Arjac Rockfist is clocking in at #29 on Black Library’s list of the top 30 Space Marines. Checkout the lore on the Anvil of Fenris himself!
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Here’s a look at #29 Arjac Rockfist himself via our friends at Lexicanum
Arjac Rockfist also known as The Man-Mountain, Grimnar’s Champion and Anvil of Fenris is a Wolf Guard of the Space Wolves Space Marines Chapter, and the personal champion of the Great Wolf Logan Grimnar himself .
He speaks little, but he is not a lackwit. He knows full well that he will always be a warrior and not a leader. He is modest and unassuming in person, though he cannot deny his rare gift for crushing the mightiest of foes.
History
Before he was inducted into the Space Wolves, Arjac was a blacksmith of the Bear Claw tribe, and was always renowned as a giant of a man, possessed of prodigious strength.
After joining the Wolves, he became an Iron Priest. He keenly misses his life at the furnace and hopes one day to return to his Iron Priest brethren. Yet to anyone who witnesses one of Arjac’s legendary rampages, it is obvious that his true calling lies on the battlefield, not the forge.
It was a particularly hot year on the Iron Isles when one of these rampages earned Arjac his place at Grimnar’s side. The shores were covered in algae, and around each volcano vegetation grew in surreal proportions – the signs of an imminent attack, but the Iron Priests were too absorbed in their work in the lava forges to notice.
So when a thousand kraken-spawn surged from the ocean, the Priests found themselves sorely outnumbered. The most senior of the Priests,Hengis Blackhand, was left no choice but to order the vaults sealed against the tide of the kraken, sealing hundreds of good men outside on the volcano slopes.
Arjac did not agree with his decision, but did not waste time trying to argue with his superior. He smashed his way out of the vaults with his hammer, opening an escape route for those trapped outside. All but a dozen escaped inside, choosing instead to stand with Arjac as the first wave of Kraken struck.
Arjac Rockfist model
Less than two hours later, reinforcements arrived from The Fang in a hundred Thunderhawk gunships – and saw, on the ground, a lone figure surrounded by kraken and the crackling blue arcs of a Thunder hammer in full swing.
When Logan Grimnar and his men reached the entrance to the vaults, Arjac’s body still plugged the entrance buried under a mountain of chitin and scythed limbs. Once dug out, Arjac was immediately given to the Wolf Priests who brought him back from the threshold of Morkai‘s realm. Greatly impressed, the Great Wolf made him his personal champion on the spot. Since that day, Arjac has earned his spot again a dozen times over.
Wargear
Arjac is armed with the Foehammer, a customized Thunder hammer with a built-in teleport device that allows Arjac to throw the weapon and have it return quickly to his hand.
In his other hand, he carries the Anvil Shield, a customized Storm Shield that is as potent a weapon as the Foehammer.
Quotations
| “As the mountain is Arjac, a snow-capped peak His rage overshadows the wounded bear. The Rockfist endures when all seems lost.”+++ from The Saga of Arjac Rockfist +++ |
About the Author: Rob Baer
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