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Garm
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Also known as the '''Shrine of the Spear of Russ'''. A large, balconied pyramid topped by a statue of a wolf rampant, set upon a fortified plain.{{Fn|1a}} The interior featured a long processional lined by statues of previous Space Wolf commanders, as well as tapestries depicting victories of the Chapter. At the end of this avenue lay the shrine of Garm itself. Created by the sculptor Corian and carved out of a tusk belonging to an whale of Garm's ancient seas, reputedly slain by Russ himself, the sarcophagus was minutely detailed with images of every Space Wolf alive at the time that Leman Russ strode the surface of the world. The chamber was lit both by light directed inwards from the outside, and by a sacred blue flame, apparently lit by Russ and never extinguished. The Shrine was captured and desecrated by rebels during Garm's brief anti-Imperial uprising, but retaken by the Space Wolves after a short battle.{{Fn|1d}}
== Name and Meaning Trivia =={{trivia}}The name "Garm" likely possibly derives from the massive hound guarding the gates of Hel in the Norse Mythology, named [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garmr Garmr(English spelling) or Garm (diverse northern European language spellings)].
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