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|Homeworld=[[Fenris]]{{Fn|8j}}
|Fortress-Monastery=[[The Fang]]{{Fn|8j}}
|Colours='''Pre-Heresy:'''<br>Grey {{Color sample|Grey|size=15}} & Red {{Color sample|Red|size=15}}{{Fn|21}}<br>'''Post-HersyHeresy:'''<br>Blue-Grey {{Color sample|#4E5067|size=15}} & Yellow {{Color sample|#FFCE00|size=15}}
|Specialty='''Punitive campaigns (Pre-Heresy)'''{{Fn|73}}<br>'''Shock Assault''', '''Close Combat'''{{Fn|67}}
|Battle Cry='''"For Russ and the Allfather"''' or a '''feral howl'''{{Fn|11}}
|Descendants=*[[Space_Wolves#Successor_Chapters|Successors Below]]
}}
'''The Space Wolves''' (also '''Sky Warriors of Russ''', '''Rout''' or '''Vlka Fenryka''' or ''Wolves of Fenris'' in [[Fenris Vulgaris|Fenrisian]]) were the '''VI Legion''' of the twenty [[Space Marine Legion]]s. Their [[primarch]] is [[Leman Russ (Primarch)|Leman Russ]], and during the [[Great Crusade]] they gained a reputation as the [[Emperor]]'s executioners and instruments of punishment.{{Fn|16}} After the [[Horus Heresy]] and the resultant reforms, the legion was divided, its first and only time, into two [[chapter]]s: the new Space Wolves chapter retained the name of their parent Legion, while the second chapter took on the name of the [[Wolf Brothers]]. The latter however suffered from [[Mutant|mutation]] and were disbanded.
