Mahrblud
Mahrblud was a Feral Ork Warboss on the planet Kronus, that led a sustained assault on the Tau settlements in the Agamar Desert; sometime before the Dark Crusade. His warband, estimated at over 10,000 strong in Tau records, set upon the regional captial of Jandus, after razing several industrial outposts. The city’s defenders – a much smaller force of Tau, Kroot and Humans – had the advantages of superior arms and entrenched positions, but suffered severe losses and many recovered Tau reports indicate a feeling that the city was doomed.
In one last effort at averting disaster, Jandus' leadership directed all of their soldiers at eliminating Mahrblud himself; with their armoured units cutting through the screens of Ork foot soldiers, allowing several packs of Kroot warriors to engage the Warboss and his entourage directly. When the Kroot raised Mahrblud’s severed head on a large pike, the Ork army rapidly fell to infighting, allowing the defenders to easily dispatch them. Mahrblud’s skull remains on display in Jandus’s public square, to this day.[1]
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Source
- 1: Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War - Dark Crusade: Campaign - The Agamar Desert, archive screen
