Prime Ork
Prime Orks is an Imperial designation given to hyper-evolved members of the Ork race.[2]
The end result of a extremely large and successful Waaagh!, Prime Orks display increased intelligence, technological capacity, and psychic power as well as massive physical size. One Prime Ork is described as approaching the size of a hab-block and fully encased in advanced Power Armour. The Prime Ork identified as The Beast spoke clear and fluent Gothic, something which shocked even the Primarch Vulkan.[1]
The Adeptus Mechanicus theorized that Prime Orks were the final evolution of the Orkoid race, evolved by the species out of necessity when an Orkoid empire reached a certain size and power.[3] Fabius Bile speculated that, based on Aeldari descriptions he had read, the Krork – Ork ancestors present during the War in Heaven may have appeared similarly.[4]
Known Prime Orks
See also
Sources
- 1: The Beast Must Die (Novel), Chapter 22
- 2: The Last Son of Dorn (Novel), Chapter 18
- 3: Watchers in Death (Novel), Chapter 1
- 4: Fabius Bile: Clonelord (Novel), Chapter 21
