The Hearthguard Berzerkers are the elite bodyguards and most honoured warriors of the fyreslayers, duardin who bear more ur-gold runes than any save their runefathers. Chosen for their prowess and unshakeable devotion, these veterans guard the magmahold's sacred hearth and the runefather himself, forming an unbreakable wall of golden fury.
Hearthguard Berzerkers wield either broad-bladed fyresteel greataxes or the flame-belching poleaxes known as flamestrike poleaxes, weapons capable of scattering burning embers across whole ranks of the enemy. Their bodies bear so much ur-gold that they radiate an almost furnace-like heat, and the runes flare into blazing life when their charges are threatened.
Drawn from the ranks of the Vulkite Berzerkers who have proven themselves in countless battles, the Hearthguard represent the pinnacle of a fyreslayer's martial career short of becoming a runeson or runefather. They are the living embodiment of Grimnir's undying wrath, and where they stand, the line does not break. Their oaths bind them to defend their lodge's leaders unto death and beyond.