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|quote = '''''Let your words be the last thing they hear.'''''
|source = — [[Chaplain]] [[Scolasti]] of the Red Wolves to the [[10th Company]] before the Blooding{{Fn|5}}
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==Chapter Summary==
{{Loyalist Chapters
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|Name=Red Wolves
|Symbol=Red Wolves Symbolsymbol.GIFjpg|Founding Chapter=[[Space Wolves]]|Founding=Unknown|Chapter Master=Unknown|Homeworld=[[Fleet Based]], formerly [[Bloodfall]]<sup>2-p.30</sup>{{Fn|4}}|Fortress-Monastery=Unknown|Colours=Red with black shoulder guards. Aquila is and gold[[aquila]]. Symbol is a red wolf's head on a black background.<sup>{{Fn|1</sup>}}
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|Specialty=Unknown|Strength=Unknown}} The '''Red Wolves''' are a [[Space Marine]] [[Chapter]].{{Fn|1}}
==History==
===''Shadeblight''===In 750.[[M41 ]] the Red Wolves fought [[Chaos Space Marines]] of the [[Night Lords]] [[Space Marine Legion|Legion]] in the [[Ango sub-sectorSubsector]]. Although they stood alone, the Red Wolves were able to prevent the Night Lords capturing the possessed cruiser ''[[Shadeblight]]''.<sup>{{Fn|2-p.49</sup>}}
===Fourth Quadrant Rebellion===
The Chapter deployed in full strength during the [[Fourth Quadrant Rebellion]], playing a crucial role in crushing the insurrection.<sup>{{Fn|3</sup>}} ===Indomitus Crusade===In the aftermath of the creation of the [[Great Rift]], the Chapter was reinforced by [[Primaris Space Marines]], sent to them by the [[Indomitus Crusade]]. The Red Wolves then continued to fight the Imperium's enemies, until their Homeworld, [[Bloodfall]], was invaded by a splinter of [[Hive Fleet]] [[Leviathan]]. This splinter had been involved in the [[Octarius War]], however, and the [[Ork]]-fed Tyranids inflicted horrific losses on the Chapter, before shattering their [[Fortress Monastery]]. The Red Wolves were forced to retreat and, after securing vital stocks of their [[Gene-seed]], they evacuated from Bloodfall in their remaining [[Battle Barge]]s.{{Fn|4}} ==Heraldry==The Red Wolves wear red [[Astartes Power Armour|power armour]] with black [[pauldrons]] and a gold [[aquila]]. Their symbol is a red wolf's head on a black background.{{Fn|1}} The Red Wolves display company number in black lettering on the left kneepad.{{Fn|6}}
==SourcesKnown Members==* <sup>1</sup> [[How to Paint Space MarinesScolasti]]* <sup>2</sup> - [[Codex: Space Marines (5th Edition)]], pp.30, 49* <sup>3</sup> [[Imperial Armour Volume Nine - The Badab War - Part OneChaplain]], p.100{{Fn|5}}
==See also==
*[[Loyal Space Marine Chapters (List)]]*[[Space Marine Forces (List)]]*[[Pictorial List of Space Marine ChaptersM-Z]] ==Sources==*{{Endn|1}}: [[How to Paint Space Marines]], pg. 88*{{Endn|2}}: [[Codex: Space Marines (5th Edition)]], pg. 49*{{Endn|3}}: [[Imperial Armour Volume Nine - The Badab War - Part One]], pg. 100*{{Endn|4}}: [[Codex: Tyranids (8th Edition)]], pg. 31 - ''The Third Tyrannic War: Fury of Leviathan''*{{Endn|5}}: [[Deathwatch: Rites of Battle]], pg. 38*{{Endn|6}}: [[Insignium Astartes]], pg. ~61
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