Skyrar's Dark Wolves
Skyrar's Dark Wolves, or simply the Dark Wolves, are a fearsome Chaos Space Marine warband.[1][2] They are a mixed force of former Sons of Horus and Space Wolves that banded together during the Horus Heresy.[3]
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| Origin: | Sons of Horus and Space Wolves[3] | ||
| Founding: | Horus Heresy[3] | ||
| Leader: | Skyrar[1] | ||
| Colours: | Dark grey, light blue and red iconography[1] | ||
| Specialty: | Close Combat[1] | ||
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Overview
The Dark Wolves emerged during the Horus Heresy as an unusual, Traitor-aligned Shattered Legions/Blackshields warband. At the time, Cadre-captain Skyrar united his Sons of Horus chapter with a contingent of Space Wolves of the 6th Great Company which had declared for Warmaster Horus. Under Skyrar's leadership, the warband was tasked with ensuring the Dark Compliance of the westernmost fringes of the Imperium just after the civil war's start. However, after the warband had massacred the entire population of Neo Cadiz as well as various other systems, Skyrar's forces effectively went rogue and became a murderous pirate force. By the late stage of the Horus Heresy, the Traitors ordered Skyrar's unit to return to join the Warmaster's main operations, but the warband ignored all messages to continue its campaign of wanton slaughter.[3]
The existence of Skyrar's mixed warband was subsequently suppressed by Imperial authorities,[3] though rumours of traitorious Space Wolves persisted. It was even rumoured that the group represented an entire Great Company of the Space Wolves.[4] Eventually, the Dark Wolves returned from the Galaxy's fringes and were sighted in the Fenrisian Sector. Their origins were largely a mystery by this point, resulting in the Imperium officially recording this as the "first sighting" of the warband.[1]
In recent millenia, the Dark Wolves have participated in at least three major invasions of Imperial space, allying with Tallomin, the self-proclaimed "Prince of Princes," in late M38. This invasion was eventually halted by the Space Wolves, furthering the unvoiced suspicions regarding the origins of the Dark Wolves among other Imperials.[2]
Organisation
The Dark Wolves are known to be in possession of a number of heavy tanks, which they field together as an armoured spearhead known as the Company of Steel. It remains a matter of conjecture amongst Ordo Malleus war-savants whether the Chapter possessed these mighty and venerable war machines before its fall, or if they were acquired afterwards. The lead war machine of the Company of Steel is the Fellblade known as the Aegisvisir which the savants believe is the command vehicle of the company's war leader, whose identity has yet to be established. The Company of Steel has led numerous Dark Wolves assaults, falling upon unsuspecting Imperial worlds as a rockslide from a towering mountain that grinds all in its path to dust.[2]
Notable Dark Wolves
- Skyrar - Leader and Chaos Lord.[1][3]
Known assets
Related Articles
Sources
- 1: Codex: Chaos Space Marines (4th Edition), pg. 24
- 2: Imperial Armour Volume Thirteen - War Machines of the Lost and the Damned pgs. 60–61
- 3: Campaigns of the Age of Darkness: The Battle of Beta-Garmon, pg. 80, Fractured Hosts
- 4: The Horus Heresy Book Four - Conquest, pg. 19
