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Iron Priests
Iron Priests are masters of the forge and armoury, their expertise is with technical matters and their role is akin to that of Techmarines in other chapters Like Techmarines they spend several years with the Tech Priests of the Adaptus Mechanicus on Mars where they learn the innermost secrets of arcane mechanics. Without them to maintain the Chapter its spacecraft would soon become unspaceworthy, the Fang would crumble, and the Chapter itself would die.
Amongst the natives of Fenris the simths 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 dealings with the natives. Every so often an Iron Priest will take one of the young apprentices, and he will be initiated into the Space Wolves and later will journey to Mars, the home of the Adaptus Mechanicus. Eventually, after years of training, he returns to Fenris to take his place amongst the Iron Priests of the Space Wolves.
The Iron Priests are unique to the Space Wolves Chapter of Space Marines, but have much in common with the Techmarines of other Chapters. As trainees of the Adaptus Mechanicus they are iniated into the Machine Mysteries of Mars. Despite their many years of association with the Adaptus Mechanicus they still preserve some exclusively Fenrisian attributes 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 many technical systems in the Fang, supervising engineering projects, builing, spacecraft construction and maintainance and all of the myraid of complex technical tasks that are undertaken every single day. The Iron Priests supervise a vast organiseation which consists of specialist bondsmen, technications and mechanics, engineers and power workers who keep the Chapter in permanent battle worthy condition, The Iron Priests also create Servitor workers, half human / half mahine creatures which are task adapted and almost mindless. They serve the Iron Priests and somtimes 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 Servitor can act as crew for larger weapons.
Reproduced from Codex Space Wolves, 2nd edition Warhammer 40,000
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