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From Warhammer 40k - Lexicanum
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The [[Primarch]] project was the creation of twenty super humans created by the Emperor while preparing his armies for the reconquest of the Galaxy prior to the [[Great Crusade]]. However, the experiment never reached its final result due to all twenty infants being scattered among the Galaxy by the forces of [[Chaos]]. Over time the Emperor was reunited with his creations each having grown to adulthood and gave them leadership of their respective legions as was originally intended.{{Fn|2a}} Leman Russ was one such individual. After being spirited away he found himself on the planet of Fenris. Found young he was raised by some tribesman before being taken in and raised by the court of King Thengir. As he grew so did his legend and eventually Leman Russ found himself the Wolf-King.{{Fn|8k}}
While on his Great Crusade, the world of Fenris was one of the first to be found by the Emperor. Upon hearing the legend of the Wolf-King the Emperor left his great ship to meet the man expecting him to be one of his Primarchs. After a one-on-one battle between the two, Leman Russ was bested for the first time in his life. Satisfied this was one of his Generals, the Emperor soon gave him leadership of the Space Marine Legion that bore his genes. The planet of Fenris was claimed as their chapter's homeworld. Soon after Leman Russ would lead his legion for the first time in the [[Wheel of Fire Campaign]]. Where a third of the legion, including the majority of its remaining [[Terran]] recruits, would be lost eradicating the domain of a billion Orks. This five year long war would leave the VI with only 15,000 legionnaires to its name, yet in the wake of the trials of the Wheel of Fire, those battered survivors had come to adopt the culture and martial traditions of Fenris their Primarch embodied. The world they would return returned to was now truly considered to be their the legion’s home, and the Space Wolves would set about rapidly rebuild their strength. Making use of the gene-works and extensive memetic-conditioning facilities found within the grand citadel that had been constructed for the legion during their absence: [[The Fang]]{{Fn|42a}}{{Fn|40b}}
===The Great Crusade===
