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==Horus Heresy - aftermath==
Following the [[Horus Heresy]] Guilliman became [[Lord Commander#Roboute Guilliman|Lord Commander Militant of the [[Imperium]], effectively commanding all of the Imperium's armed might. It was at this time that Guilliman wrote the [[Codex Astartes]], the tome that the [[Ultramarines]] (and many other chapters) follow strictly.
Guilliman led the assault against the [[Alpha Legion]] in the aftermath of the Heresy, and due to the vanity of [[Alpharius]], he utilized a suprise attack at the heart of the traitors and killed Alpharius in a duel. However, he and the Ultramarines were greatly mistaken in their belief that the snake would die without the head, as indeed, the Alpha Legion's symbol is a hydra, a multi-headed serpent. The Ultramarines were soundly pushed back again and again by the traitor marines, undaunted at the loss of their Primarch. Guilliman eventually pulled them back into orbit and bombarded the planet from above.
Later, in a battle against the [[Emperor's Children]], Guilliman would meet his end. Where Alpharius had not greatly embraced the [[Chaos ]]powers, and was essentially unchanged from his original Primarch form, [[Fulgrim]] had been to the [[Eye of Terror]], reaping the terrible powers therein, and had been elevated by [[Slaanesh]] to a mighty and fell [[Daemon Prince]], no longer resembling a man, but his original purity of form corrupted and augmented by the ruinous powers. Fulgrim was now a serpentine creature of immense stature, and multi-limbed. Each limb carried a poisoned sword, and in the clash he stabbed Guilliman in the neck and then retreated to the Eye of Terror. ; Guilliman was interred in the stasis field by the [[Apothecary|Apothecaries]], and remains frozen in the instant of death, while Fulgrim escaped back to the Eye of Terror.
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