"Ograx was a savage. A daemonic half-breed. A barbarian disciple of the Blood God. Anything might happen."
- — Archaon considers Ograx's unpredictability
Ograx, also called "Ograx the Great," "Bestial Prince" and "Ograx of the Blood God," was a companion of Archaon during his quest to obtain the Six Treasures of Chaos. Originally a Beastfiend dedicated to Khorne, his travels with the future Everchosen would transform him and his death would assure Archaon command over the Slayer of Kings.
History[]
"Leaning forward under his monstrous burden, Prince Ograx roared his defiance, that of his daemonic father and that of his Bloody God."
- — Ograx, furious at Archaon's betrayal
Ograx was a chieftain of the wild tribes of Beastfiends living in the Southern Wastes. He led the Skullfest Warherd and proclaimed himself to be a child of Z'rughl Ka'kadron'ath the Brassbound, a Bloodthirster of Khorne.[1a]
Ograx was one of the many chieftains that challenged Archaon during his trek through the Southern Wastes of Chaos, but was defeated. Before Archaon could slay him, they were assaulted by a swarm of Furies that assaulted the wounded Ograx. Archaon dispatched the daemons and in return, Ograx pledged himself to the quest of the Everchosen.[1a]
Ograx lead the assault on the citadel of the Daemon Prince Agrammon, after the Daemon Prince's legions had attacked Archaon's armies for stealing his most prized possession, Dorghar, the Steed of the Apocalypse.[1b] Together with Archaon and his Swords of Chaos, he passed through the southern polar gate and entered the Realm of Chaos to reemerge in the Northern Wastes.[1c]
He followed Archaon to the Chimaera Plateau, where the dark templar searched for the Slayer of Kings. Ograx lifted the claw of Krakanrok the Black, father of the Dragon Ogres, and thus allowed Archaon to claim the sword. Archaon won the allegiance of the blade and the daemon contained within by slaying Ograx with it, allowing the sword to drink his princely blood.[2a]
Appearance[]
"He was big, even for one of the southern half-breeds. The light of the fires gleamed off the brazen surface of his shaggy legs and cloven hooves. They were living metal, like a sculpture that had achieved a life of its own. A belt of flayed flesh and fur scabbards sat on his hips, surrounding the nightmare creature in a nest of weaponry: flint-serrated swords of bone, pick axes of sabre teeth, scapula hatchets and short, broad blades of daemonic design. Ograx’s broad chest was a wall of red muscle, from which hung shrunken skulls, furs that danced in the wind and scraps of armour torn from his infernal victims. His face was a glowering mess of scars and bovine madness, amongst a princely crown of bifurcating hell-horn. As the two warriors of Chaos were thrust up at the sky, Ograx pulled a mighty axe from where it had hung across his mane-trailing back."
- — Ograx, the Half-Daemon
As a Beastfiend, Ograx was gifted by Khorne with legs and a lower body made out of living brass. Wearing clothes made out of flesh, the daemonic creature was bedecked in the weapons of those he had slain, as well as their skulls. His head was crowned by a princely crown of bifurcating hell-horn and his face a twisted mess of bovine features and scar-tissue. The eyes glowed in an infernal light. He was armed with a mighty axe, the blade fashioned from the beak of a tzeentchian daemon.[1a]
After passing through the Polar Gate, Ograx was transformed into what Archaon deemed a "manfiend". Many of his bestial features receded and were replaced with more human traits that could almost be described as handsome. While he still sported his crown of horns and brass gifts of Khorne, they were far more filigrane and engraved with chaotic runes.[1d]