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Master of the Forge

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==Overview==
These senior ranking [[Techmarine]]s are charged with the maintenance of their [[Chapter]]'s fleet of armoured vehicles and use their arcane knowledge of science that had been refined over centuries that rivals the most senior [[Techpriests]] of [[Mars]]. Their skills {{Fn|2}} All of the Chapter's Techmarines, [[Servitors]], [[Techno-mat]]s and the slave workers of the Forge are under his command.{{Fn|4}} Skills of the Masters of the Forge are refined to such an extent that they can determine the ailment of a [[Machine Spirit]] with a simple glance and recognise the cause of its intemperance from the whisper of its tortured mantra of function. Such a skill tends to make them somewhat of an outcast within the Chapter even though they are members of the Chapter Council. Despite this being the case, they are seen as outsiders to all but their subordinate Techmarines and are shunned in all matters except the mechanical. This isolation tends to further a Master of the Forge path into eccentricity as they are surrounded either by silent machines or witless [[Servitor]]sServitors. As a result, their own voice becomes atrophied and on the rare occasions when they do speak, they do so with a clipped, monotone, cold tone that is uncomfortably precise in detail as well as delivery.{{Fn|2}}
Whilst this is generally the case, not all Chapters treat the Master of the Forge in this manner as the [[Mentors]], [[Praetors of Orpheus]] and [[Astral Knights]] embrace the dwindling technology of [[Human|Mankind]] without superstition whilst the [[Iron Hands]] relish in it. Amongst such Astartes, a Master of the Forge is an honoured individual that is equal to the [[Chapter Master]] himself though these are rare cases. In fact, those that follow such practices tend to be viewed with suspicion by their more conventional thinking Battle-Brothers.{{Fn|2}}
*{{Endn|2}}: [[Codex: Space Marines (5th Edition)]], pg. 70
*{{Endn|3}}: [[Codex: Dark Angels (6th Edition)]] pg. 38
*{{Endn|4}}: [[Imperial Armour Volume Two - Space Marines and Forces of the Inquisition]], pg. 9
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