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So I've been reading the Space Wolves Codex when I noticed something weird. I'm not too familiar with the fluff about the Space Puppies, but there was one thing which I thought was a bit odd. Appearantly Fenris is not only the Hoth with vikings of the 40k universe, there is also the "summer" period, where the "ice caps melt and the oceans boil", something which I've never heard before.

I was just wondering: has this always been part of the fluff for Fenris? Or is this one of the cases where GW retcons something to make it even more "kewl"?

It's been that way since I first read up about it in 3rd Ed. They also have all kinds of giant sea monsters, and Fenrisian Ale is so strong it'll kill anyone not accustomed to it

Anung Un Rama wrote:So I've been reading the Space Wolves Codex when I noticed something weird. I'm not too familiar with the fluff about the Space Puppies, but there was one thing which I thought was a bit odd. Appearantly Fenris is not only the Hoth with vikings of the 40k universe, there is also the "summer" period, where the "ice caps melt and the oceans boil", something which I've never heard before.

I was just wondering: has this always been part of the fluff for Fenris? Or is this one of the cases where GW retcons something to make it even more "kewl"?

IIRC fenris hasnt a stable course. Fits its inhabitants somehow....

Should be found in the mini-dex too. So nothing new.

Here's another thing in the SW fluff. I just read the passage about the wolf rider character. Canis what's-his-name.
He als had this whole Jungle-Book thing going on. He was raised by wolves until he encountered civilisation etc.

Didn't it occur to anyone at GW, that exactly the same fething thing happend to Leman Russ himself?

Anung Un Rama wrote:Here's another thing in the SW fluff. I just read the passage about the wolf rider character. Canis what's-his-name.
He als had this whole Jungle-Book thing going on. He was raised by wolves until he encountered civilisation etc.

Didn't it occur to anyone at GW, that exactly the same fething thing happend to Leman Russ himself?

And Lion El'Jonson.

And Konrad Curze.

Point taken.

The lion and Konrad wernt really raised by wolves. Konrad was with civilization from the beginning, and eventually started to kill criminals or anyone who had committed an injustice. He then revealed himself, and ruled his city. Lion looked after himself in the warp-tainted forest till he was found by the orders knights.

Oh right, Konrad was Batman. How could I forget that one...

Anung Un Rama wrote:Oh right, Konrad was Batman. How could I forget that one...

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... ...Hmm...

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...Take away that 8 pointed star and there IS an eerie resemblance...

*Queue music*

Da-na-na-na-na-na-na-na Da-na-na-na-na-na-na-na Konrad!

I guess, if you dig deep enough, nothing from GW is original and new, its all just regurgitated and respun from more older established myth, pop culture, and other Sci Fi settings.....

But then....I'm sure you guys knew that

So Fenris is either a frozen hell hole or a firery hell hole....... Sure why not? We have space clowns and apparantly batman is now a primach.

Altanis wrote:So Fenris is either a frozen hell hole or a firery hell hole.......

"They call it....CREMATORIA!"

Fenris has been that way since at least the 2nd ed. codex. It has an elliptical orbit with its sun at one end of the orbit. Thus, it has a long, ridiculously cold winter and a short, ridiculously hot summer. I guess the falls and springs might actually be real nice and temperate, but then they screwed again by the winter or summer.

IIRC its not the regular Fenrisian ale that will kill you, but the Space Wolves version that will kill a normal person.

Is it the Larman Gland that cleans out toxins? They have to overcome whatever it is to do it.

Again IIRC the Salamanders remove or destroy theirs so they get get wrecked. This may or may not be correct though.

I thought It was cause of salamanders geneseed imperfection? Anyway, I think its called the neuroglottis or something like that- Captain Eshara talks about it in Storm Of Iron (Don't lynch me if i'm wrong ).

Grimpost wrote:

IIRC the Salamanders remove or destroy theirs so they get wrecked. This is not correct though.

fixed it.

None of the chapters removes anything.

There were malfunctions, but it depends on your source how inconsistent it gets....
Index astartes had several malfunctions spread over the legions-successors. Actual codices completely ignore such mentions.

karimabuseer wrote:The lion and Konrad wernt really raised by wolves. Konrad was with civilization from the beginning, and eventually started to kill criminals or anyone who had committed an injustice. He then revealed himself, and ruled his city. Lion looked after himself in the warp-tainted forest till he was found by the orders knights.

Anung Un Rama wrote:Oh right, Konrad was Batman. How could I forget that one...

Batman doesn't kill people, that's the Punisher.

Or "the vigilante" -> Charles Bronson.
Done many times.

But he was all dark and spooky and nobody knew who he was and NOW EVERY SINGLE GUY WORKING FOR HIM WEARS FRIGGIN' BATWINGS ALL OVER THEIR BODIES!

Batwings all over their bodies? That's a lot of scrotum.

I thought space wolves could get drunk because they put a special herb in their ale which overrides their toxin cleaning organ?

Golden Eyed Scout wrote:
Batman doesn't kill people, that's the Punisher.

Put the wings and little horns fom the Bat symbol on the Punisher's skull symbol and what do you get?

Thus, in theory, if Batman and the Punisher were to fornicate, it would give birth to a Primarch. Yikes.

And an exceedingly evil Primarch at that......

Guess two rights can make a wrong.

Grimpost wrote:Batwings all over their bodies? That's a lot of scrotum.

metallifan wrote:

Golden Eyed Scout wrote:
Batman doesn't kill people, that's the Punisher.

Put the wings and little horns fom the Bat symbol on the Punisher's skull symbol and what do you get?

Thus, in theory, if Batman and the Punisher were to fornicate, it would give birth to a Primarch. Yikes.

I gotta call Stan! And whoever writes Batman!

That sound's like a job for Frank Miller. I mean the new one, who's totally nuts. Not the old Frank who wrote really good comics.

How many items did Russ leave behind in total? And has anyone ever used his armor? I guess it would be too big as he stood head and shoulders above the wolves like space marines stand above regular men.

Anung Un Rama wrote:That sound's like a job for Frank Miller. I mean the new one, who's totally nuts. Not the old Frank who wrote really good comics.

Have you read Kick-Ass? It is awesome.