From the back cover:VargrFreebooting Encounter with the Wolves of SpaceTerran canines, genetically manipulated to intelligence and transferred to another world by the mysterious and enigmatic civilization called the Ancients. These are the Vargr, interstellar neighbors of the Imperium. Their seeming irrational race has long been a mystery to the ordinary human, and now it is possible to learn more about their culture and their society. - BoardGameGeek