Dawn's Wolves

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## Dawn's Wolves

Dawn's Wolves armorial with Chapter iconography.

A Dawn's Wolves Alpha

## Space Marine Chapter

### **Allies**

- Space Wolves
- Sons of Russ Chapters
(Official Collective)

### **Specialty**

Shock Assault, Search-and-Destroy, Pursuit Operations, Punitive & Excoriation Campaigns, Guerrilla Warfare, Close-Quarter Actions (Space Hulk Purgation, Boarding Operations, Line-Breaker Attacks, 'Forlorn Hope' Objective Assaults)

### **Battle cry**

*"ᛓᛁᚢᛆᚱᛁ ᚦᛁ ᚠᛆᚿᚴᛌ ᚭᚠ ᚦᛁ ᛁᚭᚢᚿᚴ ᛐᛆᛁ!"*
(Translated, "Beware the fangs of the young day!")

### Successor Chapter(s)

None

"*The Wolf strike not from the front as a rabid dog, but from behind, to cut the legs of his prey. Do not ever let others tell you that you aren't Sons of Russ when you act likewise!*"
— Iemnos Ironfang, First of the Dawn's Callers addressing the newly inducted Dusk Claws
The Aurorae Lupi, more commonly called **Dawn's Wolves** are rare successors of the venerable and feral Space Wolves Chapter, an oddity made possible by the creation of the Primaris Astartes. They have been created extremely recently, coming together as a Chapter only after the end of the Indomitus Crusade, from the ranks of the Unnumbered Sons. Since that time, the errant Chapter has made is best to defend the borders of the Imperium and bring the wrath of Leman Russ upon the enemies of Mankind. This origin explains why they are far less independent and more prone to cooperation with other Space Marines.

Over the course of the Indomitus Crusade, the Astartes who would end up forming the Dawn's Wolves Chapter proved themselves to be extremely competent in guerrilla warfare, hunting down fleeing enemies and all manner of close-quarter battles. Those tendencies haven't earned the Dawns much applause, but for the Brothers of this new Chapter, the death of their enemies and the pride of their packs more than compensate for a lack of glorious bloodshed.

## Founding

"*I still remember it, pup. I remember Leman Russ smiling when I departed for Mars. I remember the devastation of Terra at the hands of the Traitors before that. To awaken in a Galaxy without the former while the seconds ran rampant... is abhorrent, to say the least.*"
— Soros the Fist of Dawn, oldest of the Ancient Wolves
### Unnumbered Sons

Archmagos Dominus Belisarius Cawl had created hundreds of thousands of Primaris Space Marines beneath his forge on Mars during the 10,000 standard years he spent on the project at the direction of the Primarch Roboute Guilliman. When that massive undertaking finally came to fruition after the resurrection of Guilliman and his return to the position of Lord Commander of the Imperium in 999.M41, the Primarch directed Cawl to divide half of the newly-awoken Primaris Space Marines of the Ultima Founding into new Chapters of Adeptus Astartes. Each of these Chapters was composed of Primaris Astartes wholly descended from a single one of the nine original Loyalist gene-lines. The other half of the Primaris Astartes created by the Ultima Founding were divided up into nine armies the size of the massive Space Marine Legions of the Horus Heresy era. Unlike those Legions, however, these formations were created from a mixture of Primaris Astartes belonging to all nine of the Loyalist Primarchs' gene-lines. Each of these Primaris Astartes wore the livery of his progenitor Primarch, and each Unnumbered Sons Legion was further divided into Chapter-size units of 1,000 Primaris Marines. These units were further divided into companies and squads, each of which was a mixed formation.

Guilliman had ordered the Unnumbered Sons to fight as mixed gene-line units in the hope that the Primaris Astartes would learn how to deal with the differing temperaments and personalities of their brethren from the other Loyalist lineages in a way that had eluded their ancient predecessors. The Lord Commander believed this might prevent the eruption of inter-Chapter disputes that had so plagued the Adeptus Astartes even after the great betrayals of the Horus Heresy.

The Unnumbered Sons proved to be a potent force during the course of Guilliman's Indomitus Crusade to retake the Imperium of Man from the ascendant Forces of Chaos and the myriad xenos assaults that threatened to consume it. However, as the Crusade wore on into the second decade of the 42nd Millennium, their numbers began to dwindle, both as a result of battlefield attrition and because large numbers of the force were increasingly detached from other duties on the orders of Guilliman. Whenever the Crusade encountered embattled Chapters of standard Astartes, the Lord Commander ordered members of the Unnumbered Sons of the same gene-lines to become replacements for the depleted Chapter's losses. As such, members of the Unnumbered Sons who were scions of Guilliman himself could become new Aurora Chapter Primaris Marines, Doom Eagles Primaris Marines, or even replacement Battle-Brothers for the Ultramarines themselves. Primaris Space Marine scions of Rogal Dorn became new members of the Black Templars, the Imperial Fists, and so on for each original Loyalist Astartes lineage encountered as the Indomitus Crusade pushed outwards from Terra.

At other times, Guilliman simply created a whole new Chapter of Prime Space Marines from the Unnumbered Sons formations to meet a given need such as the defence of a strategically important Imperial world. However, these new Chapters were not mixed and composed of only a single Primarch's lineage like their standard counterparts.

During all this time, the would-be Dawn's Wolves remained a part of the Greyshields, fighting alongside all manners of Primaris. While, like all Sons of Russ among the Greyshields, they quickly formed squads along similar gene-seed, this long era left its imprint on the Dawns, who came to relish the closeness and versatility offered by the 9 lineages of Astartes among the Greyshields. To this day, the Dawn's Wolf favour campaigns alongside Brothers descended from other Primarchs over lone operations, even if they fight alone quite well when they have to.

### After Raukos

By the time of the Battle of Raukos which occurred at the end of the first decade of the Indomitus Crusade, only 20,000 Primaris Astartes remained within the depleted ranks of the Unnumbered Sons. The fight to defeat the Chaos forces emanating from the ancient Warp rift in Wilderness Space known as the Pit of Raukos proved to be the last campaign of the Unnumbered Sons, for at its successful conclusion, Guilliman brought the Indomitus Crusade to its end and disbanded the remaining Greyshield armies as he moved to intervene in the Plague Wars of Ultramar. Some were formed into new Primaris Space Marine Chapters such as the Knights Cerulean, the Praetors of Ultramar and the Wolfspear, which was tasked with defending the Pit of Raukos. The remaining Unnumbered Sons were dispersed to already established Space Marine Chapters, where they would take the lessons they had learned fighting alongside Astartes of different lineages into units descended only from their own Primarchs.

It was a terrible time for the Dawns, cut off from friends and sent out into the cold ocean of stars. Only the bonds of brotherhood forged in battle between those warriors who became the Reiks of the Chapter allowed them to take this event in stride. Forging a new heritage, from the Space Wolve's legacy and the very wisdom of Guilliman's commands during the Indomitus Crusade, the Dawn's Wolves are trying to become better than the sum of their part and to find a way to operate reliably in the service of the Imperium.

The Dawn's Wolves have recently petitioned the Dusk Howlers, Bloodied Hunters and Crimson Prowlers to join them in the "Sons of Russ", becoming the fourth member of this newly formed alliance between Chapters hailing from the genetic lineage of Leman Russ. As for the Great Kin-Pack Declaration, it changed them very little for their first Kindins, Rasmus Bluebear, was already of Fenrissian stock and had organized his Chapter in ways which pleased him and reminded him of the legends of the Sky Warriors of his homeworld.

## Notable Campaigns

### The First Hunt (012-24.M42)

Once created, the Dawn's Wolves decided to eschew the claiming of a world. They desired not to waste time consolidating defences on a world which would tie them down to it. Instead, they ventured immediately into the fray, attacking any and all opponents they could find as they made their way from the Pit of Raukos to the baleful Eye of Terror. The cold fury of those Sons of Russ descended on thousands of planets, asteroids and space stations, as they purged pirates, cultists and all manner of xenos. Only when meeting with the ferocious Bloodied Hunters, Dusk Howlers and Crimson Prowlers did the First Hunt end, for those three Chapters had grandiose dreams and had gathered the forces necessary to make them a reality.

### The Formation of the Great Pack (024.M42)

The discovery of those three Primaris Chapters who never were a part of the Unnumbered Sons was a time of trial for the Dawns. Their wild Brothers were at first dismissive of what they perceived as congenial restraint from the younger Chapter. Only when a Chaos fleet emerged from the Eye, and the Dawn's Wolves immediately rushed to confront it, did the other Sons of Russ change their opinion of them. Once their foes had been crushed, each Chapter making up for the blind spots in the other favoured tactics, the Bloodied Hunters, Dusk Howlers and Crimson Prowlers extended an offer to join the collective known as the Sons of Russ. The Dawn's Wolves eagerly accepted. The next six years were spent refining their alliance and learning how best to combine the tactics favoured by the Chapters in a well-oiled warmachine.

### The Hunt into the Dark (025.M42-Present Day)

The Dawn's Wolves quickly decided to venture deep into the darkness of the Imperium Nihilus. While it hurt them to leave behind their newfound kindred, they felt compelled to hunt deep into the immense portion of space where Imperial Rule was merely a distant memory in this age of madness. They roam mostly around the Eye of Terror, but from the other side of the Cicatrix Maledictum, still trying to carve out the realm the size of Ultramar which is the ultimate goal of the newfound alliance they carved with the Prowlers and Howlers, but they crusade in all of the Dark Imperium. Still, any and all call for help by any Chapter from the Sons of Russ will see the Dawn coming out of the looming void to answer it, no matter the odds, no matter the distance.

### The Silencing (028.M42)

The Dawn's Wolves discover the world of Namor, an Oceanic world ravaged by constant tempests, near the Eye of Terror. The local Planetary Governor had declared independence from the Imperium at the start of the Indomitus Crusade. Rasmus Bluebear decided to make an example out of him. The whole Chapter was deployed directly deep into the oceans, their superior battle-plate protecting the Primaris. There, all the Dawns' Reivers savagely assault the second line's outpost, sowing terror and confusion, allowing the Dusk Claws and Moonlight Hunters to assault the defences. Meanwhile, Rasmus led his own Greyshields against the Governor's Palace.

The Princeps Iudex and his best warriors storm the Duomo Capitalis, using their superior size and endurance to ignore the inferior and rather pathetic guards of the capital. In a matter of minutes, Rasmus and his warriors cornered the terrified and outwitted Governor, the Kindins slicing his throat before ensuring that all communications were silenced on the planet for weeks. Finally, when confusion and terror had brought the world to its knees, he announced that they were again a part of the Imperium and the Dawns departed. Less than three hundred enemies had been killed to bring this world back into the Imperial fold, which is a great matter of pride for the Primaris.

### The Young Wolves and the Old Lions (030.M42)

The Dawn's Wolf Chapter encounter a lone Strike Cruiser belonging to an ancient force of Astartes known as the Seekers of Penitence. Greetings are exchanged and for a time, it seems that the chance meeting will end in friendship. However, the thinly veiled disdain from the Sons of the Lions becomes quite visible when the matter of the Space Wolves and their descendants wage war. Tensions roared when Wolf Lord Blaze Ironclaw threaten to beat the Seventh Master Kadoc. The matter is settled in a duel, where, to the surprise of the Primaris, the old Astartes manages to best his younger opponent. The Seekers of Penitence depart soon after, as do the Dawn's Wolves, but Blaze swore bitterly to avenge his honour in the future.

### Fall of a Wolf Lord (032-033.M42)

The Seventh Great Company, led by Kubrat Stoyanova, had left the rest of the Chapter's fleet for six years when the taciturn Lupus Dominus received a distress call from the world of Yundae. Seeking to purge the Imperium Nihilus from all foes, Stoyanova eagerly answered it, mobilizing his soldiers, mostly comprised of Reivers and Vanguard Infiltrators, all Dawn Fangs veterans from the Indomitus Crusade, certain that the seventy Brothers who were the core of his forces would allow him to break his prey and then slaughter the survivors. His few Aggressors, Suppressors and Inceptors would only draw blood if they face truly worthy opponents.

Alas for the Dawn's Wolves, they had been baited into a carefully laid trap by the infamous Betrayed Chaos Warband, which had grown stronger in the madness of the Dark Imperium. The Dawns fought valiantly, but the Heretic Astartes were several times more numerous than them and bolstered by demons, rebels and traitors of the Astra Militarum and dozens of planets they had plundered, managed to kill twenty-four of their oldest and deadliest warriors, and the Wolf Lord himself. Forced to flee, the Seventh Great Company made a retreat, vowing to one day avenge their losses, which were less than the Traitors expected.

Electing Kang Hyunggu as their leader -sometimes wrongly named Hyunggu Kang by other imperial forces- the Company is still licking its wounds, and has shifted slightly from the use of the Reivers and other Vanguard formations, Kang ordered that Intercessors, Hellblasters and Aggressors' numbers be bolstered. While he still relishes the use of the Dawn's Fangs usual formations, he knows that it'll be a long time before the younger Brothers in his Company may grow old and wise enough to take their place, and he fully intends to be back to full strength long before.

## Chapter Organization

"*Some would like to see us abandon the legacy of Russ to fully embrace the Codex Astartes. Others wish to see us reject the teachings of Guilliman altogether to rely only on the lore of the Pack. Only by combining the two parts of our heritage can we become greater than their sum.*"
—Excerpt from Personal Meditation about the Trained Wolf by Rasmus Bluebear
### The Great Companies

The Dawn's Wolf organization is extremely reminiscent of the original sons of Russ, the Space Wolves, with small differences. Their forces are divided into twelves Great Companies - two new ones have been formed after Logan Grimnar sent over three hundred warriors from Fenris to ensure that even the "soft" Dawn Wolves would follow the lore of the Pack, all but the last two possessing their own Strike Cruiser to call home, where their forges, barracks and feasts halls can be found. The XIth and XIIth Great Companies are now known as the "the Aettspear" and "the Aettshield", resting at all times in the *Fenrisian Dawn*, ensuring that the Chapter's Battle Barge is always defended by three Great Companies since it serves as the base of the Ist Great Company also.

Each Great Company pride itself in its ability to wage war on its own when the need arises, therefore its members are comprised of all kind of Primaris Squad formations. However, all Great Companies boast an extremely high number of Reivers Primaris, the elite of their warriors called the Dawn Fangs, at least 25 in each Company. This make them extremely predominent, as each Great Company only boast 80 warriors save only the Great Company of the Kindins which can muster 120 battle-Brothers, bringing the Chapter's strength to the Codex-imposed limit of 1000. Rumours abound about disrespect of this rule, however the Dawn's Wolves vehemently deny them and are more than happy to prove that they can merge the rules of Guilliman and the legacy of Russ in their organization.

While every kind of Primaris squad can be found, the second most common warriors after the Reivers are all part of the different Vanguard configurations. Combined with the Reivers, more than half of each Great Company's manpower is comprised of such shadowy warriors, who pride themselves in their ability to disappear into the night to strike at targets who believed themselves safe, away from the jaws of the hungry scions of Russ, who would be Infiltrators and Incursors in Codex-compliant Chapters. It is not uncommon for Dawns to boast about their ability in this domain when fighting alongside the other Chapters of the Sons of Russ. Only the Wolfspears, they say, can outperform them in those fields, and only if they get too complacent.

Those Dawn Fangs are in fact the core of each Great Company, and while each Wolf Lord will make his forces evolve according to his whims and favoured method of battle, the discreet approach promoted by the Dawn Fangs is pervasive and most of the other units are used to ensure that those silent killers may reach their intended target quickly, slay it and return hiding in the shadow to strike again. For this reason, the Great Companies rarely boast a great number of Aggressors, except among some rare Moonlight Hunters who favour firepower over mobility.

### Officer Ranks

While they have served for a long time under the command of Roboute Guilliman, the Dawn's Wolf do not make use of distinctive ranks found in the *Codex Astartes*, and in some cases combine the roles of several officers in *Codex* Chapters into a unique rank. However, those ranks have still to take true hold in the Chapter, for they are still new.

* **Princeps Iudex/High Judge**- High Judge in Low Gothic and the equivalent of a standard Chapter Master, the Kindins is the leader of the whole Dawn's Wolf Chapter. He resides in *Fenrisian Dawn*, the massive Battle-Barge which serves at the fortress-monastery for the Chapter. A High Judge is elected by the Wolf Lords from their ranks when the previous holder of this title dies in battle or is rendered unable to retain this office.
* **Lupi Dominus/Wolf Lords** - Those are the leaders of the Great Companies, roughly equivalent to Captains in *Codex* Chapter. While those of other Sons of Russ Chapters may possess a great deal of autonomy when it comes to the choice of their interventions in wars, Reiks from the Dawn's Wolves are far more subservient to the will of the Iudex, since the Great Companies rarely leave the Dawn's Crusade-Fleet to operate on their own. However, when they are granted permission to embark on separate operations, the High Judge allow them absolute autonomy, in the limits of what is allowed to a servant of the All-Father and the Two Primarchs.
* **Grey Champions** - Those warriors are the seconds in command of their Wolf Lord, selected from his retinue of Greyshields, and more often than not they are his putative heirs, should the Dominus fall in battle. The Grey Champion's missions are those of a common Space Marine Lieutenant, to lead half his Great Company in battle when the need to spread the forces of the Chapter arises, but also to ensure that all the recruits of the Chapter, even the stubbornest of warriors from Fenris learn to behave as a proper Dawn Wolf should.

### Specialist Ranks

* **Aurora Vocantor/Dawn Callers** - Those powerful warriors clad in black combine the roles of Apothecary and Chaplains among the Dawn's Wolves. Tasked with the preservation of the Chapter's gene-seed and its faith, they are an absolute necessity for the Dawn's Wolves' continued survival. Tending to the needs of their Brothers, both spirituals and physicals, they are a part of the Kindins's own Great Company and dispatched to the other Great Companies when the need arises.
* **Cantores Fabularum/Singers of Legends** - The Cantores are the Librarians of the Dawn's Wolves. Contrary to the other Sons of Russ Chapter, the Dawns do not exhibit mistrust of psykers. Therefore, there isn't among the Dawns what they call the "hypocrisy" of using psykers by pretending that they aren't able to use the energies of the Warp. However, the runic knowledge that can be found among tribal shamans recruited into the Chapter has been preserved, leading to a strange blend of basic runic manipulation combined with the common training of Librarians. They are also responsible for the important task of examining the minds of all Aspirants of the Chapter for any sign of Chaotic taint or treachery, an especially important role considering the way the Chapter recruits its aspirants.
* **Magister Ferrum/Iron Masters** - The Iron Masters are the Techmarines of the Dawn's Wolves. Sent to Mars to learn how to tend to the weapons, armours and vehicles used by the Chapter, Considering the needs of the constant Crusade undertaken by the Dawns, they have also to ensure that the vast fleet remains self-sufficient and able to repair and resupply itself as much as possible. They also stand guard over certain troves of weaponry and schematic patterns gifted to them by the Iron Priests of Fenris and uniquely developed by these ancient artificers. Unlike the Iron Priests of Fenris, who are attached to the Great Wolf's Company and re-assigned to other fighting forces on a situational basis, a retinue of three Iron Masters is detached at all times to each Great Company, save the Ist, XIth and XIIth, who share the largest groups in Fenrisian Dawn. Iron Masters also have a place in the transformation and initiation of new recruits by calibrating their armours to their needs.
* **Lupi Antiqui/Ancient Wolves** - The Dreadnoughts of the Dawn's Wolves are generally ancient and wise warriors, who spend a great deal of time in dreamless sleep deep into the bowel of *Fenrisian Dawn*. These were the first Terran and Fenrisian Aspirants out of the initial candidates who were inducted into the Primaris Project and eventually became the first Primaris Space Marines. Many of them can still recall a time when Russ walked amongst men and of his powerful presence when they first boarded the transports that ferried them to the flesh labs beneath the surface of Mars. These venerable brothers are only awakened from their deep slumber in times of great need. The pain of their mortal wounding often drives them to bitter carnage when awoke for too long. They are roused from their slumber only the Chapter requires the utter annihilation of the enemy, for these war engines of destruction are never subtle weapons. Furthermore, because of the way the Dawn's Wolves conduct warfare, the number of those venerable is lesser than among the more openly belligerent Sons of Russ.

### Line Ranks

* **Alpha** - The equivalent of a Space Marine sergeant. They lead the packs of the Chapter into battle.

### Wolf Packs

Like their Space Wolves forefathers, the warriors of the Dawn's Wolves are formed together into Packs when they formally join the Great Companies. Most of those Packs will endure for centuries, their members learning to use their keen senses and instincts in a cohesive way, which grants them greater efficiency and versatility on the battlefield. Contrary to most scions of Russ, the bonds of the Pack tend to weaken when a Moonlight Hunter grows in age, to become a simple brotherhood, as in other Chapters. Some Dawn Fangs lose even more of their connection to the Pack and become Lost Wolves, bereft of Pack or companionship, longing only for a glorious death in battle. While some among the Space Wolves grumble at the strange names given to the Pack Formations among the Dawn Wolves, those are close enough that none could mistake them for the organization of another lineage of Astartes.

#### Vespera Sanguinis/Dusk Bloods

When inducted into the Chapter, the young recruits become Dusk Bloods; all of whom have joined the Dawn's Wolves after the formation of the Chapter itself. Those young warriors take upon themselves the role of close-quarter specialists, equivalent to the Assault Squads of the *Codex Astartes*, Inceptors Primaris or, to a better analogy, the Blood Claws of the Space Wolves. Those Dawn's Wolves are full of fury and exuberant pride, full of themselves and their abilities and always eager to demonstrate them. Like all of their Brothers, they do not share the exuberant behaviour of their Fenrisian cousins, however, they demonstrate a dry humour which belies their furious assaults.

The most reckless and headstrong among them are gathered into the equivalent of Inceptors squads, where their feeling of invulnerability and their innate pack behaviour, combined with the battle doctrines of the Dawn's Wolves, make them excellent assets. The hit-and-run assaults of those flying Vespera Sanguinis are renowned indeed among the Sons of Russ for their savagery and effectiveness. Others use Land Speeders and Assault Bikes to harass their enemies in a never-ending wave of assaults.

Those among them who are considered both skilled and able to better control their impulses than their young Brothers, usually those who will soon transition into MoonHunters, take it upon themselves to assure the duties of Vanguard Suppressors. While, like most of the Chapters hailing from the Gene-Seed of Leman Russ, usually find the idea of using jump-pack distasteful, the Dawn's Wolves have fought alongside Brothers from other Fathers for so long that using them is far more accepted than among other scions of Fenris.

#### Lunam Venatores/Moon Hunters

It is almost impossible to determine what makes one leave the Dusk Claws to join the Venatores, for the Chapter is still too young for age alone to play a part in such a transition. What is certain however is that those determined warriors still feel the call of the Pack, even if the older they grow, the weaker it becomes. Instead of being specialized in melee, the Moon Hunters are the more versatile elements of the Dawn's Wolves Great Companies. They can be tasked with the equivalent roles of Intercessors, Heavy or not, Hellblasters or even Aggressors Primaris Squad. Their superlative skills with their weapons are made even better by the havoc caused by their younger Brothers, which often offer them the prey of choice.

Whole campaigns of successful guerrilla have been orchestrated by Lunam Venatores on the field, while the leaders of the Chapter devised vectors to reach the most important targets quickly and easily, for those warriors have fully absorbed the favoured battle tactics of their Chapter. This ability to operate by themselves often confounds the enemies of the Dawns, for even if a Moon Hunter was to be captured, he couldn't jeopardize the whole campaign.

So far, all the Moon Hunters served in the Indomitus Crusade, for the Chapter is too young to have already recruited and hardened himself aspirants from the rank of Dusk Bloods to the role of Moonlight Hunters, but they are counted among the youngest recruits of this period.

#### Aurora Morsu/Dawn Fangs

The Dawn Fangs are the members at the core of the Dawn's Wolf Chapter, all part of the very first wave of inductees into the Primaris Project, thousands of years ago. They are what most Dawns aspire to become: silent and deadly hunters, renowned for their patience and superlative skill when it comes to infiltrating an enemy's lines. In that regard, the Dawn Fangs are among the best Reivers and Vanguard troops a Chapter may posses. They are the very heart of each Great Companies, the keeper of their traditions and the wise mentors who teach young Dusk Claws how to canalize their fury in the service of the All-Father and the Two Primarchs. Their primal savagery has let its place to a cold, calculated craving for their foe's heads.

As they grow older, Dawn's Wolves tend to feel less and less tied by the bonds of their packs, as primal urges mount. While brotherhood remains strong, for battle forged bonds may never be discarded, the almost tribal links between sons of Leman Russ weaken, letting in its place a craving for the lone hunt in wild and untamed lands. This makes those veterans perfect to operate during long times deep behind enemy lines. Some Dawn Fangs have been separated from their Chapter for one year or more during especially difficult campaigns and have returned after destabilizing the command structure of the Xenos, Rebels and Traitors alike. Those cold but surprisingly jovial - with their peers - Astartes are often quite loved by their younger brethren and their Lords, for they make great storytellers of a saga and are always of good advice.

Dawn Fangs also perform the duties of the normal Vanguard Primaris, except the Suppressors. While their old Brothers forming the Reiver-packs love to strike fear into their foes, the Fangs who have taken it upon themselves to eliminate their enemies from away, as Eliminators, and to silent and confuse him as Infiltrators pride themselves in the near complete silence in which they can scramble communications and execute vital targets. In truth, there exists some modicum of rivalry between the Vanguard and Reiver packs, but those seasoned warriors are more than able to prevent it from affecting their prowess on the battlefield.

As of the present day, all of the Dawn Fangs are the veterans of the Indomitus Crusade, the oldest of the warriors of the Chapter and those around whom gathered the five hundred Astartes they were when unleashed as their own separate force, after Raukos.

#### Lost Wolves

To be utterly alone, cut off from the reassuring brotherhood offered by a pack is a traumatizing experience for most Dawns, except perhaps for the oldest of the Dawns Fang, who have transcended the needs to operate in such close-knit units. But for all the other members of the Chapter, to be the lone survivor of his pack without the personal glory to enter the ranks of the Greyshields is a terrible shame, almost unbearable. The only way those warriors can endure it is by pursuing a path of almost certain death.

Those Lost Wolves stalk the battlefields alone, seeking out the deadlier foes, be they warlords or great monsters. Should they fail to kill them, they are reunited with their beloved pack-mates, putting a fitting end to their common saga. Should they succeed in acquiring renown and fame in spade, they may become Greyshields, earn the right to belong to a new pack and fight alongside the Wolf Lords leading the Great Companies. Death or glory is the sole destiny open to a Lost Wolf. But, in the end, so are they for all who serve the All-Father.

#### Greyshields

To be a Greyshield is to be counted among the finest warriors that the Dawn's Wolves Chapter has to offer. Those superlative Primaris serve as bodyguards for the Wolf Lords and the High Judge of the Dawns, having earned the right to wear the better armours and weapons that the Chapter possesses. The Greyshields have earned special rights, such as sitting at the table of their Lord during the feasts and painting their arms in the same grey as the Space Wolf Legion of old, which was the livery worn by the Unnumbered Sons hailing from the gene-seed of Leman Russ.

In fact, the very name of this very order, the Greyshields, is a remnant of the Indomitus Crusade, when the would-be Dawn's Wolves were only individual Greyshields, fighting anonymously alongside tens of thousands of their Brothers, born from different Primarchs. Therefore, to be admitted into this most revered of order, a Dawn must demonstrate courage and skill beyond anything that can be expected from a Primaris Astartes. Among the Greyshields, young Dusk Bloods and gnarled Dawn Fangs fight shoulder to shoulder, protecting their Lord on the battlefield and earning great renown in the process.

However, the Greyshields aren't simply bodyguards, they are expected to take the lead of their Great Company should the need arise, and each Wolf Lord is elected by his peers in this order when the previous Lord die in battle. While it isn't a role used too often by the Chapter, since the Great Companies rarely hunt away from each other, detachments have been led by those superlative warriors, often tasked with crucial missions, where even the leaders of the Dawn Fangs cannot be trusted to operate without supervision.

#### Great Beasts Cavalry

A most secretive branch of the Greyshields, the Great Beasts Cavalry is the utmost line-breaker formation used by the Dawn's Wolves. Those warriors enter the fray of battle mounted on massive creatures, be they Tolovian Dragon, Hulvian Megatorus or Storm Bears from Belut IV. Those massive creatures are kept in massive biomes inside the better-protected ships of the Dawn's Wolves fleet. Those creatures are all able to endure the weight of a fully-armoured Primaris and still charge into the enemy to crush it and tear it limb from limb. Even those herbivores used by some Greyshields are so massive that only the hardiest of tanks can endure one's direct charge.

To tame those beasts is a true test of strength, both physical and mental. A Greyshield must enter the biomes where the monsters are kept and force one to submit to his will, often by managing to stay on its back during long days. Even for a Primaris, such tasks are extremely dangerous and more than one Greyshield has lost his life in the attempt. The Great Beast Cavalry is kept a secret from friends and foes alike, except among the Sons of Russ, both because the Dawns do not wish to lock horns with the Administratum nor do they wish for their enemies to learn about such formidable assault troops.

## Recruitment

"*I still remember when the Dawn's Caller came for me. I was but a slave on a traitorous world, but he saw in me potential. I live today to realize it, in the name of the Twin Primarchs and the All-Father above. So will you.*"
— Ayur Redmane to newly selected Aspirants
The question of recruitment has always been of paramount importance for the Adeptus Astartes, and doubly so for the Space Wolves, whose gene-seed is notoriously difficult to implant in human aspirants, even one born on Fenris. While the experiments of Belisarius Cawl have considerably eased this process, the Dawn's Wolves still face difficulties in replenishing their ranks. For the greater part of a century, those Primaris who would found the Chapter had no reason to take the replacement of their battle-brothers into their own hands. As members of the Greyshields, they were reinforced periodically by new Primaris and used to fight alongside brothers born of other Primarchs.

All this changed when they were made into a Chapter, after the Battle of Raukos. The newly formed Dawn's Wolves had to find a way to get new Brothers, but they eschewed the right to claim a homeworld. Used to crusading among the stars, the Dawn's Wolves do not want to be tied down by a world to protect, favouring instead to travel around the Galaxy to help -even if the surrounding of the Eye of Terror is where they are most commonly found in great number, as members of the "Sons of Russ" alliance. Faced with those difficulties, the Dawns have chosen to simply claim potential recruits from the worlds they fight on. To avoid the formation of clannish bonds between members born in the same world, the recruits are immediately dispatched between the Grand Companies so their recruitment process may begin properly.

The screening process for those recruits is excruciating, even for the Astartes, for the Dawn's Wolves seek to ensure that their future Brothers will be pure of mind and bodies, and their devotion must be ascertained with absolute certitude for they are often sons of the very enemies the Chapter has been sent to hunt down. None are older than 10 Terran years when recruited and they are tested for two years before receiving the right to drink the Canis Helix. Out of ten potential aspirants, only four make it out to claim this right. Even then, trials are not over and it usually takes three more years before the Dawns are satisfied with their recruits and make them into full-blown Primaris. And even those have been battle tested, as pilots of the Chapter's many vehicles. Discretion and the ability to hide in any environment are traits highly praised by the Chapter, which believes that the Blood of Russ will, in any case, give them the needed ferocity and aggression which is a tell-tale of this lineage, even among the calmer and more diplomatic Dawn's Wolves.

While such a process would be unsuited to most other Chapters, used to great battles and numerous loss of lives, the Dawn's Wolves way allows them to wage war without such a great cost on their numbers. Therefore, their Great Companies never lack recruits to return to full strength. It has, however, had the unforeseen consequence of cutting off the Dawn's Wolves of the ancient culture of the Space Wolves and Fenris. Instead of using one homeworld's language to unify the Chapter, they have forged the Russpeak out of hundreds of languages to communicate between themselves, quite like the ancient XIIth' Legion, even if they are unaware of it entirely.

Only time will tell if the Dawn's Wolves will cling to this method of recruitment, or if they will have to resort to other means, such as the creation of small fortresses on certain worlds they liberate or even petition Terra to obtain a world to call their own.

## Chapter Beliefs

The descendants of Leman Russ usually crave to claim a great tally of kills, and hunt down mighty warlords and fell terrible monsters, and the Dawn's Wolves share those traits, albeit in a more subdued way. Instead of drunken boasts and great celebrations, the Dawns embrace a more personal commemoration, ceremonial scaring or the inscription of runes on their weapons and armours. Furthermore, it is said among the Sons of Russ that the Dawn's Wolves are all touched by the Great Lone Wolf, Lokyar, for the older they get, the less they feel the calls of the pack and the more they turn to the pleasure of the silent and lonely hunt of a very specific prey, joining the ranks of the Dawn Fangs.

This tendency has only been reinforced in the time spent as Greyshields during the Indomitus Crusade when the future Dawn's Wolves followed the tenets of the Guilliman's organization. The way they were used during this era also left a lasting impact on the glory the Dawn's Wolves crave. Where others seek a great number of kills during a given battle, the Dawns seek to kill as few as possible, but with each death at their hands being of great significance. The Aurora Morsu Alexey Twin-Blades once proclaimed proudly that during a ten day-long battle, he had only four confirmed kill to call his own, the enemy's commanders. For the Dawns, there is no glory in reaping masses of sacrificial pawns, but to take done one foe and make a whole planet crumble because of it is glorious indeed.

Therefore the sagas of The Dawn's Wolves tend to share the same basic stories of a young Dusk Blood cleaving untold masses of enemies, becoming a hardened Lunam Venator selecting carefully which units must be destroyed to win a battle, and finally ascending to the rank of Dawn Fangs where each of their kills is the result of a carefully orchestrated hunt meant to end the war they are in. Those veritable drives now etched in the Chapter's consciousness explain why guerrilla warfare has become the most glorious way for the Dawns to wage full-scale battles. Each small engagement becomes a minuscule part of a planetary-wide hunt to kill one or two leading enemies and destroy all resistance this way.

In the course of those hunts, there is nothing which can stop a Dawn's Wolves, for they then exhibit the single-mindedness and determination of their Primarch. Their more savage and obscure part becomes the drive of the Dawns, giving them the edge over their prey. They are few, indeed, those who can boast truly of being able to avoid the jaws of Russ's wolves when they have been sent on their trail.

When it comes to worship, the All-Father, while greatly respected, remains a secondary figure compared to the Two Primarchs, Leman Russ and Roboute Guilliman. In perhaps one of the strangest Chapter's Cult currently existing among the Astartes, the Dawn's Wolves show equal devotion to their genetic Father, who has granted them strength, senses and instincts far above those of normal Astartes, and Guilliman, who has allowed for the creation of the Primaris and offered them the wisdom to tame and control their instinctual behaviour to better cooperate with Chapters from all origin.

Contrary to other heirs of Leman Russ, the Dawn's Wolves do not possess an innate link to one species of hounds or wolves. Instead, the Chapter possesses vast starships containing various biomes, where great predators may be found and somewhat tamed by the servant beast handlers of the Chapter, and then deployed among the Great Companies. Those predators are held in high esteem by the Dawns for the help they grant into battle, especially those most massive, able to support the weight of a Primaris in full armour during long periods of battles.

## Chapter Gene-Seed

The gene-seed of Leman Russ, colloquially called the Blood of Russ in the Chapter, has been notoriously unstable for ten thousand years and it had prevented any Space Wolf Successor Chapter to be created since the disbandment of the Wolf Brothers. However, thanks to Belisarius Cawl's work, the gene-seed of the Dawns has allegedly been expunged from the more volatile elements which mutated it beyond repair. While some canine traits still manifest (such as the growth of elongated canines or eyes turning golden), the Curse of the Wulfen has apparently been lifted.

Those changes haven't taken the strength of Leman's Canis Helix, for the Brothers of the Dawn's Wolves possess senses heightened far beyond the usual for a Space Marine, even a Primaris, and great strength which makes them deadly in close combat. Their almost supernatural nose makes them superb hunters and once they have taken the smell of their prey, they can hunt them down for weeks on end. For most of the Dawns, their strength, acute senses and controlled ferocity are the hallmarks of the greatest hunters the Galaxy has ever seen, and their ferocity, when roused, has nothing to be ashamed of when compared to the more militant Chapters of the VIth Legion's lineage.

#### The Curse of the Wulfen

Unlike many of the Chapters from the lineage of Russ, the Dawn's Wolves feel no fear regarding the Wulfen Curse. For those warriors, it is but a glorious part of the heritage of Leman Russ, an absolute proof of their Father's blood flowing in their veins. In that regard, while they do not seek to reinforce the presence of this genetic defect in their ranks, they have no qualms about fighting alongside the most quarrelsome of their members afflicted by it. In fact, surprisingly enough, this attitude seems to allow them greater control over the Curse than other Sons of Russ. Many of the afflicted battle-brothers are able to keep their fury in check, only unleashing it in a short but exceedingly violent outburst at their foes, before bottling it again without great trouble. Many among the Chapter and their Brothers from other worlds point out that such behaviour is akin to the tactics of the Reivers themselves and they wonder if the acceptance of that darkness in the Dawn's Wolves' hearts will be a blessing or a curse.

## Chapter Battle Doctrine

"*I do not know of a greater joy than to slice the throat of an arrogant fool and see his little rebellion die with him. One death to avoid millions, what a glory it is to claim that kill!*"
— Blagovest Nightson, oldest Dawn Fang of the Dawn's Wolves
Wolves never attack their prey head-on. At its core, the Dawn's Wolves' way of warfare may be summed up by this one sentence. While they are as capable as any Astartes to do open battles, the Dawns tend to favour operations of guerrilla, where their superior skills, endurance and heightened senses offer them a crushing superiority against most of their foes. Manoeuvrability, more than simple mobility, is paramount for the Chapter, for its Battle-Brothers need to be able to navigate dense jungles, stormy tundra or maze-like Hive Cities without being hindered by the terrain or climate.

When they engage enemy troops, the Dawns are particularly careful to concentrate their attack against the most valuable target in sight, such as a super-heavy tank, an enemy commander or a unit of elite troops. That is not to say that they don't strike at the lesser targets at the same time, for the Vespera Sanguinis are more often than not tasked with such carnage. A typical Dawn's Wolf assault last between 30 minutes and one hour, depending on the resistance they encounter. The ultimate objective of their campaign is to exhaust and demoralize the troops, eroding their confidence in their commanders. Once the guerrilla has gone long enough, Dawn Fangs will always have opportunities to strike and kill the leaders, usually in the most violent fashion possible to finish the morale of their prey.

The Dawn's Wolves campaigns are particularly difficult for their enemies to fight off because it is the standard procedure to see the whole Chapter join in the same wars. The arrival of hundreds of Primaris alone may break the resolve of secessionists and tyrants, and if need be, those sheer numbers ensure that few in the Milky Way may pose a threat to the Dawns. Since the Great Kin-Pack Declaration and the arrival of reinforcement from Fenris, it has become even truer, as the Chapter swelled in size. It is customary for the Chapter to let 3 Great Companies in reserve near the Eye of Terror when they are called far from it by the visions of their Cantor Fabularum or some distress call, to ensure that their fellow Sons of Russ won't ever have to wage war without their help.

The Dawn's Wolves' way of warfare is especially effective when combined with other forces from the Astartes, be they normal Space Marines or Primaris. Furthermore, the determination of the Dawns is heightened by the presence of Brothers born from other Primarchs, for they then remember their glory days as Greyshields during the Indomitus Crusade. Still, they loath to engage in protracted fighting, for it sullies the pleasure of the hunt and led to unnecessary losses in their eyes. It makes them a somewhat frustrating ally to operate with for many a more traditional Chapter, but it is said that the few Chapters of Raven Guard's descent who fought alongside them actually appreciate such a behaviour, allowing both forces to strike with utmost power at the weak points of their opponent.

### The Russpeak

Hailing from a thousand worlds, as the Dawns are proud to boast, they rarely, if ever, speak the same native language. And while they are all made fluent in High Gothic and a great number of Low Gothic dialects, the lords of the Chapter have always been wary of being spied upon by their enemies. Using a language impossible to decypher for outsiders was a necessity for Rasmus Bluebear since his awakening on Mars the Red. It was him who devised the need for the Russpeak, a koine evolving into its very own language quickly. Each battle-brother selected a word from his native language, which was then incorportated into an ever growing list, forming an implausible amalgamation of hundreds of tongues, without ryhmes or reasons according to those outside the Chapter.

However, it is extremely easy for the Dawns to comprehend and they have even recently started to use the Russpeak to consign their battle-records and history. Even their serfs and mortal crews have started to learn it, adding ever more words and dialects to it. The Russpseak require even mortal to endure psycho-conditionning of a sort to master, for only a Primarch could be able to naturally speak it fluently, hence its name. As a mark of honor for the Fenrisian legacy of the Sons of Russ, written down Russpeak use Fenrisian runes, with supplementary diacritic markings.

### Discretion at all times

Despite their love - some harsh tongues among other Chapters born from Russ' legacy say over-reliance - on the use of Phobos armour, the Dawn's Wolves are heavily trained to master discretion at all times, with various sets of armours. In fact, Grey Champions, Lupi Dominus and the Iudex himself all possess at least two sets of armour, one Phobos and the other either Tacticus of Gravis, which they don depending on the necessities of the campaign. Even their troops in Gravis armour are expected to be able to infiltrate or, at the very least, not too obvious in their approach. This particular approach may seem strange to some outside the Chapter but for the Dawn's Wolves, it is a matter of allowing all the components of their forces to fight together, surprising opponents who expected to fight the Dawn Fangs, only to fall on ferocious Moon Hunters in Gravis armour awaiting them, destroying them with heavy weapons and impenetrable protections.

### Unleashed Wolves

The Unleashed Wolves tactic is unique among the Dawn's Wolves, for it is seen as an absolute last resort, necessary to win the day, no matter the cost. When faced with great peril, when retreating to charge again is not enough to win them the day, the leaders of the Chapter, be they Wolf Lords, Dawn Callers or even a simple Grey Champion, let out a powerful howl, charged with wrath and an echo of the unrelenting fury of Leman Russ. The psycho-indoctrination of the Dawn's Wolves then allows them to hurl themselves at their foes, hacking and slashing until they die or theirs prey are fallen. Such a tactic is always extremely costly and almost never used, but it remains a weapon in its arsenal the Chapter is not eager to let go. In fact, it is this very behaviour which earned them the right to be proclaimed true Sons of Russ by the Space Wolves, when the reinforcement fleet led by Thür Nighthowler finally found them, ten years or so after the Battle of Raukos.

## Notable Dawn's Wolves

### Iemnos Ironfang

Iemnos is the second oldest Dawn's Wolf not entombed into an Ancient Wolf and the First of the Dawn's Callers. It has been his duty for years to nurture the gene-seed of his beloved Chapter, even when he served among the Unnumbered Sons, select new aspirants from the population of subjugated or defended worlds and teach them the wisdom of the Dawns. Despite this daunting task, Iemnos remains one of the most sympathetic Primaris in existence, always willing to extend a helping hand to the civilians he may encounter in the course of his duties. Perhaps for this reason, he is also the face of the Chapter when the Dawns have to interact with non-Astartes or undiplomatic Chapters.

In battle, however, the First of the Dawn's Callers is a deadly foe, whose wrath is almost unmatched. His Crozius Arcanum has claimed thousands of lives, and while it has not earned him great glory nor renown among his kin, his vibrant prayers in the midst of battle and his deliberate choice to shun his own glorious potential to nurture those of others have granted him immense respect from the Dawns. One can hardly do better than to insult the Ironfang if he wished to earn the ire of the Dawn's Wolves.

### Rasmus Bluebear

Rasmus is the first Princeps Iudex of the Dawn's Wolves, and the transition from the Greyshields to their own Chapter, a daunting task, has left its mark on him. This great tactician, who went from simple line soldier to leader of one hundred of the Unnumbered Sons during the course of the Indomitus Crusade, has always been lacking in pure strategic knowledge, a weakness he knows full well but has never managed to fully overcome. Still, the Bluebear is a formidable opponent, able to pounce at the weaknesses of any battle line, while allowing his best elements to go deep behind the battlefront undetected to strike at their enemy's commanders.

Rasmus eschews the use of a Phobos armour, instead using a Mark X with jump pack reinforced by runes of silence and protection. Wielding in battle a master-crafted stalker pattern bolt rifle and a mighty power sword, named *Leman's Fang*, forged on Mars by the greatest weapons crafter of the Imperium, he is as deadly as any of the masters of the Sons of Russ. With this weapon, Rasmus has fallen many a warlord or Chaotic slave, both during and after the Indomitus Crusade. As the Imperium still wrestles to contain the horrors of Chaos spilling from the Great Rift and the devastation endured by the Dark Imperium, Rasmus leads his Brothers to bring back a new dawn for the Imperium and Mankind.

### Soros the Fist of Dawn

Soros is one of the oldest Primaris in existence, for he has been a part of the very first wave of recruits sent to this great project thousands of years ago. When he awoke at the very end of M41, he devoted himself to Guilliman and his Indomitus Crusade and quickly proved himself an able commander, able to lead with ease the equivalent of a Space Marine Chapter. Soros earned his nickname because of his predilection to lead an assault against enemy positions at dawn and his massive golden power fist. He took Rasmus Bluebear under his wing and intended to groom him to be a worthy successor. However, Soros was gravely wounded during one of the last battle of fought by Fleet Octus and was entombed into a Dreadnought. Soros however wished to join the newly founded Dawn's Wolf Chapter.

As the oldest among the Ancient Wolves, he is the living memory of his Chapter and a source of advice for all who wish to listen. However, his time in the Dreadnought has made him bitter and sometimes confused, for he refuses to be put into stasis while the Dark Rift still scars the Imperium. Even in this state, he remains a formidable presence, able to inspire and lead his Brothers in the thick of battle. His suffering may have eroded his great mind, but his fist is stronger than ever. Woe to those who stand before the Fist of Dawn, for they will not live to see another day.

### Blagovest Nightson, The Son of Night

The Son of the Night is the older Dawn's Wolf if only one year older than the Fist of Dawn. Blagovest was recruited on Terra, unlike much of the Chapter's original recruits, and he can still remember the time of the Great Scouring and the ruins left in the wake of Horus' assault on Holy Terra. This hardened veteran is only a Dawn Fang for he has always refused promotion to the rank of veterans and then Greyshields. He favoured his duty as a Reiver and the solitude it affords him. Indeed, even the brotherhood of the Primaris is at times too smothering for him to endure, and he then stalks the vast corridors of his Chapter's fleet for months.

Despite a grim, cold and aggressive personality, the Nightson is always ready to teach "young cubs" how to be a proper Dawn's Wolf. Serving in the Grand Company of Ayur Redmane, he is seen with awe by the newly inducted Dusk Claws and his stories are held in high esteem by all. Blagovest Nightson is, by himself, the very reason Redmane's Company is the most adept at ambush and sudden brutal assaults, which sow terror in the hearts of the Dawn's Wolves enemies.

### Ayur Redmane, the Young Prince

Ayur Redmane, the Young Prince, the Burning Wolf, the Fang of Dawn... since he joined the Indomitus Crusade as it entered it's final two years, this young Primaris has skyrocketed through the ranks. A genius fighter, Ayur hasn't found his equal yet. With his power axe, his dagger and his combat shield, he has specialized solely in melee, to the detriment of firepower to engage his prey. While he is an impetuous warrior, he has also demonstrated great patience when needed and is able to mount extremely effective terror tactics. However, his temper still gets the best of him when taunted by an enemy.

Ayur craving for glory comes from a feeling of tardiness. One of the last to join the Primaris program, he was also awakened quite late in the Indomitus Crusade and he constantly feel the need to prove himself. Why Guilliman saw fit to join him in the ranks of the Dawn's Wolves is unknown, even if Soros suspects that the Chapter Master hoped that the old leaders would cool his head. So far, it hasn't been totally the case, even if Rasmus, Soros and Blagovest have been able to impart some sorely needed control to the Burning Wolf.

### M'toku Kanté

Kanté is a young but talented warrior from the Dawn's Wolves who joined the Deathwatch in 17.M42. He was added to the forces of the Chapter after the creation of the Chapter. He is living proof that the Dawn's Wolves are extremely open to the origins of their recruits. As most of his Brothers recruited after the end of the Indomitus Crusade, he hasn't been selected from one Savage World but a Hive World. Among a Chapter mostly comprised of white-skinned warriors, his black skin and long braids make him quite remarkable.

He joined the Chamber Militant of the Ordo Xenos as a Dusk Blood, where he is used to acting as an Assault Intercessor in a more conventional Chapter and he is still craving the glory of close-quarter combat. Wielding his power-axe and bolt pistol, his Mark X "Tacticus" Power Armor clad in the skins of great-scaled monsters and the pelts of ferocious bear-like creatures, his massive size, even for a Primaris, make him a frightening sight to behold. But his amenable nature, and the pleasure he takes to fight alongside Brothers from all kinds of lineage -common among the Dawn's Wolves- are helping him carve a place for himself in the Deathwatch.

Repainting his armour in black turned out to be a shock for a young Primaris who is still full of the reverence that joining the supreme transhumans of the Imperium may grant to a youngling, but he managed to surmount those initial moments of tension. As a young pup, demonstrating no calling for command, and quite content to act as a Primaris of rank, he is often teamed with more experienced squad mates, who will impart to him their wisdom.

### Kang Hyunggu

Hyunggu Stormgaze, He who Endures, the Wrathful. Even while he has only very recently become the Wolf Lord of the Seventh Great Company, he has earned quite a lot of fame. one of the oldest Dawn's Wolves, he was part of the very first generation of Primaris, and many among his peers in the Greyshields of the late Lupus Dominus Stoyanova joked that it was all due to a mistake that he had earned the gene-seed of Russ, having been destined to receive the Khan's legacy. Even during his time among the Unnemered Sons, many were surprised by his Primarch, but Hyunggu feels great pride in being a Son of Russ.

Particularly ferocious and bloodthirsty, with a volatile temperament, many believed that he would have been better suited for a more bellicose Chapter hailing from the lineage of Leman Russ, but debts of honour and battle contracted to Kubrat Stoyanova meant that he joined the Dawn's Wolves as a Greyshield and quickly Greyshield Alpha, serving as the second in command for his Wolf Lord. Ever since he took command of the Great Company, his bellicose behaviour has seen the numbers of Reivers and Vanguard Primaris decrease, as he is focusing on ways to brutally crush his foes, a behaviour serenely approved by Rasmus Bluebear, for all knows that when Kang's wrath will have cooled, and his Brothers wizened, they too will feel the call of the Lone Wolf.

## Chapter Livery

The Dawn's Wolves armours are the very symbol of mixed heritage. They are mostly of the same blue that those of the Ultramarines, as to homage Roboute Guilliman, whose wisdom led to the creation of the Primaris Astartes. But they also wear bronze trims around the plates, on their knees and elbows, reminiscent of the more savage legacy of their own Primarch: Leman Russ. The Dawn's Wolves also complement their armours with hides of wild predators found on the various Deathworlds they have encountered during their existence. Fangs, claws and occasional animal skulls also find a place on their armours. Runes of a thousand languages are also etched in the Power Armours, to call upon their wearers the eyes of Leman Russ, Guilliman and the All-Father. Some prefer the more Codex Oriented decorations of skulls, bones and other memento mori, especially among the veterans of the Unnumbered Sons.

The Chapter's badge, found on the left shoulder, is a crimson howling wolf's head encased in a golden circle. Contrary to the Space Wolves and most of their successors, the Dawn's Wolves Great Companies all share this symbol and are only distinguished by the way they wear talismans, pelts and weapons. Only a Dawn's Wolves can tell at first glance of which Great Company one of his fellow Battle-Brother is. On the right shoulder, stripes of Blue and Bronze will indicate the type of units, much like the right knee's paintings do for the Space Wolves.

## Chapter's Fleet

The Dawn's Wolves possess an extremely large fleet, with ten Strike Cruiser, one Battle Barge and dozens of smaller military vessels, and hundreds of civilian ones, which allows the Dawns to endure their constant Crusades and remains able to field, train and equipped troops without the needs of a homeworld. While their fleet is not as deadly as the Crimson Prowlers', the Dawn's Wolves' fleet remains one of the greatest weapons at their disposal. *Fenrissian Dawn*, the Battle-Barge where the Kindins reside and relocate his Great Company once elected, is almost always at the very core of the fleet, protecting the gene-seed, lore and relics owned by the Chapter, being even considered the Aett, or home, of the whole Chapter, their den they must protect at all cost.

### Allies

 Space Wolves |      | Like all the other Chapters hailing from the lineage of Leman Russ, the Dawn's Wolves' respect toward their forebears from Fenris borders on reverence. However, the awe and humility that the sagas of the Space Wolves bring to the young Chapter are tempered by the knowledge that they shall forever stand apart from the rest of their kin. While the other Primaris comprising the collective known as the Sons of Russ have all stayed true to all but the most minor of the Wolf King's legacies, the Dawns stand apart, moulded and reshaped as much by their gene-seed than by the wisdom and character of Guilliman.This may explain why the Dawn's Wolves remain largely aloof and distant in appearance when interacting with the Astartes of Fenris. The inner savagery and unadulterated legacy that those warriors have preserved, from the era of the Great Crusade to the battlefields of M42 also makes them stubborn and hesitant to extend a hand to outsiders, even those who also bear the genetic legacy of Russ. However, should the Space Wolves ever call for their help, the Dawn's Wolves would answer swiftly and with all the might they could muster.

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## Quotes

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"*The Wolf which Hunts at Dawn will die before breaking a vow!*"
— A common saying in the Chapter.
"*You're right, we aren't as savages as our kin. That's why I'll give you a fair warning: insult us or Leman Russ once more, and I'll separate your ugly head from your shoulders.*"
— Rasmus Bluebear, Alpha Wolf of the Dawn's Wolves, speaking to Grand Master Gauvain from the Seekers of Penitence
"*We will have our revenge, Brothers. We will bleed those "Betrayed" dry, mount their skulls on pikes and salt the earth of their domains! We will make them rue the day they angered the Sons of Russ!*"
— Jarl Kang addressing the survivors of the Seventh Great Company after being elected as their Wolf Lord

### About

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"*Though they appear congenial and friendly to outsiders, make no mistake..the beast inside is merely sleeping, not dead.*"
— Atr. Grey Slayer Fafnír Jørmungand, Dusk Howlers Chapter, giving his personal insights on his fellow warriors of the Dawn's Wolves

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## Gallery

A Dawn's Hunter veteran battle-brother of the Moonlight HuntersA Dawn's Wolves Dusk Claw (Inceptor).A Dawn's Wolves Moonlight Hunter assigned to the role of a Hellblaster.A Dawn's Wolves veteran battle-brother of the Dawn Fangs, performing the role of a deadly Reiver.