First Hunt of the Dawn

The First Hunt of the Dawn was the first recorded campaign conducted by the newly created Dawn's Wolves Space Marine Chapter which was comprised entirely of newly revealed Primaris Space Marines on several Imperial worlds within the Segmentum Obscurus following the formation of the Cicatrix Maledictum after the fall of Cadia during the 13th Black Crusade. After the conclusion of this three-year long campaign, the Dawn's Wolves, along with their fellow Scions of Russ Successor Chapters - the Kelpher's Hunters, Dusk Howlers and Crimson Prowlers - would form a collective known as the Sons of Russ.

Background
Following the formation of the newly created Dawn's Wolves Space Marine Chapter, they decided to eschew the claiming of a world. They desired not to waste time consolidating defenses on a world which would tie them down to it. instead, they ventured immediately into the fray, attacking any and all opponents they could find as they made their way from the Pit of Raukos to the baleful Eye of Terror. The cold fury of those Sons of Russ descended on thousands of planets, asteroids and space station, as they purged pirates, cultists and all manner of xenos. Only when meeting with the ferocious Kelpher's Hunter, Dusk Howlers and Crimson Prowlers did the First Hunt end.