History Literature / Ultramarines

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---->'''de Valtos''': My dear [[spoiler:Almerz]], you betrayed one master, why sould I trust you to betray me as well?

*** de Valtos himself, and his accomplice Vendare Taloun. [spoiler: In the former's case, he murders many of the ruling elite on Pavonis, sets off a civil war and allies with Dark Eldar pirates (all horrendous crimes against the Imperium) to release the C'tan known as the Nightbringer in the belief it will make him immortal, while the latter reluctantly allies with him in a bid to seize the position of Planetary Governor that his family used to hold. Kasimir discovers that the Nightbringer has no need to acknowledge his existence, much less reward him, and ends up being decapitated and his soul eaten by the Nightbringer, while Taloun is arrested, forced to confess his crimes in a very public trial, then hanged from a statue of the Emperor]].

* RoaringRampageofRevenge: [[spoiler: Sylvanus Thayer in ''The Killing Ground''. Having seen his family die in the bombing of Khaturian and being left a quadriplegic cripple with 90% third-degree burns to his body after his futile attempt to avenge them went south, the trauma of his injuries causes latent psychic abilities to awaken in Thayer. He uses these newfound powers to enslave the ghosts of Khaturian and the recently arrived Unfleshed to his will to serve as pawns to allow him to exact his revenge on all those responsible. He is also uncaring of the fact that his vengeance-fuelled powers run the risk of opening a warp rift on Salinas that will necessitate the planet's destruction by the Inquisition unless he is stopped]].

** Kasimir de Valtos and Vendare Taloun in ''Nightbringer''. [[spoiler: In the former's case, he murders many of the ruling elite on Pavonis, sets off a civil war and allies with Dark Eldar pirates (all horrendous crimes against the Imperium) to release the C'tan known as the Nightbringer in the belief it will make him immortal, while the latter reluctantly allies with him in a bid to seize the position of Planetary Governor that his family used to hold. Kasimir discovers that the Nightbringer has no need to acknowledge his existence, much less reward him, and ends up being decapitated and his soul eaten by the Nightbringer, while Taloun is arrested, forced to confess his crimes in a very public trial, then hanged from a statue of the Emperor]].

The ''Ultramarines'' series by Creator/GrahamMcNeill delineates the adventures of one member of the titular Ultramarines, Captain Uriel Ventris: ''Nightbringer''; ''Warriors of Ultramar''; and ''Dead Sky, Black Sun'' (in the omnibus ''Ultramarines''); ''The Killing Ground'', ''Courage And Honour'', and ''The Chapter's Due'' (In the second ''Ultramarines'' omnibus). The omnibuses were later republished under a different title, ''The Uriel Ventris Chronicles''.

** The leader of the Sons of Salinas in ''The King Ground'' is named after [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sylvanus_Thayer the superintendent of West Point Military Academy]].

Their Primarch, Roboute Guilliman, wrote the [[BigBookOfWar Codex Astartes]], his treatise on Space Marine tactics . The Ultramarines and most of the Ultramarine spin-off chapters rigidly adhere to it almost religiously, refusing to deviate from its teachings. Others, such as the Space Wolves, ignore it entirely - often a source of friction.