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'''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 Legionspace 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.
The Space Wolves are notorious throughout the rest of the [[Imperium]] for their ferocity in battle and their defiance of authority, including the dictates of the [[Codex Astartes]] that govern the organisation and combat doctrines of other Space Marine chapters.
