Rise of the Hounds

The Rise of the Hounds is the name of the event, when the Hounds of Chaos Warband first rose to prominence, two years after the end of the Horus Heresy. Following their betrayal during the Heresy, the 6th (Sesc) Great Company of the Space Wolves Legion, under the command of Jarl Vvulf Värmodsson, turned against their own and willingly joined the cause of Warmaster Horus Lupercal. But following the Warmaster's defeat during the epic Siege of Terra, the 6th Great Company fled alongside the Traitor Legions. They were allowed to flee alongside an unknown Word Bearers fleet. When they finally reached the relative safety within the hellish realm of the Eye of Terror, they turned upon their allies and captured their vessels for their own. Following this victory, Jarl Värmodsson declared that the 6th Great Company were no longer a part of the Vylka Fenryka, they would forever after be known as the Hounds of Chaos.

History
Being allowed to flee alongside an unknown Word Bearers fleet, the traitorous 6th Great Company of Space Wolves betrayed the Word Bearers and took over their fleet, forcing all who stood before them to die or join them in their betrayal. After the battle was over, Vvulf renamed the 6th Great Company to Hounds of Chaos.