Tetrarch of Ultramar
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Tetrarch of Ultramar[1b] was a rank used by the Ultramarines during the Great Crusade.[1a] It fell out of use following the Horus Heresy, but was later reinstated in M42.[3]
History
At the time of the Battle of Calth, there were four Tetrarchs, each of whom governed one of the four master worlds of Ultramar — Saramanth, Konor, Occluda, and Iax — holding dominion over a sector of the Five Hundred Worlds. As such, the Tetrarchs answered directly to Roboute Guilliman, and outranked both the Chapter Masters of the XIII Legion and the Planetary Governors of Ultramar's individual worlds (a rank similar to the sector governors appointed during the latter years of the Imperium).[1a]
The Tetrarchs were known as the Primarch's Champions. Each possessed their own honour guard.[1a]
Ten thousand years later in M42, Guilliman was resurrected and he reinstated the position of Tetrarch to oversee the vastly enlarged Realm of Ultramar[3]. Each of the Tetrarch are now also protected by a Space Marine Honor Guard, known as the Chosen of the Tetrarchy.[4]
Known Tetrarchs
Heresy-era
- Tauro Nicodemus — Saramanth.[1b]
- Eikos Lamiad — Konor.[1a][1b]
- Valentus Dolor — Occluda.
- Stolos Amyntas — Iax.[2]
- Eben Frain — Tetrarch of Occluda in 007.M31.[2]
Modern era
- Severus Agemman — Konor.[3]
- Portan — Andermung (member of the Genesis Chapter).[3]
- Balthus — Protos (member of the Doom Eagles).[3]
- Decimus Felix — Vespator.[3]
Trivia
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- Tetrarchy is derived from the ancient Greek term for "leadership of four" and is most commonly used to refer to the system of four co-Emperors instituted by the Roman Emperor Diocletian in AD 293.
Sources
- 1: Know No Fear (Novel)
- 2: The Horus Heresy Book Five - Tempest, pg. 81
- 3: Dark Imperium (Novel) Second Edition, Chapter 20
- 4: Belisarius Cawl: The Great Work (Novel), Chapter 2
