PROGENITOR LEGIONS (now Chapters): FIRST FOUNDING

Current
Chapter Primarch's Successor
CHAPTER ICON PRIMARCH Base of Notes
Colors World Chapters
Operations
Characters:
Luther (traitor-
led Dark Angels
now known as Angels of
Lion El' The Rock the Fallen). Absolution, Ange
1 Azrael (CMDR),
of Redemption,
Dark Green Jonson Caliban (X) (asteroid Ezekiel (GM
Angels of
Dark Angels librarian), Bethor
(missing) base) (Standard), Vengeance
Sapphon
(chaplain),
(unforgiven)
Asmodai
(Interrogator)

All records expunged from library- order origination unknown

Slaanesh.
3 Fulgrim
Chemos Character: Excommunicat
Emperor's Purple (Daemon (EOT)
(X) Fabius Bile Traitoris
children Prince) (ex- Lt.
Cmdr)
Siege
4 Perturabo Fortified masters.
Olympia Excommunicat
Iron Steel, Brass (Daemon Planet Rivals:
(X) Traitoris
Warriors Prince) (EOT) Imperial
Fists.
Marauders,
Jaghatai
5 Mundus Mundus Fast Rampagers,
White Khan
White Scars Planus Planus attack. Destroyers,
(missing)
Storm Lords
Geneseed
Flaw
6
Lemann Russ Fenris (the (Wulfen)
Space Grey Fenris Wolf Brothers
(missing) Fang) Rivals:
Wolves
Thousand
Sons.
Siege
masters.
Rivals: Iron
Warriors.
7 Fortress Black
Rogal Dorn Inwit?
Imperial Yellow Monastery Characters: Sgt. Templars,
(killed) Earth?
Fists "Phalanx" Lysander,
Chapter Master
Crimson Fists
Vladimir Pugh,
Chaplain Lo
Chang, Librarian
Franz Grenstein

Konrad Tsagualsa Night

8 Curze, aka Nostramo [EF] until fighters, Excommunicat
Dark Blue
Night Lords Night (X) Curze Stealth Traitoris
Haunter assassinated, infiltrators,
 (assassinated) now in EOT Terror
tactics,
Night
vision
Geneseed Angels
Flaw (Red Encarmine,
Thirst). Angels
9 Characters:
Sanguinius Baal Baal Prime, Dante (LORD), Sanguine,
Blood Red Cleutin (vet sgt),
(killed) Secundus Secundus Angels
Angels Mephiston (chief
librarian), Vermilion,
Corbulo
(apothecary), Blood Drinker
Tycho (captain) Flesh Tearers
Bionics used to
replace perceived
Ferrus weakness.
10 Characters: Iron- Red Talons,
Black Mannus Medusa Medusa Father Paullian
Iron Hands Brazen Claw
(missing) Blantar,
Dreadnought
Blannus

All records expunged from library- order origination unknown

Khorne.
Unknown Psycho-
12 Angron (Planet included a Scattered Surgery Excommunicat
World Red (daemon Mtn. known as since (agression)
Fedan Mhor- site
Character:
Traitoris
Eaters prince) of slave rebellion Skalathrax
led by Angron) Kharn the
Betrayer
Most stable
Geneseed.
Macragge Originator of Aurora, Black Consuls,
(Defended Codex. Eagle Warriors, Genesi
Chapter, Inceptors,
Roboute from Hive Characters:
Libators, Nemesis,
Marneus Calgar
13 Guilliman Fleet (MASTER),
Novamarines, Patriarch
Blue Macragge of Ulixis, Praetors of
Ultramarines (killed by Kraken Tigurius (Chief
Librarian),
Orpheus, Silver Eagles,
Fulgrim) invasion) Cassius
White Consuls.
(Chaplain),
Charadon Helveticus (total 23 2nd founding)
Crusade (Standard),
Invictus (Capt,
1st Co.)

14 Green/brown Mortarion Barbarus

Plague
Excommunicat
(off-white pre- (daemon Planet Nurgle.
Death Guard heresy)
(X) Traitoris
prince) (EOT)

Tzeentch.
Most
mutated gene
Blue, seed of all
15 Magnus the Planet of the primarchs.
Yellow Prospero Excommunicat
Thousand Red (daemon Sorcerors Rivals:
(red pre- (X) Traitoris
Sons heresy)
prince) (EOT) Space
Wolves.
Character:
Ahriman.
 16 Character:
(Luna Wolves) (light grey)
(Sons of Horus) (pale green)
Horus Abaddon Excommunicat
Cthonia (X) EOT (current
Black Black (killed) Traitoris
Commander)
Legion

17
Chaos Excommunicat
Word Crimson Lorgar Colchis (X) .
undivided. Traitoris
Bearers

Smallest 1st
founding
legion.
Loyal in
Prometheus Badab War.
18 Green, Black Vulkan
Nocturne (moon of Characters: None Known
Salamanders pads (missing)
Nocturne) Tu'shan
(chapter
master),
Xavier
(Chaplain)

19 Black Guard,
Corax
Raven Black Deliverance . . Revilers,
(deceased?)
Guard Raptors

20
Excommunicat
Alpha Blue, Green Alpharius No Record EOT .
Traitoris
Legion

THESE CHAPTERS ARE KNOWN BY NAME ONLY(In italics = from 40K novels):
Absolvers, Adulators, Angels of Damnation, Angels of Penance, Angels of Purgatory, Angels of Repentance, Angels of Retribution, Angels Penitent,
Angels Redeemed, Angels Repentant, Angels Resplendant, Angels Revenant, Avengers, Avenging Sons, Benedictors, Black Inculpators, Contenders,
Crimson Shades, Crusaders, Dark Brotherhood, Desert Lions, Dictators, Espandors, Excubants, Execrators, Exemplars, Hounds of Demos,
Inculcators, Invictors, Inviolators, Liberators, Lords of Wrath, Marines Errant, Oblators, Panthers, Penitents, Purple Stars, Purgators, Ravagers,
Redeemed, Redeemers, Reparators, Retractors, Rhetors, Supplicators, Tempestors, Terror Tigers, Tormented, Tormentors, Tributors, Valedictors,
Venerators, Venerators of Osiron, Victors, Vindicators, Warriors Tempest.

These names are assumed to be variants, misspellings or otherwise duplicates of listed names,
the listed name mentioned in (parentheses): Emperor's Scythes (Scythes of the Emperor), Lamentors (Lamenters),
Malevolant (Marines Malevolant), Mantis Warriors (Mantis Legion), Marines Errantor (Marines Errant), Tiger Claws (Astral Claws).

Chapter Base of Descended

CHAPTER ICON Notes Founding
Colors Operations from:
Highly active
Angels Second
Red chapter- rarely . Blood Angels
Encarmine (M31)
at full strength
Unforgiven
Angels of Second
White Charadon . Dark Angels
Absolution (M31)
Crusade
Angels of
Crimson . . (M36) .
Fire

Dark Green
Angels of Second
/ White Unforgiven . Dark Angels
Redemption (M31)
halved

Angels of Second
Black Unforgiven . Dark Angels
Vengeance (M31)

Angels of
Tan . . (M40) .
Vigilance

Blue /
Angels Brother Damos-
White . (M31) .
Porphyr Dreadnought
halved

Angels Red / Black Second

terrible secret . Blood Angels
Sanguine halved (M31)

History since
Angels Second
Crimson second founding . Blood Angels
Vermilion (M31)
largely unknown
Led Badab war
revolt. Became Badab
Red Corsairs
(forfieted)
Astral Claws . (Excommunicate). . .
Lufgt Huron, now
CMDR. (Huron Maelstrom
Blackheart).

Aurora Second
Green . . Ultramarines
Chapter (M31)

Black Second
Black . . Ultramarines
Consuls (M31)

Mutants with bony crests 21st

Black on head and blades on
Black arms formed into Dragon Fleet? (Cursed) Salamanders?
Dragons Claws units. (M36)

Second
Black Guard . . . . Raven Guard
(M31)
Black Talons . . . . .

High Marshal
Black Black, Second
Helbrecht, Fleet Imperial Fists
Templars White pads (M31)
Marshal Actoan

unknown?
Blood
Red Codex Chapter . Second Blood Angels
Drinkers
(M31)?

Red, Blue Second

Brazen Claw . . Iron Hands
quartered (M31)

Yellow
(M36-
Celebrants blended up . . .
M41)
into red

Celestial Gold, Blue

. . (M38) .
Lions pads

Nearly destroyed by
Crimson Dark Blue, malfunctioning defense Rynn's Second
missile (vs. Orks). Imperial Fists
Fists Crimson Master Kantor. Captain World (M31)
Cortez, Captain Drakken.

Dark
Black . . . .
Crusaders

Purple,
Death Eagles white . . . Ultramarines?
quartered

Death
. . Albino warriors . . .
Spectres
Marines
Black with recruited from
Silver left Ordo Xenos equivelant of On station regular chapters,
such as the
arm, Grey Knights. First line in Halo zone
Deathwatch of defense against ancient . Mortifactors,
original alien threats (from the and Ultramarines,
Halo stars mostly).
chapter pad elsewhere Scythes of the
on right Emperor, and
Lamenters.
Second
Destroyers . . . . White Scars
(M31)
Doom Silver, Red Second
. . .
Eagles trim (M31)

Eagle Blue, White Second

. . Ultramarines
Warriors halved (M31)

Badab War
Homeworld
(renegade). On
Black / grey Forfeited to
Executioners 100 year . .
camo Loyalist
penitent
chapter.
crusade.

Badab War
Exorcists Red Fleet (M40) .
(loyal).

Badab War
Fire Angels White, Red . . .
(loyal).

Homeworld=Zhoros
(X=thermal
Lost in Warp bombed.)
Yellow, 963.M41 21st
Fire Hawks Ultramarines?
Red flames (became Legion Mobile Space (Cursed)
Fortress "Rapturous
of Damned) Rex" (Lost in
Warp)

21st
Flame Excommunicate,
. . Lethe (Cursed) .
Falcons mutation
(M36)
Planet-
Black rage
Flesh Crimson, Cretacia Second
Only 4 Blood Angels
Tearers Black pads (Barge- (M31)
companies
Victus)

Genesis Second
Red . . Ultramarines
Chapter (M31)

Daemon
Grey Hunters-
(terminators branch of Ordo A complete,
in Steel, Malleus. unique
secret
Grey Gold) chapter
Titan (probably
Knights OR? Bio-engineering, custom made
Second)
Black, steel Psycho- surgery by Adeptus
arms, gold used to increase Mechanicus
insignia resistance to
daemons.
Mutants purged
Grey Slayers . Grey? . unknown .
from chapter
Grief . Green with Cmdr. Hachard Vs. Enslavers . .
Bringers purple (Valhall II)
Chevorns
Use Battle Barges
Harbingers . . (Unrelenting Fury)
. . .

Red,
Howling Badab War
Yellow . . .
Griffons (loyal).
quartered
Second
Inceptors . . . . Ultramarines
(M31)

Iron Black, Steel

. . unrecorded .
Champions pads

Verchen(Chapter
Iron Fists . . Master)
. . .

Badab War (rebel). On

100 year penitent crusade.
Lamenters Yellow Charadon Crusade. Hive . . .
Fleet Kraken (hvy losses)

Fire Hawks
Legion of lost in Was Fire
Black Undead Warp
the Damned warp in Hawks
40,963
Second
Libators . . . . Ultramarines
(M31)
Badab War Homeworld
Mantis (rebel). On 100 Forfeited to
Green . .
Legion year penitent loyal
crusade chapter

Second
Marauders Yellow . . White Scars
(M31)

Marines White/blue Charadon

. . .
Errant halved Crusade

Marines
Yellow . . (M32) .
Malevolent

unknown
White, Cmdr. Nisk (dark
Mentors . period).
.
Green Trim Ranthall
Chapter 888
 Yellow/red Badab War
Minotaurs . . .
striped (loyal).

Off-white,
Mortifactors Black, . . (M40) .
Yellow trim

Second
Nemesis . . . . Ultramarines
(M31)

White, Blue Badab War Second

Novamarines . Ultramarines
quartered (loyal). (M31)

Black /
Omega
White . . (M40) .
Marines
halved

Patriarchs of Second
. . . . Ultramarines
Ulixis (M31)
Praetors of Orpheus Second
. . . Ultramarines
Orpheus (world) (M31)

Rainbow
Blue . . . .
Warriors

Second
Rampagers Red Facial Scars . White Scars
(M31)

Olive
Raptors . . (M31) Raven Guard
Green

Badab War (loyal)

Red
Red Carab Culln . . .
Scorpions (CMDR)

Second
Red Talons Red . . Iron Hands
(M31)

Steel, black
Relictors . . (M36) .
pads
 Second
Revilers Grey . . Raven Guard
(M31)

Scythes of Black, Hive Fleet Kraken

(hvy losses)
. . .
Emperor Yellow

May actually be Doom Second

Silver Eagles . . Eagles (typo?)
. Ultramarines
(M31)

Recruit exact date

Steel, black Charadon
Silver Skulls from unknown Ultramarines
pads Crusade
Garanda II (M31)

Blue /
Sons of
White . . (M33) .
Guilliman
Quartered

Sons of Badab War

Green Medusa? . Iron Hands??
Medusa (loyal)

Space Badab War

Grey . . .
Sharks (loyal)

Star Badab War

. . . . .
Phantoms (loyal)

Salamanders?
Storm Giants Off-White . . (M41)
White Scars?

White / Red Second

Storm Lords . . White Scars
halved (M31)

White Second
White . . Ultramarines
Consuls (M31)

White Black,
. . recent .
Panthers White

Disbanded due
Wolf Second
. . to genetic . Space Wolves
Brothers (M31)
instability
765.M41: Chapter Losses to date: 13 Lost in warp, 21 Irrecoverable battle losses, 9 Gene
seed failure, 4 Inquisitorial purge, 16 Other circumstances. (For the record, 134 chapters listed above)

THE FOUNDINGS
There have reportedly been 26 foundings so far.
M31- FIRST- PROGENITOR. (?)- Legions made up from gene seed samples of the
primarchs, even while primarchs scattered and undiscovered.
M31- SECOND- PRIMOGENITOR. (30,021)- Legions split up into chapters. It is unclear
whether new chapters were built up from gene seed as well.
M33
????- THIRTEENTH- DARK FOUNDING. Unknown number or fate of chapters.
M36? TWENTY-FIRST. Known as the Cursed Founding. Occurs shortly before the age of
apostasy (which was in early M36).
M38
M40
M41- (40, 736)- TWENTY-SIXTH.

PRIMARCHS THAT SURVIVED THE HORUS HERESY

According to 2nd edition background, 9 of the Primarchs "survived" the Horus Heresy- the
rest died or fled into the Eye of Terror. We know that Sanguinius and Horus died. We also
know (as of WD 261) that Ferrus Manus is presumed dead at Isstvan V (though his body may
have been recovered and taken to Mars). We know that Guilliman, Jonson, Khan, Russ, Dorn,
Vulkan, and Corax survived (especially since they are mentioned in the most recent Black
Templars background). That makes 7 loyal primarchs. The other two could be those from
the deleted records (the 2nd and 11th legions). Makes it even more interesting to know what
happened to the two legions if their primarchs count as surviving loyalists though.... The
other possibility is that Konrad Curze and Alpharius count as survivors, as they did not
immediately flee into the eye of terror after the battle, or possibly Lorgar (assuming any
traitor Primarchs count towards the total).
Note also that the 2nd edition background indicates that of those 9 primarchs, all of them
had died (or disappeared?) after 1400 years (of being created, presumably). Their remains
have since become relics, particularly the tomb of Roboute Guilliman. Rumours exist of the
possibility that Lemann Russ, Ferrus Manus, and Lion El' Jonson will return some day, of
course...
At least five of the Traitor Primarchs have gone on to become Daemon Princes (Fulgrim,
Angron, Mortarion, Magnus the Red, Perturabo). Konrad Curze is the only traitor Primarch
to be confirmed dead (by an Assassin) according to background in the 2nd Edition Chaos
codex and the 3rd edition Assassin codex, though he was probably killed after the heresy, not
during. That leaves Lorgar and Alpharius presumably still alive at the end of the Heresy, but
whether they are daemon princes or have expired since then is not known. Perhaps they will
be covered in the Index Astartes articles in the future...

THE ISSTVAN V DROP SITE MASSACRES

According to various backgrounds (which all agree on this point), Horus had Five Legions
that had sided with him (and against the Emperor) before the Isstvan V event. Seven legions
were sent against him at Isstvan V- Four of which changed sides and joined Horus, the other
Three of which were completely destroyed. So how does it break down?
OBSOLETE INFORMATION
According to background in First Edition Space Marine (SM1ed.), the original 5 were Sons of
Horus, World Eaters, Emperor's Children, Death Guard, and Thousand Sons. The ones sent
against them (and who summarily defected) were the Word Bearers, Night Lords, Iron
Warriors, and the Alpha Legion. The remaining 3 sent were reported as "Purged from the
records", being the ones completely wiped out. However, this information already conflicts
with more current background in a number of places, the most notable being the 3 "purged
records", as the current index of 20 chapters only has 2 purged chapters listed.

ORIGINAL 5 TRAITOR LEGIONS

Obviously, Horus' own legion is included (Sons of Horus). According to the 2nd (and 3rd)
edition Chaos codexes, the Death Guard, Alpha Legion, and the Word Bearers and the
Thousand Sons all turned traitor prior to the Isstvan V event. This conflicts with more recent
background however, in the Index Astartes article on the Iron Warriors (WD Issue 255) which
states: The Thousand Sons (since they were attacked by the Space Wolves before Isstvan
V), Sons of Horus, World Eaters (whom Horus was sent to subdue before Isstvan V, and he
recruits them instead), Death guard, and the Emperor's Children (who tried to persuade
Horus against rebellion at the start of Isstvan V, but were then turned by Horus).

4 LEGIONS JOIN HORUS AT ISSTVAN V

The Iron Warriors themselves are specifically said to turn at Isstvan V. They were to join 6
other legions to face Horus, specifically the Night Lords, Word Bearers, and Alpha Legion,
with whom they joined to wipe out the other 3 legions in the task force that remained loyal.
The Night Lords are stated to have gone renegade before the Horus Heresy even broke out,
so their alliance with Horus at Isstvan V was merely a formality.

3 LEGIONS WIPED OUT

My original assumption was that two of the three Legions destroyed at Isstvan V are the ones
Deleted from Records (Number 2 and 11). However, in the Iron Hands Index Astartes article
(WD 261), it is clearly stated that Ferrus Manus and his veterans spearheaded the attack on
Horus' forces along with 2 other Legions (and later refers to the Salamanders and Raven
Guard legions). However, this is in contradiction with the statements made prior that the
three loyal legions were COMPLETELY destroyed, since all three of these chapters are
currently operational!
Since only a small force of Iron Hands could get to Isstvan V in time, the rest of the Legion
survived the massacre, carrying on to this day and yielding successor chapters. The
Salamanders continue on (though they have no successor chapters!)- Vulkan survived the
heresy according to the background in Codex: Armageddon (under the Black Templars of all
places), so it was possible for the Salamanders to be built back up from almost nothing if need
be. But we won't know more about the fate of the Raven Guard (and their successor chapters)
until July 2002...

4
JOINED
3 2
5 WITH HORUS HORUS 6 NON-
DESTROYED(?)
BEFORE ISSTVAN V AT PARTICIPANTS DELETED
AT ISSTVAN V (role unknown)
ISSTVAN
V
 Iron
Sons of Horus (Horus' own Legion) Ultramarines,
Warriors
World Eaters (Recruited instead of White Scars,
Night
subdued by Horus) Iron Hands
Death Guard Lords Imperial Fists, Legion #2
Salamanders
Thousand Sons (attacked by Space Word Blood Angels, Legion #11
Raven Guard
Wolves prior) Bearers Dark Angels,
Emperor's Children (corrupted Alpha Space Wolves
by Horus just before conflict)
Legion