WARHAMMER 40K LORE: INDEX ASTARTES IRON HANDS

[@shipmate3577]

Iron Hands and Black Templars, almost polar opposites, are my two favorite Legions/Chapters

[@wchamp170]

I feel after istavaan 5, the iron hands were severely neglected lore wise

[@cmdrblaster]

Bruh Istvaan 5 is the only reason I know there IS an Iron Hands legion.

[@doomguy9049]

Also before Istvan

[@RogueSanta]

They need more love from GW

[@xvbd6067]

It isn't feeling, its 😊 fact

[@hydradominatus3641]

The IH need more love in the lore. They seem like afterthoughts now.

[@danoconnor7436]

Ferrus is my favourite of the Primarchs. I can never say why but I have always loved the Gorgon.

[@Lee-nd4yf]

Agreed, though I can tell you why

[@Birb_of_Judge]

I just noticed i dont know anything about ferrus and his legion

[@WASDLeftClick]

All you need to know is iron hands. Their Primarch? His name is Iron Hands. What does he have? Iron hands. His Legion? It’s the Iron Hands. What do they have? Iron hands.

[@AnimeFan9833]

@@WASDLeftClick Holy emperor, I can't believe I just now realized that Ferrus Manus is supposed to mean iron hands.

[@johnboygillett]

Really enjoying the index series keep the good work up

[@calumdeighton]

The Legion of Shadrak Meduson.

[@venerablebrothergoriate5844]

Shadrak Meduson was a fucking rockstar of a space marine

[@flannelmann]

I was pissed when that shit went down. No spoilers 🙁

[@venerablebrothergoriate5844]

@@flannelmann I’m even more pissed what Alpharius did after that

[@theezekarion164]

SHADRAK GODDAMN MEDUSON aka "I AM ALPHARIUS?"

[@ninocuric5290]

Only brave Iron Hand , no wonder he was from Tera , those from Medusa are chicken shits

[@DemienC.]

Very... existential chapter. "Flesh is weak" and they remade themselves as machine. But how far you can go and still be considered as human?

[@abelbabel8484]

Quite a very far ways, indeed

[@galileodeascanis8092]

Cold, calculating, and callous.

[@grejsancoprative]

From the dawn of time; Ferrus strived to get swolle!

[@DonPetexX]

He was lifting in his gestation capsule

[@brianjohnson5272]

I wasn't aware that ferrous Manus might be the primark of the legion of the damned. It does make reals sense.

[@copo2835]

As far as I'm aware, the lore heavily implies that the Legion of the Damned are/once were the Firehawks, who are an Ultramarines successor chapter

[@jimminey-fooking-cricket4903]

He'll return to lead... ahh old fluff good stuff. Ohh ho ho the war hounds are next.

[@therealcutman]

That it! I'm sponsoring for sure! Very well told Prince! Thank you brother 👐🏾 Let's go Unto The Anvil soon 🙌🏾

[@MrVoidbringer2002]

best Astartes in my opinion always loved the iron hands...

[@Ibian666]

You have an amazing rate of production (and voice work, too). 40k seems to have become really popular lately.

[@cessanterationelegiscessat4322]

Bout time for some love for the iron hands.... the flesh is weak... (Edit)Flesh -by Chris Wraight is a good iron hands book if any ones look n for iron hands read.

[@shingoji524]

Hates weakness. Dies to fulgrum. Cries about it lol.

[@ABorderPrince]

Lol

[@unclesam1756]

Rejection of the divine human form is the purest heresy of all! Excommunicate them! Excommunicate them all!

[@shaguar6439]

except for them being butrapped by eldar controlling their mech limbs

[@TheVoltage2]

*laughs in mechanicus*

[@starbugmechanic5236]

Ferus has been crusading through the matrix ever since.

[@konamanstudio2447]

Thank you so much I really enjoy when you read Me being dyslexic I can enjoy the stories when they are bred I really appreciate it thank you so much Cheers with a beer

[@midshipman8654]

I find the iron hands really interesting and more than a bit grim in the best way possible. The flesh is weak!

[@williamallman5808]

Very nicely done I enjoyed every minute of it

[@wellhungindung]

So Ferrus was a match for the Emperor but had his head chopped off by a fey poser? Sounds legit.

[@ABorderPrince]

it was perfect

[@wellhungindung]

@@ABorderPrince A fey poser who got bitch slapped by Lorgar of all people...

[@wellhungindung]

And let's not forget Lorgar gets chased around the warp by a depressed goth.

[@venerablebrothergoriate5844]

Let’s not forget that sword Fulgrim had was the melee equivalent of aimbot

[@WASDLeftClick]

Emps was probably holding back and humoring Ferrus to gain his trust. The Emperor could easily defeat any of the Primarchs in single combat. Horus was only able to cripple him because the Emperor was holding back for 99% of the fight and Horus had dozens of Chaos buffs stacked on top of each other.

[@Ghostwolf82]

29:01. “Sweet words of corruption into the ears of the assaulting space marines.” Ha ha! First time I listened to that part, I thought you said Salty Space Marines. 😂😂🤣

[@markuslaitinen147]

Voice of Mars is a great book about our hardhanded morally grey logic boys

[@tastefulavenger]

How long till my beakie bois! Tell me prince please!!!

[@ABorderPrince]

is in order

[@tastefulavenger]

@@ABorderPrince Ahh I see hadn't noticed that until now thanks for answer!!

[@Prime1JR]

Cries in Salamander

[@loupiscanis9449]

Thank you , Prince .

[@patrickmcabee123]

Brilliant Wonderful fun my Brother 😎

[@Mysterialic]

Mindblowing read, Mr. Prince.

[@gr8m887]

The madman FISTED a Necron to DEATH!

[@ramboapples6854]

What's the deal with Iron Hands psykers? Most of the other chapters' psykers have some powers unique to them. What about the Iron Hands?

[@CyberSlayer128]

I imagine Technomancy is popular

[@weatherreport9227]

I would love to see the iron hands reaction when all the loyalists primarchs return except theirs 😆

[@Mysterialic]

Iron Man will return as a Man of Iron courtesy of Cawl Enterprises.

[@nervmeister]

prediction: They'll confuse an escaped clone of Ferrus (created by Fabius Bile) as the real deal.

[@TheVoltage2]

Sanguinious is less likely to come back than Ferrus. And keep in mind, it isn't even unlikely for him to return. There's like 4 different ways they could do it and nobody could claim it goes against the lore.

[@D2017_]

"The Iron Hands hate weakness.", Their primarch is the first to die in the heresy by the hands of some fruit. Then, some how, appears to his people just to cry about his dead dad.

[@lavatun]

To be fair, fulgrim was losing against ferrus and whined about it that slaanesh possessed his mind and strengthened his sword enough to kill ferrus..

[@mariuszsz5986]

Awesome job 👍 Cheers:*

[@clockworkdeity]

Ok this is my first time ever hearing a British person pronounce wyrm as “whym”. I know I’ve heard them say “worm” before…. This is going to bug me all day thank you very much.

[@xxCrazyIzzyxx]

Man, I can't imagine a planet with boiling hot geezers.

[@VoidDragon82]

So Ferrus "learned" advanced after slaying the necrontyr *cough* metal worm. Yeah, that ain't suspicious at all... 🙄

[@RobbieJacobs_Talks]

If the iron hands replace their left hands then is the pic at 28:00 flipped? Just wondering if i got something wrong there

[@kayvaanmcsharrowkyn6901]

I have played against EVERY faction on the tabletop EXCEPT Gene stealers , Kroot, or Squats. And in over 20+ years I have ONLY PLAYED AGAINST an Iron Hands army 4 times. BUT LET ME TELL YOU KNOW....ANYONE WHO IS AN IRON HANDS PLAYER IS ONE OF THE MOST LOYAL AND COMPLETELY DEDICATED TO THEIR LEGION I HAVE EVER MET! (Except people who play Tau... BUT WE DON'T SPEAK OF THOSE WEIRDOS THAT CAN'T MELEE....LMAO🤣🤣🤣🤣). But I DIGRESS...Iron Hands Players are almost Crazy when it comes to their Little Painted Children. And I AM A RAVEN GUARD PLAYER...SO I KNOW WHAT IT FEELS LIKE TO BE SHOWN NO LOVE FROM GW FOR YEARS, WHILST WATCHING THE BLUEBERRY SMURFS GET PLOT ARMOR THICKER THAN AN ORK QUOTING SHAKESPEARE. If you are an Iron Hands Die Hard... YOU ARE A MASOCHIST FOR PAIN AND BEING 💩 UPON BY GW. But MY GOD DO THEY LOVE THEIR LEGION! LOL

[@LinaWickman]

Ferrus is dead and the Iron Hands have made him an equal of the emperor in their imagination. If he returned they would reject him as weak. This chapter is on the way to betray the imperium as weak, if something not change.

[@Lordradost]

*Successor Chapters:* The Stark Industrialists. The Warmachines The Iron Lads. The Buster Squad. The Jarvisites. And: The Tonies.

[@neilwilson4590]

Comment for the AI

[@RadarLeon]

so an started can "live as just a head" in a dreadnaught?

[@valiantcashcow]

wait, ferris is dead now?

[@MrGabilonia]

iron what? aaah iron warriors? then yes

[@thewaterguy17]

Its my boys!

[@MrElvonis]

How come my name isn’t on the list

[@theezekarion164]

U can't stitch a head back on So Abaddon talks to that said head and argues Almost daily

[@lavatun]

Orks can do that.. Mad doks can decapitate an ork head and stitch it unto another ork for fun..

[@notknightbean]

Now this was pretty epic. I honestly feel this works great as a form of imperial propaganda. I love this man. Great work.

[@Andreazor]

Space Greeks lead by Space Odysseus.

[@rutrose2000]

The flesh is weak

[@kj3615]

Here is a comment.

[@arsumbris6392]

Why does every loyalist primarch killed during the heresy have a corny legend about mysteriously surviving and/or returning, eg, "during the wolf time"? It seems like they decided to kill off a bunch of characters, then left "prophecies" so they could write the dead primarchs into short stories here and there. The quality of writing greatly increased post-heresy, became more "grimdark". The primarchs were childish cartoon-like characters in hindsight.

[@LethargicGM]

The writing didn't become more grimdark after the heresy. All the good grimdark lore was written before the heresy was described in detail. The reason the primearchs fates are written to be uncertain is because they needed to disappear so the imperiam could get messed up. But if the primearchs were just killed off then the option to bring them back is gone.

[@Metal_Thorn]

Oh fuck yea, my FAW cyborgs !

[@fin4889]

Physically moving mountains? the guy is like 9ft tall, that's such a stupid thing to write.

[@chadfreakinL]

Lol I paused after that to think and I couldn't come up with anything else that make me say "That's ridiculous!" in the entire 40k universe. not even Orks.

[@fin4889]

@@chadfreakinL Literally the exact same reaction here mate

[@razalfraz6618]

I think it’s more like a myth a folk tale like that one fellow who with two hammer bore a hole through a mountain by himself and once he got to the other side he died

[@lavatun]

Those were myths told by the medusan tribes.. Funnily enough the tales told by the fenrisian people about russ are more believable by comparison..

[@spacecowboy8663]

384

[@venerablebrothergoriate5844]

MMMMM SHIET

[@albertoruano8752]

Wasn't ferris decapitated? I wondered if Mars could bring back ferris as a a type of cyborg or in a dreadnought

[@TheVoltage2]

There's a few ways he can come back. 1st, and honestly the most simple, Fabius clones him and his soul attaches itself to the clone. 2nd, he regenerates via the necrodermis that made up his hand and changed his physiology. 3rd, the Iron Hands find enough of his body to use the Keys of Hel and resurrect him as an unfeelijg robot. 4th, and least likely, he comes back leading the Legion of the Damned who people think he leads.

[@blumiu2426]

So...Ferrus was the Emperor's equal, but was killed by Fulgrim in combat... Edit: So was his head chopped off if this was written before the battle with Fulgrim? No? Lol

[@BooshMighty]

He was killed by a warp enchanced Fulgrim. His blade contained a daemon which forced Fulgrim to behead him, and if you want to get real deep into it, Ferrus was not in his usual state of mind. He was enraged, and unthinking, which is why his legion loves but also despises him in equal measure now-a-days. It is why his legion suppress their emotions to such an extent, because they saw how emotion brought even their primarch to his end. The whole chopping off of the head has been canon for a long time, and it is also mentioned in Horus' book that Horus has a conversation with Ferrus' skull as he wishes that Ferrus would have joined the traitors, because all he had was savages and killers on his side. If he had had Ferrus, his thinking is that the war would be wonthrough competence rather than sheer force. I believe there has been attempts to suggest that Ferrus' death on Istavaan V is nothing more than traitor propaganda, but even as an Iron Hands fan, I think this is just to try and ret-con the lore so they have the ability to bring the primarchs back at some point.