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===The Great Crusade===
During the Great Crusade, the Space Wolves earned both respect and renowned for their battlefield accomplishments, but this {{Fn|8k}} such as the campaign against the [[Noman]] [[Xenos]], wherein the [[STC]] for a [[Leman Russ Battle Tank|new model of tank]] was discovered by the Space Wolves. The [[Mechanicum]] subsequently named the new tank design in honour of Leman Russ.{{Fn|40b}} However these glorious deeds were accompanied by a reputation for genocidal cleansings and brutality. Cataclysmic conflicts such as the [[Rangdan Xenocides]] redoubled the Legion's reputation as not noble savages, but as the Emperor's executioners and tyrannical enforcers.{{Fn|73}}
Under Russ' brash leadership the Space Wolves had other incidents with their allied Astartes Legions. This included the [[Night of the Wolf]] against the [[World Eaters]] and a brief [[Battle of Shrike_#Aftermath|bloody confrontation]] on [[Ark Reach Secundus]] with the [[Thousand Sons]]. It was also hinted that the Space Wolves, serving as the Emperor's executioners, may have had something to do with the disappearance of the [[Lost legions|two lost legions]]{{Fn|16}}; according to members of the [[Adeptus Custodes]], they were among the first respondents to an act of betrayal involving the XI Legion.{{Fn|62}}
