Lord Commander (Imperial Guard)

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Lord Commanders are the supreme commanders of the Astra Militarum^[3b], subordinate only to the Lord Commander Militant.^[1]

There are 5 lords commanders, each responsible for the defence of an entire Imperial Segmentum,^[1][3b] they are therefore titled according to the segment they are responsible for; the Lord Commander of the Segmentum Solar is thus named Lord Commander Solar, or Lord Solar.^{[2][3a][3b][Conflicting Sources]}

Segmentums

• Segmentum Solar
  • Base: Terra^[1]
• Segmentum Obscurus
  • Base: Cypra Mundi^[1]
• Segmentum Pacificus
  • Base: Hydraphur^[1]
• Ultima Segmentum
  • Base: Kar Duniash^[1]
• Segmentum Tempestus
  • Base: Bakka^[1]

Notable Lord Commanders of the Imperial Guard

• Lord Commanders Solar:
  • Arcadian Leontus^[3a]
  • Macharius^[3a]
  • Phillips
  • Eugenian^[4]
• Unknown/other Segmentae:
  • Lucellin Tyberius
  • Magallian^[5]
  • Otto Ivan Gustavus
  • Sebiascor Ebongrave
  • Tchepikov
  • Von Klimt
  • Zuehlke

Conflicting Sources - Warmaster and Lord Solar

Codex: Imperial Guard (3rd Edition, 2nd Codex), released in 2003, states that Lord Solar is a title intercheangeable with that of Warmaster (pg. 9). It is again stated in Codex: Astra Militarum (8th Edition), pg. 7. However, this was rescinded in Codex: Astra Militarum (9th Edition), which states that the Lord Solar is just the Lord Commander of the Segmentum Solar,^[3a] and not the Warmaster.

Sources

• 1: Codex: Imperial Guard (2nd Edition), pg. 9
• 2: White Dwarf 240 (UK), pg. 32
• 3: Codex: Astra Militarum (9th Edition)
  • 3a: pg. 15
  • 3b: pg. 17
• 4: Codex: Armageddon (3rd Edition), pg. 1
• 5: Codex: Astra Militarum (10th Edition), pg. 161

External Links

Warhammer Community : Just What Is a Lord Solar Anyway – A Guardsman’s Primer to the Hierarchy of the Astra Militarum (16/12/2022) (archived page, last accessed via Wayback Machine 17th May 2024))