Editing Kardan Stronos

[[Image:Stronos.jpg|thumb|right|Strange as it seems, he's actually the most reasonable guy in the Chapter.]]
'''Kardan Stronos''' is an [[Iron Father]] of the [[Iron Hands]] and the closest thing they have to a [[Chapter Master]]. His role is closer to that of the US President or UK Prime Minster than a normal Chapter Master. He was appointed by the council to act as leader of the chapter to fight the Farsight Enclaves. After the campaign, he resigned, returning control of the chapter back to the council, only to be immediately reappointed to face the looming threat of Hive Fleet Leviathan, pissing off a few other Iron Fathers.

His early career was fairly inauspicious, fighting predominately against the Tau before he made the rank of Sargeant. He switched clans several times (apparently a not uncommon occurrence) before becoming a member of Clan Garsakk. It was during his first mission with the clan that things got...interesting. The clan was called on to pacify an uprising within the Medusa System. Stronos noticed some rather odd discrepancies between what they were being ordered to do and what the Mechanicus was trying to keep from them. After some unpleasant discoveries about just how divided the Iron Hands were (and almost being killed by arch mechano-dickhead Iron Father Kristos, Stronos was sent away to Mars to become an Iron Father himself. It was here that he learned to value non-augmented astartes, as well as broaden his already widening worldview (along with putting down another very similar uprising on Mars itself).

What little we know of him is that he's about 90% machine, just like the rest of his Chapter. However, the remaining 10% seems to include most of his brain as he's smart enough to realize the point of a group ruling is that they don't all have the same ideals, which isn't something you get with all Iron Fathers. As such, he's been adding other ranking members into the Clan Council over the years, and been encouraging more healthy ways to deal with their emotions than just repressing them. This also worries a lot of the Iron Fathers, as Stronos doesn't have a very good track record in mastering his own emotions. During one campaign he was challenged by a [[World Eaters]] champion of [[Khorne]] to single combat. Although calculating that the simplest way to defeat him was by [[Commissar|shooting him in the head]], in the end, he charged the Champion while [[Angry Marines|screaming at the top his lungs in a blind rage]] before decapitating him (which was stupid, the dishonorable do not deserve to be fought honorably - on the other hand, this will undeniably have morale boosting effects for his allies while also demoralizing the World Eaters because despite being insane, they are still subject to morale checks). May not be the most expedient method, but it [[gets shit done]]. He also has a massive boner for [[Razorback]]s, believing firepower is the only major tenet of combat, and wants to outfit the entire Chapter with them. He is also "nice" by Iron Hands standards, meaning he will feel sorry for [[Grimdark|shooting civilians to get to the enemy or leaving allies to die because it isn't cost-effective to save them.]]

While his penchant for dealing with Khornates is effective, the enemy of the [[Imperium of Man]] that Stronos hates more than any other are the [[Necron]]s, viewing the soulless automatons as abominations in the eyes of the [[Omnissiah]]. Which also makes him a whole lot smarter than some [[Techpriest]]s, who tend to start bowing down and worshiping the Necrons right as they're powering up the [[Gauss#Necrons|Gauss weapons]]. When expecting to face Necrons, he takes more forces than the Clan Council believes is necessary, not stopping until every Necron in sight is destroyed or teleported off the field.

He has an unofficial official crunch profile which reveals his full name: Kardan [[Chapter Master Smashfucker|Smashfucker]] Stronos. He also has an official crunch "profile", in Clan Raukaan's Echoes of War missions, wherein he's represented by "any Chapter Master model you have, with the Axe of Medusa". Dropping Smashfucker's traditional Hammer/Claw for a Medusa/pistol (because the Axe is thankfully not Specialist), we get a build that's statistically weaker than a Thunder Hammer but 30 points cheaper than a Hammer/Claw, and still hits at AP2.

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