First among equals

[captain fabian]

Hey there Wolves. I have a question for the drinking table. What are packs named after? I mean a Wolf Lord orders a Wolf Guard member to lead a pack. What does he say:

 

1- Go to our company dwellings in the Fang, grab the first pack you see and lead them.

2- Find the pack that is station there and go kill some stuff.

3- For this battle you will be leading pack Bob.

 

I believe there must be a lower-than-Alpha male in every pack and the Wolves look up to him to lead and order them.

So I believe there will always be a GH or senior BC to act as an NCO

 

What do you guys think? Is this too Codex oriented? I hope you get the meaning.

 

Thanks

[SeanyPrawny]

I always pick 1 guy in the squad at random and its his pack for the game so I'll give him a name and its then Gunnar's pack or w/e. it generally changes each time i make a new list but there's the odd exception. My 2 scout squads are always lead by Saxi and Drogo for instance.

[Vampyrer0me0]

I name my packs after the wolf guard that lead them. I have it more as a each wolfguard has the wolves that they lead. This makes sense to me as you would really see a wolfguard with scout or bike aptitude taken off that duty, or even more to the point once they have gelled with a pack moving them around needlessly. Example: In my 1750 army i have a pack of Swiftclaws thier Leader is Hagni Skybrandr. On the list the pack is noted as Skybrandr's pack.

[SeanyPrawny]

Yeah if I ever used a wolf guard to lead my pack that'd be my choice too. Just makes sense :D

[Quillen]

I name the packs.

 

I have The Shadow Stakers, Bloody Blades, Moon Howlers, Saw tooths, and so on. I use different pack marks for each.

 

Then I have a Wolf gaurd that leads each one. And a Wulfen model for each pack.

 

I follow the fluff that Blood Claws are pulled from a Bloodclaw pack and assigned as a grey hunter. Older Grey hunters then join long fang packs or if a pack is lucky they become Long Fangs all together. And of course the best warriors become wolf gaurd, and they have the old bounds to the packs behind them.

 

Somewhere along the line they changed the fluff and then changed it back, so you have a mixed message on how and when they are premoted.

 

Lucas is still a blood claw. So his old back is probly Grey Hunters or dead by now. Maybe one of them became a wolf gaurd. See what I am saying?

[Skirax]

I give them label, rather than a name; so my first and foremost GH Pack is Pack Stormfang, whereas my one and only Blood Claw pack is pack Bloodbite.

[KiltedMarine]

In my list, the presumptions are twofold:

 

One- the pack forms at the time pups earn their armor, and the pack remains the pack thereafter. Individuals are recognized and earn their battle-names one by one, but the pack's use on the field doesn't change until the pack as a whole shows their mettle. The pack's name reflects their collective character and deeds. Wolf-Brawdi, Stone Bear Brawdi, Burning Spear Brawdi, etc. ("Brawdi" is taken from the Welsh word "brawd" for "brother"- the plural is probably a corruption, but it works for my purposes.)

 

Two- the pack chooses their own leader; he is the alpha, and usually the first of the pack to be recognized and earn his battle name. The Brawd-Captain of the Company (read: Wolf Lord) bestows on each pack leader the privilege of wearing his own heraldry.

 

The Brawd-Captain's bodyguard are called the Red Branch, and the Captain doesn't actually select them; they are chosen by the brawdi of the Red Branch itself. The Captain's favorites and former packmates often remain close to him after his rise to chieftainship, but they only rarely are granted use of the Company's Terminator suits.

 

Rules-wise, this means that all of my squads have WGPLs unless there's a compelling story reason for them not to (one pack, for example, are so tight-knit that none of them will accept the position and be elevated above his brothers).

[Brother Caleb]

Hey there Wolves. I have a question for the drinking table. What are packs named after? I mean a Wolf Lord orders a Wolf Guard member to lead a pack. What does he say:

 

1- Go to our company dwellings in the Fang, grab the first pack you see and lead them.

2- Find the pack that is station there and go kill some stuff.

3- For this battle you will be leading pack Bob.

 

I believe there must be a lower-than-Alpha male in every pack and the Wolves look up to him to lead and order them.

So I believe there will always be a GH or senior BC to act as an NCO

 

What do you guys think? Is this too Codex oriented? I hope you get the meaning.

 

Thanks

In King's Grey Hunter, when Ragnar is field promoted to lead his claw and he calls for thunderhawk assistance, he refers to the pack as "pack Ragnar." Presumably before that it was pack Hakon, after Sgt. Hakon, and after that is was pack Jorgis, after Sgt. Jorgis. So it seems that option 3 fits best. However, novels are less than established fluff. In any case, don't forget it's your GC, so you can do what you want.

[The_Betrayed_Spacewolf]

pack tiwaz, uruz, fehu, and other futhark runic names.

 

mostly every pack has that one alpha male. when a wolf guard is instructed to go lead them im sure the wolf lord will say something along the lines "i want you to go lead ranulf's pack for this battle hes getting a wee bit too uppity"

[Frontline989]

I also name my packs and its my opinion that the Grey Hunter with the best wargear leads the pack unless their is a Wolf Guard or Wolf Priest traveling with them. So like the one with the power weapon or power fist usually has the lead of the pack. My packs to date are;

 

Death's Gale, Winter's Torment, and Kraken's Wake for my Grey Hunters.

 

Thunder's Song for my Long Fangs.

 

Night's Embrace for my Wolf Scouts.

 

Although I dont have the models for them yet my next pack will be named Talons of Woe. Im just not sure if they will be more Grey Hunters or a pack of Blood Claws. Im leaning Blood Claws.

[Blitzkreig]

Every single one of my Space Wolves is named so I have a long LONG list of possible names for my packs.

 

All packs would have one member who is either cunning enough, loud enough, drunk enough or tough enough to be the Alpha male of the pack, so I believe that a Wolf Guard Pack Leader has the same effect on say a Grey Hunter, as a Blackmaned Wolf has to a Fenrisian Wolf..... they obey the most dangerous member of the pack.

 

Example one of my Grey Hunter packs consists of:

 

Halldor, Gest, Farkun, Osric, Alric, Bjorn, Thorgir, Branek, Hodir and Narjun.

 

In my fluff, Hodir is the pack leader because he is a dangerous Warrior (the PF of the squad) but when Wolf Brother Akran (their WGPL) joins them they all listen to Akran over Hodir (despite Hodir's objections....).