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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}}
[[Image:WGHHArt.jpg|thumb|right|220px|[[Horus Heresy|Heresy]]-era Wolf Guard during the [[Burning of Prospero]]{{Fn|17}}]]
==Overview==
During the Horus Heresy, [[Leman Russ (Primarch)|Leman Russ]] personal Honour Guard and Elite warriors were named the [[Varagyr]] or '''''Wolf Guard''''' in the [[Fenrisian]] language.{{Fn|8}}
[[Great Wolf]] [[Logan Grimnar]]'s Wolf Guard is so large that is is split into several smaller packs. However collectively, they are known as the '''Kingsguard'''.{{Fn|4a}}
[[Image:WGArt8thWolf-Guard-Headtakers-2025.jpg|thumb|right|220px200px|Wolf GuardHeadtakers{{Fn|1618}}]]
===Void Claws===
The '''[[Void Claws]]''' are [[Logan Grimnar]]’s 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 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===
Recently, the Wolf Guard has inducted the Chapter’s [[Primaris]] [[Bladeguard Veteran|Bladeguard Veterans]] into their ranks.{{Fn|13}}
===Wolf Guard Battle Leaders===
*{{main|Battle Leader}}
It is not only as bodyguards that Wolf Guard excel, but also as mentors for younger members of the Chapter due to their battle experience and raw talent. As such, Wolf Guard who are especially charismatic but also domineering are assigned to lead packs of [[Battle-Brother]]s, guiding them in the finer arts of war. The most heroic Wolf Guard, typically those judged by their Wolf Lord as born to command, are sometimes assigned control of an entire strike force as a '''Wolf Guard Battle Leader'''. Should a Battle Leader prove himself capable of excelling above and beyond expectations, he may find himself next in line as Wolf Lord. Many of these Battle Leaders are now also [[Primaris Marines]].{{Fn|3a}}{{Fn|13}}
===Wolf Guard Headtakers===
Headtakers are Wolf Guard, who are charged with taking down the [[Space Wolves]]' toughest foes. Those who have retained their youthful energy are especially chosen for the role and Headtakers are accompanied by packs of loyal [[Fenrisian Wolf]] companions.{{Fn|18}}
==Wargear==
The Wolf Guard can be clad in either [[Power Armour]]{{Fn|6}} or [[Terminator Armour]].{{Fn|7}}
==Notable Wolf Guards==
==Images==
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Wolf-Guard-Battle-Leader.jpg|Wolf Guard Battle Leader (10th Edition){{Fn|18}}
WolfGuardBL.jpg|''Wolf Guard'' [[Battle Leader]]{{Fn|12b}} (5th Edition)
Wolfytermies.jpg|A '''Wolf Guard''' pack in Terminator armour{{Fn|7}} (5th Edition)
