Roboute Guilliman
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Roboute Guilliman was the Primarch of the Ultramarines, and one of twenty genetically engineered, "sons" of the Emperor of Mankind. Like his "brothers" Roboute was taken as an infant to a far-flung world in an effort to prevent the coming Age of the Imperium. Roboute was later lethally poisoned by the traitor Primarch Fulgrim and was interred in a stasis field at the moment of his demise. He now resides on his throne within the Temple of Correction on Macragge. Many pilgrims visit every year, claiming the wound on his throat is healing. However, within the stasis field, this is technically impossible, but enough believe this story that they return year after year to pay their respects to the Primarch. It should also be noted that these rumours are ascribed to the infallible will of the Emperor, bringing a shred of possibility to the question.
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Youth
Like all the Primarchs, Roboute Guilliman was separated from the Emperor and came to rest on a distant planet, in this case, Macragge. Roboute's arrival on Macragge was a portentous time, and many reported strange sights. Most notably, Konor, one of the two Consuls of Macragge, dreamed of the Emperor, and found himself beside Hera's Falls in the Valley of Laponis. Upon awakening, Konor assembled his bodyguard and rode to Hera's Falls. When they finally arrived, they found a small child there. Konor took him in, naming him Roboute, which means "Great One". Roboute showed vast promise, mastering all that Macragge's wisest men could teach him, including the arts of war and strategy. Roboute was given command of an army and tasked with the mission of pacifying the wildmen who lived to the north of Macragge's capital in the mountains.
Not only did Roboute fight a brilliant campaign but he also earned the respect of the wildmen who never again threatened the more civilized parts of Macragge. However on his return to the capital Roboute found the city in chaos, as his father's Co-Consul had attempted a coup. Roboute left his men to restore order to the city while he rushed to the Consul House only to find his father close to death surrounded by his loyal bodyguards. Guilliman then set about punishing the treachery, rewarding the hard working rather than the influential. After his father's death Roboute assumed the mantle of sole Consul of Macragge. When the Emperor of Mankind finally arrived on Macragge, he found a world that was self sufficient, proseprous and engaging in trade with nearby systems. Impressed, the Emperor relocated the Ultramarines Legion of Space Marines forward base to Macragge and placed them under Guilliman's command. With the exception of the Luna Wolves, no Legion conquered as many worlds, or conquered worlds as fast, or left conquered worlds in such good state during the Great Crusade.
Horus Heresy
The Ultramarines Primarch and his troops were tricked during the Heresy by Horus, sent to the Veridan system with his Legion while Horus carried out his treasonous plot. While the Ultramarines mustered their forces at Ultramar, they were attacked by the Word Bearers. However, the Word Bearers had overlooked two major points. The first was the unbreakable fighting spirit of the Ultramarines, and the second being the brilliance of Guilliman's command. Finally upon defeating the Word Bearers and learning of Horus' deception, Guilliman immediately set course for Holy Terra. Traveling at maximum speed, his Legion was only hours away along with several other Legions. This ultimately decided the Imperium's fate when Horus was forced to gamble by letting the Emperor teleport on to his Battle Barge.
Horus Heresy - aftermath
Following the Horus Heresy Guilliman became Lord Commander of the Imperium, effectively commanding all of the Imperium's armed might. It was at this time that Guilliman wrote the Codex Astartes, the tome that the Ultramarines (and many other chapters) follow strictly.
Guilliman led the assault against the Alpha Legion in the aftermath of the Heresy, and due to the vanity of Alpharius, he utilized a surprise attack at the heart of the traitors and killed Alpharius in a duel. However, he and the Ultramarines were greatly mistaken in their belief that the snake would die without the head, as indeed, the Alpha Legion's symbol is a hydra, a multi-headed serpent. The Ultramarines were soundly pushed back time and again by the traitor marines, undaunted at the loss of their Primarch. Guilliman eventually pulled his forces back into orbit and bombarded the planet from above.
Later, in a battle against the Emperor's Children, Guilliman would meet his end. Where Alpharius had not greatly embraced the Chaos powers, and was essentially unchanged from his original Primarch form, Fulgrim had been to the Eye of Terror, reaping the terrible powers therein, and had been elevated by Slaanesh to a mighty and fell Daemon Prince, no longer resembling a man, but his original purity of form corrupted and augmented by the ruinous powers. Fulgrim was now a serpentine creature of immense stature, and multi-limbed. Each limb carried a poisoned sword, and in the clash he stabbed Guilliman in the neck; Guilliman was interred in the stasis field by the Apothecaries, and remains frozen in the instant of death, while Fulgrim escaped back to the Eye of Terror.
Although physically impossible, many believe that Guilliman is slowly healing in stasis.
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