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During the 7th year of his campaign, Gunnar discovered several worlds that had been scoured of life by the [[Night Lords]]. He soon learned, that a Night Lord commander and the [[Chaos Lord]] [[Prince of City's Edge]] were responsible and began tracking them. Gunnar later found the Prince, as the Chaos Lord was invading [[Bloodfall]] and the [[Space Wolf]] vowed to protect the world, from the [[Traitor Legion]]. He then led his [[Battle Brothers]] against the Prince's Night Lords and Bloodfall was engulfed in war. However it would not be until the Space Wolves received unexpected aid, that the battle turned in their favor. Led by [[Praetor (Rank)|Jarl]] [[Jorin Bloodhowl]], a large force from the [[13th Great Company]] came to their [[Battle Brothers]] aid. Despite this, the highly skilled Prince nearly killed Jorin before Gunnar shot him with a [[plasma gun]]. This then allowed the Jarl to behead the Chaos Lord and the Night Lords were killed soon afterwards. With Bloodfall saved, Gunnar met with Jorin, but it was not a joyous occasion. The forces of the traitorous [[Warmaster]] [[Horus]], were [[Battle of Beta-Garmon|ravaging]] the [[Beta-Garmon System]] and would soon reach [[Terra]]. With the [[Emperor]]'s life now at stake, their [[Primarch]], [[Leman Russ (Primarch)|Leman Russ]] had called his [[Space Wolves]] to him. They had been ravaged by the Heresy, however, and if they were to aid Terra, every Space Wolf needed to answer his call. This included Gunnar and his forces, who had not heard their Primarch summons.{{Fn|1}}
However despite hearing [[Leman Russ (Primarch)|Russ]]' summons, Gunnar refused to do so. He had vowed to defend [[Bloodfall]] from the [[Night Lords]] and he would not leave it defenseless. Gunnar continued by saying the [[Emperor]] had uncountable amount of forces to defend Terra, while the people of Bloodfall only had his group of Space Wolves. To Gunnar, in his duties to protect the Imperium, Bloodfall had just as much importance to Mankind as Terra did. This dismayed [[Praetor (Rank)|Jarl]] [[Jorin Bloodhowl]] and even more so, when all of Gunnar's Space Wolves agreed with him. No matter what argument Jorin made, Gunnar would not be swayed to return. What he did not know, however, was that Leman Russ had told Jorin that Gunnar did not have to. The Primarch had stated that if Gunnar wished to continue his campaign, then Russ would allow him to do so. Jorin would not allow this, as the Jarl believed every Space Wolf was needed to save the Emperor. In order to finally end the matter, Jorin challenged Gunnar to a duel to the death. The winner would claim the loser's warriors as their own. In that way, the Jarl would succeed in in his mission, even if he had to kill a close Battle Brother to do it. However Jorin had been severely wounded in his battle with the [[Prince of City's Edge]] and was easily defeated by Gunnar. However Gunnar refused to kill the Jarl. He would not blindly follow the Space Wolves' traditions or orders, as that had allowed Horus to trick the [[Space Marine Legion|Legion]], during the [[Battle of Prospero]]. Instead, the Space Wolves needed to learn to use their own judgement and honor the spirit of their oaths. This His philosophy had allowed Gunnar to honor his oaths to the Emperor, by protecting Bloodfall and its people. This was the path his Space Wolves chose and in choosing, they could not be manipulated away from it. In Gunnar's eyes that was how the Space Wolves would avoid the next Prospero. This His comrade's words then caused Jorin to begin thinking back to what Russ had told him, about letting Gunnar decide on what to do. This The Primarch settled the matter for Jorin and the Jarl finally accepted Gunnar's decision. While Jorin did not like it, he was beginning to understand Gunnar's philosophy.{{Fn|1}}
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