"rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrroooooooooooooooowwwwwwwwwwwrrrrr" the engine in Korpulfs bike growled as he revved it up. He looked up and grinned at the anticipation of battle. He glanced to his left at Thordur his packmate and grinned at him. Thordur bared his fangs at him and slapped a pair of clips into the twinlinked bolters he had disassembled. He then lifted them with one hand and set it on its mount on the bike and then fastened the magnetic catch and then finally proceeded to flip the final switches to connect it to the triggers on his bike.

Korpulf finished his startup sequences and pulled the accelerator in slight readiness and chuckled as Fridrik, one of his other packmates started because he thought that Korpulf was going to head off. Korpulf tugged his chainsword off its magnetic catches behind his left leg and slapped a new power pack into it as he waited for the other Blood Claws to finish there startup sequences.

He sent a mental impulse and switched on his helmets targeting and communication systems as he revved his chainsword and bike at the same time and listened to the growl and the whine to see if there was a problem with either of them. Satisfied he listened to his comm channel and heard a curse.

"INCOMING" he heard and recognized the voice of Grey Hunter Halfdan. He listened some more and heard a exclamation of pain and another curse followed with the unmistakable "choom choom" of bolter fire, a peculiar whizzing sound and the whine of repulsor engines. "Get ready" Blood Claw sergeant Orri yelled. When everybody gave a thumbsup he roared off with the other four packmates of his squad with his glowing power axe raised.

Korpulf stood up in his seat as he and Thordur jumped off a big sand wave. He howled in anticipation of the fight.The Blood Claw pack skidded towards the blips they started picking up on there targeting computers. The howling Blood Claws rounded a bend and came face to face with a ten man(eldar) Dire Avenger squad. Korpulf aimed the black wolfhead in his helmet at the Dire Avengers and pushed the trigger as soon as it turned red and opened its mouth. He roared in triumph as he saw two of his targets keel over, one with a head shot and the other with a gut wound.

He did not waste time looking at his packmates and instead punched the accelerator and flew towards the tall eldar. He raised his chainsword over his other arm and swung it in a short arc which slashed a jugular of a Dire Avenger.The Avenger was hurled backwards due to the power of the blow and the blood sprayed onto the ground. Korpulf then pointed the sword with the edges pointed at himself at the next avenger as he hurtled on.

The chainsword penetrated under the eldars breastbone and Korpulf pushed his hand, knuckles toward himself, forward so the blade went sideways and finally backwards, ripping the side of the unlucky eldar warrior in a line so he was nearly cut in half with the result of his guts spilling and the warrior dyeing inside a minute. The next warrior was able to raise his shuriken catupult and launch a razor sharp disc of steel at Korpulf which hit him high in the shoulder going through his shoulder pad and slashing him to the bone. Korpulf grunted and ignored the pain but was unable to attack the imputent eldar.

Finally allowing himself the time, he glanced at his packmates. Dagbjartur, the most recent Blood Claw of the pack had hurled himself off his bike at the avengers, snarling in bloodlust as he took two of them down. Thordur had slashed one into peices but had not been close enough to reach another so fired with his bolt pistol, the shot rebounding off a avengers armour. Fridrik had taken one himself with a bolter shot but the eldar warrior he had attacked had repelled his attack and blasted a shuriken into his thigh which resulted only in a flesh wound that was healing already. Orri chopped his glowing axe twice and felled the last two Dire Avengers.

Halldor, the 8th Great company's wolf lord snapped into the comm at Orri "Blood Claw bike squad Thunder Fang! You are needed at strike point Delta 4 immediatly. We have a problem!" "Acknowledged my lord" was the reply. Orri did not have to repeat the order as the rest of them had heard the message also. Korpulf snarled towards the direction of the strike point "lets get to it!" Orri growled the answer, " I think we could help him more if we try to flank whatever is over there" "Agreed" was the answer from Thordur.

The Blood claw pack roared off once again but wheeled around the strike point and came on the left side of the enemy with all of them roaring off the top of another high sand dune in a high leap with all of them howling in savage bloodlust, landing amidst a squad of Striking Scorpions accompanied with a exarch.

The exarch slammed a power fist into Fridriks bike causing the front wheel to buckle down and flash back to the fuel tank resulting in a explosian which killed Fridrik and the exarch instantly. Dagbjartur howled out his grief and attacked with all his hate. The other packmates did likewise. They were a storm of fury that clove into the midst of the enemy. Korpulf's roar of battle and anger was tinged with furious hate as he slashed and ripped at the shaken Scorpians. He ripped off his helmet and launched himself at four Scorpians at once, hacking at them. Korpulf was heedless of the danger as he blasted unfortunate eldar's lives away, slashing them with such power that their armour was useless and only extra weight as he tore out there jugulars.

Orri was the first to calm down and look around himself at the carnage they had wrought. "Fangs of Russ" he thought seeing as many as fifteen ripped up bodies. Then he noticed the towering monstrosity bearing towards them holding a enormous white hot scythe. "Orri, what in the name of Russ are you doing?!!?" he heard from Halldor. "The battle's lost if that thing stay's alive!!" he shouted both to his pack and his wolf lord. Korpulf howled at the Eldar Avatar "Russ and the Emperor stand with us! who stands with you, Deamon!??!" His only answer was a deep unearthly roar " The Blood Claws all trained their bolters at the bloody fingered Avatar and fired, the hulking thing was hard to miss, the Avatar shrugged off most of the explosive slugs but Dagbjartur and Thordur each landed a shot at its head, one which entered its forehead but melted into its bloodstream, the other, a lucky shot that hit it in the eye and blasted it. The Avatar roared in pain and anger and lumbered closer to them.

Korpulf grinned. His thoughts suddenly slowed. An image of an armoured tall fierce man with fangs entred his mind. He recognized him at once for this could only be the Primarch of his chapter, Leman Russ. He said "the emperor is watching all of us and helps as he can. He has now chosen to help you and supply you with the power to defeat this enemy of man. Know that he only augments the power inherant in your own mind for this is all he can do for now, the rest is up to you....." then Korpulf was back facing a Eldar Avatar of Khaine but this time he had edge in his mind and his already powerful senses were strengthened. His eyes flashed with blue energy and his fangs grew slightly so they protruded from his mouth.

Korpulf felt a cold steel haft instead of the leather hilt of his chainsword in his hand. He glanced at his hand and saw a doublebladed axe with saw edges of blueish diamond. Korpulf realized that this was powerful weapon though he did not know where it came from. Suddenly he saw his packmates as smaller and the Avatar as equel.

Korpulf roared but now his voice was filled with a inflection of power and reverberated among the dunes as he swung the axe at the Avatar. The Avatar tried to parry but the axe chopped through the scythe. The scythe snapped with a scream of energy. The axe entered the Avatars chest as the Avatars scream reverberated in the ears of everybody in 3 klicks. Orri stared at Korpulf, not understanding what was happening but howled as he saw Korpulf destroy the Avatar.

After the battle Halldor walked over to Korpulf who had reverted to normal "what happened out there" he asked but the only answer Korpulf gave was "Russ was with me"

Later the Runepriests heard of this and tested Korpulf and became positive that Korpulf had psychic powers.

His legend is still remembered on All-winters eve and sung by the skalds that attempt to follow the footsteps of that great Rune lord.

Andri E. Ársælsson a.k.a Morkai