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==Homeworld==

[[Image:IronHandsTacticalmarine.jpg|thumb|right|230px|Iron Hands Tactical marine]]

[[Medusa (Planet)|Medusa]] is located near the [[Eye of Terror]]. Its landscape is harsh and generally unstable, with massive tectonic shifts occurring on a regular basis. Medusa is not united by any single government, but instead is populated by disparate clans of miners living out of great tracked vehicles travelling in caravan. There are only two notable locations on Medusa: a volcano known as '''Karaashi''', which was the location of the arrival of [[Ferrus Manus]], and the '''Land of Shadows'''. The Land of Shadows is populated only by ghostly relics of ages past and is said to be haunted by the spirits of Medusans long dead; those who go there only go in order to become supplicants to the Iron Hands' recruitment process.{{cite this}}

===The Horus Heresy===

At the outset of the [[Horus Heresy|Heresy]], [[Fulgrim]] — the Primarch of the [[Emperor's Children]] tried to turn Ferrus Manus to the side of the traitors. When Ferrus refused to side with the rebels, Fulgrim had his fleet launch a crippling attack on the Iron Hands vessels, although he could not bring himself to kill his brother. In the wake of this betrayal, Ferrus took as many of his veterans as he could onboard one of the few undamaged vessels to participate in the loyalist attack on [[Isstvan V]]. This proved to be a disaster when four of the supposedly loyal Legions turned on their allies, resulting in horrendous casualties amongst the [[Raven Guard]] and [[Salamanders]] Legions and the death of Ferrus Manus and his entire retinue.{{Fn|3}} Rumors persist that [[Ferrus Manus]]'s corpse was taken to [[Mars]]; the Iron Hands deny any such claims. The Iron Hands bear a grudge against all the participants of the Heresy: the traitors, for being weak enough to become corrupted, and the other loyalists, for not being strong enough to protect the [[Emperor]].{{Fn|10}}

=====Heresy Era=====

*[[Ferrus Manus]] — [[Primarch]] of the Iron Hands{{Fn|3}}

*[[Amadeus DuCaine]] — [[Lord Commander]](deceased){{Fn|21a}}

*[[Shadrak Meduson]] — [[Sorrgol Clan]] Commander(deceased)

**{{Endn|12e}}: Chapter Twenty

**{{Endn|12f}}: Chapter Twenty-One

*{{Endn|14}}: [[Codex: Tau (3rd Edition)]], pg. 60

*{{Endn|15}}: [[Codex: Necrons (5th Edition)]], pg. 26

**{{Endn|21a}}: pgs. 64–68

**{{Endn|21b}}: pg. 185

*{{Endn|22}}: [[Clan Raukaan - A Codex: Space Marines Supplement]]

**{{Endn|22a}}: ''The Age of Ferrus''

*{{Endn|36}}: [[The Lion (Novella)]] — [[The Primarchs (Anthology)]], Chapter IX

*{{Endn|37}}: [[Voice of Mars (Novel)]] - Chapter 6-7

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