperial Guard invasion supported by Eldar, Gortgutz eviscerated his one-time ally, claiming the Chaos Lord's head for his own. Gorgutz then beat a hasty retreat to build up his Waaagh! after defeat at the hands of General Sturnn.

Gorgutz eventually resurfaced once more, this time on the Necron tomb world of Kronus. Here he led another bloody Waaagh!, which, although it once again ended in his defeat, the infamous Warlord escaped once more, with many more skullz on his pointy stikk.

Gorgutz returned for one final slaughter at Kaurava II - there were many Feral Orks there, and no greenskin should be fighting without him as far as he was concerned. Upon his defeat Gorgutz flees in a rocket ship to rebuild his Waaagh! elsewhere. Ultimately, Gorgutz 'Ead 'Unter is still at large, waiting for the next big battle he and his boyz can get stukk in at.

As his name implies, Gorgutz has a penchant for taking the heads of his enemies, for as he pointed out to one particularly unobservant Nob, it would make no sense to put someone's foot on his "pointy stikk".

He is the longest appearing character in the Dawn of War series having appeared in Winter Assault, Dark Crusade and Soulstorm without dying.

In the comic series the book Blood and Thunder Gorgutz lead a Waaagh in the Demaris Tertiary. Due to an ork Cheiften Skyva a human colnel gets on board and plants explosives. The bombs go off in Gorgutz Gargant and shows Gorgutz in his Gargant as it exploded. His death was not confirmed but soon after another ork, Skyva, took over the Waaagh which if Gorgutz did survive it would not be that way do to ork customs.

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