The Blessing of Iron
Iron Hands
Iron Hands stories retain their individual campaigns and dates. Varasine brings together the Guard’s resistance and the arrival of Kardan Stronos’s forces; proximity on this timeline does not make independent operations sequels to one battle.
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Short story / microfiction2012
The Blessing of Iron
Anthony Reynolds
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Iron HandsCalendar dates only where confirmed; other ordering is internal to each story.
date uncertain812.M41
Sorrlock: the earlier haemonculus attackBefore Cassius’s mission · Sorrlock’s mutilation and his brothers’ deaths · 1
Deadhenge: Sorrlock and Cassius’s mission against the ArchonAfter the earlier mutilation · the mission against the Archon · 1
The Iron Father: trials on Medusa and training on MarsMedusa → ten years of training on Mars; before the Helaj V purge · 1
Purge of the Helaj V hiveHelaj V · after the Iron Father’s formative years · 1
Jathrac’s hunt · Iron Hands remainsDuring the Tyranid hunt · discovery of remains · 1
The Mechanicus basilica · the demand to surrender the relicReconnaissance and negotiations → conflict over the Necron relic · 1
Thennos: the early Stronos and the mystery of the ordersStronos is still a sergeant; the first novel before The Voice of Mars, year unknown · 1
Varasine: the Tyranid defence and Stronos’s arrivalThe defence of Varasine → Iron Hands aid; year unknown · 1
Halitus IV: the aerial defence of the Mechanicus refineryAtraxii’s return → the expedition and Oblexus’s rescue; year unknown · 1
Dundas II: Morbus Metallum and the rescue operationPlague outbreak → distress signal → rescue operation; year unknown · 1
Cartographic ReserveDate not established · 2
Fabris Callivant and Mars: the technology search and struggle for influenceMid-M41 · approximate author dating; exact year unknown · 1
Purging of Contqual812.M41 · 1
The Mechanicus oath · the search for an ancient weaponThirteenth Black Crusade · after breaking off Medusa’s defence · 1
Kalliope: Xantine’s coupThe assault on Kalliope; Primaris era, exact year unknown · 1
Short story / microfictionUnmarkedDeadhengeJustin D HillBefore Cassius’s mission · Sorrlock’s mutilation and his brothers’ deaths◎date approximate
Short story / microfictionUnmarkedDeadhengeJustin D HillAfter the earlier mutilation · the mission against the Archon◎date approximate
Short story / microfictionUnmarkedFleshChris WraightMedusa → ten years of training on Mars; before the Helaj V purge◎date approximate
Short story / microfictionUnmarkedFleshChris WraightHelaj V · after the Iron Father’s formative yearsPlacement note
Short story / microfictionUnmarkedIron SoulPhil KellyDuring the Tyranid hunt · discovery of remainsPlacement note
NovelUnmarkedThe Eye of MedusaDavid GuymerStronos is still a sergeant; the first novel before The Voice of Mars, year unknowndate approximate
Original audio dramaUnmarkedThe Calculus of BattleDavid GuymerThe defence of Varasine → Iron Hands aid; year unknown◎date approximate
NovellaUnmarkedMedusan WingsMatt WestbrookAtraxii’s return → the expedition and Oblexus’s rescue; year unknowndate approximate
Short story / microfictionUnmarkedFaith in IronCameron JohnstonPlague outbreak → distress signal → rescue operation; year unknown◎date approximate
Short story / microfictionUnmarkedThe Memory of FleshMatthew FarrerEra and calendar date undeterminedPlacement note
Short story / microfiction2012
The Blessing of Iron
Anthony Reynolds
NovelUnmarkedThe Voice of MarsDavid GuymerMid-M41 · approximate author dating; exact year unknowndate approximate
NovelUnmarkedIron HandsJonathan GreenThirteenth Black Crusade · after breaking off Medusa’s defence↗Placement note
Short story / microfictionUnmarkedA More Perfect UnionRich McCormickThe assault on Kalliope; Primaris era, exact year unknown↗Placement note
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