Grey Knights Grand Master

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A Grand Master

Grand Master is one of the highest ranks to which a Grey Knight can rise, below only the Supreme Grand Master.^[5]

Overview

Grand Masters are armed and armoured in the best the Imperium has to offer and benefit from hundreds of years of experience in fighting the daemonic. They are devastating in close combat, especially when backed up by a retinue of the feared Grey Knights Terminators. While all Grey Knights are psykers, the Grand Master's skills are honed to such a fine point that he can wield his psychically attuned Force Weapon with exceptionally terrific power. The Grand Master is certainly one of the greatest warriors in the entirety of the Imperium.^[1]

The Grey Knights only have a total of eight Grand Masters at any one time. This number is derived from the eight founding Space Marines which Malcador the Sigilite brought to Titan.^{[Needs Citation]}

Each Grand Master has final command of a Brotherhood, although operational command is often left to the Brother-Captain. The Grand Master will only take full command of his Brotherhood if there is a battle which is considered too perilous for even the hardened skills of a Brother-Captain to handle.^[3]

Notable Grand Masters

Current^[5]

• Vardan Kai - 1st Brotherhood
• Vorth Mordrak - 2nd Brotherhood
• Voldus - 3rd Brotherhood
• Drystann Cromm - 4th Brotherhood
• Rothwyr Morvans - 5th Brotherhood
• Anval Laraon - 6th Brotherhood
• Covan Leorac - 7th Brotherhood
• Aidan Perdron - 8th Brotherhood

Historic

• Doriam Narathem - 3rd Brotherhood
• Ganelon - Died fighting Ghargatuloth on Khorion IX^[2]
• Joros - Grand Master of the 8th Brotherhood. Personally slain by Logan Grimnar during the aftermath of the First War for Armageddon
• Malquiant - Died fighting Ghargatuloth on Khorion IX^[2]
• Mandulis - Died fighting Ghargatuloth on Khorion IX^[2]
• Orias - Grey Knights Dreadnought
• Qanox - Present during the Exterminatus of Cyrene. Found Gabriel Angelos, innocent of the heresy tainting the planet.^[4]
• Tencendur - Fought in the 13th Black Crusade^[1]
• Valdar Aurikon - 3rd Brotherhood (killed by Magnus)
• Vaurmand - 3rd Brotherhood^[6]

Original

The nine original Grand Masters of the Grey Knights were known as:

• Janus - A member of the Thousand Sons named Revuel Arvida, who has fused with a shard of Magnus the Red.
• Koios - A member of the Ultramarines named Tylos Rubio.
• Satre - A member of the Blood Angels named Vardas Ison.
• Iapto - A member of the Luna Wolves named Severian.
• Yotun - A member of the Space Wolves.
• Ogen - A member of the Raven Guard.
• Khyron - A member of the Night Lords, most likely Fel Zharost.
• Epithemius - A member of the Dark Angels.
• Crius - A member of the Luna Wolves named Garviel Loken. (However, he rejected the offer to join the Grey Knights and never assumed his mantle of leading a Brotherhood).

Sources

• 1: Codex: Daemonhunters (3rd Edition), ^{[Needs Citation]}
• 2: Grey Knights (Novel), ^{[Needs Citation]}
• 3: Codex: Grey Knights (5th Edition), ^{[Needs Citation]}
• 4: Altar of Cyrene (Short Story) - Inferno! 45
• 5: Codex: Grey Knights (7th Edition), pg. 15
• 6: The Emperor's Gift (Novel), Chapter 12 Part 3

Uncited

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• The Emperor's Gift (Novel) by Aaron Dembski-Bowden, Chapter 18, pg. 226