Games - Primarch

	Games - Primarch

In the fictional universe of Warhammer 40,000, the Primarchs were the twenty cloned sons of the Emperor, born leaders of his Space Marine legions. They were bred to be nearly perfect: larger, stronger, faster, and smarter than normal humans. Their genetic material was also used to form the basis of the legions they would command.

Many of the Primarchs, Magnus the Red and Sanguinius in particular, were known to have suffered mutations. At least three demonstrated the abilities of the psyker. Leman Russ and Lion El'Jonson have been said to be feral on their discovery, although both quickly assimilated into the human cultures of their respective worlds.

All were created in genetic laboratories hidden on Luna, and were almost complete before they were scattered across the galaxy. The cause of this is unknown; the forces of Chaos, the Emperor and the Primarchs themselves are claimed in varying tales to be responsible for scattering them across the galaxy. All but two were discovered on remote worlds, where they quickly grew in strength and knowledge, and often held leadership of their adoptive worlds. As the Emperor rediscovered each of them, he granted them leadership of the Space Marine Legion created from their individual genetic material.

Following the Great Crusade, Warmaster Horus fell to Chaos, dragging eight of his fellow Primarchs down with him. Nine Legions, along with many other traitorous forces, were incited to rebel against the Emperor during the time known as the Horus Heresy

The Fate of the Primarchs

Today, all the Primarchs are either damned, lost or dead. Below is a table documenting each Primarch's name, the Legion he led, and his status as of the 41st millennium.

The Missing Primarchs

In some literature (including the 2nd edition Codex Imperialis and the third edition Codex: Space Marines) the missing Primarchs and their Legions are listed as being "Deleted from Imperial records". Games Workshop has never released any material about them, but fan speculation is rife and some of the more popular theories are:

They were never rediscovered during the Great Crusade.
They are Sigmar
and Be'lakor from Warhammer Fantasy Battle
They were extremely mutated and were killed upon discovery.
They defeated the Emperor in one of his challenges

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