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#redirect {{GoffsPortal}}[[File:7e-warboss.png|thumb|200px|Warboss Grukk{{Fn|1}}]][[File:Evil-Sun-Rising-ork.jpg|thumb|200px|Grukk{{Fn|2}}]]'''{{PAGENAME}}''' was an [[Ork]] [[Warboss]] who led the [[Red Waaagh!]] of 998.[[M41]].{{Fn|1}} ==History==The Ork warlord Grukk is a ten-foot brute of muscle and rage. His physical presencealone makes him an intimidating sight, and underneath his scarred and pockmarked skinlies a body as hard as iron. Even when unarmed he is a terrifying sight. When he dons hismonstrous [[power klaw]], Grukk becomes practically unstoppable.It’s a well-known fact that Grukk will fly into a berserk fury whenever his temper reachesits limit, and it doesn’t take much to set him off. He once trashed an entire settlementpurely because a [[grot]] attendant spilt engine oil on his breakfast.{{Fn|1a}} As a younger Ork, Grukk killed [[Krugg the Tyrant]], Warboss of his tribe, to seize power forhimself. While such leadership challenges are par for the course in Ork society, the utterbrutality of the battle and the spectacular fashion in which Grukk finished his old rivalgave rise to the nickname ‘face-rippa’.Though the Orks of Grukk’s tribe would never admit it, they are all a bit scared of Grukk,and rightly so. No one wants to lose face in front of his mates, after all.Grukk’s power klaw is a howling, whining beast of a thing. It features a kustom buzz-sawthat Grukk uses to live up his nickname as often as he can. It also magnifies his strengthfrom merely impressive to utterly terrifying.{{Fn|1a}} At the [[Slaughter of Black Gulch]], Grukk famously tore open a malfunctioning [[Drop Pod]] toget at the [[Space Marine]]s inside. He then cut all ten of the Adeptus Astartes into pieces,one by one, in a series of increasingly violent kills. It was such an ignoble fate that thecommanders of the battle company authorised a revenge strike upon Grukk himself.Despite inflicting severe damage, the Space Marines were unable to complete theirmission. Grukk is still alive today, albeit covered in a grotesque patchwork of thick,knotted scars. The same cannot be said of the [[Obsidian Glaives]] Chapter.{{Fn|1a}} Though his strength is legendary, it is Grukk’s utter certainty that he cannot lose thatmakes him so dangerous. He makes a habit of leading every charge, no matter the odds,and publicly butchers any Ork stupid enough to question his rule.Grukk is always encrusted with the clotted blood of those he has killed. He never wipes itoff, either, considering such acts as cleaning or washing to be ‘runt’s work’. Hissupporters claim that he has never lost a fight, not even once. It is this bloody reputation– and Grukk’s habit of painting his ships with gore – that has led to his crusade ofviolence being known to his followers as the Red Waaagh!{{Fn|1a}} This kind of renown spreads like wildfire in Orky society. Though he has never spared athought towards the arts of leadership, Grukk has unintentionally started a [[Waaagh!]] thathas blazed from one side of [[Sanctus Reach]] to the other.Ork fleets from every part of the Sanctus Reach System converge upon the front line eachweek, hoping to get a glimpse of the Face-rippa in action. Many of the Orks inbound onthe system believe that Warlord Grukk is blessed by [[Gork]] himself.With every battle the Ork warlord wins, Waaagh! Grukk grows more powerful. There isvery little chance of stopping it before it reaches critical mass and wipes out a swathe ofImperial space altogether.{{Fn|1a}} Tragically, at least as far as the Orks under his command were concerned, Grukk died in an 'accident' involving experimental Ork technology, probably explosive in nature. A series of smaller 'accidents' also killed a number of larger nobz, leaving [[Big Mek]] Mogrok in charge of the Red Waaagh! It splintered soon afterwards, but Mogrok remains in control of the largest portion.{{Fn|5}} ==Gallery==<center><gallery>File:Grukk.jpg|Grukk{{Fn|3}}File:Grukk-miniature.png|Miniature{{Fn|4}}</gallery></center> ==Sources==*{{Endn|1}}: [[Warhammer 40,000 7th Edition Rulebook]] (E-Book) - ''Time of Ending''**{{Endn|1a}}: ''Waaagh! Grukk''*{{Endn|2}}: [[Sanctus Reach: Evil Sun Rising (Novella)]] by [[Guy Haley]], {{Cite This}}*{{Endn|3}}: [[Sanctus Reach - Stormclaw]]*{{Endn|4}}: [http://www.games-workshop.com/en-WW/Sanctus-Reach-Stormclaw-EN GW Website Sanctus Reach: Stormclaw]*{{Endn|5}}: [[Sanctus Reach: Klaw of Mork]] by [[Guy Haley]] [[Category:Characters (Orks)]]
