Rune Priest

Rune Priests are specialists unique to the Space Wolves Space Marine Chapter. The equivalent of psychic Librarians of other Chapters, these grim warriors possess potent psychic powers based upon the native Fenrisian shamanic traditions and are the keepers of the oral history of the Space Wolves Chapter. These secrets are passed on from Rune Priest to Rune Priest, each generation teaching the young Skalds the complex and archaic incantations of runic lore. The Rune Priest's armour is covered with runes and they wear rune-encrusted fangs as pendants. The runes aren't purely decorative, they serve to channel and concentrate their psychic powers.

History
Of all the priesthoods of the vaunted Space Wolves, the Rune Priests are the most arcane, for these individuals are distant and mysterious figures. Learned in shamanic traditions that a mere tribesman could never comprehend, these individuals are often marked by the gods even before their induction into the Space Wolves. Consuming their days and haunting their nights, these shamans possess the knowledge of the mystic arts, of hidden rites handed down through the millennia. Keeping their own counsel, Rune Priests live apart from their kin save to interpret the casting of the runes. During battle, however, the Rune Priests are roaring, raging incarnations of storm-borne fury.

The elements themselves obey their command, for Rune Priests are masters of the storm. They can call upon the power of a mighty blizzard to drive shards of ice into the flesh of their enemies, implore the element of lightning to spear their enemies from above, or compel the rocky jaws of Fenris herself to open, sending the enemy tumbling downward into the planet's molten heart. None truly understand how the spark of psychic ability of controlling the elements becomes manifest within the soul. Electricity might crackle from a brawling warriors fists, or maybe a young Blood Claw will inexplicably survive a massive lightning strike and be forever touched with the power of the storm.