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First Master Marius Gage, chapter master of the 1st Chapter of the Ultramarines Legion during the Great Crusade and Horus Heresy, a premier example of a Space Marine praetor.

Praetor is the name of a bygone rank for a senior Astartes officer of the Space Marine Legions used during the Great Crusade and Horus Heresy eras in the late 30th and early 31st Millennia.

The praetors were the mightiest warriors and battle-leaders of the ancient Legiones Astartes, second only to the demigod-like primarchs in martial skills and generalship. They most commonly commanded chapter-size formations of approximately 1,000 Space Marines within their Legion or whatever the equivalently-named unit was within a given Legion's culture.

These lords of the Imperium of Man held the power of life and death over whole worlds, with the direct control of entire Imperial war fleets and armies in their hands.

Each was a greatly experienced warrior and warlord, unique in character, who had written a legend in blood for themselves, and carried into battle the finest wargear and weapons known to Mankind at that time.

In their ranks could be found officers called "chapter masters" and "lord commanders," "archeins," "warsmiths," "first captains," "khans" and "tribunes" as the traditions and cultures of their individual Legions dictated. They were the masters of war who commanded the hosts of the Great Crusade that conquered worlds unnumbered.

History[]

During the time of the Great Crusade in the late 30th Millennium, Space Marine Legions were vast engines of war whose transhuman warriors numbered in the tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands.

The full panoply of war of an Astartes Legion was a terrible thing to behold, and was capable of obliterating entire civilisations through a variety of deadly means ranging from sheer brute force and numbers, armoured assault waves, murderous siege-craft or overwhelming and relentless attacks from close orbit.

The particular methods of such exterminations were overseen by the high commanders of the Legions, select individuals that brought solar decades of experience and acquired tactical acumen to the ruin of Mankind's foes. Whatever the particular title actually awarded to them by their Legion based on its individual culture and history, these officers were known in general across the Legiones Astartes as praetors.

Notable Praetors[]

Legion Number Legion Name Legion Title Name Loyalty Status
I Dark Angels Master of Caliban Luther Traitor Recently freed from imprisonment in The Rock.
I Dark Angels First Master Merir Astelan Traitor At large.
I Dark Angels Master of the Deathwing Holguin Loyal Deceased
III Emperor's Children Lord Commander Anteus Loyal Deceased
III Emperor's Children Lord Commander Ariston Traitor Deceased
III Emperor's Children Lord Commander Cyrius Traitor Deceased
III Emperor's Children Lord Commander Primus Eidolon Traitor Alive
III Emperor's Children Lord Commander Iddinam Traitor Deceased
III Emperor's Children Lord Commander Illois Loyal Deceased
III Emperor's Children Lord Commander Lelanthius Traitor Deceased
III Emperor's Children Lord Commander Lothreal Sabine Unknown Unknown
III Emperor's Children Lord Commander Teliosa Loyal Deceased
III Emperor's Children Lord Commander Vespasian Loyal Deceased
III Emperor's Children First Captain Julius Kaesoron Traitor Daemon Prince
IV Iron Warriors First Captain Forrix Traitor Deceased
IV Iron Warriors Lieutenant Soltarn Vull Bronn Traitor Still serves Honsou
IV Iron Warriors Warsmith Berrosus Traitor Deceased
IV Iron Warriors Warsmith Barabas Dantioch Loyal Deceased
IV Iron Warriors Warsmith Kroeger Traitor Deceased
IV Iron Warriors Warsmith Harkor Traitor Deceased
IV Iron Warriors Warsmith Barban Falk Traitor Ascended to daemonhood as a Daemon Prince
IV Iron Warriors Warsmith Honsou Traitor Commands a massive warband of Chaos Space Marines on Medrengard
IV Iron Warriors Warsmith Kolvax Traitor Deceased
IV Iron Warriors Warsmith Toramino Traitor Alive
IV Iron Warriors Warsmith Zhorisch Traitor Leads a massive warband of Chaos Space Marines that currently plagues the Jericho Reach
V White Scars Master of the Hunt Jubal Khan Loyal Stood by his Primarch Jaghatai in the stalwart defence of the Imperial Palace during the Siege of Terra.
V White Scars Master of the Keshig Qin Xa Loyal Deceased
V White Scars Noyan-Khan (Chapter Master) Hasik Noyan-Khan Traitor Sought to take over White Scars Legion Fleet while at Prospero for Horus. Slain by his Primarch.
V White Scars Noyan-Khan (Chapter Master) Jemulan Noyan-Khan Loyal KIA during 4th year of Horus Heresy.
VI Space Wolves First Captain (Wolf Lord) Gunnar Gunnhilt Loyal KIA during the Battle of the Alaxxes Nebula.
VI Space Wolves Wolf Lord Amlodhi Skarssen Skarssensson Loyal Wolf Lord of the Space Wolves Legion's 5th Great Company.
VI Space Wolves Wolf Lord Jorin Bloodhowl Loyal Jarl of the Space Wolves Legion's 13th Great Company during the Horus Heresy. Deceased.
VI Space Wolves Wolf Lord Ogvai Ogvai Helmschrot Loyal Wolf Lord of the Space Wolves Legion's 3rd Great Company.
VII Imperial Fists First Captain Sigismund Loyal Following the Second Founding, became the first Chapter Master of the Black Templars Chapter.
VII Imperial Fists Master of the Huscarls Archamus Loyal Killed during the Battle of Pluto saving the life of Rogal Dorn.
VIII Night Lords First Captain Jago "Sevatar" Sevatarion Traitor Killed during the Siege of Terra.
VIII Night Lords First Captain Zso Sahaal Traitor Designated by the Night Lords' Primarch Konrad Curze to serve as his successor as leader of the VIII Legion just before his assassination,
VIII Night Lords Equerry Shang Traitor Slain by Skaivrok in duel for control of Night Lords Legion during the Horus Heresy.
IX Blood Angels First Captain, Chapter Master Raldoron Loyal Became the first Chapter Master of the Blood Angels Chapter following the Second Founding.
IX Blood Angels Commander of the Sanguinary Guard Azkaellon Loyal Sole surviving Sanguinary Guard after the Siege of Terra.
IX Blood Angels High Warden Dahka Berus Loyal Responsible for enforcing the dictates of the Council of Nikaea.
X Iron Hands Lord Commander Amadeus DuCaine Loyal KIA at the Drop Site Massacre.
X Iron Hands First Captain Gabriel Santor Loyal Killed during the Drop Site Massacre of Istvaan V by the Traitor Emperor's Children First Captain Julius Kaesoron
X Iron Hands Clan Commander of Morragul Clan Autek Mor Loyal First Chapter Master of the Red Talons after the Second Founding.
XII World Eaters Centurion Khârn the Betrayer Traitor Became a powerful Chaos Champion of Khorne after the Horus Heresy.
XIII Ultramarines First Master Marius Gage Loyal Gage was the Master of the 1st Chapter of the Ultramarines Legion and its overall second-in-command.
XIII Ultramarines Tetrarch Valentus Dolor Loyal Governor of Occluda and Regent of Ultramar during the Horus Heresy.
XIII Ultramarines Legatus of Armatura Orfeo Cassandar Loyal KIA by Angron during the Shadow Crusade.
XIII Ultramarines Chapter Master Phratus Auguston Loyal KIA by Konrad Curze on Macragge.
XIII Ultramarines Chapter Master Verus Caspean Loyal Chapter Master of the 3rd Chapter and later the 1st.
XIV Death Guard Equerry Caipha Morarg Traitor Member of the Legion Breacher Siege Squad|24th Breacher Squad]] who became Mortarion's Equerry.
XIV Death Guard Master of Ordnance Durak Rask Traitor Killed during the Istvaan III Atrocity.
XIV Death Guard First Captain Calas Typhon Traitor The first Death Guard to turn to the service of Chaos, Typhon became the corrupted Typhus, Herald of Nurgle and Host of the Destroyer Hive.
XV Thousand Sons First Captain Ahzek Ahriman Traitor Captain of the 1st Fellowship and Magister Templi of the Corvidae, Ahriman enacted the spell known as the Rubric of Ahriman which resulted in the creation of the undead Rubric Marines.
XV Thousand Sons Magister Templi Phosis T'Kar Traitor Captain of the 2nd Fellowship, Magister Templi of Raptora Cult, KIA during Burning of Prospero.
XV Thousand Sons Magister Templi Haathor Maat Traitor Captain of the 3rd Fellowship, Magister Templi of the Pavoni.
XV Thousand Sons Captain Menes Kalliston Loyal Captain of the 4th Fellowship, killed by Khârn among the ruins of Prospero.
XV Thousand Sons Magister Templi Baleq Uthizzar Loyal Captain of the 5th Fellowship, Magister Templi of the Athanaean Cult, slain by Magnus the Red.
XV Thousand Sons Magister Templi Khalophis Traitor Captain of the 6th Fellowship, Magister Templi of the Pyrae Cult, KIA during the Burning of Prospero.
XV Thousand Sons Equerry Amon Traitor Captain of the 9th Fellowship.
XVI Sons of Horus First Captain Ezekyle Abaddon Traitor Abaddon eventually became known as Abaddon the Despoiler, successor of Horus as the Warmaster of Chaos, leader of the Black Legion and the most powerful Chaos Lord within the Eye of Terror. It was he who launched the greatest of the Black Crusades against the Imperium.
XVI Sons of Horus Mournival Member Tarik Torgaddon Loyal Captain of the 2nd Company, KIA during the Istvaan III Atrocity.
XVI Sons of Horus Mournival Member Hastur Sejanus Loyal Captain of the 4th Company, KIA on world designated Sixty-Three-Nineteen.
XVI Sons of Horus Mournival Member Garviel Loken Loyal Captain of the 10th Company; later a member of the Knights-Errant of Malcador the Sigillite.
XVI Sons of Horus Mournival Member Horus Aximand Traitor Captain of the 5th Company.
XVI Sons of Horus Mournival Member Falkus Kibre Traitor Captain of the 1st Company; later commander of the Black Legion's Terminator elite, the Bringers of Despair.
XVI Sons of Horus Mournival Member Grael Noctua Traitor Sergeant of the 25th Company; later Daemonhost for Tormaggedon.
XVI Sons of Horus Equerry Maloghurst Traitor Former Captain of the Sons of Horus, later potent Chaos Sorcerer.
XVII Word Bearers First Captain Kor Phaeron Traitor First Captain and Black Cardinal (High Priest) of the Word Bearers Legion, it was Kor Phaeron's influence and continuing devotion to the Colchisian Old Faith that corrupted his Primarch and the XVII Legion.
XVII Word Bearers First Chaplain Erebus Traitor After the Heresy, Erebus became a Dark Apostle and leader of the Word Bearers' ruling Dark Council.
XVII Word Bearers Chapter Master Argel Tal Traitor Captain of the 7th Assault Company of the Serrated Sun Chapter; later Crimson Lord of the Gal Vorbak, KIA during the Shadow Crusade on Nuceria.
XVII Word Bearers Crimson Apostle Zardu Layak Traitor Officer of the Ashen Circle, became a Possessed of the Gal Vorbak and First Chaplain of the Chapter of the Ochre Gate, later called the Unspeaking.
XVIII Salamanders First Captain and Equerry Artellus Numeon Loyal Captain of the 1st Company, the Firedrakes; sacrificed himself on Mount Deathfire to resurrect Vulkan during the Horus Heresy.
XIX Raven Guard Commander Branne Nev Loyal Led the mission that resulted in the rescue of Corax from Istvaan V. Afterwards, Branne was made the new Master of Recruits.
XIX Raven Guard Commander Agapito Nev Loyal Captain of the Raven Guard and biological brother of Branne Nev; later the commander of the "Talons", the surviving Tactical Companies of the Legion after the Drop Site Massacre.
XIX Raven Guard Commander Solaro An Loyal Captain of the Raven Guard air assets known as the "Hawks," KIA at the Drop Site Massacre; identity stolen by Alpha Legion infiltrator.
XX Alpha Legion First Captain Ingo Pech Traitor Served at the Battle of Pluto.
XX Alpha Legion Harrowmaster Armillus Dynat Traitor Served as a theatre commander or "Harrowmaster," for the Alpha Legion in multiple engagements of Great Crusade and Horus Heresy.
XX Alpha Legion Consul-Delegatus Autilon Skorr Traitor Senior Alpha Legion commander during the Mezoan Campaign.
XX Alpha Legion Harrowmaster Kel Silonius Traitor Senior Alpha Legion commander whose identity was used by Alpharius to initiate a subversion campaign on Terra. Later led the Alpha Legion fleet at the Battle of Pluto.

Wargear[]

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A Praetor of the Space Wolves Legion in Cataphractii Pattern Terminator Armour outfitted with Combi-bolter and Frost Blade.

  • Refractor Shield

Optional Wargear (For Praetor Terminators)[]

  • Paragon Blade
  • Digital Lasers

Optional Wargear[]

  • Paragon Blade

Sources[]

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