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White Wolves
The White Wolves are a splinter warband of the former Sons of Horus Legion, the Warband previously being the 203rd Company of the Legion. Their Warlord, Darius Malek, was the Captain of the 203rd Company and has led the Warband ever since its inception on Cthonia. Darius, known as the Lone Wolf, has conquered a small mining world on the fringes of the Segmentum Obscurus which he renamed to Cthonia Secundus and has made it his Warband's homeworld. Using Chaos rituals, the Wolves have been able to hide their world from the Imperium, able to raid and pillage worlds in the Segmentum without the fear of Imperial Retribution forces coming to destroy their home like in the Great Scouring. The White Wolves have a deep seeded hatred for the Black Legion as well as the Emperor's Children, launching numerous raids upon the two Legions when not pillaging Imperial Worlds. The Warband, being scions of Horus, have mastered decapitation strikes with small but potent forces and have also fully engrossed themselves in the gang-like traditions of their former homeworld. Cthonia Secundus is now rife with the White Wolves' gangs, multiple Astartes leading gangs in the underworlds of the planet and using the men as fodder for when they raid other planets. Bloody rivalries have sprung up between the various squads and chieftans of the Warband but all obey their warlord without question and answer his call to arms when Darius decides to launch a new raid.

Cthonia; New Blood
With the coming of the Emperor and the finding of Horus on Cthonia, a huge swell of manpower filled the ranks of the Luna Wolves Legion. Darius Malek, a young gang member on Cthonia, was inducted into the Legion and proved to be a gifted warrior and natural born leader. He and many fellow gangers became part of the new 203rd Company of the Legion and he was given the honor of becoming a Sergeant of the new company, under a Terran Captain. The 203rd Company would sport many traditional Cthonian gang symbols and regalia; every man sporting topknots, mohawks, or shaved tattooed heads, customized armor, and additions of personal decoration upon their battle plate.

Great Crusade
The Company would be known to become highly competitive, not only with other Companies of the Legion but amongst themselves as well. Kill counts, the number of honorable/worthy foes slain, brutish battle scars, and the number of victories were all something each Legionary was proud to show off to his brothers. The 203rd Company quickly became known as a ferocious and sometimes unwieldy force once unleashed upon their foes. However, despite this reputation the 203rd was highly disciplined were not like the World Eaters or Sons of Russ. They were ferocious in combat, especially when on the attack, but were able to change pace, adapt to targets, and work with near perfect coordination and precision with other Luna Wolf forces. One notable Astartes within the 203rd Company was Sergeant Darius Malek, who quickly began to gain the respect of his brothers during the early stages of the Great Crusade. He would gain the honorary title of Sergeant-Chieftan within the first few campaigns the Company participated in.

A bloody campaign against an ork-held human hive world would claim the life of the respected Terran Captain of the 203rd Company and Sergeant-Chieftan Darius Malek would be given the honor of Captaincy after proving his ability to lead even after the death of his ranking officer. Darius, an Astartes who had barely been part of the Legion for 27 years, was now Captain of the 203rd Company and, therefore, commander of the 1213th Expeditionary Fleet. Darius was beloved by his men, both Astartes and mortal, sharing Horus' natural charisma and friendliness. He also bore some of his Primarch's flaws as well, he was known to be very proud and held himself and his men in high esteem, in fact, Darius was quite arrogant and a number of men would die because he did not respect the strengths of his enemies.

Like the rest of the Luna Wolves Legion, the 203rd was able to bring numerous planets to compliance swiftly, albeit bloodily, into the Imperial fold. They did not leave any Astartes behind to garrison like other Legions, leaving garrison duty to the Imperial Fists, Iron Warriors, or Imperial Army. The 203rd would bring a civilization to its knees in bloody battle and move on to new targets as soon as possible, leaving other Imperial forces to clean up the mess and deal with the rebuilding of the planets they brought low. This near constant state of warfare and the usage of swift and overwhelming force would prove to be quite costly to the Luna Wolves of the 203rd, the Company never numbering more than 700 Astartes at one time. Despite the smaller numbers compared to the thousands of Astartes found in other expeditionary fleets, the 203rd pressed on and did not hold back.

Ullannor and the Warmaster
The 1213th Expeditionary Fleet would be called upon by Horus to aid in the subjugation of an Ork Empire known as UIlannor and the fleet would arrive in time for the initial assault upon the greenskin. Darius led his company alongside numerous other companies of the Luna Wolves, Imperial Fists, and Ultramarines Legions in one of the many diversionary attacks to clear the way for Horus and the Emperor to strike at the head of the Ork Empire. The 203rd fought valiantly for their part in the campaign, assaulting a port that would prove vital for the reinforcement and resupply of nearby Imperial Forces. The port was defended by a lesser Ork Warboss and numerous nobz, which proved to be difficult foes to deal with on top of the thousands of Orks and dozens of defense turrets.

In a massed drop pod assault with stormbird support, the majority of the 203rd launched a direct assault upon the outer defenses of the port while Darius and his personal guard of cataphractii terminators with breacher squads teleported to the command deck where the Ork Warboss was located. The Astartes honor guard dealt with the nobz and orks in the room while Darius challenged the ork warboss to single combat. In pale mimicry of the battle the Emperor and Horus fought down on Ullannor, Darius battled the Ork warboss for command of the port. The two war leaders clashed, fresh forged terminator battle plate against crude ork power plate. The two combatants appeared even in skill but the ork was stronger, pressing its advantage of brute force against Darius. Darius was considered quite strong for Astartes standards and was used to being the one with the physical advantage over his foes but was being beaten back into a corner by the green brute. His power fist crashing against the Ork's power claw while his twin-linked bolter lay on the floor, blown apart by a stray bolter round.

The Ork was able to sweep aside a desperate undercut made by Darius and reached out with its off hand and gripped the Captain's neck and lifted him off the ground and pounding him into the wall behind him, its numerous overgrown teeth forming a smile as it prepared to gut Darius with its powerclaw. Darius prepared for the coming blow, exhausted by the duel and closed his eyes under his helm, but the blow never came. Rather, Darius' Sergeant-Chieftan, Joren Schant, drove his powersword into the back of the Warboss who let out a cry of pain, letting go of Darius and letting him fall to the floor but turning around with speed unexpected by the Chieftan who was knocked across the room by the power claw of the Ork. The battle still raged within the command deck as the Ork Warboss turned back around to finish off Darius, but was surprised when it saw Darius' powerfist coming towards it. The fist connected with the jaw of the beast, an audible crack was heard across the room as the power fist slammed into the ork, its head reeling back. Darius did not stop, he charged the Ork, delivering blow after blow into the body of the warboss, its battle plate rending and breaking before the onslaught. Darius's killing blow came when his powerfist drove the the chest of the ork, tearing through its armor and flesh and appeared out to the back of the beast. The Warboss was slain and the rest of the orks panicked, the remainder within the command deck slain while the orks manning the outer defenses were left in disarray, being cut off and swiftly slain now that they had not leadership. The 203rd suffered hundreds of casualties in the assault but came out victorious, securing the port and allowing for numerous Imperial vessels to dock and repair, and allowing for the port to act as a staging ground for the rest of the campaign........

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The White Wolves are a splinter warband of the Sons of Horus Legion. Led by their beloved Captain, Darius Malek, the former 203rd Company of the Luna Wolves Legion refused to acknowledge Abaddon's mastery over the remnants of the Sons of Horus when news reached him that the 1st Captain returned from his pilgrimage. During the time as part of the Legions, the White Wolves were Company of pure Cthonian stock and were known for being ruthless and highly competitive as was the nature of the Sons of Horus. Their usage of the Cthonian gang traditions was unfettered by any Terran influence as was their complete and unquestioning loyalty to their Primarch. Their loyalty was never in question when the time to purge the ranks of the Legion came, Darius led his Company against the man he admired, Garviel Loken, on Istvaan III and murdered many of his former brothers. The Company never had felt any loyalty to the Emperor, their Primarch was the only man they would ever pledge themselves to.

Darius despised Ezekyle Abaddon, believing that the 1st Captain to be a fool and not deserving of the position. His bitterness only growing when news reached him that Abaddon had slain Loken. However, despite his obvious disdain towards the 1st Captain, Darius obeyed his ranking officer because of the favor his Primarch placed in him. Darius loved his Primarch and was willing, like the rest of the Legion, to do anything for his master. Leading his Company alongside Horus all the way from Istvaan to Terra, Darius was fighting on the Throne World when news reached him and his brethren that their beloved father had been slain at the hands of the Emperor. An uncoordinated retreat and scramble to the ships was underway and Darius and the surviving members of his Company made their way to their cruiser retreated to the Eye of Terror, broken in both spirit and strength.

The Legion Wars that followed after the retreat into the Eye of Terror would be the 'birth' of the White Wolves who, instead of staying on Maeleum like the rest of their broken Legion, vented their rage and despair on other Traitor Legions. Darius partly blamed Abaddon for allowing Horus to fall and his previous anger towards the 1st Captain grew with every passing day as he became more and more convinced that it was Abaddon's fault that their Primarch had been slain. The 203rd Company, now named the White Wolves in reference to their former title as Luna Wolves, was small; only consisting of some 200 Astartes after the death of Horus. However, their legacy as the Sons of Horus and their inherent abilities when it came to decapitating strike and ability to adapt their strategy similar to their Primarch proved vital for their survival.