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Whats your thoughts on a Space Wolves Chapter composed of Marines from before the Heresy who come back and found the Fang in new hands and basically leave and form their own chapter using stored gene seed they had on them.

Pretty much breaks every rule of Space Wolf fluff and backstory.

"composed of Marines from before the Heresy" - They all left with Leman Russ, except for Bjorn the Fell-Handed.

"form their own chapter using stored gene seed they had on them" - Second foundings do not work like that. They never have.

And the Wolves are pretty clear in having absolutely no Second Founding chapters. It's what makes them unique.

This is a big miss, sorry.

There is something unique to the genetics of the people of Fenris that make them the only viable recipients for the geneseed of Russ. However, Fenris is a relatively low-population planet, and can support only the Space Wolves Chapter.

Space Wolf geneseed only works with the population of Fenris. Something to do with how the original colonists had been genetically engineered to survive the planet's harsh climate.

the only recorded successor, the Wolf Brothers, suffered from rampant mutations and were destroyed by that.

Interesting idea. But those of Fenris are the only ones who can truly wield the mark of the Wulfen. Unlike many other genes, which can be had or inherited by other chapters.

With that, it does go against some lore, and like it was said above, the Wolf Brothers are the only ones who attempted to inherit the Wulfen seed, and were destroyed.

http://warhammer40k.wikia.com/wiki/Red_Wolves



I like to hear your opinion on that, because we are having a giant discussion on B&C..

Red Wolves are apparently not a successor chapter of Space Wolves...
I can't remember where i read it but frankly it makes it tidier if you ask me...

^Yes, but people are already abuse "all unknown" facts and inserting their own theories (canix helix + "I")...
Desert Wolves my arse I say....

 DarthMarko wrote:
^Yes, but people are already abuse "all unknown" facts and inserting their own theories (canix helix + "I")...
Desert Wolves my arse I say....

Yeah I agree, quite frankly I cant see much evidence. Only one Canis Gene was ever made, any "variation" of it is, well, the same thing and cannot actually be different in any way. The Seed was in part made to survive on Fenris, not the desert.

There's nothing about the Red Wolves to suggest they are descended from the Space Wolves, other than they happen to both be named "wolves". Also, reading some of the page discussion (the wikia), they were erroneously stated to be a Successor to the Iron Hands, though that was a fan-made edit that has since been deleted.