Board Thread:Warhammer 40k General Discussion/@comment-6767898-20130227013545/@comment-7186329-20130329160817

I can`t say that i am a fan of the Ultramarines, but Fire Drake`s comment was both accurate and spiteful at the same time. The Ultramarines may indeed be arrogant and dissaproving of other chapters, but in the end i believe it all comes down to the codex ,not because of some gene seed malfunction that makes them arrogant.

For the Ultramarines the Codex Astartes is the legacy of their primarch, and one of the greatest military works of the Imperium. The Ultramarines, because of respect towards their primarch, who is on their very homeworld, feel that disrespecting the codex is in term disrespect toward the beloved primarch. For that reason they may not approve of certain chapters that do not abide fully to the codex, or even disregard it completely. And since it was Guillman himself who wrote the codex the Ultramarines believe that they are the ones that follow it`s rules better than anyone, thus producing a sense of arrogance.

The Ultramarines keep close relations with their multiple succesor chapters, they do not `boss` them around, and may even occasionally gather all the masters of said chapters and discuss whatever circumstances are.