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These Chapters have stayed close-knit, often fighting alongside each other and always standing ready to answer any call from the [[Chapter Master]] of the Ultramarines.{{Fn|1a}} | These Chapters have stayed close-knit, often fighting alongside each other and always standing ready to answer any call from the [[Chapter Master]] of the Ultramarines.{{Fn|1a}} | ||
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* {{Endn|2}}: [[Chapter Approved 2001]], pg. 117 | * {{Endn|2}}: [[Chapter Approved 2001]], pg. 117 | ||
* {{Endn|3}}: [[Deathwatch: Rites of Battle]], pgs. 55-58 | * {{Endn|3}}: [[Deathwatch: Rites of Battle]], pgs. 55-58 | ||
| + | * {{Endn|4}}: [[Codex: Space Marines (8th Edition)]], pg. 30 | ||
[[Category:Later Foundings]] | [[Category:Later Foundings]] | ||
Latest revision as of 10:31, 10 April 2026
The Primogenitor Chapters, or First Born, are the Second Founding Space Marine Chapters descended from the Ultramarines Space Marine Legion.[1b] The Primogenitor Chapters revere Roboute Guilliman, Primarch of the Ultramarines, as their Patron and founding father.[1b]
These Chapters have stayed close-knit, often fighting alongside each other and always standing ready to answer any call from the Chapter Master of the Ultramarines.[1a]
Of the primogenitors, the Genesis Chapter is known to be the first ever Ultramarines successor Chapter founded.[4]
Known Primogenitor Chapters
The exact number of Primogenitor Chapters is unknown.[1b] The Apocrypha of Skaros, the earliest known copy of the Codex Astartes, lists that there are 23, but does not name them.[1b]
- Aurora Chapter[1a][2]
- Black Consuls[1a][2][3]
- Doom Eagles[1a]
- Eagle Warriors[1a][2]
- Genesis Chapter[1a][2][3]
- Inceptors[1a][2]
- Libators[1a][2]
- Mortifactors[3]
- Novamarines[1a][2][3]
- Nemesis Chapter[2]
- Patriarchs of Ulixis[1a][2]
- Praetors of Orpheus[1a][2]
- Silver Eagles[1a][2]
- White Consuls[1a][2][3]
Sources
- 1: Codex: Ultramarines (2nd Edition):
- 2: Chapter Approved 2001, pg. 117
- 3: Deathwatch: Rites of Battle, pgs. 55-58
- 4: Codex: Space Marines (8th Edition), pg. 30
