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Space Marines have their origins in Games Workshops 1985's LE2 (Limited Edition 2) single character miniature alongside a [[Ork|Space Orc]] which predated even the release of the [[1st Edition]] by two years.{{Fn|45}}
The Space Marines were subsequently one of the original factions for 1987's [[Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader]] alongside the [[Imperial Guard|Imperial Army]], [[Eldar]], [[Orks]], and [[Tyranids]].{{Fn|44a}} During the [[1st Edition]], they were described as 100 1000 independent Chapters collectively dubbed the [[Legiones Astartes]].{{Fn|44b}} Twelve Chapters were named in the original Rogue Trader rulebook: the [[Dark Angels]], [[Flesh Tearers]], [[Flesh Eaters]], [[Space Wolves]], [[Ultramarines]], [[White Scars]], [[Blood Angels]], [[Blood Drinkers]], [[Crimson Fists]], [[Iron Hands]], [[Rainbow Warriors]], and [[Silver Skulls]].{{Fn|44c}}
During the earliest days of ''Warhammer 40,000'', the Space Marines were depicted as brutal, hyper-violent, and ideologically deluded.{{Fn|47}} Moreover, the concepts of founding [[Space Marine Legion|Legion]]s and [[Primarch]]s did not yet exist, and many Chapters had radically different lore. For instance, the Ultramarines were said to have been established in the [[Third Founding]] in [[M32]] in [[White Dwarf 97 (UK)|White Dwarf 97]].{{Fn|46}}
