Learn more of the men of Iron, that ready the Great Companies’ weapons of war against the enemies of the Space Wolves and the All-father!
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Masters of the forge, the war engine and the machine spirit, the Iron Priests maintain the weapons and technology of the Space Wolves. Theirs is an ancient brotherhood, and each Iron Priest has undergone arduous tests in order to bring engines of war to life in the service of his Chapter.
The Iron Priests are part of the Space Wolves chapter and their duty is that of a Techmarine but with additions. He is required to keep the equipment of his Great Company in working order, maintain the machine spirits of its vehicles in addition to all other duties of a Techmarine. He is also required to tend to the spirits of the Dreadnoughts in the depths of the Fang, and it is his duty to rouse them from their deep slumbers if they are needed in battle.
Amongst the natives of Fenris, each tribe’s smiths will worship the Gods of Iron, legendary figures said to reside within the volcanic islands adrift in the Boiling Sea. A particularly gifted young Fenrisian smith may make a pilgrimage to the Isles of Iron, where they do indeed meet with living gods, for this is the guise the Iron Priests maintain when dealing with mortal men. Should a pilgrim pass the Test of the Iron Gauntlet, he may become an apprentice and be initiated into the Space Wolves.
Later he will journey to Mars, the Red Planet, where he will learn the ways of the machine under the tutelage of the arcane and insular Adeptus Mechanicus. Only once he has fully embraced the mysteries of the Omnissiah will he be allowed to return to Fenris and take his rightful place amongst the Iron Priests, bringing growling engines of war to life in the service of his Chapter.
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