Primarch - Revision history

GradB12t at 18:33, 9 April 2026

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SFH: /* Portraits */

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‎Portraits

Quindraco: /* Clones */

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‎Clones

Quindraco: /* List of Primarchs */

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‎List of Primarchs

Quindraco: /* Notes */

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‎Notes

Quindraco: /* Conflicting sources */

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‎Conflicting sources

Quindraco: /* List of Primarchs */

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‎List of Primarchs

Quindraco: /* List of Primarchs */

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‎List of Primarchs

KazilDarkeye at 20:55, 28 January 2026

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XeLopedia: /* Two unknown Primarchs */

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‎Two unknown Primarchs

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 {{ambig|subject=Space Marine Primarchs|disambiguation=Primarchs}}
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-The '''Primarchs''' were the twenty genetically-engineered "sons" of the [[Emperor of Mankind]], and the genetic "fathers" of the [[Space Marine Legion]]s.  The Emperor used his own DNA in their creation, and they were designed to be far superior to the average human: immensely larger, stronger, hardier, faster, and more intelligent. They were also incredibly charismatic, as their main role was to be generals and leaders of the [[Imperium|Imperial]] military.  Each had their own purpose and specialty, allowing them to serve in specific functions that the Emperor's forces would need in reconquering the galaxy.
+The '''Primarchs''' were the twenty genetically-engineered "sons" of the [[Emperor of Mankind]], and the supreme commanders of the [[Space Marine Legion]]s.  The Emperor used his own DNA in their creation, and they were designed to be far superior to the average human: immensely larger, stronger, hardier, faster, and more intelligent. They were also incredibly charismatic, as their main role was to be generals and leaders of the [[Imperium|Imperial]] military.  Each had their own purpose and specialty, allowing them to serve in specific functions that the Emperor's forces would need in reconquering the galaxy.
 ==Overview==

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 Mortarion.png|[[Mortarion]]
 Magnus.jpg|[[Magnus]]
-Horus.png|[[Horus]]
+Horus.png|[[Horus Lupercal]]
-LorgarPortrait.jpg|[[Lorgar]]
+LorgarPortrait.jpg|[[Lorgar Aurelian]]
-AlphariusArt.jpg|[[Alpharius]]
+AlphariusArt.jpg|[[Alpharius Omegon]]
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 Perhaps the most notable example of a cloned Primarch was after the [[Horus Heresy]], where Fabius Bile again cloned a son of the Emperor, this time [[Horus]] from DNA provided by the [[Warmaster]]'s corpse. Confused and senile, this clone of Horus didn't initially recognize many of his closest comrades such as [[Ezekyle Abaddon]] and proved a poor imitation of the real Lupercal. Abaddon [[Battle of Harmony|killed the clone]], and in its dying moments it recognized who the First Captain was. During the same period, Bile attempted to clone all twenty Primarchs from gathered samples, the result being a hall of pods with monstrosities and deformed adolescent creatures. All of these abominations were killed by Abaddon and his forces.{{Fn|22}}
-Sometime after [[The Shattering]], Bile discovered one of his clones of Fulgrim managed to survive underneath the rubble of [[Harmony]]. Under Bile's care the clone rapidly matured and was "pure", retaining none of Fulgrim's corruption. However when Bile believed that the clone still retained all of Fulgrim's arrogance and was doomed to go down the same path as the original, he traded him to [[Trazyn the Infinite]] in exchange for a lost [[Emperor's Children]] [[Gene-Seed]] stock.{{Fn|39}}
+Sometime after [[The Shattering]], Bile discovered one of his clones of Fulgrim managed to survive underneath the rubble of [[Harmony]]. Under Bile's care the clone rapidly matured and was "pure", retaining none of Fulgrim's corruption. However, when Bile came to believe that the clone still retained all of Fulgrim's arrogance and was doomed to go down the same path as the original, he traded him to [[Trazyn the Infinite]] in exchange for lost [[Emperor's Children]] [[gene-seed]] stock.{{Fn|39}}
 ==Portraits==

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 ==List of Primarchs==
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 {{Trivia}}
 ===Notes===
-*{{Endn|Note 1}}: While the offiial Primarch rediscovery order does not distinguish between the Second and Eleventh Primarchs, the novel [[Fulgrim: The Palatine Phoenix (Novel)|Fulgrim: The Palatine Phoenix]] confirms that the Second was one of the first eight Primarchs rediscovered.{{Fn|7}}
+*{{Endn|Note 1}}: While the official primarch rediscovery order does not distinguish between the second and eleventh, the novel [[Fulgrim: The Palatine Phoenix (Novel)|Fulgrim: The Palatine Phoenix]] confirms that the second was one of the first eight primarchs rediscovered.{{Fn|7}}
-*{{Endn|Note 2}}: Officially, Horus was the first Primarch rediscovered and Alpharius the last. According to Alpharius's own account, however, he was in fact the first Primarch recovered by the Emperor and Horus the second, with Alpharius's existence being kept secret until his twin Omegon - the last undiscovered Primarch - revealed himself (as 'Alpharius') to Horus and the Imperium.{{Fn|40}}
+*{{Endn|Note 2}}: Officially, Horus was the first primarch rediscovered and Alpharius the last. According to Alpharius's own account, however, he was in fact the first primarch recovered by the Emperor and Horus the second, with Alpharius's existence being kept secret until his twin Omegon - the last undiscovered primarch - revealed himself (as 'Alpharius') to Horus and the Imperium.{{Fn|40}}
 ===Conflicting sources===

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 ===Conflicting sources===
-[[Gregor Eisenhorn]] refers to the "Primarch" of the [[White Consuls]] [[Space Marine Chapter]], when stating that he made it a point to commend a heroic [[Space Marine Sergeant|Sergeant]] who saved his life, at the cost of the Sergeant's own, on [[Thracian Primaris]].  Since the White Consuls are a [[Successor Chapter]], and because there were no living or active primarchs within the Imperium at the time of these events, he seems to be using the term "Primarch" interchangeably with that of [[Chapter Master]].{{Fn|5}}
+[[Gregor Eisenhorn]] refers to the "primarch" of the [[White Consuls]] [[Space Marine Chapter]] when stating that he made it a point to commend a heroic [[Space Marine Sergeant|sergeant]] who saved his life, at the cost of the sergeant's own, on [[Thracian Primaris]].  Since the White Consuls are a [[successor chapter]], and because there were no living or active primarchs within the Imperium at the time of these events, he seemed to be using the term "primarch" interchangeably with that of [[chapter master]].{{Fn|5}}
 ===Similar Entites===

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 ! scope=row data-sort-value=2 |II
-| colspan=5 | '''Deleted from Imperial records, authorisation unknown.'''
+| colspan=5 | [[Lost Primarch|Deleted from Imperial records, authorisation unknown.]]
 | style="font-size:80%;" | 821.M30 (3rd){{Fn|Note 1}}
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 |[[Fenris]]
 |Loyal
-| [[Leman Russ (Primarch)#Post-Heresy|Alive, disappeared]]
+| [[Leman Russ (Primarch)#Post-Heresy|Alive, disappeared in the Eye of Terror]]
 |819.M30 (2nd)
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 ! scope=row data-sort-value=11 |XI
-| colspan=5 | '''Deleted from Imperial records, authorisation unknown.'''
+| colspan=5 | [[Lost Primarch|Deleted from Imperial records, authorisation unknown.]]
 | style="font-size:80%;" |927.M30 (19th){{Fn|Note 1}}
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 ===Creation of the Primarchs===
 [[Image:The_primarchs_wall.jpg|thumb|right|500px|An assembly of the Primarchs during the great Triumph after the [[Ullanor Crusade]].  Left to right: [[Sanguinius]], [[Mortarion]], [[Magnus the Red]], [[Angron]], [[Jaghatai Khan]], [[Lorgar Aurelian]], [[Rogal Dorn]], [[Horus Lupercal]], and [[Fulgrim]].]]
-*{{Main|Primarch Project}}
+{{main|Primarch Project}}
 The Primarchs were created in a secret underground laboratory on [[Terra]]{{Fn|14}} under the tightest security. According to [[Ingethel|Ingethel the Ascended]], the Primarchs were created by the Emperor with the aid of forbidden sciences and arcane lore derived from the [[Warp]].{{Fn|14}} [[Eldrad Ulthran]] also states that the Emperor utilized dark powers to construct the Primarchs.{{Fn|19}} It is speculated the Primarchs were imbued with energies and knowledge that the Emperor gained in a Warp Portal on [[Molech]].{{Fn|20}} The genetic material of the powerful [[Perpetual]] [[Erda]] were used in the creation of the Primarchs and she viewed them as her "sons".{{Fn|38a}} [[Perturabo]] would later estimate his own birth to be 792.[[M30]], perhaps giving a date for the Primarch's creation.{{Fn|26}}
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 Sometime after [[The Shattering]], Bile discovered one of his clones of Fulgrim managed to survive underneath the rubble of [[Harmony]]. Under Bile's care the clone rapidly matured and was "pure", retaining none of Fulgrim's corruption. However when Bile believed that the clone still retained all of Fulgrim's arrogance and was doomed to go down the same path as the original, he traded him to [[Trazyn the Infinite]] in exchange for a lost [[Emperor's Children]] [[Gene-Seed]] stock.{{Fn|39}}
 ==Portraits==
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 *{{Endn|Note 2}}: Officially, Horus was the first Primarch rediscovered and Alpharius the last. According to Alpharius's own account, however, he was in fact the first Primarch recovered by the Emperor and Horus the second, with Alpharius's existence being kept secret until his twin Omegon - the last undiscovered Primarch - revealed himself (as 'Alpharius') to Horus and the Imperium.{{Fn|40}}
-===Canon Conflicts===
+===Conflicting sources===
 [[Gregor Eisenhorn]] refers to the "Primarch" of the [[White Consuls]] [[Space Marine Chapter]], when stating that he made it a point to commend a heroic [[Space Marine Sergeant|Sergeant]] who saved his life, at the cost of the Sergeant's own, on [[Thracian Primaris]].  Since the White Consuls are a [[Successor Chapter]], and because there were no living or active primarchs within the Imperium at the time of these events, he seems to be using the term "Primarch" interchangeably with that of [[Chapter Master]].{{Fn|5}}
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 **[[Arik Taranis]], one of the first and last [[Thunder Warrior]]s.
 **[[Constantin Valdor]], the first [[Custodian]].
 ==Sources==

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 The traitor Primarchs in this story are covered with a shroud, so the fate of the second and eleventh is undetermined. They may have been found and befell a tragedy as it implies they were spoken about previously.
-In the novel [[Prospero Burns]] by Dan Abnett, it is suggested that [[Leman Russ (Primarch)|Leman Russ]] and his [[Space Wolves]] legion had been used by the [[Emperor]] in the past to cull/pacify the two legions and that the Emperor had created the Wolves for just such an event, utilizing their barbaric, untamed nature as a sort of insurance policy for use against other Space Marine Legions. This is further demonstrated by the unleashing of the Wolves on the [[Thousand Sons]] Legion in the same novel.{{Fn|18}}
+In the novel ''[[Prospero Burns]]'' by Dan Abnett, it is suggested that [[Leman Russ (Primarch)|Leman Russ]] and his [[Space Wolves]] legion had been used by the [[Emperor]] in the past to cull/pacify the two legions and that the Emperor had created the Wolves for just such an event, utilizing their barbaric, untamed nature as a sort of insurance policy for use against other Space Marine Legions. This is further demonstrated by the unleashing of the Wolves on the [[Thousand Sons]] Legion in the same novel.{{Fn|18}}
 ==Clones==