At the moment we glance at the moment and previous Masters who rule over the Gray Knights, dread Daemon Hunters of Titan.
Grand Grasp is without doubt one of the highest ranks to which a Gray Knight can rise, under solely the Supreme Grand Grasp. They’re armed and armoured in the perfect the Imperium has to supply and profit from tons of of years of expertise in preventing the daemonic. They’re devastating in shut fight, particularly when backed up by a retinue of the dreaded Gray Knights Terminators. Whereas all Gray Knights are psykers, the Grand Grasp’s expertise are honed to such a positive level that he can wield his psychically attuned Drive Weapon with exceptionally terrific energy. The Grand Grasp is definitely one of many best warriors within the entirety of the Imperium.
The Gray Knights solely have a complete of eight Grand Masters at anyone time. This quantity is derived from the eight founding Area Marines which Malcador the Sigilite delivered to Titan.
Every Grand Grasp has ultimate command of a Brotherhood, though operational command is usually left to the Brother-Captain. The Grand Grasp will hardly ever take full command of his Brotherhood. Just for a battle which is taken into account too perilous for even the hardened expertise of a Brother-Captain to deal with.
Voldus, Grand Grasp of the third Brotherhood
Voldus, Grand Grasp of the third Brotherhood is the newly promoted Grand Grasp of the Gray Knights Chapter‘s Third Brotherhood, who attained his rank after its earlier commander Valdar Aurikon was killed by the Daemon Primarch Magnus. When the Thirteenth Black Campaign started, Voldus got here to the protection of the Realm of Ultramar, when it was invaded by Abaddon the Despoiler‘s Chaos hordes, and served as a trusted adviser to the resurrected Ultramarines Primarch Roboute Guilliman.
In battle, Voldus wields the mighty Nemesis Daemon Hammer Malleus Argyrum.
Kaldor Draigo
Kaldor Draigo, Supreme Grand Grasp of the Gray Knights is the forty eighth and present Supreme Grand Grasp of the Gray Knights. He wields the legendary Titansword.
As a easy Battle-Brother, Draigo banished the Daemon Prince M’kar the Reborn on Acralem.
In 901.M41, through the Battle of Kornovin, Draigo would turn into Supreme Grand Grasp of the Gray Knights after the Daemon Prince Mortarion killed his predecessor, Geronitan. The act made Draigo fly right into a rage, who assaulted the Daemon Primarch and was solely capable of defeat him by uttering the true title the Emperor had initially meant for him. The Primarch’s physique was shattered by this and Draigo carved his predecessor’s title into his coronary heart – an insult Mortarion has by no means forgotten, as his spirit is now recuperating within the Immaterium), the place he prepares to kill Draigo as soon as and for all.
Nonetheless, after a second confrontation with M’kar on Acralem, Draigo has been cursed to a life trapped throughout the Warp, doomed to stroll throughout the Realm of Chaos itself. To stay pure whereas continuously assailed by Chaos exhibits fortitude and private energy that’s past measure. He has undertaken many nice exploits throughout the Warp: slaying the nice Bloodthirster Kar’Voth, setting fireplace to the jungles of Nurgle‘s area, defeating the six chosen Daemonettes of Slaanesh, the Six Sisters, and destroying the fortress of the Lord of Change M’Kachan. He additionally appeared to battle alongside the Darkish Angels within the Pandorax Marketing campaign.
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However whereas Draigo lives, he’ll prevail and someday, he’ll return. In 999.M41, Draigo returned alone to Acralem to free it from M’kar, hoping to finish the Chapter’s historic feud with the Daemon.
Vorth Mordrak
Vorth Mordrak is a Grand Grasp of the Gray Knights. He leads the Second Brotherhood and is entitled as Admiral of the Fleet. As such he has command over the Chapter’s fleet primarily based belongings, just like the 4th Firm Captain of normal chapters referred to as Grasp of the Fleet.
The one survivor of the Fortress world of Mortain after its destruction by the Purple Corsairs Chaos Area Marines, the guilt of that survival gnawed at him every day and visions of his fallen comrades haunted him. Fearing he had turn into corrupted, Mordrak submitted himself to the Rituals of Purity, however was judged clear of taint. Nonetheless the manifestations plagued him, virtually to the purpose of madness.
On the world of Ralindri, Mordrak can be separated from his Battle-Brothers by a teleporter malfunction. Plunged immediately right into a plain swarming with Daemons, he was saved by two shining Terminators. Discovered alone amidst scores of slain Daemons, none might clarify Mordrak’s deliverance or who his rescuers had been.
Finally, as these mysterious allies continued to seem wherever Mordrak fought. It grew to become clear who they had been. They had been his comrades who had fallen on Mortain, given kind and voice by Mordrak’s personal psychic would possibly. Mortain’s fallen had turn into sure to him for the time being of their deaths, whispering to him to take revenge on Huron Blackheart, grasp of the Purple Corsairs. So did Mordrak collect to him a power of Battle-Brothers and depart Titan, decided to put to relaxation the fallen that plagued him. Although he frequently hunts Huron Blackheart close to the The Maelstrom, Mordrak has not deserted his larger mission and nonetheless responds to Daemonic incursions throughout the Galaxy.
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