Space Wolves
Allegiance
loyalist
Pre-Heresy Ranks
- Legionary such as Grey Slayer and Hunter
- Thegn as sergeant equivalent
- Huscarl as bodyguard
- Jarl as great company commander
- Wolf Lord
- Einherjar council
- Wolf Guard including Varagyr Terminators
- Rune Priest
- Wolf Priest
- Iron Priest
- Deathsworn and similar specialists.
Post-Heresy Ranks
- Blood Claw, Skyclaw, Swiftclaw
- Grey Hunter
- Long Fang
- Wolf Scout
- Wolf Guard (Pack Leader, Battle Leader)
- Wolf Lord as great company leader
- Great Wolf as chapter master
- Wolf Priest
- Rune Priest
- Iron Priest
- Lone Wolf
- venerable dreadnoughts.
Companies & Units
- Great Companies led by Jarls or Wolf Lords
- beneath them packs such as Blood Claw packs, Grey Hunter packs, Long Fang packs, Wolf Scout packs, Skyclaw and Swiftclaw packs plus the lone-wolf single warrior.
Homeworld(s)
Fenris in Segmentum Solar, an extremely hostile ice‑and‑fire Death World with scattered barbarian settlements and the mountain fortress of The Fang on the continent of Asaheim. The 13th Great Company (the Wulfen) has been lost in the Warp since the Heresy and has no homeworld of its own.
Combat Doctrine(s)
- Pack‑ and hunt‑based warfare centred on rapid landings, boarding assaults, close‑quarters battle and powerful counter‑attacks
- they favour short, brutal campaigns and punitive raids over long sieges. Heavy reliance on Rune Priests, Wolf Guard and heavily armed Grey Hunters.
Epochs & Role
In the Great Crusade feared as the ‘Emperor’s executioners’, notable in campaigns such as the Wheel of Fire. During the Heresy they destroy Prospero and hunt the Thousand Sons, losing the 13th Company in the Warp and missing the Siege of Terra. In the Scouring they fight further punitive wars and sponsor the short‑lived Wolf Brothers as a Second Founding successor. In M41/M42 they defend Fenris against Magnus, witness the return of the Wulfen, integrate Primaris Marines and see new Ultima successors such as the Wolfspear founded.
Successor Chapters / Warbands (Overview)
- 2nd Founding: Wolf Brothers (homeworld Kaeriol, later disbanded due to severe gene‑seed instability and Wulfen‑like mutations). 3rd Founding: no clearly named successors. Later Primaris‑heavy successors with strong Space Wolves cultural ties: Wolfspear, Icefangs, Mooneaters.