The term *Canis Helix* is applied to the altered gene-seed strain which gives the Space Wolves their distinct nature. Its mutations from the standard partern?offer the scions of the Legion vastly enhanced sensory acuity and reaction time, as well as inducing certain physical characteristics such as extended and hardened canine teeth and an otherwise animalistic appearance. The presence of the Canis Helix, it has been argued, is also linked to the Legions almost uncontrollable aggression, bordering on frenzy in combat possibly due to violent overstimulation of their enhanced senses. The effects of the Canis Helix only became apparent over time as the early generations of the Legion*s intake aged, with the psychological effects appearing earliest in those who had survived the troubled implantation process. Longer term, the instability of these mutations would lead in some cases to mental and physical breakdown of the most extreme kind, the man truly devolving into the monster. Thankfully, this instability was greatly ameliorated after the Legion's re-unification with its Primarch, though some cases of the gene-breakdown crisis, known now in the Legion as the 'Curse of the Wulfen, persisted but were relatively rare. This was the case at least only until the psychic cataclysm which marked the final deadly act of the Battle of Prospero. Then was the curse visited upon the Legion in numbers and to a degree never before seen, particularly in the case of the warriors of the all but lost Thirteenth Great Company, where it is believed hundreds fell to the curses terrible effects.

“狼之螺旋”這個(gè)詞匯指的是給予太空野狼軍團(tuán)戰(zhàn)士們（他們的）明顯天性的變異的基因種子損傷。這些相對(duì)于標(biāo)準(zhǔn)型號(hào)基因種子的突變極大地增強(qiáng)了第六軍團(tuán)的子嗣們的感覺(jué)敏銳度和反應(yīng)時(shí)間，并且誘發(fā)出了某些身體特征，比如延長(zhǎng)并硬化的犬齒和其他的獸性的外表。雖然這一點(diǎn)存在爭(zhēng)議，但狼之螺旋的出現(xiàn)也與第六軍團(tuán)戰(zhàn)士那不受控制的侵略性相聯(lián)系，隨著時(shí)間推移，軍團(tuán)早期成員們的年齡增長(zhǎng)變老，狼之螺旋的影響只會(huì)不斷變得明顯，同時(shí)心理影響也最早出現(xiàn)在了那些在苦惱的植入過(guò)程中幸存下來(lái)的戰(zhàn)士們身上。長(zhǎng)時(shí)間的話，這些變異的不穩(wěn)定性會(huì)導(dǎo)致最為極端的精神與生理崩潰，出現(xiàn)問(wèn)題的戰(zhàn)士就真得會(huì)轉(zhuǎn)變?yōu)楣治?。不過(guò)感謝帝皇，在第六軍團(tuán)與原體重聚之后，這種不穩(wěn)定性被極大地改善了（機(jī)仆：狼王還自帶醫(yī)療光環(huán)的嗎？當(dāng)然也不排除是用原體的基因物質(zhì)改善了種子），雖然某些基因崩潰的危險(xiǎn)案例——現(xiàn)在被太空野狼軍團(tuán)稱(chēng)為“狼人詛咒”的現(xiàn)象仍會(huì)持續(xù)存在，但相對(duì)而言已經(jīng)很罕見(jiàn)了。至少到標(biāo)志著普羅斯佩羅戰(zhàn)役最終致命行動(dòng)的靈能災(zāi)厄之前，情況是如此的。（機(jī)仆：印象里普星戰(zhàn)役前半部分狼團(tuán)還挺理智的，等到后半截老馬開(kāi)始爆靈能的時(shí)候，就是瘋的瘋，變異的變異了）。然后，詛咒降臨到了大量軍團(tuán)戰(zhàn)士身上，而且嚴(yán)重到了前所未見(jiàn)的程度。迷失的太空野狼第十三大連的戰(zhàn)士們的變異狀況尤為嚴(yán)重，人們相信該大連中有數(shù)百名戰(zhàn)士都受到了狼人詛咒的可怕影響。