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[[Image:Kalkator.jpg|thumb|250px|[[Warsmith]] [[Kalkator]]{{Fn|20}}]]
'''Warsmith''' is a leader rank among the [[Iron Warriors]]. The title Some of Warsmith is given to the leader keenest minds amongst the lords of a [[the Grand Battalion]] (or '''Grand Company''')Companies, Warsmiths are learned in arcane mechanical lore.{{Fn|32b}}. It is similar to Since the post of [[Chapter MasterHorus Heresy]], with the Warsmith having overall command they often bear daemonically-infused bionic augmentations redolent of the Grand Company while delegating authority to subordinate [[Space Marine Captain|Captains]] commanding regular [[companies]]{{Fn|3}}. Warsmiths have been observed retaining command twisted, mechanical appendages of their Grand Company even after being interred in a [[Chaos DreadnoughtObliterator]]s.{{Fn|212a}}
==DescriptionHistory======Horus Heresy====
In [[Perturabo]]’s [[Iron Warriors]] Legion, the title Warsmith replaced traditional ranks like [[Praetor (Rank)|Praetor]] and [[Lord Commander (Legiones Astartes)|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}}
The three highest-ranking Warsmiths, known as the [[Trident|Triarch or Trident]], acted as Perturabo's advisors and enforcers. However, proximity to Perturabo in the later years of the Legion's history came with significant risks, reflecting his increasingly dark and unforgiving nature.{{Fn|1}}
====Post Heresy====
The title of Warsmith is taken by the leader of a [[Grand Company]]{{Fn|2a}}. 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|21}}
==Known Warsmiths==
*[[Baldarun]] - [[Abrial's Claw]]{{Fn|15}}
*[[Dargron]] - Killed in the [[Battle at the Phall System]]{{fn|9b}}
*[[Harkor]] - 23rd Grand Battalion{{Fn|9a}}
*[[Idriss Krendl]] - 14th Grand Company{{Fn|222}}
*[[Kalkator]]
*[[Khrossus]]
*[[Varrek]]{{Fn|9b}}
*[[Zhorisch]]{{Fn|6}}
*[[Andraaz]] - 3rd Grand Company, killed in the [[Siege of Castellax]]{{Fn|7}}
*[[Bakulos]]{{Fn|13}}
*[[Rust King]]
*[[Vathek]]{{Fn|18}}
==Images==
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Warsmith.jpg|thumb|Warsmith miniature (2002){{Fn|4}}
IWWarsmith2024.jpg|Warsmith miniature in [[Cataphractii Armour]], during the [[Horus Heresy]](2024){{Fn|19}}
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==See also==
*[[TridentArkitheurge]], another title for [[Iron Warriors]] leaders*[[Architect of Destruction]], another title for [[Iron Warriors]] leaders*[[Cannonmaster]], another title for [[Iron Warriors]] leaders
==Sources==
{{cite}}
*{{Endn|1}}: [[The Horus Heresy Book Three - Extermination]], pg. 116
*2a: [[Codex: Chaos Space Marines (9th Edition)]]**{{Endn|22a}}: [[The Iron Within (Short Story)]]pg. 41**{{Endn|2b}}: pg. 137
*{{Endn|3}}: [[Storm of Iron (Novel)]]{{Cite This}}
*{{Endn|4}}: [http://www.games-workshop.com/gws/catalog/productDetail.jsp?prodId=prod1130404 Gamesworkshop]
*{{Endn|20}}: [[Echoes of the Long War (Novel)]] cover
*{{Endn|21}}: [[Dead Sky, Black Sun (Novel)]], Prologue
*{{Endn|22}}: [[The Iron Within (Short Story)]]
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