WARHAMMER 40K LORE: INDEX ASTARTES SPACE WOLVES

WARHAMMER 40K LORE: INDEX ASTARTES SPACE WOLVES
History of the Space Wolves, Fenris and Primarch Leman Russ
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[@davidnguyen467]

You know fenrir is a tough place when a tyranid invasion gets eaten by its inhabitants

[@calumdeighton]

There is only one jackal on Fenris. And he loves to laugh.

[@eyez274]

he Laugh and can't wait to murder other heretic astartes by plunging them all in the seas of Fenris.

[@GreatGreenGoo]

"All I heard was, Wolf wolf wolf wolf wolf wolf wolf wolf" - Emperor of Man

[@GreatGreenGoo]

I am pouring through all your videos like a mad man. Liking every single one of em because they are so damn good

[@ABorderPrince]

Cheers man

[@ramboapples6854]

This video is best listened to with a warm fire, a good meal, and a nice, cold beer. Bravo!

[@JackDittmann]

My reaction to seeing this notification: Fuck yeah! Space Corgis!

[@BackupSix76066]

Take a shot everytime he says wolf

[@bigchef290]

I tried that.........4 days latter, and 7 blocks away crawling home......Don't!!

[@B-Bigbawz]

Am fucken waaaaaasted

[@jaysonsamuel8368]

I thought the war master changed Russ orders to kill magnus

[@ABorderPrince]

Old lore dude imperial propaganda and myth lol

[@LemanoftheRuss]

Horus manipulated Russ, orders did not come from the emperor.

[@fenrirraja8999]

@@ABorderPrince When was it change?

[@daimonx3621]

‘You will be faster than they are, stronger, quicker to sense corruption and with full sanction to destroy it. You will be girded in the armour of gods and carry the blades of ruin. You will never age, never wither, never weary. And yet, in all of this, what remains your greatest gift? ‘Only this: while you are a brotherhood, you are unbreakable. While you form the shieldwall, guarding your pack-mates as if they were your own kin-blood, you cannot be resisted. Solely by treachery can this power be undone, as we have learned. We emerge from the lesson stronger, tempered by the knowledge of how low our species can sink. We now know what waits for us should we fail, and that is well, for it is better to know your enemy’s face than for it to remain hidden by shadow. ‘Never forget this. When night comes again, as it surely will, only your brotherhood will protect you. Preserve it, and you will endure.Let it fracture, let it fail, and I tell you truly: our time, humanity’s time, will be over.’ - The primarch Leman Russ Words recorded on Ialis III, c.170.M31 Incorporated into Liber Malan; source-data lost ‘The Wolves of Fenris? They will tire at the end. We will all tire at the end. What else is there, once war is eternal, but fatigue?’ - Attributed to the primarch Mortarion Quoted in Liber Infestus Date and source unknown "The VI Legion - known as the Space Wolves by those who had come to fear them and as the Dogs of the Emperor by those fallen into treachery - were, in truth, no masters of the void. Not like the Khan’s wild-riders, nor the Lion’s tactical magisters, nor, it had to be said, like the analytical cold-bloods of the XX Legion, who approached the matter of three-dimensional war as they did all else - with precision, forethought and subtlety. For the Warriors of the Rout, raised on a world of shifting ice floes, a ship was a tool, a means of staving off the fury of the slate-grey oceans for just long enough to find firm terrain underfoot. They engraved the heads of dragons into their ships’ prows and wound runes of warding into their long hulls, but they never loved them, not like they loved the axes that could be wielded with freedom on the scarce land. They had taken these ancient ways into the sea of stars with them, and their battleships and cruisers and frigates and gunships fulfilled the same purpose: to deliver them to the field of battle with all swiftness, from where their true strengths - the charge, the fury, the application of unfettered aggression - could be applied in the manner that sated their ever-ravening war-spirit. So if the tales be told rightly, the Wolves had never loved the abyss, and so their great warships had been furnished like the continent-firm halls of ancient kings, burning with braziers and acrid with the stench of hot iron. For the Rout, the deep dark was no place to conduct war, for in that place a warrior could not see his enemy. He could not gaze into his eyes as they locked blades, nor feel his fear, nor taste the blood of him on his lips. For such a killer, the vacuum was a mere after-image of Hel, a place without true valour, a lacuna in which nothing but intellect governed the prosecution of battle..."

[@dreadbringer]

Nice extracts cousin.

[@brotherhoodz97]

I see that Aborder prince is a chaos insurgent. Everyone knows that Horus changed the orders

[@cryptosingularity6245]

Your voicework is really good. Love your stuff.

[@ABorderPrince]

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[@cessanterationelegiscessat4322]

Yessssss, I was wait n for this one and my favorite legion....

[@seelenverkaufer4861]

Still thumbing through the old videos. Damn I love them. Again, thank you for your dedication to the lore brother.

[@Ulfhednir9]

Great video. But there is 1 issue. Prospero was in accurate. Russ did not hate nor want to destroy magnus nor his sons. Russ never communicated with the Emperor as stated in the novel the ashes of Prospero). The order was twised then passed to Russ by the Emperors then most trusted warmaster, Horus. On Russ's arrival he disobeyed his perceived orders and tried to reason with Magnus to avoid the assault on the planet. He tried multiple times abd with multiple means to contact Magnus but unbeknownst to Russ, magnus had blocked all communications. Thus Russ was given to choice but to begrudgingly launch the assault. He was also moarnful of the attack

[@ABorderPrince]

This is pre Horus heresy lore before they started writing the lore more. Look at it like propaganda and inaccurate imperial records

[@Ulfhednir9]

@@ABorderPrince ahhhhh oops my bad 😂. Again thanks for the great video :)

[@Thelordofalldarkness]

Favorite Legion / Chapter and my first army from 2nd ed. was a great vid.

[@betabenja]

36:01 "Great White Bears!"

[@sohrabroozbahani4700]

Legion wise I'm a white scars fan, but I'm working on a fan fiction 40k novel, one of my heroes is a Carcarodon void brother who has been red tithed from a space wolves recruiting planet near the eye of terror... he still remembers this and resents his fate... to some degree... he feels his chance to walk among his gods is stolen from him...

[@jacobduty28]

When the Corgis are allowed to be Vikings and not just slapping wolf on everything they're awesome.

[@13thcentury]

Space Wolves - what happens when the Emperor creates a primark following an epic Manowar binge.

[@ceejay310]

well, i think it would take quite a binge for him to create a cheap ass clothing store. The Word you are looking for is Primarch

[@13thcentury]

@@ceejay310 hahaha, I would blame autocorrect... but yep, a total cock up was made hahaha

[@theshadowman9148]

They did Magnus pretty greasy. The empire didn’t leave him a choice. That’s fuxed up.

[@ABorderPrince]

He did nothing wrong, except everything

[@mattwilson9937]

Also that description of Magnus at 21:00, wut!? lol

[@clockworkpanda8]

This also kinda skips that the original order was to go get magnus and bring him before the emperor but horus told russ the mission was instead to kill magnus. I feel thats one of the hugely important facts this video doesn't mention.

[@clockworkpanda8]

Also from what I understand the wolves almost got wiped out by the suns but another chapter saved them

[@clockworkpanda8]

Also the 13th company was found i believe.

[@seannyhan2254]

I prefer this version of the fall of Prospero. It's got the tragic quality of old Epics. The sanitized version in the novels reeks of 'Greedo shot first". Great video. Great. Great work. Haven't opened audible since I found your channel. Taking a break between Execution Hour and Shadow Point.

[@tonnehead777]

Great stuff as always ABP. Really enjoyed this one. Only slight error I'd mention is at 02:38 where you say the Primarchs are incubating on Luna prior to being scattered. The Primarch Project is completed beneath the Imperial Palace before Luna is conquered. Just seen the disclaimer at the end. Am a douche. Should not have doubted. ( I need a smaller mind ).

[@surtaandume_psykermystyk4010]

Lord Rho, I'm sure, was ferociously excited about this entry😄 I, myself was eager to set my teeth to this savory bit of lore, I can assure you!

[@weatherreport9227]

AWOOOOOOOOOOOOO Werewolves of London

[@42Mrgreenman]

I saw a primarch with two wolven by his side Walking through the drifts of fenris in the cold He was waiting for a period called the wolf time For to revel with his pack in hearth and home

[@unclesam1756]

My Vikang ancestors smile on this video. Well done, Prince.

[@ridethetiger9092]

We Wuz Vikangz!

[@jimbodini9512]

The Space Wolves were the very first legion/chapter of The Astartes i ever heard about.

[@nathanwells3865]

Coming back in light of the lions return! FOR THE EMPEROR!

[@johnnieschatz693]

Excellent job

[@dcbluenose1873]

There are no wolves on Fenris

[@ConfusedGuardsman]

THATS HERESY YA WOLFIN TRAITOR!

[@ABorderPrince]

So they say....I always though it was a mutation in the fenris population from the dark age to survive fenris that causes the problem

[@m0e87]

Wasn't all kind of life on Fenris brought there ages ago anyway? I thought one of the books heavily suggested that someone prepared Fenris as a proving ground thousands of years ago.

[@Dakooties]

There are no wolves on Fenris.

[@WASDLeftClick]

I never looked into this phrase until now and the implications are extremely heretical.

[@dreadbringer]

Deep.

[@JakerTheSnake]

The emperor was a fool in the end

[@curtisegill1550]

Why don't you have more followers?? You're voice is great, like boldamort, but you have been doing this longer lol. Plz keep doing this. Thanks.

[@theilluminator89]

If I was ever to start a new space marine army, it would 100% be the wolves. They're just so badass!

[@dreadbringer]

What about the emperors Children?, your own sons!

[@theilluminator89]

Already have them represented with my homebrew primaris chapter. The Phoenician Blades

[@dreadbringer]

@@theilluminator89 ah nice, whats you favorite Unit?

[@theilluminator89]

I'm really love Bladeguard Veterans right now. They put in so much work. Especially with an apothecary near them.

[@dreadbringer]

@@theilluminator89 nice choice, its like the primaris palatine guard though, im hating gravis right now being a Terminator lover.

[@rickconnolly5006]

Alright lads, let's not falter yeah?

[@Duke_of_Seshington]

no bother pal.

[@doomguy9049]

Falter? I hardly knew'er!

[@dreadbringer]

Time for some action.

[@bryantzarate4497]

I love the lore i play space wolves

[@kangkong6795]

*AWOOOOO INTENSIFIES*

[@rickconnolly5006]

Honk kong

[@dreadbringer]

Jajajajaja chain howls.

[@arkadiuszstanisaw5285]

The best chapter ever !!

[@captainanopheles4307]

Would Russ have beaten the Emperor if understuffed and sober?

[@hunterskidmore1672]

No

[@hunterskidmore1672]

No

[@InVinoVeratas]

22:50 it’s at moments like you really do see the humanity (probably the worst aspects of humanity) in both the Emperor and his Sons, because it was Russ to begin with, who instilled the belief that the traitor was Mangus, when in reality Magnus was trying to warn the Emperor... the Emperor concealed the fact we was working on some weird shield that involves no psychers to be present, which seems really dumb. Anyways, if the Emperor just confided in his sons his intentions and what he was doing, then there wouldn’t have been any reason for the Emperor to distrust his sons, and vice versa, also why was he being as covert about this? They weren’t facing any obvious threats at the time, correct? So why conceal anything from the leadership of his army? Doesn’t make any sense at all, and his actions afterwards didn’t make any sense, nor did punishing the Wordbearers for stating the Emperor was a god, and considering what happens afterwards, he is worshiped as a god, so the Emperor basically shot his empire in the foot, for no reason. I also hate that the space Marines were complicit in these genocides, no questions asked, they murdered innocent people for no reason.

[@mathiashansen9108]

I agree in the first half of that 100%. Punishing the Wordbearers was because He told Lorgar several times to STOP worshipping him as a god, raise shrines etc but Lorgar wouldn't listen. Big E knew religion was a stupid thing and a bad idea hence why he wanted to get rid of it for good. I think the reason space marines didn't ask questions back then was because they where conquering a whole galaxy and not protecting a few worlds like the modern 40k Marines do. They had their Primarchs which they fully trusted (most did ERHM Angron and Konrad) Divide and conqour was the plan. Let the Guardsmen take care of holding and keeping order of worlds.

[@orbitalbutt6757]

Questions were asked. Russ was very literally begging Magnus to speak with him over the comms. Magnus was too proud to answer him. He tried to get Magnus to answer him, to speak to him, to say a single word to him for twenty four hours straight before ordering the landing. Also, Russ was not the one who believed Magnus had gone fully traitor, he wasn't even on Terra when Magnus accidentally blew the webway portal project to hell. The Emperor told Russ to bring him to Earth for Questioning. Then Horus deliberately lied to him while they were en route to Prospero and unable to directly contact the Emperor, said that the Emperor had ordered Magnus' execution instead of capture, and then when Russ got suspicious and questioned him Horus pulled rank and went "I'm the Warmaster, how dare you question me, do your job or else." Russ asked more questions than many of his brother primarchs would have, despite them not being close, because Russ is fundamentally decent guy. Corax or Conrad would have just attacked after first leading a secret invasion/assassination campaign, and Mortarion hated psykers in general and Magnus in particular so much Horus would not have even had to have lied, he would have simply genocided Prospero without blinking. Angron would have done what Angron does, smash burn rip and tear. People think that Russ was just done unquestioning attack dog, but he canonically asked questions every single step of the way. Even during the battle, outside Magnus' palace, he was trying to get Magnus to just...talk to him, for the love of one brother to another, just talk to him. Magnus was just too damned depressed, and suicidal, and very very proud. If there's someone to blame, or someONES, it's the Emperor and Horus. Big E could have told Magnus about the Webway project since Magnus was going to be instrumental in it's opening stages, but he didn't. He could have made his order to bring Magnus back alive with minimal casualties ironclad, something that no Primarch at all could gainsay. There are a dozen things Big E could have done if he gave a shit about his children, but didn't. Russ was kept in the dark _and_ deceived. The burning of Prospero was a regret he likely carries still.

[@Leman.Russ.6thLegion]

AHHHHHH. MY BOYS!!!

[@floridaman3823]

I BLESS THIS! FLORIDA MAN!

[@ben8136]

First! Woop woop

[@calumdeighton]

bugger! I'm a wrencher.

[@shitsandgiggles9996]

FIRST FOR THE FIRST GOD! SALT FOR THE SALT THRONE!

[@ben8136]

Some says First to the throne, first to the dark... I say, first to the sword.. long live the Emperor

[@dreadbringer]

You make the Angels proud.

[@ABorderPrince]

You win

[@dominicbrady1539]

Arcg Warhsmmers Wulfen video has disappeared :(

[@botinface53]

For the Allfather and the Border Prince... 🛡🗡

[@mutehowl]

I thought he had a third eye like the navigator.

[@coreystockdale6287]

I tore out his heart why does no one remember that

[@yasser.r8350]

Finally.

[@thebard7983]

More

[@ABorderPrince]

Soon

[@allmanius]

Magnus has two eyes, his cyclopean eye (which has two pupils & is visible on his face) he uses to see into the materium (reality). The other eye, his minds eye (which is covered over by skin & isn’t visible on his face) he uses to see into his mind & the immaterium (warp), which is the main reasons why he is such a gifted & powerful psyker. It’s also one of the main reasons why Magnus has his unquenchable thirst for knowledge & power

[@emperorconstantine1.361]

What did Russ feel when he found out that he was lied to by Horus and the Emperor only wanted Magnus alive??

[@Colonel_Overkill]

There are no wolves on Fenris.....

[@konamanstudio2447]

🎄☃️🍻🍺☃️🎄

[@kennetheisenbraun5217]

Now imagine if they were based on actual historical vikings and not caricatures combined with the cult of ulric from fantasy.

[@michaelharris8111]

Just here to say that I'd enjoy the wolves more if they leaned less heavily on the wolf part and more on the Norse culture they have. It comes off as a childish fantasy, personally I feel

[@MrJCKING2121]

I think it was Luetin09 who put forward a reasonable explanation. The space wolves speak the language of their homeworld but have no real translation for many words, so they call everything wolf this and wolf that, out of respect to Russ. Or it's the fault of the imperial scholors/bureaucrats, who just couldn't be bothered to learn a whole new language, and just wrote everything down as wolf. While it may not fit the lore perfectly, I've made it head cannon.

[@michaelharris8111]

@@MrJCKING2121 I mean more the riding wolves, becoming wolves, priests wearing wolf skulls, wolf pack squad mentality, terminator wolf helmets Edit: I get the translation part. Same thing happens with the Salamanders where everything turns into dragon this or forge that. It's the theme I don't enjoy. They ride wolves like horses. Their main dude has a TT model where he's riding a SLED PULLED BY WOLVES like he's the witch from narnia like it's so silly it's hard to really take them serious as these super killers from space

[@ABorderPrince]

I hear you. never used to be as prevalent but people complain the other way when it wasn’t. It’s okay by me but it’s much more Viking than it used to be for sure

[@stormisuedonym4599]

@@michaelharris8111 I agree. I like the Viking and Ice Age-planet parts more than I do the Space Furry part.

[@Ty2188]

GW either needs to give us Space Danes again or just go full tilt and make the SW furry apologist so I can finally drop this franchise

[@whyuhatan]

Lol Known to abandon standard combat tactics in favor of rushing headlong at the enemy. I can see some imperial Commander going. Okay everyone we're going to come down the valley from these three points and annihilate the enemy in a classic pincher movement. ( Blood cuddling howling). Sir the space wolves are not responding to orders and are charging straight at the enemy! ( Heavy sigh) By the emperor not again!

[@seffthechef4236bo]

Algorithm comment

[@ABorderPrince]

Appreciated

[@ninocuric5290]

I honestly only like Lukas

[@dreadbringer]

The trickster?

[@ninocuric5290]

@@dreadbringer yup

[@ABorderPrince]

Yeah legit amazing character, another josh reynolds work 😭 Ragnar black and original novels pretty good tho

[@ninocuric5290]

@@ABorderPrince Ragnar is good but Lukas is brilliant , and read Brutal Kunnin mate you won't regret it it's a new Ork novel and it's awesome , Ork way of thinking is pure gold , stuff like "he could cont ; to five , after that he had problems but to five he was rock solid"

[@spacecowboy8663]

133

[@nathanback760]

Not really accurate, the only reason the wolves had any success of Prospero was due to the Sisters of Silence. The Thousand Suns were reeking havoc on the wolves until the sisters got involved

[@ABorderPrince]

this was the lore before they invented sisters of silence

[@nathanback760]

@@ABorderPrince this video is 10 months old but the Sisters have been in the lore for years. That part is inaccurate and it makes me wonder what else isn't accurate

[@ABorderPrince]

@@nathanback760 it’s a narration of the index astartes

[@clockworkpanda8]

This is ...less than accurate.

[@brya9681]

I fucking hate the Space Wolves almost as much as Im sick of Vikings in general.

[@Jozef-tr6fe]

back wir bin wir woq,mxlsoe

[@joabthejavelin5119]

There are no wolves on Fenris.

[@crippletime]

Algorithm comment

[@ABorderPrince]

Appreciated