Index Astartes: Death Wolves
Index Astartes: Death Wolves Cognomen: Death Wolves Founding: Ultima Founding Homeworld: Celestia Tertius-Sigma Fortress Monastery: The Vigilant (Jarlhalle) Origins The Death Wolves are one of a handful of known successor chapters of the Space Wolves established as part of the Ultima Founding on the direct orders of Lord Commander Roboute Guilliman, the Primarch of the Ultramarines. Unlike many of the other Ultima founding chapters however the Death Wolves were established around a core of veteran firstborn astartes absorbed into the chapter as it's founding cadre of officers and specialists, reinforced with several hundred Primaris marines from the Unnumbered Sons of Russ within the ranks of the Indomitus Crusade fleets. How this unusual circumstance came about is a long and troubled story. In 433.M41 the Great Company of Torstein Ironbrow fought a bitter campaign against a warband of Thousand Sons traitor marines. The fighting was fierce and led to the loss of many of the co