Thogfang
Thogfang was a powerful Ork Warlord who allied his forces with Ghazghkull Mag Uruk Thraka in the Third War for Armageddon and attacked Hive Armageddon Prime.[1][3] Thogfang was a dangerously intelligent ork, able to speak Imperial Gothic intelligibly and understand the significance of a Space Marine Chaplain and their role.[2c]
Biography
At one point in the War, he placed his forces, including a number of Gargants, within the Mannheim Gap to destroy the nearby Hive Volcanus. The Celestial Lions mobilised their entire remaining strength to enter the canyon and try to destroy the Gargants before they could be deployed. The Space Marines, however, were ambushed by both the Razor Speed Freeks and Thogfang's forces. Of the five hundred Lions that entered, fewer than a hundred escaped the slaughter.[2a][4]
Later the Celestial Lions reentered the canyon to avenge their fallen brothers. They were not alone this time, and Thogfang was attacked by the combined forces of the Celestial Lions and a detachment of the Armageddon Steel Legion led by Reclusiarch Grimaldus of the Black Templars.[2b][2c] In the hard pressed battle that followed, Thogfang was killed by the Celestial Lion Ekene Dubaku.[2d]
See also
Sources
- 1: White Dwarf June 2018 — The Ultimate Guide to Armageddon: Force Dispositions in the Third War for Armageddon
- 2: Blood and Fire (Novella) — Armageddon (Anthology)
- 3: Codex: Armageddon (3rd Edition), pg. 32
- 4: Third War For Armageddon - Imperial Forces: The Celestial Lions (archived page, last accessed via Wayback Machine 29th August 2020)