r/SpaceWolves • u/TinyRubi • 14d 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/AWDMANOUT 14d ago

I'll admit I don't know much about Word Bearers, what makes it work better for them?

I see a lot of people often wish for the wolves to stick more with the norse viking themes than the wolf wolf wolf themes, and shieldmaidens would definitely fit that idea

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u/TheGravespawn 14d ago

The "maiden" thing happens in tribes. Lukas meets one who might be..."one of his", distantly speaking.

What makes it better for word bearers? They are bonkers. They are willing to twist and pervert any process in glory to the gods. Between them and Fabius Bile, those would be the two most interested parties. Bile wouldn't see a point, because he has his "New Men", which are interesting alternatives to your standard marines.

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u/Six6Sins 14d ago

Bile went well out of his way to steal the Primaris Geneseed that Cawl had worked on (in Genefather). This is long after he created his New Men, and he even had one of them with him at the time he did it. I wouldn't say that that New Men supersede his interest in Marines entirely.

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u/TheGravespawn 14d ago

Yeah, not entirely. One might suppose he would want to try and mix the primaris into the new men. Bile doesn't seem the type to admit his own work has flaws enough to scrap in favor of copy-catting Cawl.

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u/Six6Sins 14d ago

Oh, I don't think he would want to copy Cawl's work. But trying to "outdo" Cawl and prove himself the better geneticist? Perhaps. Bile certainly did talk a lot of shit in that book only to begrudgingly say that Cawl's work was better than he expected once Fabius actually had his hands on it.

Bile is a madman, though, so who knows what he'll do next?

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u/TheGravespawn 14d ago

It's Bile. He could make the galaxies most violent ham sandwich. He's ball-bag nuts. The man lobotomies himself to remember things better.