When the Chapter was presented with new ranks of these superior warriors created from the genetic stock of their Primarch Leman Russ, there was much division amongst the Wolf Lords as to whether or not they should accept these warriors into the Great Companies, despite being severely understrength in the wake of many recent wars. Nowhere is it harder fought than in the Fenris System, called home by the Thousand Sons' eternal enemies -- the Space Wolves, warrior scions of the Primarch Leman Russ.
The secrets the Space Wolves had been charged to keep by their Allfather and their Wolf King they would keep to their grave, and beyond if needs be. The ignominy of this position tends to result in a brawl before long. It is often said that the best way to get a Space Wolf to do something is to tell him not to do it.
Logan Grimnar firmly believes that a battle can be carried by a few heroes in the right place at the right time. Throughout his service, the Space Wolf compiles his great saga, not in words, but in deeds. This ultimate gamble of not only life, but honour and legend is one that few Sons of Russ can resist. Homeworld Realising that VI Legion faced a hopeless situation, Russ was demoralised and isolated himself within his personal chambers, forcing his First Captain Gunnar Gunnhilt, aboard the battleship Ragnorok, to assume command in his Primarch's absence. "This is not over. This, combined with the sheer area which the craft sometimes had to cover, forced these wings to act as support for ground assaults rather than engaging in a policy of indiscriminate bombardment. He was anarchy incarnate. It was also the homeworld of the Space Wolves' Primarch Leman Russ. Every Space Wolf Astartes and every Space Wolf vehicle in this task force often displays a special badge on their armour which designates service within it. It was only a matter of time before word of his fame reached the ears of one who desperately sought news of His lost sons. You will be girded in the armour of gods and carry the blades of ruin. This lamentable confrontation came to be referred to as the "Night of the Wolf".
Many of these organs were designed to interact with natural body tissues as they developed, enhancing muscle growth, stimulating mental processes, and transforming the recipient into a superhuman warrior. The fortress world of Cadia falls to the Forces of Chaos. Hubris and arrogance rather than any deviancy or deep-seated malignity was its sin, but its people had defied the Imperium and they would be shown the error of their ways. In addition, each individual Legion had its own idiosyncrasies and character -- the product of their gene-seed and unique warrior culture. Magnus' body underwent an instantaneous dissolution, its entire structure unmade with a word, and Ahriman gasped as vast and depthless power surged into his body. The Aspirant begins his trial by drinking a strange, heady mixture from the Chapter relic known as the Cup of Wulfen. The second was that the Fenrisians themselves proved of extraordinarily resilient stock, a factor attributed to long-term human survival on Fenris in general, and that world's own many mysteries. They were suffused both with an aura of ritual and secrecy, unusual for a pre-heresy Legion, for as well as the continuation of the Legion's martial culture, the maintenance of its wargear and the preservation of its gene-seed, these "priests" also occupied the role of keepers of the Legion's occluded history and superstitions, and served as the wardens of its secrets. The Primarch's teaching and training went swiftly; it was only a matter of solar weeks before the Emperor judged Russ worthy of leading His armies in the Great Crusade across the galaxy. Every Adeptus Astartes Chapter is a cadre of heroes, and the Space Wolves even more so than most, so to earn a special place in the annals of his Chapter, a Space Wolf must perform truly epic deeds and face such foes as would give even the mightiest of figures pause. Even these badges bow to the Space Wolves' reputation for nonconformity, and hence lack of any formal system for determining the nature of the Great Company badges. It was the Wolf King himself who had ended Hastur's suffering.
The bombardment cannons of the Imperial fleet had already opened fire upon the planets under their gunsights. These assets and figures of legend are added to other Great Companies as and when the Great Wolf deems it necessary. The Sons of Russ make no excuse for their ways, however, and have come to blows and at times outright warfare with the Ecclessiarchy and others over their beliefs and way of life. Yet despite the vast cost in life, the Inquisition failed to prevent the escape of Armageddon's survivors. This period of time is known as a "Great Year" to the people of Fenris.
The act of turning a mortal man -- even one who has managed to thrive in the harsh environs of Fenris and therefore cannot be considered typical -- into one of that world's "Sky Warriors" is a long, arduous and incredibly perilous process. His blade lashed out blindly and struck a fateful blow against his foe's most dreaded weapon: his eye. At other times a Wolf Lord may have a fundamental disagreement with the current Great Wolf, and rather than continue in his service, will opt to take those warriors and vessels loyal to him and leave to fight the enemies of the Emperor in whatever way he chooses fit until his warriors' strength is expended. There shall come a time far from now when our Chapter itself is dying, even as I am now dying, and our foes shall gather to destroy us. Although the length and nature of any further trials an Aspirant must endure will differ, the final test is always the same. The Emperor's body had breathed its last breath after the Sirge of Terra, and His spirit achieved apotheosis and ascended into the Warp as the new God of Mankind after being interred within the Golden Throne. Located on the world of Pelius, the Temple of the Storm Wolves was once the resting place of the Fist of Russ, a legendary artefact of the Space Wolves Chapter said to have been wielded by Leman Russ himself. Once inside, he had stolen the form of the fortress' Vox Seneschal. Warhammer Community - Shadowspear Vanguard Units, Warhammer Community - Space Wolves Lore - Part 1: Back from the Brink, Warhammer Community - Space Wolves Lore - Part 2: To Slay a Beast, https://warhammer40k.fandom.com/wiki/Space_Wolves?oldid=371042. Unfortunately, Aghoru's link to the network had become corrupted by the warp and was ultimately sealed. The Space Wolves pointed out to their cousin Legion that the Avenians were an unrepentant and degenerate society who refused to accept the Imperial Truth. For the Space Wolves, no Astartes is considered a Neophyte, instead each new man has been accepted into their ranks as a full Initiate known as a Blood Claw. His deeds witnessed by a so-called "Chooser of the Slain," the young warrior awakens far from his tribe. Magnus' psychic intrusion into the Imperial Palace on Terra had disrupted the Emperor's secret Imperial Webway Project and killed thousands of workers, Adepts and Servitors. The Wulfen were remarkably hirsute, even by Space Wolves standards, and their canine teeth grew into large dagger-like fangs.
There are also Wolf Scouts, who are an oddity among the Adeptus Astartes. In others, a stylised heraldic symbol is used to honour both vehicle and crew. Humanity, it seemed, was doomed. Blue-Grey. Leman Russ confronts Angron, Primarch of the World Eaters during the Night of The Wolf.
The Primarch of the Space Wolves had landed upon the icy Death World of Fenris, his incubation pod plummeting down into the flank of a vast mountain. Space Wolves Primaris Aggressor in battle. The people of Fenris speak their own distinct dialect of Low Gothic called Juvjk which is very similar to the ancient Scandinavian languages of Terra and represents the culture of the world's original colonists. The assembled Space Wolves looked on in horror as their Primarch fell to his knees and called for his Wolf Guard and closest retainers to attend him, all save the youngest, Bjorn the Fell-Handed. In this loyalty the Legion was adamant and unshakable, and they cared little or nothing for the good opinion of any other, be they Primarch or provincial governor. Perhaps most impressive is the speed that the Space Wolf fleet can manage. For the next dozen standard years, the VI Legion continued as an active fleet command of the Great Crusade, its numbers steadily growing to recorded levels of nearly 5,000 at the Battle of Hyn'tal and then 7,000 active Astartes at the start of the Relovs Landing campaign. Fifteen of the largest and most powerful of these vessels are known as the Great Ships, one for each Great Company with 3 in reserve. The Chapter also has a standing policy of firing upon any Inquisition vessel entering the Fenris System without permission.
It has never been conquered, although the Thousand Sons Traitor Legion, the Space Wolves' most hated foes, did manage to briefly occupy the outer slopes of The Fang after luring the bulk of the Space Wolves' forces away during the First Battle for The Fang in the 32nd Millennium. At the end I will be there. Only when the situation almost devolved into another Imperial civil war did Leman Russ seemingly relent. It is slightly larger than the Pride of Fenris, which is the flagship of the Chapter fleet and personal vessel of the Great Wolf Logan Grimnar. And so it was that the great, sky-spanning starships of the Emperor travelled to the center of the sea of stars, settling on the icy world of Fenris scant years after Russ' ascension to the throne he had forged by uniting all the fractious and feral tribes of his world.