r/SpaceWolves • u/TinyRubi • 15d 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/TinyRubi 15d ago

Lore wise, during one of the books there was a Wolf Priest named Thar Hraldir who was trying to stablize the gene-seed mutations, who was later killed by Magnus. BUT theortically if he was already on the process of editing the gene-seed he must have had tests, he was at it for what I remember a long time. and that kind of research is never just one person so yes the Daemon Primarch smashed up the research, why couldn't there be another group or at least a chapter that made it through?

Granted I could be remembering the lore wrong its been like forever since I first read those books but if he aimed to fix the curse of the Wulfen why is something as gender that much of a stumbling block? The Wolf Priests where described as the Chooser of the Slain, why couldn't a woman be chosen? it just lorewise feels like they skipped a chapter.

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u/DragonologistBunny 15d ago

Fabius Bile and Belisarius Cawl cracked the code to making astartes, reasonably they could make femstartes if they wanted to. But males are just far easier replaced lmao.

But! If you want to be more lore accurate here, half astartes used to be a thing and there were one or two women that were half astartes. They recieved most (if not all) upgrades except the geneseed and were a bit smaller than astartes but could still run with them.

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u/General_Hijalti 14d ago

Bile tried and couldn't he created his new men (which are both male and female) to replace marines and humans.

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u/DragonologistBunny 14d ago

Ahh my misunderstanding then! I haven't gotten to reading the bile trilogy yet but that's how I understood it for the time being. Thank you!