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[[Image:Kalkator.jpg|thumb|250px|[[Warsmith]] [[Kalkator]]{{Fn|20}}]]'''Warsmith''' is a rank among the [[Iron Warriors]]. The title of Warsmith is given to the leader of a [[Grand Battalion]] (or '''Grand Company'''){{Fn|3}}. It is similar to the post of [[Chapter Master]], with the Warsmith having overall command of the Grand Company while delegating authority to subordinate [[Space Marine Captain|Captains]] commanding regular [[companies]]{{Fn|3}}. Warsmiths have been observed retaining command of their Grand Company even after being interred in a [[Chaos Dreadnought]].{{Fn|121}}

==Description==In [[Perturabo]]’s [[Iron Warriors]] Legion, the title Warsmith replaced traditional ranks like [[Praetor]] and [[Lord Commander]], embodying the ideals of a strategic and logistical savant rather than just a battlefield leader. A Warsmith was expected to shape battlefields to their will, mastering logistics, siege craft, ordnance, and the intellectual complexities of warfare. They bore ultimate responsibility for the success or failure of their forces, under Perturabo’s harsh scrutiny, which tolerated no failure.{{Fn|1}} This demanding system produced a class of grim, paranoid, and highly skilled warlords, weeding out the weak and leaving only the most adept and ruthless. Warsmiths are not just military leaders often commanded [[Grand Battalion]]s or specialized units, strategic outposts, or fleets, but also masters of logisticstheir hierarchy was fluid, fostering rivalries and internal conflict.{{Fn|1}} The three highest-ranking Warsmiths, known as the [[Trident|Triarch or Trident]], earthworksacted as Perturabo's advisors and enforcers. However, engineeringproximity to Perturabo in the later years of the Legion's history came with significant risks, reflecting his increasingly dark and architectureunforgiving nature.{{Fn|91}}

<div style="column-count:2;font-size:85%">;Horus Heresy*[[Baldarun]] - [[Abrial's Claw]]{{Fn|15}}*[[Image:IWWarsmith2024Dargron]] - Killed in the [[Battle at the Phall System]]{{fn|9b}}*[[Harkor]] - 23rd Grand Battalion{{Fn|9a}}*[[Idriss Krendl]] - 14th Grand Company{{Fn|2}}*[[Kalkator]]*[[Khrossus]]*[[Koros]]*[[Kroeger]] - 23rd Grand Battalion.{{Fn|9b}} Killed in the [[Second Siege of Hydra Cordatus]]{{Fn|3}}*[[Kydomor Forrix]] - Known as '''The Breaker''', 1st Grand Battalion.jpg{{Fn|9a}} Killed in the [[Second Siege of Hydra Cordatus]]{{Fn|3}}*[[Kyr Vhalen]] - Known as '''The Shatterblade''', 77th Grand Battalion{{Fn|11}}*[[Shon'tu]] - [[Sons of the Forge]], killed in the [[Thirteenth Black Crusade]]{{fn|thumb16}}*[[Toramino]]{{Fn|250px1}} - Master of the [[Stor-Bezashk]]{{Fn|9a}}*[[WarsmithVarrek]] miniature (2024){{Fn|199b}}*[[Zhorisch]]{{Fn|6}} ;41st Millenium

*[[Harkor]] - 23rd Grand Battalion{{Fn|9a}}*[[Honsou]]{{Fn|1}}*[[Idriss Krendl]] - 14th Grand Company{{Fn|221}}*[[Kalkator]]

<gallery class=center mode=packed heights=250300>Warsmith.jpg|thumb|rightWarsmith miniature (2002){{Fn|130px4}}IWWarsmith2024.jpg|Warsmith miniature (20022024){{Fn|419}}

 *{{Endn|1}}: [[Dead Sky, Black Sun (Novel)The Horus Heresy Book Three - Extermination]], Prologuepg. 116