Wolf Lord

[Eirik_Xenobane]

When I Loganwing I obviously use the old Wolf. However when I'm doing a more traditional Wolf army i dust off my DIY Wolf Lord Eirik Xenobane, he has no home-made rules, just an off the shelf Wolf Lord with Saga of the Bear, Thunder Hammer and Stormshield.

 

He has a rich background, a promising Blood Claw who worked out his fury and youth in a sky claw pack before maturing and becoming a grey hunter and later a lone wolf after his pack was wiped out by Dark Eldar. Rather than lose such a promising Wolf to a lonely death, his Lord sent him to the Deathwatch where he served for nearly a century, reaching the rank of Watch Captain. He returned to his great company with honour and became a Wolf Guard before taking on the role of Wolf Lord. One of these days I'll post some of the stories I've written about him.

 

Now, when doing a Wolf Lord do you take one of the 12 from the Codex and make him your own or do you create your own?

[Skarvald the Troll-faced]

I have my own. His name is Skarvald the Troll-faced... (duh). He's a Wolf Lord on a Thunderwolf, with a Frost Axe, Belt of Russ, Runic Armor, Wolftooth Necklace, Wolf Tail Talisman and a saga depending on the situation. Though in the "fluff" I have for him he is not really a Wolf Lord, but he is a Champion of Harald Deathwolf's Great Company. He and his retinue of Thunderwolves are sent on all the insane missions and always try to go for the throat before the rest of the army gets rid of the enemy. He is a glory-seeking barbarian, but underneath he is actually very cunning.

[Kassill]

You could always make your own company from old. For instance My Great Company of Thorimir Kingslayer (not completely sure on the name yet) is a Wolf Lord from when Logan Grimnar first became Great Wolf. The Company was lost while chasing Chaos Renegades through a warp hole, but returned hundreds of years later without aging a day.

[hendrik]

a lone wolf after his pack was wiped out by Dark Eldar. Rather than lose such a promising Wolf to a lonely death, his Lord sent him to the Deathwatch where he served for nearly a century, reaching the rank of Watch Captain

have you read the lone wolf description carefully?

 

if you had you might have noticed that not even the old wolf himself would disallow a lone wolf his hunt. sending a lone wolf into the deathwatch instead would be a grave insult! infact it would dissalow the lone wolf to revenge his fallen pack ;)

[Skarvald the Troll-faced]

Actually, according to the newest Fantasy Flight game (and their writing is canon), there have been numerous Lone Wolves in the Deathwatch.

[hendrik]

Actually, according to the newest Fantasy Flight game (and their writing is canon), there have been numerous Lone Wolves in the Deathwatch.

wait, what?

care to link this fluff? ;)

 

it seems GW is growing inconsister every day!

[Elric the Silvercoat]

How would going into the Deathwatch prevent a Lone Wolf from fighting the worst of the worst?

[Eirik_Xenobane]

a lone wolf after his pack was wiped out by Dark Eldar. Rather than lose such a promising Wolf to a lonely death, his Lord sent him to the Deathwatch where he served for nearly a century, reaching the rank of Watch Captain

have you read the lone wolf description carefully?

 

if you had you might have noticed that not even the old wolf himself would disallow a lone wolf his hunt. sending a lone wolf into the deathwatch instead would be a grave insult! infact it would dissalow the lone wolf to revenge his fallen pack ;)

 

Actualy the expansion for Deathwatch has a section about lone wolves joining them.

 

However old Eirik actualy predates both the Deathwatch rpg and the 3rd codex, old Eirik goes back years now. Joining the Deathwatch wouldn't disallow his hunt anyway, avenging his Brothers was the main reason that his Wolf Lord used to encourage him to join the deathwatch, those xenos-hunters where the best chance he had to hunt down the Dark Eldar.

[Kassill]

a lone wolf after his pack was wiped out by Dark Eldar. Rather than lose such a promising Wolf to a lonely death, his Lord sent him to the Deathwatch where he served for nearly a century, reaching the rank of Watch Captain

have you read the lone wolf description carefully?

 

if you had you might have noticed that not even the old wolf himself would disallow a lone wolf his hunt. sending a lone wolf into the deathwatch instead would be a grave insult! infact it would dissalow the lone wolf to revenge his fallen pack ;)

 

Actualy the expansion for Deathwatch has a section about lone wolves joining them.

 

However old Eirik actualy predates both the Deathwatch rpg and the 3rd codex, old Eirik goes back years now. Joining the Deathwatch wouldn't disallow his hunt anyway, avenging his Brothers was the main reason that his Wolf Lord used to encourage him to join the deathwatch, those xenos-hunters where the best chance he had to hunt down the Dark Eldar.

 

 

 

Good stuff! I could see using the logistics of the Deathwatch to track down those filthy xenos! Good stuff!

[G. A. K.]

My company is a crusading detachment of Logan's our Great Company from the days before he asended to the throne of the Great Wolf. We have been fighting thru the Eye of terror for centuries and time isn't consistent in our view to the rest of the Imperium.

Lead by the Rune Priest Malok Stormwind we search for Russ on a Great Hunt began after a dream of the primarch came to Malok and Logan gave him leave to seek him out with a strike cruiser; a company of blood claws and a few grey hunters packs (way back in 3rd edition) along with a full armory of vehicles.

He still fights with the equipment he started with namely a frost axe and stormshield (though back then a SS only gave you a 4++ against a single enemy in CC). His stormcaller power game him and his squad of men the ability to always attack first in CC which aided him greatly to killing the many genestealers one would encounter in those days. Upon the rules update I had to make a few adjustments because Rune Priests are no longer the equal to a Wolf Lord (but with only two wounds) so he has adopted Ragnar's rules in deference to his old 'attaching first' psychic power and the shield is were he gains the 4++ gained thru Ragnar's 'reflexes'.

His company has also matured over these many decades of battle with each pack recieving battlefield commisions so they are no longer blood claws, to honor their achievements.

 

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[Forté]

I'll just be going with Bjorn Stormwolf thanks to my love of Vindicators. Using the standard vanilla Wolf Lord and keeping clear of any special charactors.

 

Toying with using the following:

Terminator armour, chainfist, frost weapon, WTN, WTT, Saga of the bear.

 

He'll have a WGTDA body guard with a mix of weapons and a few Storm Shields.

[hendrik]

Once a lone wolf has taken his oath, he shuns the company of his fellows. Not for him the joyous fellowship of the feast or the cleansing purity of the open skies-from that moment forth he spends every waking moment physically and mentally preparing for the final battle. Even the great wolf himself would not obstruct or countermand the destiny a lone wolf has chosen for himself.

 

as i said earlier not even grimnar would dare to tell a lone wolf to stall his oath for a moment and join the deathwatch instead. In not 100% sure how the deathwatch works but doesn't an 'initiate' start out in a squad aswell as does he not have to follow orders etc from his superiors? now what if they would be fighting said dark eldar, and his orders are to do Y while the eldar lord that killed his pack was only a couple of miles away?

i take it'd cause quite some commotion as the lone wolf tries to get his hands on that lord.

offcourse i know you mention those were his best chances to track down those dark eldar,but still i find it a somewhat weird storyline.On top of that it's mentioned that a lone wolf will seek out the most monstrous foe he can find. not necersarelly the one that destroyed his pack but really, the most monstrerous. If his pack had been depleted by guants, would he swear an oath to destroy said gaunts, to redeem his pack their honour? maybe, but it's more likely to see him swear an oath involving his axe having a date with the swarmlords brain! and who would make that the easiest? the space wolves fleet that is constantly fighting and that will grant him any resources he needs, or the deathwatch in which he first needs to work up his way in the system before he can decide what he wants to do?

 

if you want him to join the deathwatch i'd let him join them after he made the pack revenging kill, maybe because he got noticed by them, by his specific request to keep on scoring monsterous names or simply because he feels there is no place for him in the wolf guard (least logical i'd say)

[Rune_Priest_Rhapsody]

I primarily play WolfWing, and I call it that and not LoganWing due to the fact that I am working on my own 'counts as' model with his own back story. I use Grimnars' stats and abilities of course. So I guess the majority of my games I am using the GW generated lord. I have been however running a Wolf Lord on Thunderwolf Mount with a Wolf Claw, Storm Shield, Runic Armor, Wolf Tooth Necklace, and usually the Saga of the Beastslayer to an ever increasing enjoyment. I have named him Finvid Gunderssen, Fear-father - The Veiled One. As of late, he's been killing Blood Angels and Dark Eldar like it's going out of style. But don't worry brother's, it's not ever going to!!

 

I also have a Rune Priest in TDA who's name is??... YOU GUESSED IT!! Rhapsody. I use him as a Njal counts as most the time, but I have been liking him as a codex-borne entity much more.

 

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[Eirik_Xenobane]

Once a lone wolf has taken his oath, he shuns the company of his fellows. Not for him the joyous fellowship of the feast or the cleansing purity of the open skies-from that moment forth he spends every waking moment physically and mentally preparing for the final battle. Even the great wolf himself would not obstruct or countermand the destiny a lone wolf has chosen for himself.

 

as i said earlier not even grimnar would dare to tell a lone wolf to stall his oath for a moment and join the deathwatch instead. In not 100% sure how the deathwatch works but doesn't an 'initiate' start out in a squad aswell as does he not have to follow orders etc from his superiors? now what if they would be fighting said dark eldar, and his orders are to do Y while the eldar lord that killed his pack was only a couple of miles away?

i take it'd cause quite some commotion as the lone wolf tries to get his hands on that lord.

offcourse i know you mention those were his best chances to track down those dark eldar,but still i find it a somewhat weird storyline.On top of that it's mentioned that a lone wolf will seek out the most monstrous foe he can find. not necersarelly the one that destroyed his pack but really, the most monstrerous. If his pack had been depleted by guants, would he swear an oath to destroy said gaunts, to redeem his pack their honour? maybe, but it's more likely to see him swear an oath involving his axe having a date with the swarmlords brain! and who would make that the easiest? the space wolves fleet that is constantly fighting and that will grant him any resources he needs, or the deathwatch in which he first needs to work up his way in the system before he can decide what he wants to do?

 

if you want him to join the deathwatch i'd let him join them after he made the pack revenging kill, maybe because he got noticed by them, by his specific request to keep on scoring monsterous names or simply because he feels there is no place for him in the wolf guard (least logical i'd say)

 

As I already mentioned, Eirik predates the 3rd codex. While I appreciate your input Hendrik, I think you are being a bit too narrow-minded by your interpretation of one paragraph of fluff.

 

If I was to ret-con Eirik it's not out of context to have him join the Deathwatch. The original story had Eirik and his Wolf Lord (Bjorn Bloodaxe) having a wee conversation where he took the grieving Grey Hunter to one side. Eirik was unwilling to join another Grey Hunter pack (no lonewolves back in those days) so Bjorn suggested joining the Deathwatch as they had the best chance of hunting down the Dark Eldar.

 

If I decide to retcon, the conversation would change little. Bjorn tells Eirik that while he appreciates the oath and what Eirik is trying to achieve, as a Wolf Lord he can't dedicate an entire great company to hunting Dark Eldar, the xenos bastards having fled the field. The Deathwatch would provide Eirik the resources and oppotunity to face his foe, thus Eirik joins the Deathwatch as a quiet, focused and anti-social brother who shuns the company of his fellows and throws himself into battle. gradualy he learns a grudging respect for his Deathwatch battle brothers and eventualy slakes his thirst for vengeance with the blood of Dark Eldar and forges a true and lasting brotherhood within the Deathwatch.

 

The codex is a beginning Hendrik, not an end.

[hendrik]

While I appreciate your input Hendrik, I think you are being a bit too narrow-minded by your interpretation of one paragraph of fluff.

i recognise my failing and make sure to correct it.

 

but to be honest, i actually prefer your older fluff! without the lone wolf part :P makes him feel less suicidal

[-Volsung-]

Hey, what do you know! My Wolf Lord used to be a Skyclaw too! :)

 

Lord Volsung Blackmane is a DIY. He's got a powerfist and a gauntlet-mounted stormbolter, along with all sorts of power up items. I'm converting a Pedro Kantor model to pose as him. Extensive conversion work, so I hope to have him assembled and painted by the end of summer at the latest.

 

Volsung of Asaheim belonged to the late Ragnar Blackmane's Wolf Guard before he was elected to Wolf Lord. Prior to that, he had been a seasoned Grey Hunter under Berek Thunderfist's company, serving as the Heavy-Bolter shotgun rider on the legendary Wolf Guard Mjalnir Howlwind's Lance Speeder. Centuries before Ragnar was even recruited, Howlwind choose the Skyclaw Volsung when he noticed that the extremely rebellious whelp seemed to possess an unnatural and un-Space-Wolf like passion for flying. When Volsung was promoted, to the dismay of his fellow Skyclaws, he distinguished himself with pin-point accuracy, flying on nearly 2,000 missions alongside Howlwind. Volsung eventually rose to the status of Wolf Guard after Howlwind took a bolter shell to the chest and crashed the speeder into daemon-infested territories, whereupon Volsung dragged his pack leader free and, breaking the speeder's Heavy Bolter from its mount, plunked down on a rocky outcropping and held off nearly three dozen waves of ravening daemons. The two were rescued, but Howlwind died in transit and Volsung took his place. Most of Volsung's fellow Wolf Guard along with Ragnar were killed when their command Drop Pod took a direct hit from an enemy cruiser's lance battery, whereupon he was elected by the surviving Guards as Wolf Lord and was tasked with replenishing the ranks of Ragnar's former company.

 

Volsung took the sobriquet of Blackmane in honor of Ragnar, ensuring that the company would still be remembered as Blackmane's Company. Volsung himself ordered all company members to paint their right knee pads black in mourning of the fallen Ragnar, a tradition that would last for hundreds of years after.

[Brother Captain Kezef]

While I appreciate your input Hendrik, I think you are being a bit too narrow-minded by your interpretation of one paragraph of fluff.

i recognise my failing and make sure to correct it.

 

but to be honest, i actually prefer your older fluff! without the lone wolf part :) makes him feel less suicidal

 

Yeah, the troll slayer in power armour concept in the 5th ed codex bugs me a little aswell.