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'''Index Astartes''' is a column in the ''[[White Dwarf]]'' magazine and a series of books that collects those columns. The Index focuses on the [[Space Marines]], describing their background, genetics, and individual [[Space Marine Legion|Legions]]/[[Chapter]]s. While most of the articles have been collected in the four books, there are a few other Index Astartes articles offered only on the Space Marines page at the [[Games Workshop]] website – such as the [[Blood Ravens]] Index Astartes article.
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'''Index Astartes''' is a column in the ''[[White Dwarf]]'' magazine, a series of books collecting those columns, and a fictive document in the ''[[Warhammer 40,000]]'' universe. The article series focuses on the [[Space Marines]], describing their background, genetics, individual [[Space Marine Legion|Legions]] and [[Chapter]]s, vehicles, etc. While most of the articles have been collected in the four books, some can be found only in ''White Dwarf''.
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The fictive ''Index Astartes'' is a large book cataloguing the "names and honours" of the thousand Space Marine Chapters ever since the [[First Founding]]. It is kept in the Great Librarium on Terra and is described as "the most honoured record in the Imperium".<sup>1</sup>
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==Index Astartes==
 
==Index Astartes==
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[[Image:Index_Astartes_I_FCover.jpg|thumb|right|150px|Cover of the ''Index Astartes'']] ''Index Astartes'' is the first of four collected volumes. The book starts, logically, with the articles that help one to understand what makes a Space Marine and what their life is like, as well as including articles on the first four (1st to 5th, to be precise, with the 2th Legion being lost) Space Marine Legions and other articles.
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[[Image:Index_Astartes_I_FCover.jpg|thumb|right|150px|Cover of ''Index Astartes'']] ''Index Astartes'' is the first of four collected volumes. The book starts, logically, with the articles that help one to understand what makes a Space Marine and what their life is like, as well as including articles on the first four (1st to 5th, to be precise, with the 2th Legion being lost) Space Marine Legions and other articles.
  
 
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[[Image:Index_Astartes_II_FCover.jpg|thumb|right|150px|Cover of the ''Index Astartes II'']] ''Index Astartes II'' picks up where the first volume ended, introducing the 6th to 9th Legiones Astartes, several Chapters, and a few other articles.
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[[Image:Index_Astartes_II_FCover.jpg|thumb|right|150px|Cover of ''Index Astartes II'']] ''Index Astartes II'' picks up where the first volume ended, introducing the 6th to 9th Legiones Astartes, three Chapters, and two other articles.
  
 
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[[Image:Index_Astartes_III_FCover.jpg|thumb|right|150px|Cover of ''Index Astartes III'']] ''Index Astartes III'' continues with the 10th to 15th Legions (with the 11th Legion missing, as there are no records according to canon) and two other articles that do not belong to the Index Astartes series.
  
 
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*''Sons of Horus'' - The [[Black Legion]] Space Marine Legion
 
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*''Rogue Sons'' - Renegade Space Marine Chapters
 
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<sup>1</sup>: '''Wise, David & Priestley, Rick.''' "Index Astartes: Ultra-Marines." [[WD97|''White Dwarf'' 97]] Jan. 1988: 39–49. Print.
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[[Category: Codices and Rulebooks]]
 
[[Category: Codices and Rulebooks]]

Revision as of 17:05, 9 July 2010

Index Astartes is a column in the White Dwarf magazine, a series of books collecting those columns, and a fictive document in the Warhammer 40,000 universe. The article series focuses on the Space Marines, describing their background, genetics, individual Legions and Chapters, vehicles, etc. While most of the articles have been collected in the four books, some can be found only in White Dwarf.

The fictive Index Astartes is a large book cataloguing the "names and honours" of the thousand Space Marine Chapters ever since the First Founding. It is kept in the Great Librarium on Terra and is described as "the most honoured record in the Imperium".1


Index Astartes

Cover of Index Astartes
Index Astartes is the first of four collected volumes. The book starts, logically, with the articles that help one to understand what makes a Space Marine and what their life is like, as well as including articles on the first four (1st to 5th, to be precise, with the 2th Legion being lost) Space Marine Legions and other articles.

Contents

Details


Index Astartes II

Cover of Index Astartes II
Index Astartes II picks up where the first volume ended, introducing the 6th to 9th Legiones Astartes, three Chapters, and two other articles.

Contents

Details


Index Astartes III

Cover of Index Astartes III
Index Astartes III continues with the 10th to 15th Legions (with the 11th Legion missing, as there are no records according to canon) and two other articles that do not belong to the Index Astartes series.

Contents

  • Hand of Justice - The Iron Hands Space Marine Chapter
  • Chosen of Khorne - The World Eaters Space Marine Legion
  • Warriors of Ultramar - The Ultramarines Space Marine Chapter
  • The Lost and the Damned - The Death Guard Space Marine Legion
  • Masters of Forbidden Knowledge - The Thousand Sons Space Marine Legion
  • Defenders of Ultramar - The Tyranid invasion of Ultramar
  • Armoured Fury - Space Marine Land Raiders

Details


Index Astartes IV

Cover of Index Astartes IV

Contents

  • Sons of Horus - The Black Legion Space Marine Legion
  • Dark Apostles - The Word Bearers Space Marine Legion
  • Promethean Warriors - The Salamanders Space Marine Chapter
  • Claws of the Raven - The Raven Guard Space Marine Chapter
  • The Enemy Within - The Alpha Legion Space Marine Legion
  • Bloodied Fist - The Crimson Fists Space Marine Chapter
  • Deep Strike - Tactical Dreadnought Armour
  • Rogue Sons - Renegade Space Marine Chapters
  • Armoured Hunter - Space Marine Predators

Details

  • Published: ?
  • Format: Paperback, ? pages
  • Authors: ?
  • Illustrators: ?
  • ISBN: 1-84154-580-5


List of Index Astartes articles

Below is a list of all Index Astartes articles published so far with White Dwarf issue numbers and Index Astartes compilation book volumes in which to find them. Note that although the list aims to be complete, some articles may still be missing.

Article White Dwarf UK
issue 		White Dwarf US
issue 		Index Astartes
volume
Ultra-Marines [sic] 97 pp. 39–49  —  —
The Mentor Legion: Legiones Astartes Chapter 888 98 pp. 39–44  —  —
Legion of the Damned 99 pp. 39–42  —  —
Medics 102 pp. 71–77  —  —
Codex Imperialis 105 pp. 19–32  —  —
Promethean Warriors: The Salamanders Space Marine Chapter 248  ?  IV (?)*
Emperor's Shield: Space Marine Chapters of the Armageddon War 249  ?  —
Righteous Zeal: The Black Templars Space Marine Chapter 249  ?  II
Codex Astartes: The holy tome of the Space Marines (WD252) 252  ?  I
The Unforgiven: The Dark Angels Space Marine Chapter 254  ?  I
Warriors of Old: Space Marine Dreadnoughts 255  255  I
Children of the Emperor: The Emperor's Children Space Marine Legion 255  ?  I
Bitter and Twisted: The Iron Warriors Space Marine Legion 256  255  I
Lightning Attack: The White Scars Space Marine Chapter 257  256  I
Wolves of Fenris: The Space Wolves Space Marine Chapter 258  ?  II
Psykana Librarius: Space Marine Librarians 258  ?  I
Emperor's Fist: The Imperial Fists Space Marine Chapter 259  258 pp. 76–81  II
Purge the Unclean: The Grey Knights & Deathwatch Chapters 259 259 pp. 44–47 II
Bringers of Darkness: The Night Lords Space Marine Chapter 260 259 pp. 56–64  II
The Cursed Founding: An investigation into a mysterious Space Marine founding 260  260 p. 82–86  II
Angels of Death: The Blood Angels Space Marine Chapter 261  260 pp. 88–95  II
Hand of Justice: The Iron Hands Space Marine Chapter 262  ?  III
Chosen of Khorne: The World Eaters Space Marine Legion 263  ?  III
Warriors of Ultramar: The Ultramarines Space Marine Chapter 264  263 pp. 18–25  III
The Lost and the Damned: The Death Guard Space Marine Legion 265  264 pp. 68–75  III
For the Emperor: Space Marine Chaplains 266  265 pp. 90–93  II
Masters of Forbidden Knowledge: The Thousand Sons Space Marine Legion 267  266 pp. 62–69  III
Sons of Horus: The Black Legion Space Marine Chapter 268  267 pp. 30–35  IV
Armoured Personnel Carrier: The Space Marine Rhino 269 pp. 10–13  ?  —
Dark Apostles: The Word Bearers Chaos Space Marine Legion 270  ?  IV
Armoured Hunter: The Space Marine Predator 271  ?  IV
Promethean Warriors: The Salamanders Space Marine Chapter 274  273 pp. 114–121  IV
Beasts of Steel: Chaos Space Marine Tanks 275  ?  —
Claws of the Raven: The Raven Guard Space Marines Legion 276  275 pp. 96–101  IV
The Enemy Within: The Alpha Legion Space Marines Legion 277  276 pp. 54–61  IV
Know Thine Enemy: The Relictors Space Marine Chapter 281  280  —
Children of the Night: The Space Wolves 13th Company 283  ?  —
Humanity's Shield: The Defence of Cadia during the 13th Black Crusade 284  ?  —
The Eye of the Storm: Space Marine Chapters fighting in the Eye of Terror 286  ?  —
Bloodied Fist: Crimson Fists Space Marine Chapter 288  ?  IV
Cult of the Machine God: Techmarines of the Adeptus Astartes 291  ?  —
Rogue Sons: Renegade Space Marine Chapters 303  302  IV
Deep Strike: Tactical Dreadnought Armour 304 pp. 30–35  ?  IV
Knowledge Is Power: The Blood Ravens Space Marines Chapter 305  ?  —
Purge the Alien: Ultramarines Tyrannic War Veterans 306 pp. 52–57  ?  —
Silent Menace: Space Marine Scouts 312  311  —
* Salamanders have a new article in 274; is this the same or different?


References

1: Wise, David & Priestley, Rick. "Index Astartes: Ultra-Marines." White Dwarf 97 Jan. 1988: 39–49. Print.

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