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{{Ambiguous|subject=the Sea Creature|disambiguation=Kraken}}
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'''Kraken''' are the most terrifying monsters that inhabit the oceans of the planet [[Fenris]]. A full-grown Kraken can measure five miles long, with tentacles four times that length.{{Fn|1a}}.
The origins of the Kraken are unclear. Some speculate that they are the remains of a [[Tyranid]] [[bio-weapon]] from an ancient [[Hive Fleet]] invasion of Fenris. Others say the monsters are as old as Fenris itself, and the oldest of them gnaw at the roots of the world.{{Fn|1a}}.
Kraken are highly dangerous, and often attack the ships of Fenris's human inhabitants, on their frequent sea-born migrations.{{Fn|1a}}.
One species, the '''Ice Kraken''', has diamond-sharp fangs which are highly prized by the [[Iron Priest]]s of the [[Space Wolves]], for use in the forging of [[Frost Blade]]s.{{Fn|1b}}In the legends of the Space Wolves, the finest Frost Blades are made of ice harvested from the heart of a glacier, and then tempered inside a Kraken's belly.{{Fn|3}}
[[Arjac Rockfist]], a [[Wolf Guard]] and the personal champion of the [[Great Wolf]], [[Logan Grimnar]], won his position after defending the [[Iron Isles]] from an attack of a thousand kraken-spawn, virtually single-handed.{{Fn|1c}}.
==Sources==
**{{Endn|1c}}: pg. 51
*{{Endn|2}}: [[Codex: Tyranids (4th Edition)]], pgs. 24-25
*{{Endn|3}}: [[A Thousand Sons (Novel)]] by [[Graham McNeill]], Chapter Ten
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