The land of Sylvania is plagued by giant wolves which emerge in winter from their lairs high in the Worlds Edge Mountains to destroy entire villages. The men of the Empire hunt these beasts mercilessly, but this is not always enough. Even from beyond the grave these awful creatures return to terrorise men. The carcasses of these wolves are buried in great pits, but the cursed earth of Sylvania does not allow them to rest. Often they burrow their way through the rotting layers of earth and emerge to hunt once more. These Undead wolves are the hunting packs of Vampires, and gather around the castles of the Vampire Lords to follow the Princes of Undeath to war. Dire Wolves have skull-like heads and rotting black fur. Their eyes glow with unnatural light and their bodies dissolve into nothing when they are finally slain.

The strongest wolves, the ones that in life led the packs, are called Doom Wolves. They are specially raised by Vampires to lead their own packs in an unending service of carnage and darkness.

Unit Size: 5-20.

Weapons & Armour: None.

Options:

• Promote one Dire Wolf to a Doom Wolf for +10 pts.

Fast Cavalry: Dire Wolves fight in fast, loose packs and are therefore treated as Fast Cavalry (see page 117 of the Warhammer rulebook).

Slavering Charge: Dire Wolves and Doom Wolves overpower their enemies as they charge. Their Attacks are therefore resolved at Strength 4 during the turn they charge.