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'''First Captain''' is an honorific title born by a few exceptional individuals, second to their [[Primarch]], during the [[Horus Heresy]].{{Fn|1a}} 

Today, the title is used to designate the [[Space Marine Captain|Captain]] of the [[1st Company]] in any given [[Chapter]].{{Fn|5}} Many modern First Captains also have the title of [[Master of the Keep]].{{Fn|24}}

==Notable First Captains==
===Heresy-era===
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|style=background:#565656 align=center|'''Legion'''
|style=background:#565656 align=center|'''First Captain'''
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|align="center"|[[Emperor's Children]]
|align="center"|[[Julius Kaesoron]]{{Fn|3}}
|-
|align="center"|[[Iron Warriors]]
|align="center"|[[Kydomor Forrix]]{{Fn|4}}
|-
|align="center"|[[Space Wolves]]
|align="center"|[[Gunnar Gunnhilt]]{{Fn|13}}
|-
|align="center"|[[Imperial Fists]]
|align="center"|[[Sigismund]]{{Fn|1a}}
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|align="center"|[[Night Lords]]
|align="center"|[[Jago Sevatarion]]{{Fn|1b}}
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|align="center"|[[Blood Angels]]
|align="center"|[[Raldoron]]{{Fn|10}}
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|align="center"|[[Iron Hands]]
|align="center"|[[Gabriel Santar]]{{Fn|6}}
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|align="center"|[[Death Guard]]
|align="center"|[[Calas Typhon]]{{Fn|9}}
|-
|align="center"|[[Thousand Sons]]
|align="center"|[[Ahzek Ahriman]]{{Fn|12}}
|-
|align="center"|[[Sons of Horus]]
|align="center"|[[Ezekyle Abaddon]]{{Fn|7}}
|-
|align="center"|[[Ultramarines]]
|align="center"|[[Marius Gage]]{{Fn|14}}
|-
|align="center"|[[Word Bearers]]
|align="center"|[[Kor Phaeron]]{{Fn|8}}
|-
|align="center"|[[Salamanders]]
|align="center"|[[Artellus Numeon]]{{Fn|11}}
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|align="center"|[[Alpha Legion]]
|align="center"|[[Ingo Pech]]{{Fn|2}}
|-
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===Present===
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|style=background:#565656 align=center|'''Chapter'''
|style=background:#565656 align=center|'''First Captain'''
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|align="center"|[[Dark Angels]]
|align="center"|[[Belial]]{{Fn|15}}
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|align="center"|[[White Scars]]
|align="center"|[[Suboden Khan]]{{Fn|16}}
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|align="center"|[[Imperial Fists]]
|align="center"|[[Darnath Lysander]]{{Fn|5}}
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|align="center"|[[Blood Angels]]
|align="center"|[[Arenos Karlaen]]{{Fn|17}}
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|align="center"|[[Iron Hands]]
|align="center"|[[Caanok Var]]{{Fn|18}}
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|align="center"|[[Ultramarines]]
|align="center"|[[Severus Agemman]]{{Fn|19}}
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|align="center"|[[Raven Guard]]
|align="center"|[[Aethon Shaan]]{{Fn|20}}{{Fn|Notes}}
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|align="center"|[[Crimson Fists]]
|align="center"|[[Ishmael Icario]]{{Fn|21}}
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|align="center"|[[Blood Ravens]]
|align="center"|[[Apollo Diomedes]]{{Fn|23}}
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|align="center"|[[Silver Skulls]]
|align="center"|[[Kerelan]]{{Fn|25}}
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==Notes==
*{{Endn|Notes}}: [[Aethon Shaan]] was recently promoted to [[Chapter Master]].{{Fn|20}}

==Sources==
*{{Endn|1}}: [[Horus Heresy: Age Of Darkness 2nd Edition Rulebook]]
**{{Endn|1a}}:  pg. 61
**{{Endn|1b}}:  Pg. 65
*{{Endn|2}}: [[Legion (Novel)]], Chapter 6
*{{Endn|3}}: [[Fulgrim (Novel)]], Chapter 9
*{{Endn|4}}: [[Angel Exterminatus (Novel)]], Chapter Two
*{{Endn|5}}: [[White Dwarf 302 (UK)]], pgs. 84–85
*{{Endn|6}}: [[Feat of Iron (Novella)]] — [[The Primarchs (Anthology)]], Wrought of Iron
*{{Endn|7}}: [[Galaxy in Flames (Novel)]], ''Dramatis Personae''
*{{Endn|8}}: [[The First Heretic (Novel)]], ''Dramatis Personae''
*{{Endn|9}}: [[The Flight of the Eisenstein (Novel)]], ''Dramatis Personae''
*{{Endn|10}}: [[Fear to Tread (Novel)]],  ''Dramatis Personae'' 
*{{Endn|11}}: [[Promethean Sun (Novella)]],  ''Dramatis Personae'' 
*{{Endn|12}}: [[A Thousand Sons (Novel)]], Chapter 1
*{{Endn|13}}: [[Wolf King (Novella)]], Chapter 1
*{{Endn|14}}: [[Know No Fear (Novel)]] -  Target//Acquisition: Chapter 3
*{{Endn|15}}: [[Codex: Dark Angels (6th Edition)]], pg. 78
*{{Endn|16}}: [[Codex Supplement: White Scars (8th Edition)]], pg. 12
*{{Endn|17}}: [[Codex: Blood Angels (5th Edition)]], pg. 9
*{{Endn|18}}: [[Codex Supplement: Angels of Death]], pg. 34
*{{Endn|19}}: [[Codex: Space Marines (5th Edition)]], pg. 85
*{{Endn|20}}: [https://archive.ph/oqCtm Warhammer Community: The Big Summer Preview – Champions of the First Founding] ''(Saved archive page, dated 18 July 2025, last accessed 18 July 2025, original link: https://www.warhammer-community.com/en-gb/articles/meznaevz/the-big-summer-preview-champions-of-the-first-founding/)''
*{{Endn|21}}: [[Codex Supplement: Imperial Fists (8th Edition)]], pg. 27
*{{Endn|22}}: [[Codex: Grey Knights (9th Edition)]], pg. 13
*{{Endn|23}}: [[Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II - Chaos Rising]]
*{{Endn|24}}: [[Codex: Space Marines (9th Edition)]], pg. 118
*{{Endn|25}}: [[Cause and Effect (Short Story)]]
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