Artisan

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This article is about the rank of Tech Priests; for the Planet, see Artisan (World).

Artisan Symbol

An Artisan Technoarcheologist^[3]

Artisans are a rank of Tech Priest within the Adeptus Mechanicus. Also known as constructors, they design machines, buildings, spacecraft, weapons, and military hardware. They often oversee activity on Forge Worlds and control vast labor forces of Servitors.^[1]

Ranks^[2]

• Forge Lord - Highest Rank
• Mechasapient
• Praetor Electroid
• Cybersmith
• Technoarcheologist - Studies lost Archaeotech^[2]
• Necromechanic

Notable Artisans

• Argus Van Auken
• Balthazar^[6]
• Daedalosus
• Hadron Omega-7-7^[5]
• Hyus N'dai
• Ivasnophon
• Tilvius

Sources

• 1: Codex Imperialis (Background Book), pg. 41
• 2: Codex: Cult Mechanicus (7th Edition) - The Blessed Priests of the Omnissiah
• 4: Codex: Adeptus Mechanicus (9th Edition), pg. 89
• 5: Warhammer 40,000: Darktide
• 6: Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine II: Operations 05: Fall of Atreus