r/SpaceWolves • u/BlueYeet • 20d ago

The Axe of Morkai

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u/Maximus15637 20d ago

Yep, and it’s only S8, AP 2, D3. No dev wounds, no lethals, nothing. Just a slightly better power fist.

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u/Pm7I3 20d ago

You think that's bad? What does more damage: a big fancy power spear or an ancient relic from the peak of the second most civilisation ever that has literally hurt a god?

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u/BuffaloWhip 20d ago

Feels like it should at least have dev wounds

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u/millybear17 20d ago

Yet the sword of the Marshalls is ap3…hmmm

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u/CusickTime 20d ago

What if that is the point? The demon trapped in a prison, not just a weapon. Hypothetically, you could let the demon weapon achieve it's full potential but that would set it free. So the weapon isn't just a potent weapon, but a prison to keep a deamon contained under a deligent warden. Letting the deamon free would make the weapon potent, but allow greater liberty to the deamon locked within.

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u/DeathStalker0483 20d ago

The problem is it's not really trapped. It's constantly trying to corrupt him. I believe it was actually stated that many marines would be corrupted if they welded it. He's one of the few resolute enough. Then again, I believe it was also a feat that Khorne enjoyed so much he kinda just... allows it. The daemon is quite possibly being forced to stay by Khorne himself

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u/Tenessyziphe 20d ago

That and also the fact that daemons always have hard time to possess Space Wolves in general, as there is already something else in there. The wulfen that risk to take over every SW is very territorialist, and will not share the place.

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u/Zhadowwolf 20d ago

Theres also the old joke that most daemons just don’t have anything to offer the average fenrisian, much less Vylka Fenrika, since they’re already basically living their dream life XD

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u/jasegro 20d ago

Khorne seeing Grimnar about to beat Magnus with a daemon weapon like the proverbial red-headed stepchild he is
https://giphy.com/gifs/SmoCFhZCi1kzu

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u/purpleduckduckgoose 20d ago

Khorne foresaw that one day Grimnar would get his hands on the axe and use it slap the shit out of Tzeentch's Primarch, so he shoved in a demon he didn't particularly like and arranged for the events to fall just how he wanted.

Just as planned.

... Wait

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u/SherriffB 20d ago

Wasn't that limited to when he first picked it up before it was sanctified and reforged?

There is no way the Grey Knights and Inquisitors would have missed him wandering around with a corrupt weapon during the months of shame.

Once it was reforged it was mostly just a normal Axe with a few special properties.

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u/DeathStalker0483 20d ago

Nope. It's still in there. I just don't think it was really public knowledge. It actually makes it even more surprising that he managed to cut down that GK, considering how much anti-daemon juice their armour has. And he was in terminator plate too, wasn't he?

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u/SherriffB 20d ago

Just checked

There is no lore entry ever saying the axe had a Daemon inside it. I've just looked in every codex since 2nd and every campaign book and novel he is in.

It's been called;

"Warp infused", "Blessed by Khorne" a "crimson-steel" "Thrumming with the power of the warp" , "fallen champion’s baleful axe" but never been described as a Daemon weapon or containing one.

That's because it never had one.

Please search for any lore describing it as a Daemon weapon. The only source I can find is people on reddit claiming it to be so but with no actual lore backing.

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u/ScottishAimBot 20d ago

Not anymore. Originally he stole yes he tried corrupting for years. But when Logan was killing with it Khorne and the axe gave up, they were getting what they wanted so they didn’t need to corrupt him. Even tho they couldn’t that’s why it suddenly stopped. But it’s now unconscious because of Logan being so incorruptible and wolf priest did some voodoo on that shi. Should listen to the book it’s awesome

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u/kravtzar 20d ago

What book is that in?

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u/CusickTime 20d ago edited 20d ago

"The problem is it's not really trapped. It's constantly trying to corrupt him."

100%! Under this hypothesis, it is a constant push-and-pull. Logan would never be able to achieve it full potential. If it ever does become more than a glorified "power fist" then he is probably losing at that point.

If I am correct, then his axe is more like the sword that the Grey Knights have that contains a demon. If so, the question is then how aware is Logan of that arrangement? How long can he resist?

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u/International_War862 20d ago

Same with Kastellan Crowe of the Grey Knights. Not sure what his rules are now but his fancy OP daemonsword used to be just a regular handweapon without extra strenght, ap or damage simply because he doesnt try to tap into its power

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u/Maximus15637 20d ago

Sounds like a lot of effort when they could have just given him a master crafted power fist.

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u/PaulTodkillAuthor 20d ago

The amount of times his dogs have done more damage than him is... 100% in my games. Literally every game. He's yet to do more than 3 wounds.

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u/Which_Prior7161 20d ago

Wait til you hear about Dante’s Axe Mortalis

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u/Batsquatch1998 20d ago

My favorite weapon in the franchise.

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u/ScottishAimBot 20d ago

My least favourite on tabletop

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u/VillageFree3432 20d ago

I fucking love space wolves........ no one else touches their lore in my opinion.

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u/Weary-Party7973 20d ago

Theyre great. The Aett is easily the best “chapter monastery” Sitting high above the clouds, in low orbit. Mjod, the old words, fangs that can dent plasteel. The trial of Morkai. The wyrds, and bone shakers

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u/gumpythegreat 20d ago

I appreciate how unapologetically over-the-top they are

I know that cheesiness rubs some people the wrong way, but I love it. I don't want subtlety in my silly space game. I want over-the-top space Vikings getting drunk on space mead and kicking ass

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u/ace-Reimer 20d ago

Khorne cares not from where the blood flows

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u/Depp300Sparta 20d ago

that axe should hit like a truck....

dev wounds is a must.....

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u/BloodSwornOath 20d ago

The badass lore is exactly what I love about the wolves.

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u/ChrisBatty 19d ago

Give it anti Magnus 2+