So, I've just finished listening to The Ashes of Prospero and one of the things that surprised me was how the members of the Space Wolves 13th Great Company seemed to show regret at their actions on Prospero after they realized that Horus gave them the order to destroy Prospero and the Thousand Sons legion.
I know that the Emperor had originally ordered Russ to simply bring Magnus back to Terra and that it was Horus who changed the order to destroy the Thousand Sons, but I had thought that the Space Wolves dispised the Thousand Sons enough to not care about whether they exterminated them all or not or who the order came from, but this does not seem to be the case. Bulveye, the 13th Great Company leader even says that Thousand Sons could've been an ally to the loyalists during the Horus Heresy if it were not for Horus' orders.
Putting my Rune Priests side by side cause that's how I envisioned them from the start.
We've got the youthful Blood Claw, the matured Grey Hunter, and the wizened Long Fang. This also neatly lines up with the Maiden, Mother, and Crone triple deity.
Me: “So, you guys are based off of perceptions about Vikings and Norse people that were held in the early millennia on Old Earth.”
Leman: “Based off of?”
Me: “Yeah. Hairstyles, dangerous winter world, seafaring raiding warriors, tribal or clan lifestyle, belief in an All Father but also a variety of other deities or spirits, even a lot of your art and designs.”
Leman: “I see. That does all seem familiar.”
Me: “The All Father is different though. The original version is a figure who seeks knowledge, wields a polearm, has shapeshifting and other magical abilities, and who gave up one eye in exchange for more powers. Sound familiar?”