Ferrus Manus: The Strongest of Them All? Warhammer 40k Lore

[@thomasa8814]

The fact that Horus himself said if he had Ferris on his side it wouldn't have even been a war says much about how they all thought of him.

[@darrianweathington1923]

True, but horus says that about most of the loyal primarchs... he really didn't want the mentality broken traitor primarchs that he ended up with, especially not as chaos corrupted as they were.

[@PotatoPaul69]

Roboute also considered Ferrus one of the Dauntless Few, brothers that he knew would never fall to corruption or turn traitor, along with Dorn, Sanguinius and Russ. When Lorgar lied to him that Manus, Corax and Vulkan had all died at the dropsite massacred, Roboute said that he would miss Manus most out of the three. Horus also kept the head of Ferrus Manus on his flagship and talked to it.

[@crampusmaximus8849]

They really did not give Ferrus the lore and feats they should have. They really bungled this character. He was the iron general. Both sides of the heresy considered his allegiance essential for victory. "With this character's death, the thread of prophecy has been severed." His death should have been a really big deal. With him dying, the stakes and tone of the heresy were set. He was the first to die, and it should have been BAD that ferrus fell. His death should have more weight and be the grim before the dark set in. He shouldn't be the butt of so many beheading jokes. Ferrus needed to be set up as prominent primarch. Up there with the best like Horus. He basically was, according to the exposition in other characters' stories at least. They just never showed it. He wasn't given the development needed to make his death as tragic as the first primarch to fall in the heresy should have been. Stubborn as Dorn, calculating and techy as perty, maybe a rival for vulkan's might. One of the three leaders of the Great Crusade. COLD MEDUSAN RAGE. ....and his story is "he got angry and was dumb and died"

[@purgejmi]

Honestly, this is my favorite Primarch. It's such a shame that he and the Iron Hands First Captain died so early in the civil war.

[@rodnabors7364]

Ya, I was pretty let down how they did his 1st Capt as well.

[@pauliooo8927]

Vulkan is my favorite primarch 💪

[@S_G-]

​@@pauliooo8927 Vulkan lives!

[@eggos5074]

the cheats

[@Irithyllian]

Shoulda listened to the Eldar eh?

[@kingofthehill4465]

There are late nights, when I fantasize about Ferrus Manus still being a living loyalist.

[@kylehughes1619]

In these fantasies of yours Ferris is naked right? I don't know that these late night fantasies of yours are telling us very much about your feelings towards Warhammer. I think they're more telling us about your feelings towards incredibly jacked giant naked dudes. But uh Yeah to each his own I guess lol

[@orcho141]

Gayyyyy

[@orcho141]

@user-le5vg3wz5h never said it was a bad thing xoxo

[@ShimaS-0079]

​@orcho141 we know its a insult. If it wasnt andit was so great you would say it. Do you go around sayin Straighttt you bigot o phobe

[@squidlipssupreme168]

Liquid metal handjob? I'm conflicted.

[@iankrom510]

Ferrus Mans's Day Off was my favorite movie growing up.

[@jdgoesham5381]

Same. Thanks for the laugh.

[@babyyoda0U812]

You clever dog

[@squidlipssupreme168]

The best part was when he stole the emperor's land raider and crashed it while trying to roll the odometer back.

[@eztvlight1202]

Cennifer Jonnely was great in that movie

[@theezekarion164]

Finally a just has been done with Ferrus an not just some stupid time fill with head jokes that fall flat and lame. Thank u this was great

[@robluxipiech4033]

The warrior poet. A man of personal valor, a prestigious mind amongst ultra genius peers. Feats of which mark his body visibly for all to see, and feats which echo into modern 41k today. Should ferrus had been one of the surviving post heresy imperium, robu and the others may have had some relief and been able to focus on their intended tasks lesving much of the technologicql advancement and maintenance to ferrus, id imagine the golden throne and other relics would have been more eailiy maintained as well as the religious zeal being more quelled wuth ferrus input,

[@jakeen229]

The fact dude created weapons from his hands,,weapons that made other Primarchs look in Awe spoke of how powerful this guy was. Him and the Lion were always my favorite primarchs. Hey Imperial, I had a favor, do you think you can cover The Kronous Expanse or some of the Orcs who are Nutural like the Freebooters?

[@Tablahands]

Well said

[@AGripOBabys]

his hands can only do that because they are coated in necron skin. do you even read lore my guy? im not trying to be insulting, im just tired of people mis remembering everything about shit i like. feels like invasion of the body snatchers, the delusion of a culture from within, etc. what makes ferrous so great is the kind of person he is, not his feats or the circumstances he lived under, the feats are enabled by the man, not the other way around.

[@jakeen229]

@@AGripOBabys I'm not even sure what you're getting at you sound angry. Relax

[@Antilluminati]

​@@jakeen229 necron skin dude, hands! Dirt under the nails!

[@darrianweathington1923]

Not "awe" per say, more like, confusing wonderment... It actually kinda disgusted the other crafting primarchs, they found it kinda sickening how he could just fold weapons into existence with his fingers... and the one who hated it the most was Farrus himself. He hated his metallic arms more than anything else

[@qigonglungz]

Possibly the most bad-ass back story... I mean, this man was like a real life living Mythical Hercules... He just walked about his world letting things know how he was dominant...Hercules, Brock Samson (The ALPHA ALPHA ALPHA MALE!!!), A Greco-Roman Emperor( He understood the necessity of war), Hanzo Hattori (Weapon Craftsman), and Nickola Tesla (Tech Genius) all rolled into one dude...

[@Ranzoir]

Yes , too me he was just as industrious as Petrabo. There’s a reason chaos didn’t take any chances and killed him when given the opportunity… manus is a bad mofo.

[@RatCreature7]

I was just thinking, damn i wish i knew more about Ferrus Manus and you literally dropped this right away, I love you.

[@Ranzoir]

The IH are very different from the other legions ,specifically do to their pragmatism and connections to the mechanicum and mars. It’s a very interesting rabbit hole to get lost down. Part of me believes they were killed off because living manus and the iron hands alive would be too much for not only Horus but the authors as well.

[@JoyoSnooze]

That thumbnail artwork is a whole level of dope

[@doom1609]

Ferrus Manus is my favorite primarch. Everything from his ambition for strength, to his value of defeats, and finding purpose in how he was intended to be. I have always loved strong characters in history, myth, and fiction, and I have always wanted to improve myself because of how weak I was growing up. Most 40k fans don’t give the Iron General much credit, probably because they don’t want to research him, but I have seen somewhat of a resurgence in the recognition of the Xth primarch and it warms my heart.

[@S_G-]

The Strongest of Them All, but got his ass kicked by beau Fulgrim.

[@deckardCain-ju8qr]

🤓Actually fulgrim defeated him with a cursed sword so ferrus is still the strongest when it' comes to strength.

[@hubertcumberdale6404]

Fulgrim was enhanced by chaos and had a demonic sword. And if you’ve ever been in a fight, loosing your cool and giving into anger is an easy way to lose. That, mixed with the sheer shock of betrayal from one of your closest friends and brothers had to swarm his mind. Plus Fulgrim knew what was coming. Ferrus was surprised. So not an even fight at all.

[@ArnoldJudasRimmer..]

He lost that fight... Fulgrim knew it. He was doomed...that was when the sword stepped in!

[@warkatwargaming2358]

Love the fact he was difficult to get on with....but the Primarchs still loved and respected him. The fact he and Fulgrim were the best of brothers is telling for both... shame how it ended

[@eggos5074]

I just want Fancy Boy to get a broken jawline.

[@OffYourTrees]

That's what was most sad about Ferus imo. His whole "The Flesh is Weak" mindset is/was a reflection of his insecurities, it wasn't until his final years alive he accepted flesh is stronger than iron and that self improvement is what is important. It's also really sad his insecurities never allowed him to view himself how his other brothers did, as the eldest big brother they all looked up to. I truly believe that Chaos got rid of him early for a reason, both Guilliman and Horus lamented not having him around during the Siege of Terra for a reason.

[@btf1287]

They leaned too much into the machine. No sympathy for heretics. Ironically they lacked iron. Iron within.

[@nidhoggvomwalde2280]

Ferrus will return...

[@beckyseward6759]

How do you figure? He literally got his head popped off like a dandelion ?

[@beckyseward6759]

How do you figure ? He got his head popped off like a dandelion?

[@Mooselad0394]

@@beckyseward6759As the leader of the legion of the damned. Primarchs can’t TRULY die unless their spirit is completely destroyed like Big E did to Horus.

[@Randy-jw3vh]

@@beckyseward6759 Necrodermis is living metal. Its a plot hole that GW can use to bring him back.

[@anardil8664]

Can we just clarify he is phyiscally the most arguably next to vulcan. The most powerful primach by far is sanguinius and this is confirmed in the latest books no doubt. Horus at the end doesnt count as he is as close to a god as you get.

[@FirstLast-gk6lg]

Agreed in this context they mean raw physical strength. But the angel would win a 1v1

[@karlthomas2360]

In the end, he was the only Primarch that truly understood why the Emperor created them. They are weapons, nothing more.

[@manemperorofmankind8119]

Now I call bull shit hacks on how he died

[@zyvron]

Ferrus Manus tem uma história muito triste.

[@TheSpicyLeg]

What the hell did you just call me?

[@kimmogensen4888]

Very sad 😔

[@MrAdventus]

Let’s get some more content on the Ferrus return. Specifically citing material such as - the board is set: emperor states he’ll fix him - TEaTD II: Ferrus appears to Sang although his necrodermus has spread over his whole body - TEaTD III: His skull is Ret-conned to now be missing, as opposed to being on the vengeful spirit. - Codex SM X ed: Ferrus appears before his legion on Medusa stating he will return at the most needed time.

[@michaelblevins1651]

He’s got metal hands Imagine the punch of his strength

[@rexmagi4606]

Other Primarchs: Strong. Ferrus Manus: Machamp Pokedex level strong.

[@Marc-hm6bz]

You CLEARLY made your reading, and I'm a IH player since the start. Great video and Subbed.

[@bryantherocker]

I imagine Ferrus using his metal hands to shape and hammer the weapons he makes in the forge. I also imagine him grabbing the opponent's blades and crushing them with his hands. Maybe he has the strongest punch of all the Primarchs.

[@johnhickman8391]

How long will it take the Iron Hands, to initiate reanimation protocals on the pieces of Ferrus they have. Its clear his body was fuzed with the necro-dermis, when he killed the C'tan snake thing. GW has an easy way to bring him back. I could see the IH finding out about this, an installing Ferrus into a dreadnaught esq, *improved* body.

[@franconnorton7087]

Fulgrim or Ferrus. Can't see the Iron hands doing anything for Fulgrim except eternal torture.

[@johnhickman8391]

@@franconnorton7087 fixed, thx

[@nexarath]

Dude got roflstomped by Fulgrim twice. In a row. His childish rage cost the lives of numerous of his legion and some could even argue led to their eventual descent into madness and obsession with bodymods for the rest. With Vulkan and Sanguinius existing, calling Ferrus the strongest anything is just an insult.

[@ArnoldJudasRimmer..]

I love how Ferrus hated his Necrodermis arms. He used it as was necessary, but he wanted the skin gone after the Crusade was ended. But look at his Iron Warriors now? Not even trans-human anymore most of them...more like Borg Astartes. Ferrus would dispair at the state of the Xth currently.

[@cc66bb44]

ferrous manus? the same guy who fulgrim beat, not once, but twice, or was it three times? and it wasn't even close ferrous repated gets his butt handed to him over and over, just like vulkan

[@rubberduckyTJ]

strongest my ass. got handed his own... head.... buy a fuckboi. not even full daemon mode fuckboi at that. Cool guy? some cool traits? sure. strongest of them all? cmonnnnnnn (awesome video lol)

[@mikeevans124]

So did they change the lore about Ferrus’s skull? I thought that the traitors had his skull? Didn’t Fulgrim gift it to Horus after the battle on Istavan?

[@thomasa8814]

Horus had his head

[@thijshagenbeek6554]

Ferrus was not the strongest, that title goes to Vulkan. But no Primarch had Ferrus his drive.

[@horusksa1983]

He was the strongest but now he is way over his head

[@dogofthehand]

Jajaja

[@kimmogensen4888]

He was strong but not balanced in anger

[@Cubert0331]

He was such a fantastic leader he just.....lost his head.

[@clanpsi]

I still don't understand how he could have his head cut off. Both of his arms were capable of blocking swords, so a wide sweep against his head would be almost impossible not to block. Stabbed, sure, but a sweep? Inconceivable.

[@N0T-A-B0T]

Book: Fulgrim. Spoiler….. Long story short. Fulgrim was using 2 different weapons during the fight, one was a daemonic blade of slaanesh, which imbued him with strength that surprised him and Ferrus. Fulgrim was losing up until that point of the fight. It also cut through Ferrus’s armor with ease, so even if he could block with his arms it would have most likely sliced through.

[@joshuacartermusic]

Inconceivable... you keep using that word...

[@romanchavez5408]

@@joshuacartermusicI’m not sure you know what it mean 🤺

[@qigonglungz]

@@joshuacartermusic inconceivably believable...

[@kimmogensen4888]

Fulgrim had a greater demon in his sword than also held him defeated the burning god of a craft world, and he was not good at controlling his rage, and Fulgrim was not strong but a dangerous killer nevertheless, ready deadly even though not among the strongest of them

[@Trollioli]

More like the deadest of them all.

[@dionysusboyo6214]

1000kmh winds. the strongest winds on earth get up to 300kmh in tornados.

[@AugustDaragjati-tb9nl]

This has to be every tragedy a son faces when losing a father. He was def one of the best. But hard headed for sure

[@Mikey_Dommino]

"Best Primarch" Lets not get ahead of ourselves

[@lokiopensloloc5680]

I think it would be deeply satisfying if the necron technology leading to his mutated arms has in fact kept his body alive this whole time and he's literally reenacting the headless horseman on a galactic scale in the eye of terror.

[@Ghost3210]

Remember that time when Ferrus was seeing Vulkan fight and he was like "Yeah, I don't want to mess with this guy" Ferrus wasn't the strongest, but he was for the most part one of the smartest. Only the love for Fulgrim was his undoing.

[@MansMan42069]

Fell for that Phoenussy

[@kubapiwowarczyk599]

Lol no, he just complemented that Vulkan fights with fire and rage, where did you get that from.

[@rabbidjeremy9193]

Eternal friendship my ass.

[@chriskilhoffer4702]

The Elder tried to warn him.........he didn't hear the message......

[@HeWhoKnows777]

I hate how powerful 40K makes humans to be and how weak it depicts aliens. There is literally no fantasy made by man more incorrectly portrayed.

[@zakbook15]

he built a indestructible UFC cage so he could go all out with his brothers. he should have told Angron could have soothed his pain with epic boxing matches. he asked Vulkan to fight him and he said he didnt want to hurt Ferrus

[@ScreenTalker]

For loyalists, Iron Hands have changed the most from when their Primarch was living.

[@Marfybaby]

Love the part with all the statues of the Primarchs

[@benjaminstone7065]

When everyone learned of the heresy, Ferrus Mannus absolutely lost his head.

[@Jompo92]

ba-dum tsih

[@gaebi]

25:30 Which of the primarchs are being described here

[@aureliogracia6936]

Yet he got decapitated by fulgrim during the dropsite masacre... still i m a fan of ferrus manus

[@kingmcf2]

Would love a Ferrus limited series. Could introduce Fulgrim in later episodes and… we know where that’s headed.

[@lurkingedge]

Yet another example of the Eldar being incredibly powerful but completely clueless and incompetent.

[@heavensfeels5522]

Is it alright to ask what sources and books you used to make this vid? This made me actually interested in Manus and the iron Hands.

[@mikeylejan8849]

The Ultramarines would be the best and Roboute Guilliman is a magnanimous primarch who cares for humans.

[@GERntleMAN]

How does one get the idea to pronounce Guillaume as Gilliman??? It's french and pronounced Gheohm for the English speaking world. Even I as a German know that

[@MrGunBunny13]

If the French don't want me to pronounce the letters then they shouldn't have put them there

[@chandisraygor3299]

because its spelled Roboute Guilliman

[@phillipcorrie1503]

Because it was written by the English. And you know full well that the English will not pronounce French linguistics just for spite.

[@GERntleMAN]

@@phillipcorrie1503 True. Interestingly I find most sites naming him Roboute Guillaume, some though write him as Gilliman. Which sounds rediculous and wrong even for a fantasy name. At least if you're familiar with more than one language and know a bit of everything.

[@GERntleMAN]

@@MrGunBunny13 Also true, that is my conflict with french since second grade when we first had french. 25 years later it's less hate, more complete lack of understanding after loosely studying some languages on earth.

[@justinokraski3796]

30:46 oh no~

[@ralphllivrah9551]

Ferrous was his own man. I really believe he lost faith in both sides.

[@Fordo11789]

First

[@endoftheroad6513]

the ferrus/fulgrim art in this is mad at times 😂

[@CHarris1066]

Looks like something that would be found on deviant-art 😅

[@kimmogensen4888]

Really nice video and I agree with he was among the strongest but not the most level headed, but I think I’m going to se if there isn’t something I have not read about him and his sons, really like the one where they come to the rescue of a planet under siege from the grandfathers minions that comes from somewhere deep inside the planet, and it has a classic grim dark side 😱 hopefully I can find something I haven’t read in the thousands of books about the warhammer universe

[@granitebones6956]

Ferrus was stronger than Vulkan

[@benpo3811]

ferrus v angron who would win

[@notyourmi6agent508]

Well ferrus manus was rather slow and he seems to need to get a head now

[@Einwetok]

2:41 Elvis sighting @4:30 position. Shades and sideburns too.

[@dwwolf4636]

Most resolute perhaps.

[@kimmogensen4888]

Fulgrim is not as strong but a dangerous killer.

[@Eleonora_16p]

🔝🔝🔝

[@TarisRedwing]

Thats so cool they exchanged weapons.

[@thedevourer.]

I would argue catachan and fenris are worse

[@Sammidonut]

Didn’t help him get ahead in life though

[@Judiciar_Geo]

Well done, brother.

[@nachtmacher6237]

😊

[@nuclearx0id]

soon it will be Ferra Womanus

[@gilcanevascini-lastoriafin9583]

Well, fulgrim does fullfill that role, doesn't he?

[@austineutslerj1386]

Nevermore!

[@justyagre6296]

Let's not get a head of ourselves now.

[@maximusd26]

30:50 care to elaborate on this picture ?

[@oneofyus3799]

30:54 this thing got me good

[@MansMan42069]

That Phoenussy got the Iron Hand growing an Iron Third Leg

[@richardvaldes3959]

I wish we had more stories of Ferrus

[@joshs8704]

Third. I'd argue that horus and the lion were probably some of the most gifted strategists.

[@MaticustheRed]

Got the 13th like.

[@haveaknifeday]

His missing head began to differ.

[@ArnoldJudasRimmer..]

Rumour has it, it is still being used as an ashtray by Lorgar...

[@gaebi]

30:44 looking a little.....

[@NicholasGeschke]

While I admire his bravery, the fact of the matter is, had Ferrus heeded the Eldar's warning, he could very well have averted the Heresy and saved the Imperium from the decay that is eating away at it. In seeing what Corax has become and from his words regarding the _true_ nature of the Primarchs, I wonder exactly what Ferrus could have become had he eventually shed his mortal form and become what he, like his brothers, was meant to be. For clarification, Corvus Corax has become a being of living shadow ravens. Exposure to the eldritch powers of the Warp has allowed him to become what others call, "The Emperor's Justice made manifest". Put less poetically, he has grown substantially more powerful and retaining his loyalty to the Emperor and to the ideals he upheld, Corax has begun hunting down and killing the members of the Word Bearers legion and is working towards freeing their slaves. According to Lorgar, he is no daemon, not like the Traitor Primarchs, who as I have said in other comments on other videos, I suspect, have become corrupted parodies of what they were meant to become. And Ferrus? Well, I believe that with enough time, he would likely become something like and yet unalike the Necrons: A being of living metal, able to rip apart the strongest opponents with his bare hands, nearly invulnerable, tireless and indefatigable.

[@cardinalmite9183]

With or without his head?

[@vsupreme9386]

I like Ferrus and i think the iron hands at their peak was the strongest legion but Vulkan is the strongest primarch

[@AYAKXSHI]

He’s the strongest physically due to black smithing infact there kinda hard to rank strongest weakest

[@xeniosaias]

❤

[@denniskrust2137]

The first confirmed to die, the strongest? What a joke.

[@kimmogensen4888]

To be strong doesn’t mean you can’t lose your head, he was very strong, Fulgrim was among the weakest but a dangerous killer with a sword like several of his Sons who are not strong but still deadly killers

[@channingdeadnight]

I know, I know, W40K shouldn't be any more scientifically realistic than D&D. But part of me still hopes that one day 40K will at least pay attention to physics at least as much as "My Little Pony's" do.

[@charged710]

I don't think it would be possible would it

[@channingdeadnight]

@@charged710 Yes, yes they can. If the Astra millitorum can have quasi realistic ammo counts and such related things. The Space Marines can at least have a belt for ammo.

[@charged710]

@@channingdeadnight the numbers never add up my friend, luetin has done a recent video on it

[@JohnTandy74]

I don’t think I’ve ever left you a comment I just want you to know I’ve been really enjoying your work. Keep it up man!! For the EMPEROR 👐🏻👐🏻👐🏻

[@The1rust]

42:05 is.... is he using a giant pipe wrench?

[@benanantavara4272]

Americans need to stop using "The fact that" in a sentence. If my comment is confusing, then you're not qualified to even listen to this video.

[@BabyGreen162]

18 primarchs in the showers of Terra and Ferrus is choking the shit out of them. GOOD.

[@ShadowdaleA]

"Let's make our coolest and most marketable unique Space Marine chapter the rarest". Iron Hands Primarch is a massive "what not to do with an on-going military sim game" example.

[@SPacePhish09]

Ferrus got rekt by Fulgrim. Doesnt seem strong to me in the grand hierarchy of things.

[@Cyboogie.the.Cyborg]

The Ferrus Manus story has constant call backs to the Medusa story, and where does the Medusa head ends up? On a shield. Now we have the Lion back with the Emperor Shield... I'm just saying

[@justinokraski3796]

I thought it ended up in a sack

[@Cyboogie.the.Cyborg]

@@justinokraski3796 At first yeah, because the petrifying gaze worked even if Medusa was dead. Then it was put on Athena's shield.

[@kennethquinnies6023]

Can Ferrus Lift 8 tons with his arms, I think not. Mephiston can.

[@rockhardrockhounds9970]

Perfection > Strength

[@zollen123]

Imagine if an infant primarch landed on today USA, he would have grown up to be a huge tech company CEO 100% better than Steve Job or Bill Gates. But I guess we aren't smart nor bold enough to narrate such a story.

[@Williplier]

Do my boi Dorn

[@phillipadams6189]

Pretty sure Fulgrim was stronger 💪💪.

[@warmaster-1]

Fulgrim was a cvnt

[@wereshem-ankh9063]

Quicker, not stronger. Often speed beats strength.

[@sebbonxxsebbon6824]

Weakest, died first and never coming back.

[@instantjizz]

Sucks they killed him off so early.