Moktar Vôrunsdóttir, the Hammer Held in Reserve

Moktar Vôrunsdóttir, the Hammer Held in Reserve

“If it breaks, it breaks on me.”

There are no saints among the Kin. Only those who carry more. In Vôrun-Hold, none carry more willingly than Moktar Vôrunsdóttir — the firstborn Einhyr of Hypnoth, the first to rise when others knelt, and the first to be reined in by choice.

But she was never forged for obedience.

🪓 Forged on the Fringe

Moktar was not born — she was built. The first Einhyr plate ever assembled in Vôrun-Hold was made for her, pieced together from salvaged Urani-Surtr Regulate patterns aboard the great vessel Örgvayr’s Echo, after the Kindreds fled the warp-storm Örgvayr.

She fought beside Thôrmun Vôrrek, now High Kâhl of the Hold, during the Core Exodus. She does not defer to him. She trusts him — and this, among the Kin, is a rarer alloy than loyalty.

She became the blunt-end commander of Vôrun’s Wall, the elite Einhyr Hearthguard charged with decisive battlefield intervention. Her hammer fell on Necron Crypteks, Drukhari flesh-sellers, Tyranid alpha-beasts, and even Roboute Guilliman himself, in an ill-fated Ultramarine skirmish that left the Primarch wounded and wary.

🛡 From Wall to Watcher

But everything changed after the failed extraction from Commorragh.

When Uthar the Destined called on Thôrmun to support the mission, Moktar led her warriors into hell expecting to break its gates.

Instead, they lost kin. The mission failed. The survivors were few. And for the first time, Moktar returned without a plan for the next engagement.

It was then that Thôrmun, without ceremony, removed her from command of Vôrun’s Wall. Not as punishment — but preparation.

She was not discarded. She was held back.

🔩 Conversations in the Quiet

Now, Moktar remains within the Hold’s core architecture, not idle, but listening.

She frequents the armory for repairs and mock-duels with Forge-Master Dravkarn, the sardonic overseer of the Thunderkyn. He speaks in iron metrics and veiled challenges. She returns with patience.

She walks the outer domes with Keln Veyd, the watchful and reclusive leader of the Hold’s Yaegir infiltration cadre. He voices distrust — in Uthar’s Hearthguard, in external politics, and in what silence may conceal. Moktar listens.

She does not agree. But she begins to understand.

🔥 Contingency by Design

Thôrmun believes in redundancy. He expects nothing of Moktar, but leaves everything open. The arrival of Uthar’s own Hearthguard has changed the calculus — not just for the battlefield, but for internal security, projection, and diplomacy.

Moktar now walks that ledger of tension.

She is not just a hammer. Not anymore.

“When the wall no longer holds, do not build it taller. Ask why it cracked.”
— Dravkarn, Forge-Master

“Trust is armor. And sometimes armor must be tested in shadow.”
— Keln Veyd, Yaegir Commander