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{{Character|Portal ={{UltramarinesPortal}}[[|Name ={{PAGENAME}}|Image: =CorvoArt.jpg|thumb|right|Caption ={{PAGENAME}}{{Fn|4}}|Title =|Homeworld =|Birth =c. [[M30]]|Active Period =[[M30]] - ???|Death =|Cause of Death =|Species =[[Human]]|Type =[[Astartes]]|Gender =Male|Relatives =[[Roboute Guilliman]] <small>("Father" via [[gene-seed]])</small>|Occupation ='' ''*[[Space Marine Captain|Captain]] of the [[Ultramarines]] 199th Company*[[Chapter Master]] of the [[Novamarines]]|Preceded by =|Succeeded by =|Faction ='' ''*[[Imperium of Man]]**[[Ultramarines]]**[[Novamarines]]|Notes =}}
'''Lucretius Corvo''' was the first [[Chapter Master]] of the [[Novamarines]] and was originally an [[Ultramarines]] Astartes officer, who won great renown fighting the [[Word Bearers]] during the [[Horus Heresy]].{{Fn|1}}
===History===
Besieged during one battle on the world of [[Astagar]], Corvo and his men held out for six days, before managing to destroy a [[Traitor Titan Legions|traitor]] [[Warlord Titan]] and break out. For this act, Corvo was decorated by his [[Primarch]] [[Roboute Guilliman]]{{Fn|5}} and this decoration would later become a sacred relic to the Novamarines, where it is kept in their [[Fortress-Monastery]].{{Fn|1}}
Corvo is known to have commanded Ultramarines forces during the [[Battle of Sotha]] during the Heresy.{{Fn|2}}
====Post-Heresy====
After becoming the Chapter Master of the Novamarines, Corvo took part in the [[Battle of Thessala]], during which Roboute Guilliman was mortally wounded by [[Fulgrim]].{{Fn|3}}
===Related Articles===
*[[List of Chapter Masters]]
*[[List of Founders]]
===Sources===
*{{Endn|1}}: [[Imperial Armour Volume Nine - The Badab War - Part One]], pgs. 116–23
*{{Endn|2}}: [[Pharos (Novel)]], Chapter 17
