A distress call

__________________________, this Sword Frigate has been

at your command for over fifty years and shows every decade
of it. It has been both your home, a safe haven to heal from
wounds and retell your war stories as much as it has been the
tip of your spear, cutting down enemy craft to deliver its deadly
cargo, the warriors of the Vlka Fenryka, the rout, the Space
Wolves sons of Leman Russ, your pack-mates, your family.

The walls are lined with furs from long

vanquished beasts and trophies of a
hundred battles. Talismans for safeguarding
and trinkets for friends lost and welcomed,
the craft has a life of its own now. As a Wolf
Lord you have devoted your life to fighting
the enemies of the Allfather, the emperor of
mankind, but the light of holy Terra is faint
this far to the north of the galaxy, well near
the fringes of Segmentum Obscurus.

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 The pale green haze of the pict-unit renders your quarters in monochromatic hues as you
play the recording once more. The ghostly image of Lukas Strifeson stares back at you as you
parse and memorize the information, quickly summarizing the info as a battle-doctrine briefing:
Lukas had been reportedly pursuing his “ultimate prey” on the ruined sanctuary planet Prius-III
at the fringes of Segmentum Obscurus. He pleads for help, invoking the name of the Allfather
and claiming that any wolf-brothers who assist him will share their glory of this “ultimate hunt”.
You recall your previous encounters with Lukas, also known as the Trickster, and you are
fully aware that his antics must be taken with care, but you trust that despite his greatest desire
being to work his unparalleled mischief upon whomever he fancies, at heart he is a fierce
warrior of the Rout and will kill as many of its foes as he can along the way. You can also not
ignore the encoded signals worked on his message: augurs aboard your ship have determined
a spike in xenos raids on nearby planets, all converging to this same place. A hidden threat has
rooted itself in this system, the presence of the fool cannot be a coincidence, but you decide
that his aid could be beneficial.
The blaring claxons signal the end of warp-transit, it’ll be a
matter of minutes now until you re-enter realspace near the orbit
of the planet. You fear no warp-spawn but the knowledge that
you will be out of the Immaterium soon instinctively makes you
reach for your warding runes. You chuckle as you remember
carving them back in Fenris, before your transformation into
Astartes. Most of that life has been forgotten, your human life, a
simpler life. The only concerns then were the tracking of prey
and the fighting of beasts, most of your responsibility was to
yourself and the few village hunters you have long forgotten the
names of... you now have your own company to command, and
a frigate to travel the stars with. The lives of not only your
hundreds of battle brothers, but of every serf and menial grub
worker on the bowels of the vessel depended on your cunning
decisions, and despite it being your duty, following the trail of the
Trickster left a bitter taste on your mouth that no amount of
Mjold could drown.

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Muster your forces

You access the ship’s manifesto to gather the forces at your disposal for the mission:

● Choose up to 50 power level total from the list below (don’t worry if you have less than
50, leftover points will be used in the future)

● You MUST select at least one WOLF LORD option (that’s you)

● You MUST spend at least 18 points in the TROOP options

● You can only choose ONE extra HQ choice

● You cannot choose more than 2 of each Elite, Fast Attack or Heavy Support options

● This is your initial army, and will grow as you advance through this campaign

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THE WOLF LORD Power Total
Choose your fighting style Level

Wolf Lord on You fight your enemies from the front lines near your 5
Power Armour packmates clad in power armour for maximum
versatility

Wolf Lord on You use a jump pack on your back to strike the 6
Jump Pack enemy from the skies and combine the versatility of
power armour with the ability to soar above the
battlefield

Wolf Lord on You don one of the ancient suits of Terminator armor, 7
Terminator making you a behemoth on the battlefield, capable of
Armour sustaining the most gruesome wounds and keep
fighting

Wolf Lord on You ride to battle riding atop your monstrous 7

Thunderwolf Thunderwolf companion striking with ferocity and
speed only a thunderwolf is capable of

High Command Power Total

Choose other commanders that give you their advice and ferocity Level

Wolf Guard Battle The Wolf Guard are your elite and your closest 4
Leader friends, the ones who survived, anyway. You have
chosen one of them to be your second in command,
your Wolf Guard Battle Leader

Wolf Guard Battle Make your Wolf Guard Battle Leader soar above the 5
Leader with Jump battlefield in a jump-pack
Pack

Wolf Guard Battle Make your Wolf Guard Battle Leader don one of the 6
Leader Terminator ancient suits of Terminator armour
Armour

Rune Priest The elusive Rune Priests are powerful psykers who 6
bend wyrd to their whyms, shooting lightning from
their fingertips or conjuring blizzards to blind the foes

Wolf Priest The Wolf Priests are wise old masters who guide the 5
spirits of the warriors of the rout and tend to their
injuries on the battlefield

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Elites Power Total
The veterans and specialists with special equipment Level

Wolf Scouts with Loners and reserved fighters that prefer the company 6
Wolf Guard Leader of the night and silence. Great stalkers, they excel in
striking from shadows behind enemy lines

Wolf Scouts with A second wolf scout squad 6

Wolf Guard Leader

Dreadnought A renowned warrior who suffered grievous wounds 7

and was interned in a Dreadnought suit so they may
continue to fight for the Allfather, highly resilient and
carrying heavy weaponry

Venerable An ancient dreadnought who brings not only thick 9

Dreadnought armour and heavy weaponry, but the wisdom of the
ancients to the battlefield

Wolf Guard Veterans, friends. Each one of these warriors has 8

lived to see most of their pack die, but they endure.
Steeled by the crucible of battle, they wield the best
equipment and have the ability to put them to
devastating use

Wolf Guard in The same veterans, but now clad in ancient 13

Terminator terminator armour and capable of shrugging off all
Armour but the heaviest of attacks. Their armours have
innate teleportation protection so they can be
deployed straight to the heart of the battlefield

Wulfen The cursed kind, those that could not control the 11
mutation of the geneseed in their blood and have
succumbed to the wulfen curse, they fight on to
redeem their honour, and we offer them our
protection, for they are still from our pack, despite
knowing that the imperium and their inquisitors would
brand us heretics if they are discovered

Wulfen An ancient fighter interned in dreadnought armour 8

Dreadnought but that has lost his mind to the wulfen curse. A
towering beast with a slicing axe and shield,
unleashed upon our foes to gain the emperor’s
blessing in battle

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Troops Power Total
The warriors of your company, great at holding ground Level

Blood Claws with Young, brash and thirsty for blood, the Blood Claws 6
Wolf Guard Leader are the most fearsome, if undisciplined, warriors of
the rout. They revel in hand-to-hand combat and with
the help of a Wolf Guard Leader can take down
much larger prey.

Blood Claws with A second Blood Claw pack 6

Wolf Guard Leader

Grey Hunters with Grey Hunters have already steeled their fighting style 6
Wolf Guard Leader enough to be able to hold ground and use their
ranged weapons with excellence. They are the
quintessential space marine of the empire, but with
the savage hunger of Fenris in their blood

Grey Hunters with A second grey hunter squad 6

Wolf Guard Leader

Fast Attack Power Total

Mobile warriors to claim territory and strike from behind enemy lines Level

Fenrisian Wolves Fenrisian wolves are trained and genetically altered 3

to mimic and follow their astartes masters in battle,
and the pack is led by a seasoned cyberwolf,
augmented well beyond the power of a hunter of its
stature should be

Land Speeder A floating weapon’s platform capable of delivering 6

precise heavy weaponry where it is most needed

Swiftclaws A pack of hungry blood claws, but driving into battle 7

in assault bikes whose roaring engines are only
drowned by their incessant need for speed

Thunderwolf Wolf Guard veterans riding atop giant 8

Cavalry Thunderwolves in a flurry of axe, hammer, claw and
teeth that can suppress any opposition they face

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Heavy Support Power Total
Heavy weapon specialists and battle tanks Level

Long Fangs The oldest of the battle brothers have the honour of 8
wielding the heaviest of weapons, mastering the art
of the hunt and the rewards of the patient stalker. A
long fang squad brings devastating weaponry to the
battlefield in the form of missile, laser or heavy bolter
fire and plasma

Predator The Predator tank is an astartes version of a fully 9

armored fighting vehicle, a mixture of speed and
firepower that can provide thunderous oppression
and withstand heavy punishment

Dedicated Transports Power Total

Vehicles to get your fighters to the fray Level

Drop Pod Drop Pod assaults are the ultimate weapon of terror 5
and surprise, aimed right at the heart of the foe. The
Drop Pod can deliver 10 astartes right to the thick of
battle

Drop Pod A second drop pod 5

Rhino Fast, rugged and reliable – enabling them to reach 4

the heart of the battle in short order, where they can
bring death to the Allfather’s enemies, capable of
transporting 10 astartes across the battlefield

Razorback Razorbacks are common variations of the Rhino 5

chassis that can be armed with a variety of powerful
turret-mounted heavy weapon systems that offer the
squads they carry effective fire support before and
after they disembark. Can carry up to 6 astartes into
battle

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Final Approach
You hurry down the corridors towards the command dais atop the control room. The high
arched ceiling of it resembles one of the great halls of Fenris, your banner hangs from either
side of the ceilings, showing your bold insignia.

At the center of the banner is the insignia, that

symbolizes your company greatest aspect:
___________________________________________

Below it is your company name, motto or warcry:

___________________________________________

Below that are three laurels, the first one is your

personal fighting style:
● A red wolf claw for ferocity and brutality
● A black wolf skull on a yellow socket for honour
and discipline
● Two runes for knowledge and virtue

The central Laurel is a roman V for your five decades of

service as Wolf Lord

The third one is a record of your ascendance to wolf

lord and your purity seals, written on it is the tale of
your deed of legend
___________________________________________
___________________________________________
___________________________________________
___________________________________________
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 Your staff of serfs tenses as you walk into the command dais, despite all these years of
service the sheer physical ferocity of a space wolf shills the hearts of even the most brutal of
men. The ship’s captain greets you and gives you the briefing. The planet in question is an old
shrine world that had been the target of drukhari raiding for centuries. During the past 500 years
it has been the target of fierce opposition from both the astra militarum and the adepta sororitas
until the great rift opened and warp storms destroyed the entire crusading armies, leaving the
word to fend for itself in the imperium nihilus, now cut off from the light of the astronomican on
holy Terra by the cicatrix maledictum. The Adeptus Administratum has declared the world a
dead world. “But still, my lord – says the captain looking up from the tactical read-outs – there
should at least be some signal of activity down there, survivors or even dormant mechanicum
machinery should still emit electro-magnetic disturbances or trace amounts of radiation, our
sensors read zero activity on the planet surface. We can’t even detect wind currents or oceanic
tides, it is as if the planet is truly dead, and that is an impossibility. There is either some strange
warp-related phenomena on the planet atmosphere or it is as if something, or someone, is
deliberately obscuring the planet from us”
After careful consideration and analysis, you have come up with two potential drop sites
for your forces, you only have time for one operation before anything on the surface has a
chance of detecting your frigate and responds in force.

“What will your orders be, lord?”

● Sweep and Clear - Send in a combat patrol force to the heart of the old government
capital district on the largest ruined city, if anything of malicious intent is on that planet,
the enemy cannot ignore the vantage location of the ruined capital and your forces are
sure to uncover some information about what is going on.

● Supply Drop - Send in your forces on the ruins of the military spaceport on the
mountainous region near the old capital. This ancient location can likely be salvaged or
reactivated and may provide the tools to scout the planet surface for clues of Lukas'
location.