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
Present
Notes
- Notes: Aethon Shaan was recently promoted to Chapter Master.[20]
Sources
- 1: Horus Heresy: Age Of Darkness 2nd Edition Rulebook
- 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)