Prime Ork

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Prime Orks is an Imperial designation given to hyper-evolved members of the Ork race.^[2]

The end result of a extremely large and successful Waaagh!, Prime Orks display increased intelligence, technological capacity, and psychic power as well as massive physical size. One Prime Ork is described as approaching the size of a hab-block and fully encased in advanced Power Armor. The Prime Ork identified as The Beast spoke clear and fluent Gothic, something which shocked even the Primarch Vulkan.^[1] The Adeptus Mechanicus theorized that Prime Orks were the final evolution of the Orkoid race, evolved by the species out of necessity when an Orkoid empire reached a certain size and power.^[3] The description of Prime-Orks resembles that of the Krork, the legendary ancestors of the Ork race.^[4]

Known Prime Orks

• The Six Prime Orks identified as lesser Beasts, each representing one of the Ork Clans.^[1]

See Also

• Brain Boyz

Sources

• 1: The Beast Must Die (Novel) Chapter 22
• 2: The Last Son of Dorn (Novel) Chapter 18
• 3: Watchers in Death (Novel) Chapter 1
• 4: Fabius Bile: Clonelord (Novel) Chapter 21