Sunday, February 20, 2011

Mankind's Foes...

Black Library Copyright

"We are the Allfather's killers... Astartes of the finest warriors Terra has ever manufactured. We are killers. A role for each primarch-son. A role for each primarch's Legion. Defenders and champions... We all have our duties. Sixth Legion are the executioners. We are the last line. When all else fails we are the ones expected to do whatever is necessary. There are lines that other Legions will not cross. There are divides of honour, fealty and devotion. There are some acts so ruthless, some deeds so unpalatable, that only the 'Vlka Fenryka' are capable of undertaking them. It's what we were bred for. It's the way we were designed. Without qualm or sentiment, without hesitation or whimsy, We take pride in being the only Astartes who will never, under any circumstances, refuse to strike on the Allfather's behalf, no matter what the target, no matter what the cause."

We are considered bestial... It's a by product of our ruthlessness. We are not feral savages. It's just that centuries of doing things that other Legions find distasteful have earned us that reputation. The other Legions think we are untamed, untrained dogs, but the truth is that we are the most harshly trained of all."

"We are the Allfather's killer. It is a matter of honour that we will face anything down. This also may explain why others may regard us as deranged. we deny fear. It plays no part in our lives. Once we deploy fear is gone from us. It doesn't ride with us. It doesn't stay our hands. We exclude it from our hearths and from our heads."

A Longfang tutoring a Wolf



Excerpt From Prospero Burns "The Wolves Unleashed" by Dan Abnett