Shadow Wolves

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Shadow Wolves Homeworld: Varadon[1a] Colours: Silver[1b] with dark-silver torso, arms and helmets; and dark-grey aquila, pauldrons and backpack[6] or possibly Dark Purple[Note 2] Strength: Unknown[2]

The Shadow Wolves are a Space Marine Chapter.^[1a]

History

They were thought to have been destroyed while fighting alongside the Black Templars, during a Tyranid invasion of their homeworld, Varadon, in 987.M41.^{[1a][Note 1]}

Despite this, a strike force of the Shadow Wolves later came to the aid of Cadia during the Thirteenth Black Crusade, in which they joined the Imperial forces' efforts to retake the Chaos held Kasr Belloc.^[2] It is not known, though, how many of the Shadow Wolves were able to escape Cadia's destruction at the hands of the Despoiler.^[3]

Chapter Assets

Fleet

• Purest Intent - Strike Cruiser. Captured by the orks and later destroyed during the Third War for Armageddon.^[1a]

Notes

• Note 1: The novel Helsreach states that the Battle of Varadon occurred eleven years prior to the Third War for Armageddon^[1a], which started in 998.M41.
• Note 2: Two claims have been made about the Shadow Wolves on external sources. Neither claim has been officially confirmed:
  • The wife of Black Library author Aaron Dembski-Bowden, Katie, claims the Shadow Wolves are a reference to loyalist Luna Wolves, as a gift to her who was a fan of the Luna Wolves.^[4]
  • On the forum Warseer, a user claiming to be Aaron Dembski-Bowden himself and posting under the username "Dead.Blue.Clown" stated that the Shadow Wolves were likely Imperial Fists descendants with dark purple armour. He went on to say that they have a large number of Mark VI Power Armour helmets and were both extremely Codex Astartes-compliant and extremely independent.^[5]

See also

Related Articles

• Loyal Space Marine Chapters (List)
  • Lost Chapters
• Space Marine Forces (List)

Sources

• 1: Helsreach (Novel)
  • 1a: Chapter Five
  • 1b: Chapter Nineteen
• 2: Ragnar Blackmane (Novel), Epilogue
• 3: Gathering Storm: Fall of Cadia, Chapter 3: In the Teeth of the Storm
• 4: Katie's Blog - Shadow Wolves (published on September 22, 2011) (last accessed 14 November 2019)
• 5: Warseer Forum: Post by Dead.Blue.Clown (posted on 19 July 2011) (last accessed 21 October 2019)
• 6: Adeptus Astartes: Successor Chapters, pg. 82