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hey, i have a samll problem, i cant find a name for my wolf lord, and how do you tell a proper saga about one without a name??? so i have thought about joining up with bran redmaw... but the only thing i have been able to find about him is the small piece of text in C:SW 3rd edd.. and it seems to surgest that he has MoTW... but what do we know about him?

 

or as another question: what should i call my WL?

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Unless there was stuff in the second edition dex then he is quite fluffless but he is marked I believe.

 

As to naming a lord?

 

Find a website with Norse names and pick one with an interesting meaning/sound as a first name as this doesn't change.

 

For example I use Agni because I like the sound and it was adopted as a name from old German for fear.

 

Then for the second name you can describe a piece of wargear/heroic deed/characteristic to define your lord as the name would have likely changed during their time serving in the Wolves.

 

Mine is Bloodhammer because he wields a thunder hammer, simple but evocative of the destruction he wreaks.

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Theres a difference between the levels of marked though- starting to fall, halted, completely fallen, having issues... etc.

 

IIRC'd hes marked, but hes not a ravening beast by any means, and his ability to hold it at bay is a remarkable aspect that lends strength and inspiration to his men. It shows a man of Great Willpower and greater rage.

 

So I dont thing hed need to be marked in the rules ways.

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Well why would you let someone with no control lead an entire Great Company? There must be as Grey Mage said some remnant of his "normal" self in there, he leads up to two hundred warriors.

 

So it could probaly be fairly represented by the Warrior born saga? The one for extra attacks from kills in last round of combat?

 

And his company would likely contain more marked warriors than another company.

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Yeah the extra wulfen was just me thinking but it only says in the third ed dex that the symbol is associated with lords with the mark, not nessecarily companies.

 

However I'm interested to see the fluff on Wolves with the mark, because previously the only real fluff available was non-canon and said most were culled, so I'd like to see how it's explained, are they taken by the wolf priest and taught to resist the urge to destroy their brothers? I guess that the marked ones will still be part of the packs they originated from.

 

And if I remember the Wolf Guard are allowed one model to take the mark, might be more, might be none I'm unsure.

 

But Warrior born seemed to be a good fit for an insane almost beast, hitting out with all his fury, stoked on by his previous combats.

 

Wargear? Something like a frost blade for the high initiative and strength five. Or wolf claws could fit I suppose. I would be tempted to avoid a ranged weapon at any cost so go with an additional close combat weapon if a frost blade is taken because I don't see Redmaw being a big fan of firearms, but that's just me.

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in our previous dex (wow that sounded weird) bran's depicted on page 13 wearing either TDA or PA (the legs sugest TDA, the torso seems PA to me) in his left hand his huge frostaxe and on his right hand a vambrace mounted stormbolter

 

to me bran just appears to be wulf bitten (just like ragnar btw) so i suggest if you paint him you give him yellow eyes instead of white ones

i,meself am a loyal bran redmaw player and here are a couple of thoughts i plan to use to represent the great company:

-built my lord around the description i just gave you (although i might swap his SB with another weapon)

-use the mark of the wulfen in my units(grey hunters and bloodclaws)

-try to freehand his symbol as much as i can

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It's a fluff rewrite from Second Edition to 3rd edition with all the words the same.

 

It was Originally "Logan Grimnar, Strong wolf of the Pack. Blah blah blah." Then they changed it to Bran in the second edtion. No clue why they did that. I have asked before and no one knows. As to what he is like pick something Beastial for him. Warrior Born is good. Fits the fluff. But remember these words were spoken about Logan Grimnar first.

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in our previous dex (wow that sounded weird) bran's depicted on page 13 wearing either TDA or PA (the legs sugest TDA, the torso seems PA to me) in his left hand his huge frostaxe and on his right hand a vambrace mounted stormbolter

 

to me bran just appears to be wulf bitten (just like ragnar btw) so i suggest if you paint him you give him yellow eyes instead of white ones

i,meself am a loyal bran redmaw player and here are a couple of thoughts i plan to use to represent the great company:

-built my lord around the description i just gave you (although i might swap his SB with another weapon)

-use the mark of the wulfen in my units(grey hunters and bloodclaws)

-try to freehand his symbol as much as i can

 

Thats Logain Grimnar wielding the Axe Morkai in his master crafted TDA.

 

Whered you get that its Bran Redmaw?

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Thats Logain Grimnar wielding the Axe Morkai in his master crafted TDA.

 

Whered you get that its Bran Redmaw?

 

I think it might be the quote about Redmaw underneath the picture

 

*pulls out the sacred tome and goes through its hallowed pages*

 

*For the hundreth time curses the unexplainable red stain upon its pages*

 

*Checks the digital backup copy hes had on hand for years*

 

*Screams in anguish*

 

MY LIFE IS A LIE!!!

 

Edit: I still say its Logain, just compare the picture to the model. But damn it.

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page 66 of the first spacewlf codex. Copy righted 1994.

 

Logan Grimnar, bloddyhanded warrior,

He piles the skulls of his enemies,

He builds a mound of the fallen,

His foes weep rivers of woe,

Logan Grimnar, the strong wolf of the pack,

His sword hunger for red flesh,

his guns thirst for battle,

He laughs midst the battle-din,

Logan Grimar, Father of wolves,

His sons hunt his enemies,

Sly them where they have fallen,

And bring their pelts to Fenris.

 

 

As to the picture in the second Codex of Redmaw, he is in power armor with a 2 headed axe that looks like I power weapon. It's Runic armor cause of the ruins on it. Still power armor thou.

 

Last page his mark is the one usually associated with someone with the mark of the wolf. That's all the fluff on him in the second book which was the only one to have anything at all of him.

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