| “ | You strive for victory. That is obvious. What may be less obvious is the nature of victory. There are circumstances in which you can destroy the enemy utterly, without loss to your own forces, and yet the victory may be his. In all situations, you must first decide on the nature of victory, and then take steps to secure it. Avoid the instinct of fight first and think later. | „ |
| ~ Leman Russ, Meditations, Book VI |
Summary
- "Listen 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."
- - Leman Russ' last words.
Leman Russ, also known as the Wolf King and the Great Wolf during his lifetime, is the currently missing Primarch of the Space Wolves Chapter of Space Marines.
He led the Space Wolves Legion during the Great Crusade and the Horus Heresy and is famed in Imperial history for his hatred of psychic powers and sorcery, which he viewed as dishonorable. Some recent rumors claim that he is the unknown Space Wolves Great Company Wolf Lord behind the recent return of the Space Wolves' 13th Company to Realspace from 10,000 Terran years fighting the forces of Chaos in the Warp during the 13th Black Crusade. Several tank variants used by the Imperial Guard have been named after him. The Leman Russ tank is the most prominent, and several sub-variants of that pattern of tank also exist in widespread use in the Imperium of Man, such as the Leman Russ Demolisher.
Powers and Stats
Tier: At least 8-B, higher with Gungnir
Name: Leman Russ, The Wolf King, The Great Wolf, Lord of Winter and War
Origin: Warhammer 40,000
Gender: Male
Age: Several centuries by the time of his disappearance, over 10,000 years old if the legends are to be believed
Classification: Primarch of the Space Wolves Space Marines, Wolf King of Fenris
Powers and Abilities:
Superhuman Physical Characteristics, Genius Intelligence, Immortality (Types 1 and 3), Regeneration (Low-Mid), Large Size (Type 0; Should be comparable to Primarchs like the Lion who's stated to be a little under 3 meters tall[1] and Mortarion who's stated to be twice the height of a mortal man[2]), Enhanced Senses, Extrasensory Perception (One case of his abnormal senses is when he received Gungnir from the Emperor, when he touched it he felt it change his fate), Martial Arts (As a Primarch, Russ is one of the best close-quarters fighters in the entire galaxy. He was also one of the best fighters among his brothers, superior to even Horus and was responsible for exterminating the two Primarchs of the Forgotten Legions. He can easily defeat a Dreadnought capable of killing him without any equipment. The drone had a specialised human brain which was modified with every single combat technique and art from humanity), Weapon Mastery (Extremely skilled in a wide variety of weaponry to an extent far greater than what could ever be achievable by a regular human. He favours swords and axes), Vehicular Mastery, Clairvoyance and Precognition (With Rune Reading he can see different possibilities of fate. Russ is also skilled in predicting various possibilities within combat and is a strategic genius), Aura and Fear Manipulation (His aura is described by Ahriman as a supernova which caused him to feel nauseous and see afterimages, he passively caused Ahzek Ahriman to kneel to him[3]. When Garviel Loken approached Russ it felt as though he was striding towards a storm, Loken's intuition warned him of impending doom. The world became a different and primal place in Russ's presence[4]. When Russ's mannerisms change, he swells in size in the minds of men and is described as fear and death[5]), Information Analysis (Glanced at Ahzek Ahriman and knew his body better than Ahzek knew it himself[6]. Can accurately analyse any chemical he eats/tastes and break them down if required[7]), Mind Manipulation and Soul Manipulation (Primarchs are capable of attacking on every a physical, mental, and spiritual level[8]), Reality Warping, Earth Manipulation, and Weather Manipulation (Warped reality in his fight against Magnus, causing storms and earthquakes to form around them[9]), Temperature Manipulation (Russ' armour possesses exothermic field generators that cause an aura of chill to form around him[10]), Limited Memory Manipulation (Can eat creatures/people and absorb part of their memories from their DNA/RNA[11]), Technology Manipulation (His skin can directly connect and interface with his armor, among several other pieces of Astartes equipment[12]), Forcefield Creation (Via Iron Halo[13]), Durability Negation (The majority of his weapons either possess monomolecular blades[14] or have other ways to tear through molecular bonds[15]), Teleportation via Dimensional Travel
Resistance to Magic, Telepathy, Mind Manipulation, Empathic Manipulation, Soul Manipulation, Reality Warping, Madness Manipulation, Aura (Resistant to all the myriad of different attacks that can be made on him by the powers of the Warp, as well as most of the powers of other Primarchs), Disease Manipulation, Poison Manipulation (Astartes are practically immune to all diseases and poisons, and their Primarchs should logically be even tougher), Corruption, Radiation Manipulation (Should almost be entirely immune to the effects of radiation exposure, thanks both to his Power Armor and enhanced physiology), Heat Manipulation (Astartes are incredibly resistant towards extremes of hot and cold, and logically their Primarchs should be far superior), Pain Manipulation (Astartes possess the physiology and mental training to shrug off debilitating injuries, and their Primarchs should easily scale)
Sound Manipulation, Power Nullification (His shouts' sheer psychic might stops psykers from utilizing their abilities[16]), Death Manipulation (Instantly killed those who heard his shouts including Athanaean Thousand Sons[16]), Mind Manipulation (His shouts staggered multiple Thousand Sons Captains, they described it as psychic might that overpowers the mind and senses[16]) and Madness Manipulation (His shouts induced insanity in many of Phosis T'kar's Athanaen fellowship[16]), Biological Manipulation (He caused Lemuel to have spastic fits by shouting from hundreds of miles away[16])
Energy Manipulation and Electricity Manipulation (Gungnir utilizes arcane energy, with arcs of lightning always trailing its strikes][17]), Limited Fate Manipulation (The Emperor's Spear is bound to Russ by fate through The Emperor and will always come back to him no matter how hard he tries to lose it[18]), Soul Manipulation and Information Manipulation (It pierces the soul and reveals the truth of their being]ref name="Wolfsbane; Chapter Thirteen"/>), Light Manipulation and Purification (The light of the spear removed Horus' unholy aura[17]), Conceptual Manipulation (Type 1) and Void Manipulation (Gungnir contains[18] the Emperor's essence, making it comparable to The Emperor's Sword which can erase even Daemons from The Warp[19] and harm even the realms of the Chaos Gods[20]), Matter Manipulation and Durability Negation (Should be comparable to other power weapons), Probability Manipulation (It contains a shard of the Emperor's essence which can manifest as a ward[21]), Power Nullification (Should be able to erase Daemons and negate their immortality in a similar manner to the Emperor's Sword[22])
Attack Potency: At least City Block level (Comparable to the other Primarchs. Russ believed he could beat any of his brothers in a fight except for Sanguinius, Konrad Curze and a Chaos Empowered Horus Lupercal[4]. Defeated Magnus the Red and broke his back[8]. Previous wrestled the Lion for an entire day, with both being evenly matched[23]), City Block level+ with Gungnir (Managed to significantly wound Chaos-empowered Horus Lupercal and would have killed him had Russ not been tricked[17])
Speed: Transonic movement speed (Should be comparable to Fulgrim who can move faster than sound can reach him[24]. Should be far faster than regular Marines), with at least Hypersonic, likely far higher combat and reaction speed (Far superior to standard Marines who can intercept bolt rounds as well as his brothers who can perform similar feats) and Massively FTL+ perception speed (Should be comparable to Sanguinius. A Blood Angel who held a spear imbued with a portion of Sanguinius' power saw lasers and plasma bolts to be almost frozen relative to his own movement)
Lifting Strength: Class K (Comparable to Angron)
Striking Strength: At least City Block level
Durability: At least City Block level
Stamina: Superhuman (Primarchs are capable of fighting with shattered ribs, caved in abdomens and even fractured skulls[25]. Russ himself kept fighting Magnus even after the later had punched out one of his hearts[8]. Nothing short of a killing blow can stop them, and even their immensely lesser Space Marine sons can fight for weeks on end without stop)
Range: Several Meters, Hundreds of Kilometers with ranged powers, at least Thousands of Kilometers with teleporter
- The Armour of Elavagar: An accustomed and illustrious panoply suited for all manner of need of the Wolf King while laid deep in the fields of combat. Such wear of battle has been trailed in its existence, decades into the usurpation of the Space Wolves Legion by the will of Leman Russ. Sowed deep in its metallic flesh, the armor stows rather exotic technologies of unknown origin, with every facet of it spewing energy of kinetic and heated nature, fabricating a rather fiendish aura when in the presence of the Great Wolf. In the native tongue of the Fenrisians,Elavagar, translates to a Wave of Killing Frost.
- Mjalnar, The Sword of Banelight: A blade of rather mystic craft and essence once wielded by Leman Russ; though numerous in its names, with a rather notable epitaph being Banelight, always in the gaze of Emperor's Executioner has the armament been, Mjalnar, the very Fang of the Wolf King when enthralled in the most violent of conflicts. But even through countless battles and slashes, the origin or birth of the weapon is ultimately enigmatic in Imperial Records, only the crimson stains and maroon spots on its front tell its rather violent and brutal legacy.
- Axe of Helwinter: An axe of grand favor in the sight of Russ; a weapon on own to be considered of prestige and rank among its contemporaries, but once gored in the entrails of a bestial kraken, with edge made of its very teeth a name true was given the blade in the escapade. With coming of the Emperor, further was potential for bloodshed amplified with the implementing of disruptor field generator allowing the capability of eviscerating the plate of battle-tank when struck in proper fashion.
- Scornspitter: Bolter that was of atypical measure, but modified and girthed to match the very might of Leman Russ by his brother, Vulkan, of the Salamanders acting as a gift of sorts post a rather arduous campaign in San Katos.
- Gungnir: A Golden Spear which contains a shard of the Emperor of Mankind's psychic essence within it, originally named The Dionysian Spear, but also known by a variety of names such as The Wyrd Spear, Wolfsbane, and later simply as The Spear of Russ. Gungnir is not only Leman Russ' most powerful weapon by far, being capable of piercing the armor and psychic defenses of the Warmaster of Chaos Horus Lupercal, but it also possesses the psychic attributes of never missing its target, and always returning to the hand of its wielder. Gungnir is also a Spear of Truth, and anyone pierced by its edge will be enlightened to terrible and horrifying truths about themselves.
Intelligence: Extraordinary Genius (Extremely skilled military leader and fighter with hundreds of years of experience. The Primarchs were all engineered to be the best generals humanity had ever produced and unreachable masters in their own brand of warfare. Russ was taught every single stratagem of the Imperium[26]. Easily conquered his homeworld of Fenris in a relatively short amount of time.)
Weaknesses: Often refuses to use his psychic abilities out of principle. Brash and fairly arrogant.
Gallery
Notable Matchups
Victories:
Losses:
Inconclusive:
References
- ↑ Descent of Angels; Chapter Sixteen
- ↑ Dark Imperium: Plague War; Chapter Fourteen
- ↑ A Thousand Sons; Chapter Eleven; pg 94-95
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Wolfsbane; Chapter One
- ↑ Wolfsbane; Chapter Seven
- ↑ A Thousand Sons; Chapter Eleven
- ↑ Wolfsbane; Chapter Nine
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 A Thousand Sons; Chapter Thirty One
- ↑ A Thousand Sons; Chapter Thirty One; pg 257
- ↑ The Horus Heresy Book Seven: Inferno
- ↑ Space Marine Codex: 5th Edition; pg 10
- ↑ Space Marine Codex: 5th Edition; pg 11
- ↑ Codex: Space Marines (5th Edition); pg 52
- ↑ Warhammer 40,000: Wargear (2nd Edition); pg 7
- ↑ The Devastation of Baal; Chapter Twenty One
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 16.2 16.3 16.4 A Thousand Sons; Chapter Twelve
- ↑ 17.0 17.1 17.2 Wolfsbane; Chapter Twenty Four
- ↑ 18.0 18.1 Wolfsbane; Chapter Thirteen
- ↑ Dark Imperium: Plague War; Chapter Four
- ↑ Dark Imperium: Godblight; Chapter Thirty Eight
- ↑ Dark Imperium; Chapter Twenty Two
- ↑ Dark Imperium: Plague War; Chapter Twenty Seven
- ↑ Codex: Dark Angels (4th Edition); pg 20
- ↑ Fulgrim: The Palatine Phoenix; Chapter Four
- ↑ Betrayer; Chapter Twenty One
- ↑ Leman Russ: The Great Wolf
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