First Captain

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

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

Notable First Captains

Heresy-era

Legion	First Captain
Emperor's Children	Julius Kaesoron[3]
Iron Warriors	Kydomor Forrix[4]
Space Wolves	Gunnar Gunnhilt[13]
Imperial Fists	Sigismund[1a]
Night Lords	Jago Sevatarion[1b]
Blood Angels	Raldoron[10]
Iron Hands	Gabriel Santar[6]
Death Guard	Calas Typhon[9]
Thousand Sons	Ahzek Ahriman[12]
Sons of Horus	Ezekyle Abaddon[7]
Ultramarines	Marius Gage[14]
Word Bearers	Kor Phaeron[8]
Salamanders	Artellus Numeon[11]
Alpha Legion	Ingo Pech[2]

Present

Chapter	First Captain
Dark Angels	Belial[15]
White Scars	Suboden Khan[16]
Imperial Fists	Darnath Lysander[5]
Blood Angels	Arenos Karlaen[17]
Iron Hands	Caanok Var[18]
Ultramarines	Severus Agemman[19]
Raven Guard	Aethon Shaan[20][Notes]
Crimson Fists	Ishmael Icario[21]
Blood Ravens	Apollo Diomedes[23]
Silver Skulls	Kerelan[25]

Notes

• Notes: Aethon Shaan was recently promoted to Chapter Master.^[20]

Sources

• 1: Horus Heresy: Age Of Darkness 2nd Edition Rulebook
  • 1a: pg. 61
  • 1b: Pg. 65
• 2: Legion (Novel), Chapter 6
• 3: Fulgrim (Novel), Chapter 9
• 4: Angel Exterminatus (Novel), Chapter Two
• 5: White Dwarf 302 (UK), pgs. 84–85
• 6: Feat of Iron (Novella) — The Primarchs (Anthology), Wrought of Iron
• 7: Galaxy in Flames (Novel), Dramatis Personae
• 8: The First Heretic (Novel), Dramatis Personae
• 9: The Flight of the Eisenstein (Novel), Dramatis Personae
• 10: Fear to Tread (Novel), Dramatis Personae
• 11: Promethean Sun (Novella), Dramatis Personae
• 12: A Thousand Sons (Novel), Chapter 1
• 13: Wolf King (Novella), Chapter 1
• 14: Know No Fear (Novel) - Target//Acquisition: Chapter 3
• 15: Codex: Dark Angels (6th Edition), pg. 78
• 16: Codex Supplement: White Scars (8th Edition), pg. 12
• 17: Codex: Blood Angels (5th Edition), pg. 9
• 18: Codex Supplement: Angels of Death, pg. 34
• 19: Codex: Space Marines (5th Edition), pg. 85
• 20: 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/)
• 21: Codex Supplement: Imperial Fists (8th Edition), pg. 27
• 22: Codex: Grey Knights (9th Edition), pg. 13
• 23: Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II - Chaos Rising
• 24: Codex: Space Marines (9th Edition), pg. 118
• 25: Cause and Effect (Short Story)