Iron Warriors/Characters
Characters among the Iron Warriors novel series and background.
Perturabo
One of the twenty Primarchs created by the Emperor of Mankind for the Great Crusade, Perturabo and his brothers were scattered to the stars by the forces of Chaos. Landing on Olympia, Perturabo found by the guards of Dammekos, the Tyrant of Olympia, while crawling in the mountains. Recognizing he was no ordinary child, Dammekos took Perturabo in and raised as his own son. While Dammekos gave the boy warmth and affection, Perturabo never returned it. When the Emperor came to Olympia, Perturabo submitted to him and overthrew Dammekos. The fallen Tyrant would try to mount a resistance, but it would fail. Perturabo was given command of the IV Legion of the Adeputs Astartes, the Iron Warriors.
During the Great Crusade, the Iron Warriors became masters of siege warfare, developing a rivalry with Rogal Dorn, Primarch of the Imperial Fists, with a similar mastery of sieges. The Iron Warriors were eventually relegated to single squads being expected to keep control of planets with millions of inhabitants. Perturabo resented this, and when Olympia rebelled, the Iron Warriors launched a savage reprisal. Soon called to Isstvan V to deal with the beginning of the Horus Heresy, the Iron Warriors defected to the Chaos Space Marines, and later reveled in destroying the ramparts of the Imperial Palace. After the Horus Heresy, the Iron Warriors defeated the Imperial Fists in the Iron Cage incident, and Perturabo ascended to Daemon Prince, ruling over the Daemon World of Medrengard in the Eye of Terror.
- Ascended to A Higher Plane of Existence
- Bald of Evil
- Bigger Bad
- Drop the Hammer: Forgebreaker, a hammer forged by Fulgrim for Ferrus Manus, later given to Perturabo by Horus.
- Evil Overlord: As Daemon Prince of Medrengard.
- Hates Everyone Equally: In the end.
- Orcus on His Throne: Hasn't led an attack on the Imperium since ascending to Daemonhood.
- The Resenter: Originally toward Rogal Dorn, but later damn near everyone.
- Serious Business: Damn near everything.
- The Spock: Noted as having a much higher emphasis on logic in all things, a trait shared by the rest of the Iron Warriors.
- The Strategist
- "Well Done, Son" Guy: Got it from Dammekos but didn't want it, later wanted it from the Emperor and never got it.
Honsou
The leader of the Warsmith's third company. Has not been named Captain despite holding the post for two centuries, due to his status of having some Imperial Fists gene-seed in with the his Iron Warriors gene-seed.
- Arch Enemy: Uriel Ventris.
- Artificial Limbs: Losses his right arm in the siege.
- Bald of Evil
- Chainsaw Good: Wields a chainsword.
- Dark Chick: Among the Warsmith's other lieutenants.
- Demonic Possession: Gets possessed by a minor Daemon during the battle for Hydra Cordatus. The Warsmith is impressed.
- Dragon Ascendant
- Halfbreed: And it's why the other captains hate him.
- The Unfettered: The author describes him this way, as someone totally unbound by ethics and who doesn't give a damn about the consequences of his actions so long as he comes out of it better than he otherwise would.
- Villain Protagonist
- Visionary Villain: Genuinely believes in the dream of Horus of uniting humanity under the power of Chaos to protect it from Xenos threats.
- You Are in Command Now: "I do not name you Captain. I name you Warsmith."
The Warsmith
An ancient Warsmith of an Iron Warriors Grand Company, leading the siege on Hydra Cordatus. He is planning to capture the gene-seed within to assure his status as a Daemon Prince.
- An Axe to Grind
- Ascended to A Higher Plane of Existence: Goes onto become a Daemon Prince.
- Big Bad
- Bling of War: Wears Terminator Armour.
- Brown Note: Just looking at him causes nausea in his own underlings. It's because of his transformations.
- I'm a Humanitarian: Begins feeding on Progenoids after breaking into the Citadel.
- Karma Houdini
- Large and In Charge
- Time Abyss: Originally came from Olympia, and took part in the Great Crusade. He even helped design the Citadel on Hydra Cordatus.
Forrix
The First Captain of the Warsmith's Grand Company. Once eagerly believed in Horus's dream of uniting the galaxy under Chaos, but has become jaded over ten thousand years.
- Bifurcated Weapon: A combi-weapon.
- The Cynic
- The Dragon: He's the Warsmith's chief lieutenant.
- Karmic Death
- Power Fist
- Time Abyss
Kroeger
The Captain of the Second Company of the Warsmith's Grand Company. Slowly falling into the grips of Khorne.
- The Berserker: And he doesn't even realize it.
- The Brute
- Chainsaw Good
- Eye Scream
- Nice Job Fixing It, Villain: He breaks from guarding the Daemon Engines to get his slaughter on.
- Time Abyss: Ironically, Forrix still calls him a newblood. Even he lampshades how ironic it it.
Jharek Kelmaur
The Sorcerer of the Warsmith's Grand Company.
- And I Must Scream
- Bald of Evil
- Evil Genius
- Evil Sorcerer
- Eye Scream: His eyes have been permanently shown shut.
- Fate Worse Than Death