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Wolves of Fenris, The Space Wolves Marine Chapter


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Temper your blades with honor


Fenris is a world of pain and hardship, swathed forever in freezing ice or unforgiving fire. It drifts in the far north-west of the galaxy, perilously close to the Eye of Terror, and yet its denizens remain pure. From space it is apparent that the vast majority of Fenris is overed in ice-cold water, and what little land mass there is floats as small islands of frozen earth and snow. Imperial scholars have wondered at the fact that, in the dark, long days of the Fenrisian winter, the oceans freeze over completely, swathing the planet in a hard, white skin.

One small continent is the only area of land that reamins stable throughout the years, the land of Asaheim, which sits atop the crest of the world. The plane oribts its sun in a prnounced ellipse; as a direct result, the climate on Fenris ranges from ice cold during the most part of the year to searing heat in the summer. Even at the time when Fenris reaches its pergee, the primary continent remains intact, although it is ravaged by blazing lava and rivers of magma. Teconic plates grind, montains are thrown up, and chasms rend deep gashes in the skin of the planet. Yet somehow, amongest the shifting ice floes and fierce tides the men of Fenris thrive.

As the constant ravages of a cruel and constantly changing climate harden its people, so too does it harden the native species. The prey , such as the herds of giant Fenrisan elk with their majestic and razor-sharp antlers, and the hulking mammoths that can crush a man's body to a pulp, are dangerous indeed. However, extensive observation has revealed the predators of Fenris to be among the most ferocious in the galaxy.

Ancient drakes and wyrms soar on the thermals above the shifting islands, thriving in the geothermally heated caves. Sea serpents and kraken haunt the deeps, terrifying tentacled leviathans that can grow thousands of yards in length. The respected Magos Biologis Anatole Leviticus has theorized that these "Kraken", one of which is said to have been caught by Russ himself, are remnants pf an unsuccessful Tyranid invasion from the past.

Great white bears, raging beasts that weigh as much as an ice shark are are almost invisible in a blizzard, can be found prowling the frozen tundra, fully capable of smashing apart the strongest building to feed on the unwary occupants. But most dangerous of all, a predatorso advanced that is is known thoughout the galaxy, is the Fenrisian wolf. These iron-furred monsters range from the mass of a small horse to that of an armored personnel carrier, and are possessed of a singular cunning. A brief series of studies proved that their jaws can leave impressions in plasteel. Perhaps the most terrifying thing about these beasts is that they live in packs and, when they are hunting, their prey has little hope of escape.

Given that many Space Wolves wear the pelts of these vicious creatures, having killed one such beast with their bare hands, the warriors of Fenris can be surmised to be mighty indeed. Born into a world of such omnipresent danger, only the toughest can thrive. Few worlds i the breadth of the galaxy hold any fear for the Space Wolves

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