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humanity‟s history. Even without the recruits of their home world, the White Scars have become increasingly sadistic and barbaric in their nature. Even their most hated ally, the Khornate Space Wolves, have been known to call the White Scars cruel. Mutations have become rife in a number of the brotherhoods, whilst others have managed to maintain some genetic integrity. The Marauders are renowned for the daemonic forms many of their marines have taken; their horror almost rivalling that of the myriad creatures of the warp. The magicks which are used to create new recruits for the legion only further stifle the purity of Jaghatai‟s legacy, the poison of Chaos flowing early into what was once a holy ritual. Even as a marine is born into the foul life of the 55 White Scars he is obsessed with want and destroyed by pleasure - a true child of Slaanesh. Battlecry Although many different calls are used by the White Scars, “For the Khan!” remains a constant across the brotherhoods.
The Dornian Heresy Index Astartes: Space Wolves by Aurelius Rex Leman Russ' early experiences on Fenris left him with an abiding hatred and suspicion of sorcery, a feeling that was reinforced by what he saw during the Great Crusade. Concerned that the Thousand Son’s magicks would lead them to corrupt even the Emperor, the Space Wolves attacked them to avert a worse fate. When Magnus' counter-attack brought them to the brink of destruction, Russ called out to his father for aid, but his pleas were instead answered by Khorne, the bane of all enchantments. The Space Wolves prevailed by giving themselves over to the beast within, revelling in bloodletting and bestial fury. Now, as Khorne’s chosen legion, they have turned on the Emperor, who they see as the Arch-Sorcerer. They now slaughter all in their path, taking skulls and trophies from their fallen opponents for the glory of the Blood God. Origins Ancient Fenris, the world onto which the infant Russ came to rest, was a world of violent extremes. Trapped in an acute elliptical orbit, its winters were long and dark, and the gravitational upheaval as Fenris passed close to its sun threw the scattered inhabited islands into turmoil. The human tribes were forced to make their living from the storm-tossed seas, building boats from the few trees to survive to maturity and the hides from monsters of the deep. These vessels were vital not just for fishing, but to relocate entire communities to new islands as their own sank beneath the waves. Such a harsh world forged hard and hardy people, nomads, with little care for knowledge that couldn‟t be carried inside their heads. Survival meant not just being able to navigate the waves, but to drive the enemy into the sea, be they raiders, or simply a tribe unable to defend, and hence unworthy of inhabiting, the precious islands. However, it was not these people that the infant primarch was found by, but something far more dangerous. According to Gnauril the Elder‟s legendary saga, 'The Ascension of the Wolf King', he was raised in the first few years of life by a pack of Fenrisian wolves, suckling from the she-wolf like a cub and hunting on all fours with the pack. It was these raids that first brought him into contact with the tribes of man. On hearing of the wolves terrorising his vassals, the ruler of the island ordered his bondsmen to bring back their pelts. The pack was lured 56 into a trap set by a wyrd, one of their rune-priests, who planted the impression that one of their number was wounded and crying out for help. Once hemmed in by the steep walls of a gorge, the dense undergrowth was set ablaze with flaming arrows, and the maddened animals slaughtered as they broke from cover. The boy-primarch saw his den-mother charge at the hunters, only to be knocked to the floor by the runepriest‟s eldritch lightning. With a wordless howl of fury he leapt to the mighty she-wolf‟s side, scattering the humans that sought to harm her. Despite being struck by many a poisoned arrow, rage and defiance still burned within him. In the end it was the rune-priest‟s sorcery that finally rendered him insensible. The wolves were skinned, but the feral curiosity was securely bound and returned to the halls of Thengir, King of the Russ tribe. Seeing a challenge before him, Thengir boasted that he would tame the feral child and teach him the human tongue. Though it started as a humorous wager, the king soon grew to regard the boy as his own son, naming him Leman of the Russ. While he retained a certain lupine savagery, the boy took to his new-found human heritage with aplomb. His extraordinary strength, skill and cunning earned him a dominant role within the tribe, and cemented his position as the rightful heir to Thengir‟s throne. In Leman Russ‟ rise to greatness one group found themselves excluded from
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