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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 [[Imperium]]'s greatest victories of the [[Great Crusade]].<sup>1</sup>
The Legions of [[Horus]], [[Rogal Dorn]] and [[Mortarion]] participated in the [[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 [[Bucephelus]], the [[Emperor]] led one thousand [[Adeptus Custodes|Custodians]] directly into the heart of the Ork horde.<sup>1</sup>
At the hight height 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 Emperor's armour.<sup>1</sup>
==Sources==
*<sup>1</sup>: The Custodian Guard - [[Horus Heresy (Artbook Series)|Horus Heresy Collected Visions]] - Pgp.143
[[Category:Characters (Orks)|Blackfang, Gharkul]]
