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{{quote|''"War Within. War Without. War Unending. That is how we live, little brother. That is who we are."''|'''Bulveye'''}}

[[Space Wolf]] is a series of [[Warhammer ~~40000~~]] novels, centered on Ragnar Blackmane, a member of Space Wolves, a feral, but surprisingly nice, chapter of [[Space Marine|Space Marines]] living on the [[Death World]] of Fenris. Vikings <small>[[Recycled in Space|IN SPACE]]</small> with a wolf motif.

[[Space Wolf]] is a series of [[Warhammer 40,000]] novels, centered on Ragnar Blackmane, a member of Space Wolves, a feral, but surprisingly nice, chapter of [[Space Marine|Space Marines]] living on the [[Death World]] of Fenris. Vikings <small>[[Recycled in Space|IN SPACE]]</small> with a wolf motif.

Works include ''Space Wolf'', ''Ragnar's Claw'', and ''Grey Hunter'', all in ''The Space Wolf Omnibus'' (aka ''Space Wolf: The First Omnibus''), and ''Wolf Blade'' by William King, and ''Sons of Fenris'' and ''Wolf's Honour'' by Lee Lightner (collected in ''Space Wolf: The Second Omnibus'').

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* [[Awesome McCoolname]]: Pretty much required.

* [[Badass Beard]]/[[Beard of Barbarism]]: A proud Space Wolf tradition.

* [[Back ~~From~~ the Dead]]

* [[Back from the Dead]]

* [[Back-to-Back Badasses]]

* [[Bad Dreams]]

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* [[Blood From the Mouth]]

* [[Blood Magic]]

* [[Blue Blood]]

* [[Book Dumb]]

* [[Bottled Heroic Resolve]]

* [[Bring News Back]]

* [[Cain and Abel]]

* [[Career-Building Blunder]]

* [[The Cavalry]]

* [[The Chains of Commanding]]

* [[Challenging the Chief]]: Killing the leader of a Fenrisian wolf pack means that the pack will follow the [[Space Marine]].

* [[Cold-Blooded Torture]]

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* [[Death World]]: The parts of Fenris that aren't [[Grim Up North|completely frozen]] alternate between frozen and undergoing volcanic eruptions. The krakens in the sea can reach up to miles in size, the Fenrisian wolves are some of the most dangerous predators in the galaxy, and there are things the locals call trolls wandering around. And the Space Wolves love every minute of it.

* [[Constantly Curious]]

* [[Deadpan Snarker]]: Sven

* [[Deadly Decadent Court]]

* [[Death of a Thousand Cuts]]

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* [[Fearless Fool]]

* [[Feed the Mole]]

* [[Field Promotion]]

* [[Fire-Forged Friends]]: Sven and Ragnar. Strybjorn and Ragnar arguably.

* [[Framing Device]]: The first and last chapter of each book shows Ragnar as a Wolf Lord remembering his time as a Blood Claw.

* [[A Friend in Need]]

* [[Friend or Foe]]

* [[Garden of Evil]]

* [[Genius Loci]]

* [[Geo Effects]]

* [[Ghost Ship]]

* [[Glory Hound]]: This is part of the Space Wolves beliefs.

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* [[Hard Head]]

* [[Haunted Headquarters]]

* [[High Turnover Rate]]: In ''Grey Hunter'' Ragnar narrates that the rate of attrition among the Blood Claws is horrible. And this is ''intentional''.

* [[Hostage Situation]]

* [[I Am Spartacus]]

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* [[I Cannot Self-Terminate]]

* [[I Gave My Word]]

* [[I Just Shot Marvin in the Face]]: One of Ragnar's fellow Blood Claws blows his own head off while cleaning his bolt pistol.

* [[Inevitable Waterfall]]

* [[In Harm's Way]]

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* [[Lightning Reveal]]

* [[Made a Slave]]

* [[The Magnificent]]

* [[The Medic]]: Wolf Priests are partially this.

* [[The Men First]]

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* [[No One Gets Left Behind]]

* [[The Nose Knows]]

* [[Ominous Fog]]

* [[Only the Chosen May Wield]]

* [[Our Werewolves Are Different]]: Being initiated into the Space Wolves involves turning into one. The ones who go on to join are those who manage to fight off the madness and turn back into "ordinary" Space Marines again, and they probably won't ever transform again. Probably...

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* [[Shout-Out]]: In ''Ragnar's Claw'', Sven says "[[Dune|The sleeper has bloody well awoken]]" after Ragnar recovers from an injury.

* [[Shrouded in Myth]]

* [[So Proud of You]]

* [[Storming the Castle]]

* [[Stout Strength]]

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* [[Take My Hand]]

* [[Talking in Your Dreams]]

* [[Tastes Like Friendship]]

* [[Technicolor Fire]]

* [[They Have the Scent]]

* [[Think Nothing of It]]

* [[To Absent Friends]]

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