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In 913.M41 Wolf Lord [[Harald Deathwolf]] and his Great Company were charged by the [[Great Wolf]] [[Logan Grimnar]] to track down and execute the notorious Traitor warband and their leader. Deathwolf and his company eventually located Vulfbad in the Cliedes System, tracking their elusive quarry to the storm-wracked moon of Gallimius. Deathwolf rode his ferocious Thunderwolf through the planet's ferrite dust storms at the head of a small strike force of [[Wolf Scouts]]. The visibility was so bad that Deathwolf had to track his quarry purely by scent, but he later claimed the stink of rank sweat and treachery was so strong it was child's play to follow.{{Fn|2}}{{Fn|3}}
Numerous times Vulfbad and the Blood Wolves threw foes into the path of their former allies - Traitor Space marinesMarines, warp-tainted beasts and gibbering [[Mutants]] appeared howling from the storms to assail them. Each time the Space Wolves defeated them in furious combats, but often at the cost of many battle-brothers and precious hours between them and their quarry.{{Fn|2}}
After weeks of stalking their prey, Deathwolf's hunting party cornered the Blood Wolves atop a dust-crowned mountain just as the vile Traitor Vulfbad was completing a sorcerous summoning ritual that would have seen his traitorous forces thronged with daemon allies. The Renegade Space Wolf fought like a madman even after many of his Astartes had been slain, badly wounding Harald's great Thunderwolf in the process, but he was ultimately outmatched. As Harald brought his axe around to deliver the deathblow, a bolt of lightning struck them both. When the dust settled all that remained of Vulfbad and his Blood Wolves was his Frost Axe, a shard of which now juts from the cybernetic jaw of Harald's Thunderwolf. Thus, the current status of the Blood Wolves and their leader remains unknown.{{Fn|2}}{{Fn|3}}
==Trivia==
* ''The Blood Wolves were never actually named initially went unnamed during their appearances in White Dwarf or Games Workshop's Codexes. The title of Svane Vulfbad's warband was later revealed by their creator, Christian Burne, who had painted models of the warband to be used in photos for White Dwarf's "Saga of Harald Deathwolf" article.''
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