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After Russ's disappearance, he assumed the Primarch's leadership of the Space Wolves, becoming the Chapter's first [[Great Wolf]]. His heroic career at the head of the Space Wolves ended during a raid against a fortress in [[M31]], when he was so severely wounded and crippled that he was beyond the aid of the chapter's [[Apothecary|Apothecaries]], and his paralyzed body was transplanted within a Dreadnought. Over the following five hundred years he remained at the forefront of battle. Eventually however, the long years took their toll on the warrior, and he began spending longer and longer periods dormant in [[Stasis field|stasis]] sleep. Now he is only awakened once every thousand years, or when the chapter has the greatest need of his potent skills and wisdom. He is also awakened at the dawn of each new century to hold court at the Great Feast, where he recounts elements from his own saga to his battle-brothers. He represents the Chapter's link to the past, and is revered by the Space Wolves as a hero almost as much as Leman Russ. | After Russ's disappearance, he assumed the Primarch's leadership of the Space Wolves, becoming the Chapter's first [[Great Wolf]]. His heroic career at the head of the Space Wolves ended during a raid against a fortress in [[M31]], when he was so severely wounded and crippled that he was beyond the aid of the chapter's [[Apothecary|Apothecaries]], and his paralyzed body was transplanted within a Dreadnought. Over the following five hundred years he remained at the forefront of battle. Eventually however, the long years took their toll on the warrior, and he began spending longer and longer periods dormant in [[Stasis field|stasis]] sleep. Now he is only awakened once every thousand years, or when the chapter has the greatest need of his potent skills and wisdom. He is also awakened at the dawn of each new century to hold court at the Great Feast, where he recounts elements from his own saga to his battle-brothers. He represents the Chapter's link to the past, and is revered by the Space Wolves as a hero almost as much as Leman Russ. | ||
| − | Bjorn is thought to have gained the moniker "Fell Handed" partly because he used a [[Lightning Claw|lightning claw]], but mostly because of what happened during the scouring of | + | Bjorn is thought to have gained the moniker "Fell Handed" partly because he used a [[Lightning Claw|lightning claw]], but mostly because of what happened during the [[Battle of Prospero|scouring of Prospero]], which occurred during the beginning of the Horus Heresy. It was there he lost his arm due to the machinations of Chaos. |
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| − | There are differing accounts as to how exactly Bjorn lost his arm. In one, Kasper Hawser, a sjkald with the Third Great Company, partook in the burning of Prospero. Encountering a daemon that had shaped itself into the form of the Warmaster Horus within a structure that was built by the Thousand Sons, he attempted to battle it into submission. Realizing that he could not win, he called for aid, and several members of the Third came to assist him. All of them fell to the daemon, owing to the fact that it knew all of their names; with that knowledge comes power over the individual. As the daemon advanced on Hawser, | + | There are differing accounts as to how exactly Bjorn lost his arm. In one, [[Kasper Hawser]], a [[sjkald]] with the Third Great Company, partook in the burning of [[Prospero]]. Encountering a [[daemon]] that had shaped itself into the form of the [[Warmaster]] [[Horus]] within a structure that was built by the [[Thousand Sons]], he attempted to battle it into submission. Realizing that he could not win, he called for aid, and several members of the Third came to assist him. All of them fell to the daemon, owing to the fact that (thanks to a psychic link with Hawser) it knew all of their names; with that knowledge comes mortal power over the individual. As the daemon advanced on Hawser, a Space Wolf apparently named Bear cut off the daemon's arm. It attempted to claim power over the Space Wolf by calling out his name - Bear - but to no avail. Eventually, however, the daemon overwhelmed Bear, and with a word of power, spread eldritch bale-fire to Bear's arm left. Hawser took up his axe and cut off Bear's arm just beneath the elbow, likely saving his life. As this event occurred, several dreadnoughts and rune priests along with members of the [[Silent Sisterhood]] came to confront the daemon. With the aid of the Sisterhood, the Wolves were able to banish it from the material realm. Hawser later learned that the daemon had been unable to gain power over Bear because that was not in fact the Space Wolf's true name; Hawser had mistakenly been referring to him by the [[Low Gothic]] translation of his name since they had first met. Bear's true name...was Bjorn.<sup>4</sup> |
Another account says that his left hand was corrupted by psychic feedback from a [[sorcerer]] of the [[Thousand Sons]] he had just slain. As the corruption crept up along his arm, Chief [[Adeptus Custodes|Custodian]] [[Constantin Valdor]] cut it off, saving Bjorn.<sup>2</sup> | Another account says that his left hand was corrupted by psychic feedback from a [[sorcerer]] of the [[Thousand Sons]] he had just slain. As the corruption crept up along his arm, Chief [[Adeptus Custodes|Custodian]] [[Constantin Valdor]] cut it off, saving Bjorn.<sup>2</sup> | ||
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Bjorn the Fell-Handed is an ancient Space Wolves Dreadnought. He is the oldest warrior in the Imperium, and has been the salvation of his Chapter time and time again. 3
History
In the distant past, before his internment within a dreadnought, Bjorn fought alongside the Primarch Leman Russ during the Horus Heresy and saw the Emperor before he was interred in the Golden Throne. During the aftermath of the Horus Heresy, Bjorn sought to rebuild the Imperium with such conviction that Leman Russ elevated him to his personal retinue. He was the only member of Leman Russ's personal Wolf Guard that was left behind when Russ departed for the Eye of Terror, and he still harbors intense feelings of rejection and bitterness when he tells of this day.
After Russ's disappearance, he assumed the Primarch's leadership of the Space Wolves, becoming the Chapter's first Great Wolf. His heroic career at the head of the Space Wolves ended during a raid against a fortress in M31, when he was so severely wounded and crippled that he was beyond the aid of the chapter's Apothecaries, and his paralyzed body was transplanted within a Dreadnought. Over the following five hundred years he remained at the forefront of battle. Eventually however, the long years took their toll on the warrior, and he began spending longer and longer periods dormant in stasis sleep. Now he is only awakened once every thousand years, or when the chapter has the greatest need of his potent skills and wisdom. He is also awakened at the dawn of each new century to hold court at the Great Feast, where he recounts elements from his own saga to his battle-brothers. He represents the Chapter's link to the past, and is revered by the Space Wolves as a hero almost as much as Leman Russ.
Bjorn is thought to have gained the moniker "Fell Handed" partly because he used a lightning claw, but mostly because of what happened during the scouring of Prospero, which occurred during the beginning of the Horus Heresy. It was there he lost his arm due to the machinations of Chaos.
Canonical Conflict
There are differing accounts as to how exactly Bjorn lost his arm. In one, Kasper Hawser, a sjkald with the Third Great Company, partook in the burning of Prospero. Encountering a daemon that had shaped itself into the form of the Warmaster Horus within a structure that was built by the Thousand Sons, he attempted to battle it into submission. Realizing that he could not win, he called for aid, and several members of the Third came to assist him. All of them fell to the daemon, owing to the fact that (thanks to a psychic link with Hawser) it knew all of their names; with that knowledge comes mortal power over the individual. As the daemon advanced on Hawser, a Space Wolf apparently named Bear cut off the daemon's arm. It attempted to claim power over the Space Wolf by calling out his name - Bear - but to no avail. Eventually, however, the daemon overwhelmed Bear, and with a word of power, spread eldritch bale-fire to Bear's arm left. Hawser took up his axe and cut off Bear's arm just beneath the elbow, likely saving his life. As this event occurred, several dreadnoughts and rune priests along with members of the Silent Sisterhood came to confront the daemon. With the aid of the Sisterhood, the Wolves were able to banish it from the material realm. Hawser later learned that the daemon had been unable to gain power over Bear because that was not in fact the Space Wolf's true name; Hawser had mistakenly been referring to him by the Low Gothic translation of his name since they had first met. Bear's true name...was Bjorn.4
Another account says that his left hand was corrupted by psychic feedback from a sorcerer of the Thousand Sons he had just slain. As the corruption crept up along his arm, Chief Custodian Constantin Valdor cut it off, saving Bjorn.2
Images
- File:Bjorn the Fell Handed.jpgBjorn the Fell-Handed model, also the Space Wolves Venerable Dreadnought model
Trivia
Bjorn translates into "bear" in most Scandinavian languages, such as björn (Swedish) and bjørn (Danish)
Sources
- 1:Codex: Space Wolves (2nd Edition)
- 2:Horus Heresy (Artbook Series): Collected Visions Pg. 240
- 3:Codex: Space Wolves (5th Edition)
- 4:Prospero Burns by Dan Abnett, Chapters 14 and 15
