Ferrus Manus

[Baron Spikey]

	WS	BS	S	T	W	I	A	Ld	Sv
Ferrus Manus	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	10	2+/3+

Independent character

Wargear: Ferrum Incendia, Iron Hands, Armor of the Gorgon, Mechanicus Force Field, Frag Grenades

SPECIAL RULES

Ferrum Incendia: Crafted by Vulkan, this silver worked gun is carved throughout with strange concentric spirals and waves, making the entire thing appear to be made of damascus steel. Its patterns are strange to the eye, and almost gleam blue in the light, and indeed when the weapon is charging, they do flare an icy cerulean color too bright to be looked at for long.

Master-Crafted Plasma Pistol that is exempt from the "Gets Hot!" rule. Also, Ferrus Manus may opt to not move in his turn, and have the Ferrum Incendia fire as a plasma gun, or forgo his upcoming assault phase for it to be able to shoot as a plasma cannon.

Iron Hands: Legend has it Ferrus slew a giant C'tan like construct by holding it under magma for a number of days. Ever since he bested that beast his hands have been infused with the same material that it was made of, shimmering metal that can in one instant be as hard as adamant, the next as fluid as mercury.

So miraculous is this occurence, that Ferrus needs not a forge to make his works, merely his own two hands. Yet, anything he produces can rarely be destroyed by aught else than that which made them.

Counts as a Warscythe per Codex Necrons, though Ferrus may only use 'Iron Hands' or 'Forgebreaker' per assault phase, not both in the same one. He may also only make two attacks when using 'Iron Hands'.

Forgebreaker Lovingly crafted by Fulgrim in a contest of skills held under Mount Narodnya on Holy Terra when the brothers first met. Forgbreaker is a massive ebony hafted hammer, the face of which is worked to resemble that of an eagle, with the back being the outstretched wings, the eagle in a pose of flight as if moments away from talons grasping it's prey. It is said only the ancient Nordyc thunder gods bore hammers of greater power, and that the virtues of love, honour, loyalty, friendship, even death and vengeance were embodied within this peerless maul.


It counts as a Master-Crafted Thunderhammer in CC, but rather than striking last in initiative, Ferrus Manus strikes at initiative 3.

Armor of the Gorgon: Other primarchs could be called beautiful, handsome, or riveting. Not so with Ferrus Manus. A scarred, grave, and often coldly violent man, his armor reflected his nature. Made of gloss black plate, ornamentation was not to be seen upon this casque of armor, other than the beaten iron symbol of his legion on the left shoulder pad, and the worked chain link cloak draped about him.

However, just as Ferrus himself still was not a heinous monster, though cold and scarred, his armor too carried the hint of austere, spartan beauty that comes only from the hands of the finest craftsman.

Grants a 2+ armour save

Mechanicus Force Field: A gift from the Adeptus Mechanicus, this device is a hidden piece of arcano-tech in the high gorge of Ferrus' armor. When activated, such is its power, that not even a ripple or shimer is to be seen. No hazing of the air. Often foe will turn and flee, screaming in despiar when not even their most powerful guns hurt the Gorgon, fearing the God who can stop bullets in air, and explode missiles inches from himself, and be unscathed.

It confers a +3 inv save.

Master Smith: Such was the pride and unparalleled skill of Vulkan and Ferrus Manus when forging, that they were able to surpass even the most skilled of tech priests and craftsmen. This extends to directly enhance the master-crafted rule to where all missed to hits rolls are re-rolled by Vulkan or Ferrus Manus, and their body guards count as having Master-Crafted Weapons.

Iron Will: Ferrus's strength of will is legendary, as is he despise of weakness. Most of all, some whisper that his truest fear, his deepest shame, is that he will be too weak to finish the work his father had given him to do. To weak to do his duty. And it is said that this fear, this shame alone, steels Ferrus' nerve to the point to stand in front of any enemy, defiant and un-relenting until the foe is gone.

If Ferrus is ever killed, roll a D6 on a 5+ he keeps fighting with 1 wound (This may only be done once, the second time he is killed he is removed a casualty as normal)

Spearhead: Famous for leading furious and unrelenting assaults on enemy positions , Ferrus Manus has the following universal special rules: Fearless, Counter Attack, and Furious Charge. These are conferred on any unit he joins.

Purge the Weak: Ferrus has an extreme hatred of weakness in all it's forms. He is strictly spartan and insures all around him adhere to his own personal code of conduct, which is often too much for normal humans to bear. Any non Space Marine allies of an army including Ferrus Manus are at -1 Ld because of the rigors Ferrus put them through before battle, and the near hysterical strain of combat they are expected to engage in.

Morlocks: Ferrus Manus may possess a body guard comprising of Morlocks, which are compirse of any selections from a standard Codex Space Marines Terminator Command squad. The exceptions being one terminator may purchase the Legion Banner (Sacred Standard) at +50 pts, and one may upgrade to an apothecary at +30 pts. (Counts as having a combi-bolter and chain fist), and a Company Champion at +20 pts (Lightning Claws and a 4+ Invulnerable Save). Limited to a 5 man squad only.


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[GhostofTerra]

may take land raiders as transport for normal squads that dont take up heavy slots on the FoC

[Baron Spikey]

hmmm I dont know that seems more like a Perturabo angle...then again you are generally quite insightful when it comes to these Primarchs so we'll see what other people think about this idea.

[GhostofTerra]

or maybe instead of chaplains they may take iron fathers with is a techmarine with extra wound and maybe rites of battle?

c'tan phase sword +2 str would work

[wolfpack]

Originally Posted by baronspikey

Iron Hands: Ferrus slew a giant C'tan like construct by holding it under magma for a number of days. Ever since he bested that beast his hands have been infused with the same material that it was made of. Counts as a C'tan Phase Sword as per Codex: Witch Hunters and Daemon Hunters with the exception that it still works against C'tan and roles D6+D3 for armor penetration.

the onlything I see here is that the constructs strength needs to be ascertained to bring Ferrus' own strength in line...this would follow the fluff and allow for the use of metalurgical hands...if he was able to hold the beast under magma for 'a number of days' then it makes sense that his own strength would be equal to that xeno monstrocity...

[Baron Spikey]

well in the fluff it doesn't say anything about 'days' I think that was an embellishment, it just says that Ferrus drowned

Asirnoth, the Great Silver Wyrm, a metallic beast impervious to harm

in magma. Considering that before Ferrus the strongest human would have been Str3 even a construct of Str5 or 6 would have seemed like an unbelievably powerful beast in comparison.

Controversy around the Necrons and Ferrus

Some have linked the Asirnoth, the Great Silver Wyrm to the Necrons, more exactly stating that Asirnoth was the C'tan the Void Dragon. The artifacts of old said to be located on Medusa combined with the "living metal" that fused into Ferrus' hands have been pointed out, and has been said to have given Ferrus' the ideas and technology he taught to the tribes afterwards. It has been stated, however, that the new Necron codex was still largely unwritten at the time the Iron Hands-article was published, and that the concept of the C'Tans were developed later.

[BrainDeleted]

I think the best way to look at it would be that the thing is a tomb guardian. A powerful beast but definitely not a C'Tan. I thought it said something about holding the wormie under magma for 3 days or something. Whatever doesn't matter in the end. Its a big strong UNIQUE necron construct, don't compare it to in game stuff cause its just not there.

[Baron von Lexus]

His Weapon should be Forgebreaker the hammer Fulgrim made for him in the Urals when they first met each other. No idea for stats though.

Baron

[Petey1016]

Give him forgebreaker.

Err Master Crafted Thunder Hammer which immobilises vehicles if it hits?

[TemplarMarshal]

i think the rules sound good and forgebreaker would be a preherecy option since fulgrim took it back from him.