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The Iron Hands was one of the loyal legions the Emperor called to [[Isstvan V]]. Given the large distance, Ferrus Manus took the Legion's fastest ships and departed only with his veterans. They were all lost during the battle, when following the loss of their primarch they were struck down by the traitor legions, caught between the hammer of the [[Emperor's Children]] and upon the Anvil of the four support legions of the second wave.
Some say Ferrus survived Isstvan and now resides on [[Mars]], but the Iron Hands strongly refute this. The truth of the matter was that Fulgrim personally killed Ferrus during the battle at [[Isstvan V]], using the chaos infected blade given to him Horus as a pledge of his allegiance to the Heresy. Fulgrim was distraught with grief for the loss of his closest brother, at his own hands, eventually giving into the whispers of Chaos, who spoke promises to ease his pain. Sadly he gave into the request of the Deamon inside the blade, which ripped apart his mind and soul, turning overtaking his body and pushing him into the deepest corners of his mind. It turned him into the Deamon Prince he is now, and it was this Deamon that brought the mutilated head of Ferrus Manus before Horus.
== Controversy around the Necrons and Ferrus ==
Some have linked the Asirnoth, the Great Silver Wyrm to the [[Necron]]s, more exactly stating that Asirnoth was the [[C'tan]] the [[Void Dragon]]. The artifacts of old said to be located on Medusa combined with the "living metal" that fused into Ferrus' hands have been pointed out, and has been said to have given Ferrus' the ideas and technology he taught to the tribes afterwards. It has been stated, however, that the new Necron codex was still largely unwritten at the time the Iron Hands-article was published, and that the concept of the C'tans were developed later.
[[de:Ferrus Manus]]
==Sources==
*[[Horus Heresy: Fulgrim]]
