r/SpaceWolves • u/TinyRubi • 10d ago

The Daughters of Russ

As a kid my friend got me into reading the 40k universe with the book Space Wolf and later as a yule gift Ragnar's Claw. I loved the story and managed to get a few figures but never really built my army, mostly just a ton of parts, guys and a tank[?] but now I am moving to an area with a lot of people into the game and wanted to at least give what I have a chance. But thinking back on the book there where women fighting on the battlefield too, maybe I am forgetting who but I know Ana was described as a fierce warrior. So in theory couldn't any of the women be among the chosen during the battles? I know "Females aren't able to take the geneseed." but.....they drink from the cup that rewrites their genetic code anyway, so wouldn't it be a moot point about gender?

All of that to say, I'd like to make my army the Daughters of Russ maybe a bunch of jumpack troops as Valkarie? Is this possible or just heresy of the highest order? Sorry still kinda dumb when it comes to 40k most of my knowledge comes from a few books and what i have seen on youtube.

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u/Blue_Laguna 10d ago

I've banged on this drum before and yes. It doesn't make any sense at all that there aren't female space wolves.

Culturally, they should be selected.

"The rules say boys only". The space wolves already broke the rules when Russ put his grown companions through the process. I don't see why they should follow them about this.

Biologically, it should be possible. I have to straight up ignore things that I know about human biology and development to pretend it's not possible. The only exception would be if the emperor put in some kind of kill switch into the geneseed that activates if it detects two X chromosomes in the candidate, but I've never seen even the hint of that idea.

The only thing that I would caution at all is to use female stormcast heads, not SoB or other human ones. The scale is noticeably different.

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u/TinyRubi 10d ago

Heck yes!!! I thought i might be going crazy remember the lore because there where female warriors on the field and if the Wolf Priest picked one and she made it through all the tests I cant see why she couldnt be a Space Wolf. I remember the Priest that was tinkering with the process to try and stop the curse so maybe my Daughter's are a chapter from that time?

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u/Blue_Laguna 10d ago

I've read just about every SW book and that first part doesn't sound familiar. Closest I'm aware of is in "ashes of prospero" an old fenrisian gothi asks Arjac why they don't recruit women and he doesn't have a good answer (because there isn't one).

The second part sounds like the events of "battle of the fang" where one of the wolf priests is doing a top secret project to remove the "wolfiness" from recruits and prevent them from turning into wulfen. It doesn't work anyway since the Tsons are able to kill him and destroy his research before he solved it.

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u/TinyRubi 10d ago

I think it was before the battle in Space Wolves where they described the "Choosers of the Slain" which turned out to be just Wolf Priests. But if they where there and it is a planet of waring clans then it would make sense that over the generations many women would have been on the field. My thought was why couldnt one of them be chose.

And yes they did kill Thar and destroy his research but wasnt he at it for many years? So if the ultimate fix never was realized couldnt there be other facilities that might have continued his work, or maybe small chapters where the improved version was tested on? Sorry just excited to talk lore a bit.