Skirax Posted July 27, 2010 Share Posted July 27, 2010 Basically, I was wondering when the Thunderwolf Cavalry began to appear in Space Wolf taskforces, and when they were fully inducted into the Great Comanies. Does anyone have any idea? Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/207357-thunderwolf-cavalry/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
dswanick Posted July 27, 2010 Share Posted July 27, 2010 Yeah, they first started appearing last year when some schmuck named Phil Kelly decided that Space Wolves having an Autocannon armed Leman Russ battle tank was too powerful, but that having 350lb genetically engineered super-men in 700lbs of nuclear powered heavy-metal plate armor riding around on feral, maingy dog was "teh ubar". (Sorry, was that my outside voice <_< ) Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/207357-thunderwolf-cavalry/#findComment-2473402 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wysten Posted July 27, 2010 Share Posted July 27, 2010 They were probably always there, just there was not enough people left standing to talk about it. XD Or that they did not field them as proper units until 41K, apprently a lot of people started inventing more stuff around that timeline then any other time. XD I don't have a problem with them though, if you live on a deathplanet like that with a equally crazy chapter, your bound to get a couple guys who experiment with riding some of the most fearsome beasts into combat, just so happened that the Thunder Wolf fit the quota. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/207357-thunderwolf-cavalry/#findComment-2473411 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonny Posted July 27, 2010 Share Posted July 27, 2010 Yeah they came in the most recent codex for the first time, it doesn't say how long they've existed fluff wise. I like them, the more originality in our codex over just having what others have the better imo. -Jonny Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/207357-thunderwolf-cavalry/#findComment-2473470 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timberhawk Posted July 27, 2010 Share Posted July 27, 2010 I guess I got in on the right codex then. I love 'em. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/207357-thunderwolf-cavalry/#findComment-2473711 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inquisitor Kravin Posted July 27, 2010 Share Posted July 27, 2010 Yes, they were newly introduced in last autumn's codex release. In fluff though almost nothing is new - new stuff is just ret-conned into always having been e.g. for the best part of a couple of decades of real world time Space Marines had a power armoured first company that was basically elite tacticals then a couple of years ago suddenly it turned out half of them had always been Vanguard Vets. I think that their popularity on the tabletop gives a misleading impression of how common they are. The codex notes that they do not appear on any official force listing for the Space Wolves and that they deny the existence of such troops although unbeknown to them the Inquisition as a vid recording of a battle that appears to show such a unit. I don't think that they necessarily appear in every Great Company or even that they are part of any Great Company. The suggestion is that they are an elite upper echelon of the WolfGuard. Maybe like the Wolf Priests or Iron Priests they are an elite inner circle that is semi-independent and answerable only to the Great Wolf. I think that despite Russ's disregard for orthodoxy the large proportion of terran recruits in the heresy era Legion means that the Thunderwolf Cavalry probably arose post-heresy but whether it was in M32 or M41 or anywhere in between we have no idea. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/207357-thunderwolf-cavalry/#findComment-2473749 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skirax Posted July 27, 2010 Author Share Posted July 27, 2010 Damn, I should have phrased my OP better... I know that they only popped up in this codex, I used to have the old one (found on in 2007 that was mint! :)) What I meant was, when in the timeline were they first discovered to be useful in battle? Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/207357-thunderwolf-cavalry/#findComment-2473798 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonny Posted July 27, 2010 Share Posted July 27, 2010 I think that their popularity on the tabletop gives a misleading impression of how common they are. The codex notes that they do not appear on any official force listing for the Space Wolves and that they deny the existence of such troops although unbeknown to them the Inquisition as a vid recording of a battle that appears to show such a unit. I don't think that they necessarily appear in every Great Company or even that they are part of any Great Company. The suggestion is that they are an elite upper echelon of the WolfGuard. Maybe like the Wolf Priests or Iron Priests they are an elite inner circle that is semi-independent and answerable only to the Great Wolf. I agree with you on how common they are but disagree on command structure. Harald Deathwolf rides one and takes a "host" of the beasts into battle with them, also Canis Wolfborn is in Harald's Company as a Wolf guard. I think this indicates that they are taken at the Wolf Lord's discretion rather than the Great Wolf's. What I meant was, when in the timeline were they first discovered to be useful in battle? Dunno, there is absolutely no fluff on this near mythic cavalry that says. Really all you can do is make a best guess, it'll be just as good as anyone else's until GW say when it was formed (if they ever say that is). -Jonny Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/207357-thunderwolf-cavalry/#findComment-2473901 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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