Jurgen Guderian - The Sleeping Chapter Master
Nothing about the Storm Wolves is particularly simple. Neither is their chain of command.
Jurgen Gudarian is considered the Chapter Master of the Storm Wolves when awake - he is currently over 6000 years old, and the only remaining member of the original (Space Wolf ceded) Storm Wolves.
As the original Storm Wolves succumbed to the geneseed curse, Rune Master Heinz Manheim had a powerful prophesy. Ragnarok would be a key battle point for a future war that would decide the fate of the Empire. At that point, the only hope would be that current Chapter Master Gudarian was on hand to lead the Space Marine forces, otherwise all hope would be lost. At this point, Manheim succumbed to the curse and fell dead at the Chapter Master's feet.
Fearing this prophecy, Gudarian set up a the Storm Wolves II who would succeed them, and then had built a cryogenic capsule, where he would sleep for whole decades at a time. However unlike the Sleeping 300, Gudarian is regularly awakened, brought up to speed on current developments within the Storm Wolves and reviews their current readiness. He is also known to take part in combat actions.
Over the years he has picked up some awesome relics of the time of the Emperor, as his body has succumbed to the ravage of time, and he has become increasingly cybernetic, but his will is unbended.
Jurgen is a clone of Calgar for gaming purposes from the Space Marines Codex.
Albert Donitz - Acting Chapter Master
Donitz is one of the many veterans of the War Of The Deep Dark, where he was Prowler Group Captain. During this time he was horrifically injured by a Chaos heavy flamer during on of the numerous battles.
Chief Apocathary Muller and Master of the Force Oppenheimer worked to keep their leader alive, but at a cost. Donitz's Terminator armour now functions as a complex life-support unit, using some technology salvaged from Dreadnaughts. Donitz is already in many respects a dead man walking.
Donitz has a reputation of being brutal in his pursuit of victory, giving no quarter to those who stand in his way.
As Acting Chapter Master, Donitz functions as the Storm Wolves Chapter Master whilst Gudarian is in cryogenic sleep.
As with many of the veterans of the War Of the Deep Dark, Donitz's loyalty has been questioned at times. It is known that he and Gudarian do not see eye-to-eye on many issues, and Gudarian is careful to have a hand-picked group of honour guard watch over his sleeping cryogenic form, such is the distrust between the two men. However because of his glorious victories and the fact he led his forces to salvation during the War Of The Deep Dark, Donitz is considered a hero to many.
Rules - Chapter Master in Terminator Armour. Temperament - think Darth Vader on a bad day.
Karl Rommel - The Caretaker At Mitguard
Rommel is a loyal officer to Acting Chapter Master Donitz. The position of "Caretaker at Mitguard" is second only to Donitz, and means he is in charge of the Chapters fortress, and tasked with it's defence.
Rules - Captain with Power Weapon.
Marcus Stauffenberg - Prowler Captain
Stauffenberg is current captain of the Prowler Group, and known critic of Donitz. Some pro-Gudarians feel this is why Donitz assigned him to Prowler Captaincy.
Rules - Captain with Thunder Hammer.
Erwin Planck - The Sleeping Watchman
The title of "Sleeping Watchman" means that Captain Planck is in charge of the fortress at Neiflheim, watching over not only the Sleeping 300, but also the Sleeping Chapter Master himself (when in cryogenics). For this duty, he was hand picked by Chapter Master Gudarian.
He is a known ally and friend to Stauffenberg, and one of the few Storm Wolves to hail from a Muspell tribe to make it to rank of Captain.
Rules - Captain
Gottfried Merkel - Captain Of The Hellion Guard
The son of a powerful Hellion family, no-one is sure about Gottfried's loyalty - he seems to be on everyone's side, and no-ones.
As Captain of the Hellion Guard, his duty is the defence of planet Helle in the event of invasion, leading one of the smaller companies in the Storm Wolves. However Merkel has never been known to complain about this posting.
Rules - Captain in Terminator Armour with Power Weapon
Nikolaus Luthor - Voice Of The Emperor
Chaplain Luthor is in charge of the spiritual wellbeing of the chapter. His past is somewhat mysterious, being one of the oldest members of the order, however he never talks of himself and his past, being a zealot to the cause of the Emperor.
He is an ally of Gudarian, and known critic of the survivors of the War Of The Deep Dark, who he suspects of the worst form of heresy.
Rules - Chaplain
Peter Rosenberg - Chief Librarian
Rosenberg is the Storm Wolves Chief Librarian. He is a close friend to Chaplain Luthor, and shares his passionate zeal towards the Codex Astartes, which he believes the Storm Wolves do not take seriously enough.
Walther Becker - Librarian
Personal student of Rosenberg, who shows utter devotion to his former teacher. Becker originally came from the Ice Folk of the planet Nifflheim, where one of the Shamans proclaimed him to have "the gift". At 11 he was given at tribute to the "Star Guardians" (the Ice Folk's name for the Storm Wolves), to be put on a path to greatness.
Tobias Kolman - Librarian
Kolman has a difficult reputation as being utterly ruthless and brutal in his pursuit of victory and the purging of anyone he feels is in his way. A natural telepath has been known for slaying civilians who he felt were guilty of thought crimes against the empire.
Kolman grew up on the harsh Jotunheim satellite of Hefring, a volcanic world with a large smelting plant on it. His family were killed in gang wars, leaving him the only survivor. He survived as best he could scavenging and thieving for his survival, a troubled child disturbed by his psychic abilities.
He was caught as a 13 year old boy, and his psychic abilities soon discovered by the Inquisitor Karl Mayer who caught him, adopted and later trained him. When tragedy struck again with the slaying of Mayer by the Talon syndicate, Kolman extracted a heavy revenge, seeking out and killing anyone who was implicated in the death of his master.
Aged 17 he volunteered for the Storm Wolves. He has lost too many families in his life, he will not lose his battle brothers without retribution.
Gerold Muller - Chief Apocathary
A veteran of The War Of The Deep Dark, Mullers practices are considered heretical. He learned to copy much of his Ork Mad Dok's experimental procedures as he sought to make use of every casualty. He is known for reanimating dead scouts and marines as servitors to continue the battle, with some of these servitor squads continuing to fight long after their original host had expired. He is responsible for the continued survival of Donitz in his Terminator armour which now functions as his life support suit. Along with many of the battered survivors of that deadly war.
Freidrich Oppenheimer - Master of the Forge, Keeper of the Iron Armour
Another veteran of The War Of The Deep Dark, Oppenheimer like Muller faced difficult choices in that campaign, choosing to compromise and salvage material and equipment even from the hated Chaos vehicles that littered the battlefields of that war.
Oppenheimer was born on the Jotunheim moon of Skaldig, where his mother worked as a mechanic at the Bifrost spaceport. She taught him how to service the many ships and station systems she worked on.
A young man with a sense of adventure, he signed up to join the Storm Wolves after his mothers death in a shuttle collision, vowing never to return to Skaldig. He fared well as a scout marine, known for his cunning, outsmarting his enemy. During his initiation, he actually killed his Ork opponent by synthesising an explosive projectile against him - a never before seen solution in Storm Wolf initiation (and since infamous).
The War Of The Deep Dark was not kind to him though. He lost his left arm when it was ripped off by the Ork Big Mek known as Mr Green. Even though Mr Green is still alive, Oppenheimer is known to use an electric cattle prod on him just "because it amuses me".
Worse was to come - in one battle, Oppenheimer was possessed for a time by Chaos psyker. Together with the stress of the campaign in tortured space, this seems to have broken his mind. Oppenheimer is somewhat distrusted, and known to sometimes babble to himself. He has particular affection to the improvised looted wagon/Predator tank hybrid he built called Loki's Guile, which he refuses to dismantle. He is known to talk and even sing to it, which other marines have found disturbing. In battle, he will often rush to repair this vehicle before any other.
Oppenheimer is stationed at the Storm Wolves mechanical works known as The Weiss Vergar Forge around Jotunheim.
Ludo von Braun - Master of the Forge, Keeper of the Sleeping Mists
Von Brauns background is a stark contrast to Oppenheimers, growing up as a child of a privileged Helion family surrounded by luxury. After Ludo's older brother Oscar was convicted and executed for conspiring with Tau forces to attempt a coup-de-tat of the Helion government, it was left to Ludo to redeem the family name, which he attempted to do by joining the Storm Wolves.
Von Braun showed an aptitude towards mechanics, and still talks in awe of his time of study at the Adeptus Mechanicus on Mars. He works steadfastly on restoring some of the older relics of the chapter which date back to the original Space Wolf seeded Storm Wolves, and has contempt for the corrupted creations of Oppenheimer.
Von Braun is stationed on the ice world of Neiflheim, where he maintains the cryogenic units of the Sleeping 300, Gudarian and the sleeping Dreadnoughts.
Daryl Rainer - Scout Sgt
Brought up as a child in a tribe on Mitguard, Daryl's father was slain by a gang of feral Orks that roam the planet when he was 6, an event which would shape his hatred of the greenskins, and he and his brother Arno would take to hunting them using their crossbows to defend their family.
At 13, Daryl and Arno helped to rescue the crew of a crashed landspeeder, one of whom was future captain Gottfried Merkel. For their assistance, Merkel supplied the tribe with autorifles and ammunition as tribute, and promised the two boys a place in the Storm Wolves should they ever consider it.
Daryl and Arno we close brothers until Daryl turned 17, and they both fell in love with the same woman, Inga. She ended up choosing Arno, and in a rage, Daryl attacked Arno in a brutal fight where knives were drawn. Though neither were killed, Daryl left in disgust at what he'd done, leaving for the Storm Wolves.
Daryl's background made him a natural scout - silent, hidden, deadly. He technically passed his initiation killing an Ork, however refused to treat his fallen foe with the respect deserved.
Although known and respected for his skill, he has had a troubled time in the Storm Wolves, being a natural rebel against authority. He has been known to go absent without leave to return to his tribe when they are in need - he has since repaired his friendship with Arno. He has been put on court martial several times for this, although his friendship with Captain Merkel has helped him. His place in the tribe has also had the noticeable effect of increasing the recruitment from that tribe.
Theodor Putz - Scout Sgt
A veteran of The War Of The Deep Dark, Theodor was badly injured in a missile attack. His battered body was due to be turned into a servitor reserve until Apocathary Muller noticed slight signs of life. Theodor is alive but only through the use of extensive cybernetics.
For reasons not fully understood, Sgt Putz is now mute. Muller knows no medical reason for this, and Librarian Rosenberg has commented that "Sgt Putz is a keeper of a terrible secret which he will not speak of until the time is ready".
Despite this, through hand signs and gestures, Theodor is a capable leader of his scout group, who have to learn to almost read their Sgts mind and anticipate him - traits that build good scouts.
Johann Reiner - Scout Sgt
A member of the noble house Ravenor in Hellion, Johann was a spoiled, rich playboy and philanderer, causing many a score. In the noble culture of Helle, such disputes were often settled by pistol duals, and Johann sent many a rival or wronged husband to an early grave.
However when House Ravenor was implicated in intrigue with a Tau attempt to gain a foothold in Ragnarok, many of it's assets were seized in retribution by the Hellion Committee. However a young Reiner had made too many enemies with his antics and dualing, and found himself joining the Storm Wolves to get away from the many vendettas he'd caused.
Sgt Reiner has a troubled relationship with Captain Merkel, whose house was one of the many he caused a vendetta with. He has a better relationship with Master of the Forge von Braun whose family was also implicated in the same Tau conspiracy.
Johann continues to investigate the Tau conspiracy for which he feels House Ravenor was framed, suspecting the involvement of the Talon.
Marlon Landau - Sgt Bike Troops
One of the Ice Folk of Nifflheim, he grew up learning to ride and service snow bikes from an early age.
