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Later during the Heresy as Horus fell deeper and deeper into Chaos and his mental state perhaps began to deteriorate, he took the skull of Ferrus Manus, mounted it on his throne, and began to increasingly speak to it. During their one-sided conversations, Horus lamented that he only had bloody-handed tyrants, mass murderers, and daemons for his generals instead of strategists and men of duty like Ferrus.{{Fn|9}}
During the final climactic struggle of the [[War Within the Webway]], the [[Emperor ]] summoned the souls of fallen heroes of the [[Imperium ]] to serve as an army against the [[Daemon]]ic hordes. Ferrus was reanimated as a blazing spectre and briefly fought at the Emperor's side.{{Fn|13}} When the [[Emperor]] was [[Horus|mortally wounded]] in the [[Siege of Terra]], this created a [[psychic]] apparition of Manus which briefly appeared before the [[Iron Hands]] on [[Medusa]]. According to the [[Iron Council]]'s logs, their [[Primarch]] warned them that a calamity would come to befall [[Mankind]]. When it occurred, though, Manus promised he would return to lead the Iron Hands against it and the apparition then disappeared.{{Fn|22}}
Since the [[Horus Heresy]], [[Clan Kaargul]] maintains that Ferrus Manus will return one day when the Imperium needs him once more. To this end they maintain an eternal vigil over the Karaashi Heights of Medusa, awaiting his return. The other Clans do not have the heart to impede the Kaargul in this, for as long as they maintain their vigil hope remains.{{Fn|16}}
Ten thousand years later in the [[41st Millennium]], a [[daemonette]] of [[Slaanesh]] taunted Iron Hands [[Space Marine Sergeant|Sergeant]] [[Naim Morvox]] on [[Shardenus]], claiming that it had seen Manus's head, and ''"it is still screaming."''{{Fn|6}}
With the creation of the [[Great Rift]], however, many in the [[Iron Hands]] believe the time of their [[Primarch]]'s promised return to his sons has come. The wardens of [[Gorgon's Forge]] are now working harder than ever, to unravel its secrets in preparation of Manus' arrival and all but the coldest of the Iron Hands, yearn for that day to arrive.{{Fn|22}}
====The Draor Obelisk====
'' 'On the eighteenth day of Nureg, the Guardian of Terra did alight on Draor and there was a great star-fire in the heavens as seven ships of gold descended. And, lo, did the men of Iron kneel to his will and the will of the Avenging Son. He brought his word and his bond, but it was the gift of bone the men of Iron took heed of. And so reunited with their patriarch was a pact with the men of Iron sealed and the Imperium of Man reunited. Never again would it be put asunder.’ ''{{Fn|7}}
On the world of [[Draor]], [[Inquisitor ]] [[Kinebad]], accompanied by a companion known only as [[Tsu'gan|'Scar-borne']], uncovered an ancient Obelisk detailing a pact made between [[Guilliman]], [[Dorn]], and the shattered [[Iron Hands legion]] [[Space Marine Legion|Legion]]. In return for their adherence to the nascent [[Codex Astartes]], the Iron Hands were returned given the Skull of Ferrus Manus. How exactly Guilliman and Dorn retrieved the skull is unknown.{{Fn|7}} As of [[M41]], Ferrus’s skull is rumored to be at the center of the [[The Eye of Medusa|Eye of Medusa]] upon an altar watched over by a [[Helfather]] who does not eat, drink, sleep, or blink in his ceaseless watch of the Primarch.{{Fn|18}}
====Clones====
Following the [[Drop Site Massacre]], a mentally volatile [[Fulgrim ]] would have [[Fabius Bile]] clone Ferrus. However, these clones proved unstable, and each refused to turn against the [[Emperor]], forcing Fulgrim to once again kill his brother and driving him even madder.{{Fn|8}}
Though not a clone, a group of extreme [[Iron Father]]s of the Iron Hands calling themselves the [[Cult of the Gorgon]] attempted to resurrect Ferrus shortly before the [[Siege of Terra]]. In an attempt to control the Iron Hands remnants and oppose the legitimacy of [[Shadrak Meduson]], the Cult of the Gorgon somehow acquired one of the metallic arms of Ferrus and attached it to a heavily armored and cloaked mechanical puppet. This shameful construct was destroyed by [[Vulkan]].{{Fn|14}}
*{{Endn|20}}: [[Mortis (Novel)]] Limited Edition Artwork
*{{Endn|21}}: [[Sigismund: The Eternal Crusader (Novel)]] - Chapter 6
*{{Endn|22}}: [[First Founding (Background Book)]], pg. 214 - ''Iron Hands''
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