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Iron Priest
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| Amongst the natives of Fenris the smiths worship the Gods of
Iron whose most holy place is the Isles of Iron. This is where the smiths journey
to meet with their gods, the guise adopted by the Iron Priests in their dealing with
the natives. Every so often the Iron Priests will take one of he young apprentices and he
will be inititated into the Space Wolves and later he will journey to Mars, the home of
the Adeptus Mechanicus. Eventually after years of training, he returns to Fenris to take
his place among the Iron Priests. The Iron Priests are unique to the Space Wolves Chapter of Space Marines, but have much in common with the Techmarines of the other Chapters. As trainees of the Adeptus Mechanicus, they still preserve some exclusively Fenrisian attitudes and traditions, meeting with the Cult of Smiths to trade with and nurture the primitive but fierce people of Fenris. The Iron Priests look after the meny technical systems in the Fang, supervising engineering projects, building, spacecraft construction and maintenance and all the myriad of complex technical tasks that are undertaken every single day. The Iron Priests supervise a vast organization which consist of specialist bondsmen, technicians and mechanics, engineers and power workers who keep the Chapter in permanent battleworthy condition. The Iron Priests also create Servitor workers-half human and half machine creatures which are task adapted and almost mindless. They serve the Iron Priests and sometimes act as bodyguards in battle. The Iron Priests fight in battle with all the ferocity one would expect of a native of Fenris. They can attempt repairs on damaged machinery and weapons, and their Servitors can act as crew for larger weapons. |