Warpsmith
Warpsmiths are masters of Daemonic Soul Forges which churn out the Daemon Engines for the armies of Chaos Space Marines and Daemon Princes.
Overview
Space Marine in origin, these beings serve as a dark echo for the Techmarine. Indeed, most Warpsmiths originated as Techmarines during their time in the Imperium, though some are simply warriors whose obsession with machinery led them to accumulate vast amounts of technological lore. The greatest Warpsmiths go on to become Lord Discordants.[26]
Unlike their Techmarine and Tech Priest counterparts, Warpsmiths seek to control and subjugate technology rather then worship or revere it. Warpsmiths tend to be obsessive and believe that mankind's destiny is limited by his mortal nature, and thus they see combining the power of Daemons with the mechanical and organic as the answer to circumvent this problem. Though expert battlefield repair technicians and siege masters, their true calling is presiding over the infernal industry of producing Daemon Engines.[3] Besides the production of Daemon Engines, Warpsmiths also gain delight in corrupting machinery of enemy armies.[26]
As technological masters, Warpsmiths are well-armed and carry an array of Flamers, Meltaguns, Bolt Pistols, Power Weapons, and Bionics.[1][2]
Notable Warpsmiths
- Althedrak — Iron Warriors.[16]
- Arkturion — Alpha Legion.[4]
- Armenneus Valthex — Red Corsairs.[17]
- Casipiniax[13]
- D'vok the Unmaker — Iron Warriors/Black Legion.[18]
- Etrogar - Iron Warriors.[12]
- Gharalox Ironbreed[15]
- Ghorba Daemonbind — Brazen Beasts.[22]
- Gracix — Shatter Corps.[10]
- Grathax[5]
- Guldire — Word Bearers.[11]
- Haxul — Black Legion
- Lorvakh — Black Legion.[20]
- Octorian — Black Legion.[20]
- Oriax — Iron Warriors.[21]
- Sartok — Crimson Slaughter.[6a]
- Soulsmelter[7]
- Torvann Lokk[13]
- Trentukus — Crimson Slaughter[6b]
- Tzungdan[19]
- Uralmak[23]
- Valadrak[8]
- Vask — Black Legion.[24]
- Vhostok Pistonhand — Iron Warriors.[9]
- Vordax — Crimson Slaughter.[20]
- Vhostokh[25]
- Yutil[13]
Images
Warpsmith (6th Edition)[1]
Black Legion Warpsmith (9th Edition)[14]
Warpsmith from Space Marine 2.
See also
Sources
- 1: Games-Workshop Warpsmith (last accessed 20 March 2015)
- 2: White Dwarf 394 (UK), pgs. 16–17
- 3: Codex: Chaos Space Marines (6th Edition), pg. 34
- 4: Only War: Enemies of the Imperium, pg. 111
- 5: Codex: Space Marines (6th Edition), pg. 28
- 6: Crimson Slaughter - A Codex: Chaos Space Marines Supplement (6th Edition):
- 7: Dataslate: Adeptus Astartes Storm Wing (Background Book), pg. 8
- 8: Codex: Chaos Space Marines (6th Edition), pg. 18
- 9: Codex: Chaos Daemons (6th Edition), pg. 23
- 10: Black Crusade: The Tome of Decay, pg. 29
- 11: The Shards of Erebus (Short Story) — Mark of Calth (Anthology)
- 12: Psychic Awakening: Faith and Fury, pg. 16
- 13: The Gates of Bone (Novel), Dramatis Personae
- 14: Warhammer Community: New Asuryani Clash with Chaos Space Marines in the Next Warhammer 40,000 Battlebox (Posted on 25/12/2021) (Last accessed on 25 December 2021)
- 15: Dataslate: Helbrutes (Background Book), pg. 6
- 16: Black Crusade: Angel's Blade — Chapter 2
- 17: Huron Blackheart: Master of the Maelstrom (Novel) - Chapter 1
- 18: Warhammer Community: Discover the (Very Bloody) History of Vigilus, the Lynchpin of War Zone Nachmund
- 19: Imperium Nihilus: Vigilus Defiant, pg. 89
- 20: Black Crusade: Traitor's Hate, Chapter 3
- 21: The Siege of Castellax (Novel), Chapter II
- 22: Imperium Nihilus: Vigilus Ablaze, pgs. 28–29
- 23: Codex Supplement: Angels of Death — Strike Forces: Famous Strike Forces
- 24: Arks of Omen: Abaddon, pgs. 14-15
- 25: Codex: Chaos Space Marines (8th Edition), pg. 77
- 26: Codex: Chaos Space Marines (10th Edition), pg. 31
