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The '''Great Companies''' are unique to the [[Salamanders]] and [[Space Wolves]] [[Chapter]] of [[Space Marines]]. Where most Chapters are organized into ten [[Company|Companies]], the Space Wolves are grouped into twelve Great Companies, each having different iconography and banner symbols. Each Great Company is responsible for its own recruitment, maintenance, and running, each acting as a seperate force altogether, each lead by a [[Wolf Lord]] in a semi-feudal system.  When working with multiple Great Companies on a large crusade, they would use the iconography of the first Great Company, Which is the Chapter's 'Standard' colours to avoid confusion on the battlefield.  There was once a [[13th Great Company]], which has several rumors to its disappearance. Some state that they disappeared into the [[Warp]] during the attack on the traitorous [[Thousand Sons]] homeworld, other rumors claim they disappeared after the Space Wolf Primarch [[Leman Russ (primarch)|Leman Russ]] himself went missing. Regardless, there is currently hardly any information concerning the company in the Imperial records.
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The '''Great Companies''' are the twelve primary organizational units of the [[Space Wolves]].  In defiance of the [[Codex Astartes]], which dictated the reorganization of the [[Adeptus Astartes]] after the [[Horus Heresy]], the Space Wolves [[Chapter]] has twelve [[Company|companies]] instead of ten.
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==Character and Organization==
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Each Great Company is responsible for its own recruitment, maintenance, and running, each acting as a seperate force altogether, each lead by a [[Wolf Lord]] in a semi-feudal system.  When working with multiple Great Companies on a large crusade, they would use the iconography of the first Great Company, Which is the Chapter's 'Standard' colours to avoid  
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==The 13th Company==
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:Main Article: [[13th Great Company]]
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There was once a [[13th Great Company]], and rumors still abound as to the reason for its disappearance. Some state that they disappeared into the [[Warp]] during the attack on [[Prospero]], the traitorous [[Thousand Sons]] homeworld; others claim they disappeared after the [[Primarch]] [[Leman Russ (primarch)|Leman Russ]] himself went missing. Regardless, there is currently hardly any information concerning the company in the Imperial records.
  
 
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The Great Companies are the twelve primary organizational units of the Space Wolves. In defiance of the Codex Astartes, which dictated the reorganization of the Adeptus Astartes after the Horus Heresy, the Space Wolves Chapter has twelve companies instead of ten.

Character and Organization

Each Great Company is responsible for its own recruitment, maintenance, and running, each acting as a seperate force altogether, each lead by a Wolf Lord in a semi-feudal system. When working with multiple Great Companies on a large crusade, they would use the iconography of the first Great Company, Which is the Chapter's 'Standard' colours to avoid confusion on the battlefield.

The 13th Company

Main Article: 13th Great Company

There was once a 13th Great Company, and rumors still abound as to the reason for its disappearance. Some state that they disappeared into the Warp during the attack on Prospero, the traitorous Thousand Sons homeworld; others claim they disappeared after the Primarch Leman Russ himself went missing. Regardless, there is currently hardly any information concerning the company in the Imperial records.

Sources

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