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[[File:7e-warboss.png|thumb|200px|Warboss Grukk{{Fn|11a}}]]
[[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|11a}}
==History==
It’s a well-known fact that Grukk will fly into a berserk fury whenever his temper reaches
its limit, and it doesn’t take much to set him off. He once trashed an entire settlement
purely because a [[grot]] attendant spilt engine oil on his breakfast.{{Fn|1a1b}}
As a younger Ork, Grukk killed [[Krugg the Tyrant]], Warboss of his tribe, to seize power for
Grukk’s power klaw is a howling, whining beast of a thing. It features a kustom buzz-saw
that Grukk uses to live up his nickname as often as he can. It also magnifies his strength
from merely impressive to utterly terrifying.{{Fn|1a1b}}
At the [[Slaughter of Black Gulch]], Grukk famously tore open a malfunctioning [[Drop Pod]] to
Despite inflicting severe damage, the Space Marines were unable to complete their
mission. 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|1a1b}}
Though his strength is legendary, it is Grukk’s utter certainty that he cannot lose that
supporters 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 of
violence being known to his followers as the Red Waaagh!{{Fn|1a1b}}
This kind of renown spreads like wildfire in Orky society. Though he has never spared a
With every battle the Ork warlord wins, Waaagh! Grukk grows more powerful. There is
very little chance of stopping it before it reaches critical mass and wipes out a swathe of
Imperial space altogether.{{Fn|1a1b}}
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}}
==Sources==
*{{Endn|1}}: [[Warhammer 40,000 7th Edition Rulebook]] (E-Book) - **{{Endn|1a}}: ''Time of Ending''**{{Endn|1a1b}}: ''Waaagh! Grukk''
*{{Endn|2}}: [[Sanctus Reach: Evil Sun Rising (Novella)]] by [[Guy Haley]], {{Cite This}}
*{{Endn|3}}: [[Sanctus Reach - Stormclaw]]
