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{{otheruses|USE=Space Wolves Veteran Unit|OTHERUSE=Heresy-Era Leman Russ Honour Guard|OTHERPAGE=Varagyr Wolf Guard}}
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[[Image:WolfGuardArt.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Wolf Guard Terminator{{Fn|12a}}]]
'''Wolf Guards''',{{Fn|1}} or '''Varagyr'''{{Fn|8}}, are the [[Veteran Space Marine|veteran elite]] of the [[Space Wolves]] [[Chapter]].{{Fn|1}}
==Overview==
During the Horus heresyHeresy, [[Leman Russ (Primarch)|Leman Russ]] personal Honour Guard and Elite warriors were named the [[Varagyr]] or '''''Wolf Guard''''' in the [[Fenrisian]] language.{{Fn|8}}.
The Wolf Guard are the greatest warriors of the Space Wolves [[Great Companies]]. It is their duty to lead packs into battle or provide a body guard to important members of the chapter on the battlefield, especially as the [[Wolf Lord]]. They are also often the leaders of squads, imparting their knowledge and experience on their younger charges.{{Fn|1}}{{Fn|2}} Unlike other [[chapters]], age is not the main route into the Wolf Guard. Progress is generally dependent on bravery and heroism.{{Fn|1}} To enable them to perform their role properly, the Wolf Guard have access to the best equipment that the [[Great Company]] has to offer, including suits of [[Terminator armour]].{{Fn|1}}
Other than earning the respect of the [[Wolf Lord]] of their respective Great Company, there are no specific criteria for the elevation to the ranks of the Wolf Guard. Battlefield skill and heroics are the most likely way to receive a promotion, but saving the life of the Wolf Lord during battle is another sure way.{{Fn|3b}}
[[Image:WGArt8th.jpg|thumb|right|220px|Wolf Guard{{Fn|16}}]]
===Void Claws===
The '''Void Claws''' are [[Logan Grimnar]]’s favored favoured boarding troops for space battles, their fearsome [[wolf claw]]s deadly in the close quarters of ship corridors and chambers. Those Wolf Guard that choose this way of war favor favour close combat even more than many of their brothers, and revel in the fierce joy of sinking their claws into their foes’ flesh. They are led by [[Torfin Daggerfist]].{{Fn|4b}}
===Bladeguard Veterans===
