[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-warhammer-the-11th-primarch-the-black-emperor":3,"chapter-warhammer-the-11th-primarch-the-black-emperor-warhammer-the-11th-primarch-the-black-emperor-chapter-234":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Warhammer: The 11th Primarch - The Black Emperor",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1511033,1962,"Chapter 234: Discovering Ferrus Manus Early","warhammer-the-11th-primarch-the-black-emperor-chapter-234",234,"\u003Cp>Wheel of Fire Prime, Southern Continent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hannibal, leading his honor guard, had just captured an Ork fortress.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The chosen prey was neatly butchered with the Hunting Bear Blade, while the legion's cooks busily prepared the cuts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With an elegant smile on his face, Hannibal listened to Suarez's report, then said with interest:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Nareth has once again defeated Leman Russ.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Father and Horus had the right judgment; Malcador was the one who miscalculated.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He paused in thought, glancing around, his eyes briefly filled with nostalgia.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then Hannibal issued his order:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Command the legion to begin stockpiling provisions. Select the best cuts of meat and send them to the legion battlehips for preservation.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the western side of the Northern Continent, Leman Russ fell silent after hearing Jorin's report.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For several seconds, the air felt as frozen as Fenris's icy wastes, and even the wolves around them said nothing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Freki and Geri sensed the heavy mood, their eyes wide as they looked to their wolf-kin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suddenly, the Wolf King burst into hearty laughter and addressed his pack:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Men of Fenris will never be broken by defeat!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If we lose, then we'll just win it back next time!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The wolves roared with laughter, and the oppressive atmosphere vanished instantly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jorin gripped the handle of his power axe, Sanchez's loathsome face flashing in his mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Freki and Geri blinked their great eyes and buried their heads into their fur.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Leman Russ's voice thundered across the entire fortress as he shouted:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Move out immediately, we continue the cleansing of the Orks!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the same time, Nareth ordered the battered Second Chapter to withdraw from battle, while the others continued their purge of the orks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Back aboard the Throne of Shadow's Sovereignity, Nareth first pulled out eleven fangs from the Ork warlord and thought to himself:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'The fangs of an Ork warlord make better potion ingredients than those of ordinary Gretchin.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'The auxiliary materials are complete, now I only need the main ones: an Osirian Psybrids and a Brain-Eater.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'The \"First Rangdan Xenocide\" should provide everything I need.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nareth sent the fangs and the warlord's banner back to the Kingdom of Disorder, then summoned his paide, Arsena Dunn.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Order the astropath to send a message to the Emperor, the Sigillite, and Horus: Tell them I have slain the ork warlord entrenched on Wheel of Fire.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the aide did not immediately act. He instead spoke up:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"My lord, there is an urgent astropathic message from the Fifteenth Legion that I believe you should know.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nareth turned to him. \"What is it?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"My lord, after the campaign with the Jorgall, the Fifteenth Legion followed your orders, departing from the Persephone System and exploring southwest along the galactic map.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"They reached a system the ancients of Terra called Sthenelus, and made a major discovery.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Sthenelus, one of Perseus and Andromeda's sons in Greek myth.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The name struck Nareth with familiarity, his thoughts racing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Yes… Sthenelus would later be more commonly known as the Medusan System. Medusa IV would become the homeworld of the Tenth Legion, the Iron Hands.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Ferrus Manus has been found.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'But in my memory, he wasn't rediscovered until two years later, in 824.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'It's because I sent the Thousand Sons to explore the southwest, they discovered the Medusan System early.'''\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Nareth reflected, the aide continued:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"When the Fifteenth Legion reached the Sthenelus System, they found it a cold, lifeless tomb.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yet the system was littered with wreckage, derelict ships, silicate dust clouds, and shattered asteroids.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Student of Ratiocination spoke with speculation, his voice trembling slightly:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"In such circumstances, the Astartes of the Fifteenth would naturally assume this to be a void-battlefield of the Old Night.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Knowing them, curiosity for knowledge would drive them to search for data-slates and archives.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nareth nodded slightly. This matched his understanding of the Thousand Sons and Azhek Ahriman. The aide continued:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"When the fleet approached Sthenelus IV, they discovered an immense orbital construct, built during the Dark Age of Technology after stripping the planet's resources bare.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The massive orbital ring was badly damaged, with many fragments falling to the surface.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The Fifteenth faced a gauntlet of challenges: sudden ion storms, rogue space-mines, and a host of ancient yet still-lethal automated defense systems.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Student of Ratiocination spoke again, completing the report logically:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"My guess is that, despite losses, the Thousand Sons pressed on, drawn by the lure of hidden knowledge.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The aide pulled up data slate excerpts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Upon reaching low orbit, auger arrays pierced the dense atmosphere, filtering away its glare, and revealed a nearly lifeless world wracked by quakes and unstable geology.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Scans showed deep beneath its ice sheets and tundras, vast abandoned mining shafts reaching the planet's core. Its surface was torn with scars and impact craters.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Then the Fifteenth picked up a ghostly transmission, a signal of distorted Techno-arcana and Gothic-like speech. Its source was irregular, almost heartbeat-like, emanating from titanic petrified reactors beneath the crust.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Again, the Student of Ratiocination added:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Of course, the Astartes would not abandon their search. They dispatched an expeditionary team to the surface.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The aide reported further:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"To their astonishment, they found human survivors on the surface, enduring even after the cataclysm. They had formed into clans.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Through psychic communion with tribes like the Avini, the Astartes learned the locals called their world Medusa.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"They also learned of a figure in their myths, a demigod who walked among the clans, teaching them knowledge, guiding them to grow stronger.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This demigod did not rule them, but maintained their rivalry, while leading them to unearth relics and develop technology.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"He even slew a silver dragon known as Asimos.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this, Nareth knew beyond doubt: this \"demigod\" of Medusa IV was none other than Ferrus Manus.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Iron Hands' very name came from the moment Ferrus slew the silver wyrm, its molten metal fusing with his ruined arms to form his indomitable iron hands.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Originally, Ferrus Manus's return ceremony was held alongside Leman Russ's Wheel of Fire triumph.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Even with my interference, it will likely still be held together, but with the added presence of Hannibal and myself, victors of Wheel of Fire.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The aide pressed on:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"After Ahriman met the Medusan demigod, he concluded that this giant, Ferrus Manus, was indeed another primarch.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"They immediately reported this to you. What I've shared is the best reconstruction of their astropathic message.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The missing fragments, I supplied through reasoning.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nareth nodded, praising him:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"An excellent deduction.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the primarch's commendation, Arsena felt something inside him break; he was that much closer to truly becoming a Student of Ratiocination.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I believe the Emperor will be pleased by this news. Order the astropath to send both reports, the discovery of a new primarch on Medusa IV, and my slaying of the ork warlord.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The aide bowed. \"At once, my lord.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meanwhile, the Eleventh Legion continued purging the remaining greenskins on Wheel of Fire Prime.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ten star-days later, Nareth received word from his aide:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"My lord, the Emperor is pleased with your accomplishments.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"He summons you to the Sthenelus System, to accompany him in reclaiming the primarch.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>.....\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If you enjoy the story, my p@treon is 30 chapters ahead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[email protected]\u002FDaoistJinzu\u003C\u002Fp>",1195,"2026-06-06T05:05:10.769Z",1,"novelbin.me","ba382e2ca574c3080434afa2e1af04bb82ec5bba7b06e0a481818780cd176576","warhammer-the-11th-primarch-the-black-emperor-chapter-235","warhammer-the-11th-primarch-the-black-emperor-chapter-233",698,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fwarhammer-the-11th-primarch-the-black-emperor-cover.jpg"]