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Venerable Dreadnoughts are the oldest Space Marine Dreadnoughts still in service.

Overview

Venerable Dreadnoughts have fought in thousands of battles over several hundred or even thousands of years. From for all those years of combat, the Venerable Dreadnoughts have gained vast amounts of knowledge of warfare. They are experienced in almost any situation imaginable. Many years of continuous warfare have made them nearly impervious against harm and, combined with their knowledge of warfare and the galaxy, these Dreadnoughts have become very difficult to destroy. Ultimately, it requires the utter destruction of their sarcophagus to stop them.

Not only marines can be entombed in a Dreadnought, Chaplains have been entombed in dreadnoughts and have achieved Venerable status, known as Chaplain Dreadnoughts

Notable Venerable Dreadnoughts

• Bjorn the Fell-Handed of the Space Wolves, oldest Dreadnought
• Bannus of the Iron Hands, leader of Clan Kaargul^[3]
• Sybra of the Exorcists^[4]

Images

Games Workshop:

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  Space Marine Venerable Dreadnought (5th edition)

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  Ultramarines Venerable Dreadnought

Forge World:

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  Black Templars Venerable Dreadnought

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  Dark Angels Venerable Dreadnought

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  Blood Angels Death Company Chaplain Dreadnought

Related Articles

• Space Marine Vehicles (List)

Sources

• ¹:Codex: Space Marines (4th Edition), p32
• ²:Codex: Space Marines (5th Edition), p65
• 3: White Dwarf 262 (UK) pgs. 64 - 71
• 4: Imperial Armour Volume Ten pg.126