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Of the many thousands of Primaris Space Marines created by [[Dominus|Archmagos Dominus]] [[Cawl]], half were formed into new [[Chapters]], from the so called [[Founding#Ultima Founding|Ultima Founding]], while the rest were gathered into nine armies. These armies were descended from the nine loyalist gene-lines, who wore the livery of their founding [[Primarch]]s, and were then further organised into Chapter-sized formations. These armies were then made to fight in mixed gene-line squads, by Lord Commander Guilliman{{Fn|1a}}, who hoped the different gene-lines would learn from each other and not repeat the misunderstandings that have occurred between Chapters in the past{{Fn|1c}}. Despite fighting in mixed units, the Unnumbered Sons were united by their prominent badges that were crossed with pale grey chevrons.{{Fn|1a}}
The Unnumbered Sons were a major force within the Indomitus Crusade, but as the Crusade progressed their strength dwindled; both from battle losses, as well as being separated from their groups on the orders of Lord Commander Guilliman. Those Primaris Space Marines that were separated from the Unnumbered Sons, were usually assigned by [[Space Marine Company|companies]], squadrons and even smaller numbers, to understrength Chapters encountered by the Indomitus Crusade. However, sometimes Guilliman created whole new Chapters where they were needed, such as when important worlds needed to be defended from the [[Imperium]]'s enemies. Sons of Guilliman could become [[Aurora Chapter|Aurora Marines]], [[Doom Eagles]], etc., Sons of [[Dorn]] could become [[Black Templars]], [[Imperial Fists]], etc. and so on. However, by the time of the [[Battle of Raukos]], only twenty thousand of the Unnumbered Sons remained within the Crusade{{Fn|1a}}. This proved to be the last battle the Unnumbered Sons would fight in though, as Lord Commander Guilliman officially ended the Indomitus Crusade and ordered the disbandment of the group{{Fn|1b}}. Some of the Unnumbered Sons were then formed into new Chapters{{Fn|1b}}, such as the [[Knights Cerulean]], [[Praetors of Ultramar]]{{Fn|1e}} and the [[Wolfspear]]{{Fn|1c}}; while most would take the lessons they had learned from each other, to established Chapters descended from their Primarchs.{{Fn|1b}}
==Known Unnumbered Sons==