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Gharkul Blackfang was a powerful [[Ork]] Warlord during the time of the [[Great Crusade]].<sup>1</sup> Gharkul was a massive black skinned Ork possessed of a great cunning.<sup>1</sup> His stronghold was the planet of [[Gyros-Thravian]]; which would become the site of one of the Imperiums greatest victories of the Great Crusade.<sup>1</sup>
The Legions of [[Horus]], [[Rogal Dorn]] and [[Mortarion]] participated in the battle [[Battle of Gyros-Thravian]]. During the battle the vast horde of Gharkul came close to defeating all three of these legions, and they would have succeeded were it not for the intervention of the [[Emperor]] himself. From his golden battle barge, the [[battle bargeBucephelus]] the ''Bucephelus'' , the [[Emperor]] led one thousand [[Adeptus Custodes|Custodians]] directly into the heart of the Ork horde.<sup>1</sup>
At the hight of the moment these [[Adeptus Custodes|Custodians]] would pass into legend. It is said over a hundred-thousand of Gharkul's best warriors were slain in moments, and Gharkul himself was decapitated by the Emperor himself atop a ruined [[Gargant]] ending the battle. Only three Custodians fell during the battle, and their names were later engraved onto the Emperors armour.<sup>1</sup>
