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===The Thirteenth Company===
{{main|13th Great Company}}
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On the [[Grand Annulus]], the spot of the 13th Company has long been vacant. During the Horus Heresy the space had its last owner, belonging to [[Wolf Lord]] [[Jorin Bloodhowl]]'s Great Company. It has come to represent all units of the Chapter who have fallen in battle, been corrupted by [[Chaos]], or otherwise left service. The stone space today is a slab of pure black obsidian and has been the only unchanging face on it throughout the annals of time.{{Fn|8e}}
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====Close Support====
*[[Blood Claw]]s are [[Neophyte]] Space Wolves who have just finished their most basic training and initiation rites, including drinking from the [[Cup of Wulfen]] and surviving the [[Test of Morkai]]. They receive armament similar to [[Assault Squad]]s in other chapters – a [[chainsword]] and [[bolt pistol]], but they do not normally use [[jump pack]]s. Instead of being assigned to a single Company, Blood Claws are instead assigned to any one of the Great Companies. Their role is to charge headlong into battle, expending their youthful enthusiasm for battle on the enemy and hopefully learning the lessons of war that will enable them to survive.{{Cite ThisCME}}
*[[Assault Intercessor]] Squads from new Primaris Space Marine Forces
*[[Skyclaw]]s are reckless trouble makers from the Blood Claw packs, who demonstrate a reckless joy for engaging in [[close combat]], and are "rewarded" with [[jump pack]]s to aid in their eagerness to charge straight into the line of battle.{{Fn|8b}}
*[[Battle Leader]]s are the Space Wolves equivalent to a [[Space Marine Lieutenant]]. Typically two of these officers exist in every [[Great Company]], serving directly underneath a [[Wolf Lord]].{{Fn|45c}}
*[[Wolf Priest]]s combine the roles of [[Chaplain]] and [[Apothecary]] within the chapter. They are selected from any part of the chapter but usually from the [[Long Fangs]] or [[Wolf Guard]] due to the greater wisdom of these marines. Instead of using codex medical equipment, Wolf Priests using healing potions and balms, using knowledge passed down from one Wolf Priest to the next. They are also responsible for the selection of new [[Aspirant]]s to the chapter, observing the frequent skirmishes among the human inhabitants of Fenris and selecting worthy young men to undergo the trials.
*[[Rune Priest (Space Wolves)|Rune Priest]]s are the Wolves' equivalent to the [[Librarian]]s of other chapters. It is their duty to keep the knowledge of the chapter’s history, reciting the great sagas of old. In battle they wield formidable [[psychic]] powers, rooted in the shamanistic traditions of Fenris.{{Cite ThisCME}} Known as '''gothi''' by the Vylka Fenryka.{{Fn|42b}}*[[Iron Priest]]s are the Wolves' equivalent of the [[Techmarine]]s of other chapters. They are required to keep the equipment of their Great Company in working order and maintain the [[machine spirit]]s of its vehicles and weaponry, including the [[Dreadnought]]s in the depths of [[the Fang]], which they must rouse from their deep slumbers if they are needed in battle.{{Cite ThisCME}}
===Dreadnoughts===
Dreadnoughts amongst the Space Wolves are referred to as the '''Sons of Ymir''', at least during the [[Great Crusade]] and [[Horus Heresy]] era. During this time sub-formations of Space Wolves Dreadnoughts existed, such as the [[Eldthursar]] and [[Hrimthursar]].{{Fn|40e}}
Amongst the number of [[Space Marine Dreadnought|Dreadnoughts]] in the Space Wolves chapter, some are extremely ancient, carrying warriors, such as [[Bjorn the Fell-Handed]], who walked beneath the same sky as the Emperor himself, and who stood beside [[Leman Russ (Primarch)|Leman Russ]] in battle. There is also the savage [[Murderfang]]. These dreadnoughts are revered and so respected is their skill in battle that on rare occasions, a Dreadnought may be called upon to lead an army into battle. The troops following in his footsteps will chant his name, remembering the many sagas they have heard of his exploits. This is a fearsome scene to behold for any enemy.{{Cite ThisCME}}
In the [[Age of the Dark Imperium]] the Space Wolves operate [[Wulfen Dreadnought]]s and [[Redemptor Dreadnought]]s alongside their older suits.{{Fn|45d}}
===Equipment, Relics and Artifacts===
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Space Wolves Equipment is similar to that of [[Codex chapter]]s. In some ways it is more primitive – for instance, Iron Priests do not have access to a full [[Servo-harness]] or [[Thunderfire Cannon]]s.{{Cite ThisCME}} Similarly, some of the equipment associated with the Imperial cult such as the [[Chaplain]]'s [[Rosarius]] or the [[Apothecary]]'s [[Reductor]] have their own unique variants among the Space Wolves, such as the [[Wolf Amulet]] and the [[Fang of Morkai]].{{Fn|8x}}
===Fleet===
===Vehicles===
As well as the usual [[Space Marine Vehicles]] deployed by the Chapter, the Space Wolves keep a number of [[Leman Russ Exterminator]]s in their arsenal - in honour of [[Leman Russ (Primarch)|Leman Russ]]. They use these in battle rarely but to devastating effect, the tanks' fearsome array of weaponry enhanced further by the skills of the marines inside.{{Cite ThisCME}}
====Known Vehicles====
*''[[Fire of Fenris]]'' — [[Land Raider Redeemer]], fought on [[Aarnheim]] for the [[Sevenfold City]] and during the [[Siege of the Fenris System]]{{Fn|30i}}
*[[Bulveye the Berserker]] — [[Lone Wolf]].
*[[Canis Wolfborn]] — [[Wolf Guard]] to [[Harald Deathwolf]].{{Fn|8a}}
*[[Haegr|Haegr the Mountain]] — former member of the [[Wolfblade (Unit)|Wolfblade]] and comrade of [[Ragnar Blackmane]].{{Cite ThisCME}}
*[[Ottar (Wolf Lord)|Ottar]] — [[Wolf Lord]].
*[[Joens]] — Battle-Brother.{{Fn|41}}
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*{{Endn|1}}: [[Codex: Armageddon]], pg. 32
*{{Endn|2}}: [[Codex: Chaos Space Marines (4th Edition)]]{{Cite thisCME}}
**{{Endn|2a}}: pg. 12
*{{Endn|3}}: [[Codex: Chaos Space Marines (6th Edition)]], pg. 25
*{{Endn|4}}: [[Codex: Eye of Terror]], pg. 16
*{{Endn|5}}: [[Codex: Space Marines (4th Edition)]]{{Cite thisCME}}
*6: [[Codex: Space Wolves (2nd Edition)]]:
**{{Endn|6a}}: pg. 8
**{{Endn|6b}}: pg. 9
*{{Endn|7}}: [[Codex: Space Wolves (3rd Edition)]]{{Cite thisCME}}*{{Endn|8}}: [[Codex: Space Wolves (5th Edition)]]{{Cite thisCME}}
**{{Endn|8a}}: pgs. 51–54
**{{Endn|8b}}: pg. 32
**{{Endn|8k}}: pgs. 8–9
**{{Endn|8l}}: Cropped from cover art
*{{Endn|9}}: [[Deathwatch Core Rulebook]]{{cite thisCME}}
**{{Endn|9a}}: pg. 339
*{{Endn|10}}: [[Imperial Armour Volume Two - Space Marines and Forces of the Inquisition]]{{cite thisCME}}
**{{Endn|10a}}: pgs. 37–38
**{{Endn|10b}}: pgs. 107 & 162
**{{Endn|10d}}: pg. 93
**{{Endn|10e}}: pg. 162
*{{Endn|11}}: [[Index Astartes Volume II]] {{Cite ThisCME}}
**{{Endn|11a}}: pg. 42
*{{Endn|12}}: [[Warhammer 40,000: Compilation]], ''Leman Russ'' {{Cite ThisCME}}
*{{Endn|13}}: [[Codex: Space Wolves (7th Edition)]] — ''Companies of the Fang''
**{{Endn|13a}}: pg. 24
**{{Endn|15c}}: Chapter 10
**{{Endn|15d}}: Chapter 20
*16: [[Prospero Burns]]{{Cite thisCME}}
**{{Endn|16a}}: Chapter Four
**{{Endn|16b}}: Chapter Seven
*{{Endn|25}}: [[Wolf's Claw (Audio Drama)]]
*{{Endn|26}}: [[Space Wolf (Novel Series)|The Space Wolf Omnibus]] pgs. 193–194 {{cite thisCME}}
*{{Endn|27}}: [http://web.archive.org/web/20110211195331/http://www.games-workshop.com/MEDIA_CustomProductCatalog/m70037a_Strategy_cards_1 Strategy Cards] for [[Planetary Empires]] expansion game, card ''"Cityfight - Major Stratagem"'', ''(saved archive page, dated February 2011, last accessed 7 October 2015)''
*{{Endn|28}}: [[Wolf King (Novella)]]{{cite thisCME}}
*{{Endn|29}}: [[Codex: Sisters of Battle (2nd Edition)]], pgs. 39–42
*{{Endn|30}}: [[War Zone Fenris: Curse of the Wulfen]]{{cite thisCME}}
**{{Endn|30a}}: ''The Deathwolves''
**{{Endn|30b}}: ''The Ironwolves''
*{{Endn|32}}: [[Howl of the Hearthworld (Short Story)]]
*{{Endn|33}}: [[Hunter's Moon (Audio Drama)]]
*{{Endn|34}}: [[Fear to Tread (Novel)]]{{Cite thisCME}}
*35: [[Imperial Armour Volume Two - Second Edition: War Machines of the Adeptus Astartes]]
**{{Endn|35a}}: pg. 20
===Uncited===
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*[[Warrior Brood (Novel)|Warrior Brood]] by [[C.S. Goto]], {{Cite ThisCME}}
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