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Description
Warhammer 40K fanart of an Astral Claws Mark V 'Castraferrum' Pattern Dreadnought equipped with a Close Combat Power Fist, Smoke Launcher, and Assault Cannon.

Character Biography:

Brother Orazio, also known by his epithet as "The Prideful Exterminator", was a Dreadnought of the Astral Claws Chapter during the events of the Badab War. Prior to his internment in a sarcophagus of a Castraferrum Dreadnought, Brother Orazio once served during the leadership of Rovik Blake as Chapter Master of the Astral Claws and was assigned as a member of the 3rd Company's command squad under the command of Captain Lufgt Huron. In numerous campaigns initiated by the Chapter, Orazio and his fellow battle brothers defeated numerous enemy forces several times their size and power thanks to Huron's strategic prowess and innovative tactics.

By the time the Orks began devastating raids into the Badab Sector, this caused Chapter Master Rovik Blake to lead the Astral Claws into pursuing the Orks back into the Maelstrom itself. Within the Maelstrom, Orazio fought against the Orks but as soon as Rovik Blake fell in single combat with the Ork Warboss Vorg Manburna, a defeat which forced the Astral Claws to retreat. Once Lufgt Huron was appointed as the new Chapter Master of the Astral Claws in 715.M41, and taking up the mantle as Planetary Governor of Badab Primaris by stylizing himself as the "Tyrant of Badab" after crushing a coup on the planet itself around 718.M41, Orazio would continue to serve the Chapter's 3rd Company following the formation of the "Tyrant's Legion", an Auxilia that was created through reorganization of the uneven and often isolationist native Planetary Defence Forces within the Maelstrom Zone.

Around 800.M41, the Astral Claws 3rd Company and a detachment of the Tyrant's Legion were deployed on the Industrial World of Kaantara IV where they were tasked to exterminate the Ork raiders from the system. In that battle, Orazio would be grievously wounded by an Ork Mob after he had slain numerous greenskins with ferocity and pride but his life was soon saved by the Apothecaries of the Astral Claws as they brought him onboard a Strike Cruiser and placed him into the sarcophagus of a Castraferrum Dreadnought.

Reborn as a Dreadnought, Brother Orazio would soon be called upon in the field of battle by Chapter Master Huron during the Astral Claws' dire situations. As the Badab War rages on, Orazio and elements of the Astral Claws' 3rd Company would be deployed on the Feral World of Shaprias where he battles against the Loyalist Astartes strike force comprising of the Salamanders and the Minotaurs Chapters. Despite the Secessionists' efforts in halting the advance of the Loyalists, Brother Orazio was destroyed in combat by lascannon fire from the Minotaurs' Land Raiders.

As depicted above, Brother Orazio was interred in a shell of a Mark V 'Castraferrum' Pattern Dreadnought and was seen equipped with an Assault Cannon and a Power Fist with Flamer attachment as well as Smoke launchers. The leonine imagery on the right leg armour of Orazio's Dreadnought shell symbolizes his deeds and stalwart loyalty to the Chapter for centuries.

Credits goes to:

- The original artists on Sketchfab for the Mark V 'Castraferrum' Dreadnought 3D model.
- Algrim Whitefang for the greyscale and weapon edits.

Warhammer 40K IP belongs to Games Workshop

Description
Warhammer 40K fanart of an Astral Claws Mark V 'Castraferrum' Pattern Dreadnought equipped with a Close Combat Power Fist, Smoke Launcher, and Assault Cannon.

Character Biography:

Brother Orazio, also known by his epithet as "The Prideful Exterminator", was a Dreadnought of the Astral Claws Chapter during the events of the Badab War. Prior to his internment in a sarcophagus of a Castraferrum Dreadnought, Brother Orazio once served during the leadership of Rovik Blake as Chapter Master of the Astral Claws and was assigned as a member of the 3rd Company's command squad under the command of Captain Lufgt Huron. In numerous campaigns initiated by the Chapter, Orazio and his fellow battle brothers defeated numerous enemy forces several times their size and power thanks to Huron's strategic prowess and innovative tactics.

By the time the Orks began devastating raids into the Badab Sector, this caused Chapter Master Rovik Blake to lead the Astral Claws into pursuing the Orks back into the Maelstrom itself. Within the Maelstrom, Orazio fought against the Orks but as soon as Rovik Blake fell in single combat with the Ork Warboss Vorg Manburna, a defeat which forced the Astral Claws to retreat. Once Lufgt Huron was appointed as the new Chapter Master of the Astral Claws in 715.M41, and taking up the mantle as Planetary Governor of Badab Primaris by stylizing himself as the "Tyrant of Badab" after crushing a coup on the planet itself around 718.M41, Orazio would continue to serve the Chapter's 3rd Company following the formation of the "Tyrant's Legion", an Auxilia that was created through reorganization of the uneven and often isolationist native Planetary Defence Forces within the Maelstrom Zone.

Around 800.M41, the Astral Claws 3rd Company and a detachment of the Tyrant's Legion were deployed on the Industrial World of Kaantara IV where they were tasked to exterminate the Ork raiders from the system. In that battle, Orazio would be grievously wounded by an Ork Mob after he had slain numerous greenskins with ferocity and pride but his life was soon saved by the Apothecaries of the Astral Claws as they brought him onboard a Strike Cruiser and placed him into the sarcophagus of a Castraferrum Dreadnought.

Reborn as a Dreadnought, Brother Orazio would soon be called upon in the field of battle by Chapter Master Huron during the Astral Claws' dire situations. As the Badab War rages on, Orazio and elements of the Astral Claws' 3rd Company would be deployed on the Feral World of Shaprias where he battles against the Loyalist Astartes strike force comprising of the Salamanders and the Minotaurs Chapters. Despite the Secessionists' efforts in halting the advance of the Loyalists, Brother Orazio was destroyed in combat by lascannon fire from the Minotaurs' Land Raiders.

As depicted above, Brother Orazio was interred in a shell of a Mark V 'Castraferrum' Pattern Dreadnought and was seen equipped with an Assault Cannon and a Power Fist with Flamer attachment as well as Smoke launchers. The leonine imagery on the right leg armour of Orazio's Dreadnought shell symbolizes his deeds and stalwart loyalty to the Chapter for centuries.

Credits goes to:

- The original artists on Sketchfab for the Mark V 'Castraferrum' Dreadnought 3D model.
- Algrim Whitefang for the greyscale and weapon edits.

Warhammer 40K IP belongs to Games Workshop