The Primarchs: Leman Russ Lore - The Wolf King (Space Wolves) | Warhammer 40,000 

Freki and Geri are the wolves of Odin/Wodan in Norse and Germanic mythology --> Geri means something like "greedy" ...at least according to my sources (and the internet) - my medieval icelandic is a bit rusty so I can't check the edda personally :-)

I imagine the space wolves charging into the lines of the thousand sons screaming "nerrrrrrrrrdddssss!". They dont even kill anyone but rather they give them wegies and break their glasses.

"I RIPPED ONE OF HIS HEARTS OUT!!! Why does nobody remember that!!!" -Magnus, while bystander as the Emperah discusses the events on Prospero.

“I'm Leman Russ! The stylin', profilin', Stormrider riding, StormWolf flying, life-stealing, wheelin' and dealin' son of a God-King.” WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

Timberwolves aren’t extinct Sparty, perhaps you are thinking of Dire wolves.

in the novel. "spear of the emperor" russ voices the regrets he has for the things he did on Prospero and he wants to redeem Horus or if he cant, kill him so that others might be spared. Russ seem to have a love of family in him and he does care. Between Russ and Vulkan, i dont know who my favorite are.

"The mechanicus is wild, they've taked their robes off" And for a brief moment i had a breathweapon, steaming hot coffee obliterating the infidels before me...

Dorn was against having Chapters which is why he developed the Last Wall Protocol. The Last Wall Protocol basically says "hey, if something like the Heresy happens again, all Imperial Fist chapters will recombine into a Legion". Don't ask me why they didn't enact the Protocol during the War of the Beast, the invasion of Hive Fleet Leviathan, or the 13th Black Crusade because each of those really warranted it. The Dark Angels on the other hand say they don't act as a Legion and they technically don't, but all successor chapters of the Dark Angels follow the orders of the chapter master of the Dark Angels first and foremost. Any orders inside the successor chapter are superceded by the orders of the Grand Master of the Dark Angels. The Blood Angels also don't act as a Legion, but all successor chapters follow the lead of the Blood Angels. The Ultramarine successors act the same way with the Ultramarines. The Iron Fists and their successors are barely ever in the lore and the Salamanders and their successors only show up when someone wants them to look like heroes and other chapters to looks like douche bags. The Raven Guard get a mention now and again with their successors being as sneaky and independent as they are, but they show reverence to the Raven Guard.

The challange between Russ and The emperor reminds me of Thors challanges When he visits "utgårdaloke". When Thor has eating, drinking and wrestling chalanges. verrengian sounds like a referens to the Varangian Guard.

"Listen but closely Brothers, for my life's breath is all but spent. There shall come a time far from now when our Chapter itself is dying, even as I am now dying, and our foes shall gather to destroy us. Then my children, I shall listen for your call in whatever realm of death holds me, and come I shall, no matter what the laws of life and death forbid. At the end I will be there. For the final battle. For the Wolftime." Best quote from Russ by far. Been playing Space Wolves for years now and no other army matches up to the lore and the fun that they bring to the table. Great video on an amazing character. You got my subscription!!

You missed the part where Russ tried to contact Magnus twice before every landing and wanted him to explain himself

"That's diablo. Wrong lore. Don't you guys have phones?" Heh, burn.. xD

"Hey-a Big E, how's it going; hey listen - you heard about #wolfking?" "Nope, what's that?" "We think it may be another of your sons mate, wanna have a look?" "Sure, is it verified?" "Ofc, they think its a furry or something, ofc its verified." "I'm all over it."

I always kinda figured it was Rogue Traders out way ahead of the conquering fleets doing all that trading super rogueishly as is their charge, and they report any crazy shit back to the bulk of the imperium fleets... made sense to me...

"to spread the Emperor light like a smooth sheet of butter on finely toasted bread" and that laugh.... dude your awesome

The three challenges is based a real norse story called: Thor and Loki's Journey to the Land of the Giants, one of my favorite stories. Hail the Gods! VENERATE THE IMMORTAL EMPEROR!

Relatively new to warhammer as a whole, (mostly got interested at the beginning of the year) found your channel a few days ago. Primarch’s explained man, massive thanks for putting this stuff together for those of us newbies that are interested in the lore. Subscribed 100% keep up the amazing work.

Russ did not want to fight magnus. In prospero burns russ begged magnus to surrender so he did not have to attack. He said that magnus is the only person he has ever offered this to. Even with the doctored orders to sanction him russ still offeredd to allow the 1k sons to surrender. But magnus felt from destroying the big Es work they deserved death. Goes on but there is more in those events

"The Sons of Fenris they are, hardened in the forge of their harsh world, eager for battle and honour. They are the grey warriors, ashen like the wolf, whose greatest joy is to hear the clamour of steel amidst the din of war''. Fantastic content on my favourite chapter,great work mate,many thanks,keep up the good work...…..Fenrys hjølda! .

All I got out of this was WOLFWOLFWOLFWOLFWOLFWOLFWOLFWOLFWOLFWOLFWOLF and WOLF.

Freaking amazing...wait was worth it. Your combo of lore and memes is too good. *"For Russ! For the wolf time!"*

I love how you kind of slip into these little tirades of modern references, funny descriptions and bro-moments. My favorite in this series is the "brother-brother arm clasping"

Last I remember, Russ wiped the floor with Horus proving himself nigh on peerless in mortal combat. Had a flashback of "Prospero Burns", then hesitated in executing his brother primarch. Horus then proceeds to maul him in his lapse in judgement; before Russ's wolfgaurd ported away with their wolf king in tow

I love how the wolfes and Russ just play the savages,There a lot more depth and intelligent then many people think to him.

Should have compared them to a direwolf. Perhaps the empire has spies on every human planet, even the feudal ones.

"Low credit score lout" 😂

YO! FINALLY! Good Stuff man!!! Onwards to Guilliman!! We march for Macragge!

Have you heard the tragedy of Horus Lupercal the Warmaster .

THAAAAAAAAAAAANK YOU!! This has been long overdue and I've been hanging out for another 40k video for months!!

The Russ in Russia comes from a tribe called the Kievan Russ, a tribe of nordic raiders that settled down in modern Ukraine and spread to Russia, with lots of interbreeding with the local Slavs.

I Would be very interested in another video on the 13th company. For Russ and the Allfather

To me Russ wasn't hypocritical about psykers at Nikea and he was more against the way that Magnus was using them. Russ and his legion are keeping their psyker powers in check and control the use of them, only using it when it's absolutely necessary, while Magnus and his legion were overly depended on them to the point that they were summoning daemons and were at risk of becoming corrupted. To me Russ just did not wanted to lose another brother. Actually if you look at his interactions with Angron, Lion and Magnus it's clear that if he just tried to play it better he could've teach them how to fix their flaws, Angron anger issue with teaching him how to control and using it at the right moment, with Lion not letting his pride take over his actions and Magnus to not overdosing his psyker powers. He basically had answers on these problems and he could maybe even save Magnus and Angron from becoming traitors. That's probably one of my favorite things about Russ and why he is one of my favorite primarchs (probably favorite one, but I still don't know). Despite his appearance, he is intelligent and knows how to control his emotions and powers to use them in the best way and not let himself be controlled by them. It also makes him probably one of the most intriguing and somehow tragic primarchs, even though he doesn't have depressing past like Angron, it feels like what happened to Magnus really left impact on him more than anything and if we take into consideration that he maybe had to kill 2 missing chapters, it may even hint that he feels like he failed another one of his siblings and as we saw for instance with him repeating Lorgar's poems or him trying to convince Horus to redeem himself he cares about his brothers.

Wolves for the wolf god! Wolves for the wolf throne! Let the galaxy wolf, ye milksops!

The expeditionary fleets were preceded by scouts, probably early rogue traders. This is one way the Emperor could of heard about Leman Russ, although personally I go with the whole Emperor's psychic awareness thing. Regarding the forgotten and the purged - I've read or heard (can't remember how or where) that some of the warriors of the lost legions were mindwiped and transferred to the Ultramarines and Word Bearers. This could explain why these two legions were significantly larger then all the other legions. Personally I like this explanation, but of course.....we'll never bloody know!

Didn’t Know this page existed Thank you i am A true Fan Of everything from Fenris and Would love to see u go over the Months of Shame !!!!!

Wolves are STRONK! MILKSOPS!

This is awesome. I've recently been getting into Lore for 40K and I like the Space Wolf models for Tabletop. Always wondered what the difference was between them and space marines.

For Russ for the Allfather

"WHOOO, mess with the wolf you get the fangs. " As Leman haunches over Magnus with his fingers pointing down like teeth. 🤣couldn't resist

The amount of Freudian Slips in the first few minutes really hints at Italian Spartacus's true feelings towards the Primarch.

-I met your primarch once, space wolf. He wasn't as wild as he would have people believe. (Stormcaller, Chris Wraight.)

I feel that the Emperor was able to pick up whispers in the Warp, and deduced the locations of the Primarchs when he started hearing about legends of superhuman feats being done on such and such planets

The Custodian Guard as well as there Captain General Constantine Valdor were also at Prospero.

You know that you see a true MANLY Primarch with some good ol' balls when your brain starts playing heavy metal on background. FOR THE RUSS, AND THE ALLFATHER!

There are no wolves on fenris

ItalianSpartacus- Fist of Fucking Thunder. Me- *clicks subscribe*

Fantastic video about my army of choice The name Russ actually comes from the ancient name of Ukraine, which was at one point in history inextricably linked with Vikings who ruled over the territory, early pagan Ukrainians even burned people on boats instead of burrying them If you pay close attention, the primary colors of the Space Wolves are blue and yellow, too :)

The part where the emperor challenges russ to a drinking and eating contest is based on a story about Thor in norse mythology... Pretty cool.

Yessss. Been looking forward to this for nearly two months dude!

Emperor: "Hey man, the fuck is Fenris?" That made me laugh, like for you good sir.

I've just been able to finish this video and it was great. When I was introduced to 40k they were the first space marines I ever heard of or saw. I always thought it was kinda stupid that they were simply called space wolves and I didn't know that wasn't their name. Cool stuff, my man.

"timber wolves but their extinct" I heard that and my zoologist and paleontologist part of my brain went "oh he probably ment Dire wolves, ok" not calling you out or anything or Trying to be that *um actually* guy. Just wanted to look out for and just put it out there You are awesome and I love your videos keep up the good work ^^

For Khan and the Emperor! Give us Jagahtai Khan next please

That's an amazing bill and ted esque "dad no!" you have there

I highly recommend this video!!! Trust me it’s really me!!!

“I wanted knights in space so I found the Space Wolves” *sad Dark Angels noises.

We all know that the sons of Sanguinius are the Alpha of all the legions.

This video is PERFECT for painting Magnus the Red!

Two custodes talking: C1: Yeah did you hear about that new death world? C2: The icy one covered in volcanoes? C1: Yeah Fenris! They say a single dude conquered the whole thing and goes by The Wolf K- E: WE'RE GOING TO FENRIS

"Don't you guys have phones?" I died lol

I love how the lore is just ripped straight out of Norse Mythology.

"Don't you guys have phones?" I like this guy :D

FOR THE WOLF KING!!!!!!

I find it amazing that i've only recently found your videos on wh40k lore. Man, keep up the good work. They are a blast. I'll recommend them to my wh40k friends. We don't own any armies, they're too expensive, but we play the computer games and are very fond of the warhammer universe.

One of the Greatest Primarch in the Imperium ,As Vulcan and Many Loyal Primarchs , Great Work, keep them Coming, En Taro Zeratul 😎 !!!!!!.

Yes!! Its finally here i have been waiting for this since you said you were going to do a vid on him... You probably don´t remember but as i have told you i got in to 40k watching your channel these guys were the first that got my attention so i´m always eager to learn more about them. Not to take anything from the other legions but space vikings are just awesome got to love how they stand to even the inquisition no fucks given! Can´t wait for Leman Russ return and see what they do with him hope they don´t mess it up... Also would love to learn more about the 13th company. Thanks for the vid man for the Vlka Fenryka and The Wolf King!!! P.S: The reindeers would love Leman as santa with his brothers Freki and Geri would really make their day xD...

"with a fist of fucking thunder" damn man got me to LOL for real well done! subscribed

Lameman Russ, Robot Girlyman and Regal Dork, the greatest heroes of the imperium.

The humor in your story telling is most epic😄👍🏽

"Take this....with a fucking fist of thunder" so good :D

Everyone knows its all for Russ and the AllFather!!!

Yeah!!! I’ve been waiting for this- I was wondering if it was going to be anytime soon, but I know you’re busy with WH Fantasy content and didn’t want to pester you about this. I knew it’d get here eventually, and that it would be worth the wait! I’m going to be painting for a couple of hours today, and I’m saving this to watch while I do- thanks so much for putting this up, I can’t wait to watch it!

Italian spartacus yanno my friend i love 40k lore and i love other channels like arch warhammer and loremaster of sotek and occulus imperator but your narrative style and mix of artwork has really made an impression on me. Im gonna try spread the word and get you more subs. Keep up the great work mate

Awesome video. Been listening to luetin09 warhammer stuff. Over the moon I found this channel

I've seen a couple of your videos over the past few days, and have enjoyed the content. But I legit just logged in to subscribe just because of that "Diablo, don't you have phones?" joke 😂

"Good luck chasing that bone, Clifford" *cracks beers* - Russ

The story of Russ meeting the Emperor is a near mirror copy of the myth of Thor meeting Utgard Loki in the Edda.

Love the Primarch videos! And yes, Dorn (hmm if Robute is Bobby G, can we call Dorn Daddy-D? :P ) but Dorn was at first dead set against breaking up his legion.

'there are no wolves in Fenris.'

Love the way and examples you use in your video...🤣

2nd and 11th are the missing primarchs not 2nd and 19th, awesome recall though very good explanation for the mighty 'Wolf King' 👍 and the Space Wolves are the 6th legion not 13th just in case anyone's confused

Is it the right place to yell « MAGNUS DID NOTHING WRONG » ? Yea I think it is.

A giagantic humongous tall cloaked traveler... not suspicious at all.

The mechanicus were wild, taking their robes off😂😂😂 it was a good fucking time lol! Best comment in this video

An entire Legion of Wolverine and Dinobots. Oi

To answer your Question about how The Emps heard about his sons on these feral worlds Scout Ships.

10 points for "Don't you guys have phones" reference.

I am interested in a video about the 13th Company

Discovered your channel today with this video..loved it and YES do a 13th great company one

Love it when you do these. Pretty sure Lorgar had a connection with E money prior to meeting through his prophetic visions.

I'd like to get into WH40k, but damn....94 novels just for the Horus Heresy? 61 novels for Age of Sigmar? Hot damn!

1:32 I can tell just from the style of the icons and the colors its the 2ed map. I do love that colorful and vibrant time of hero hammer lol

Russ- hey horus, wanna wrassle?? Horus- no, but we can spar. i'd win tho.. Russ- aww, come on!! wrassle!!! Horus- no. i'd win. Russ- suuuure you would... ::Horus leaves:: Russ- pussy.....

Corax, Dorn, Sanguinius, Kahn, Ferrus and Vulkan got along best with Leman. He was close to Horus because they knew eachother longer than any other primarchs. Believe it or not, i think he was closest with Dorn. Dorn and Leman always spoke with the most familiarity. Later on for a short time before Leman disappeared, Leman and Johnson were close too. All the Primarchs knew Leman was honest, even to a fault. He was easy to trust or at least it was easy to trust his words. In my opinion he admired Sanguinius the most because he always spoke of him and the Blood Angels fondly. Even if Leman knew about Sanguinius's curse he would have either have kept it in confidence or protested even to the emperor against any action against him.

I Really liked this one! I hope you'll be making more of these in the (grim) future :)

Now that we have the Alpha Legion lore, it was most likely all Alpharius

Sounds like the Emperors own version of the band known as "Deer Tick" & their folk tune: "The Great Smoke Off"...;)

13:55 The Vrangi (is that right?) must have been a nod to the Varangian guard, an elite group of Northern-European mercenaries, mainly Norsemen and Anglo-Saxons and Rus, hired by the Byzantine empire to act as the emperor’s bodyguards. I recommend looking it up for more information since it’s quite interesting.

Very well done video! I enjoyed it greatly as I do all of your primarch videos. I would love it if you're next video was about lorgar!

On Fenris Liam Neeson's The Grey has a happy ending.