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{{Planet
|Map=Galaxy-Rift-Ultima.jpg
|Cross X=219
|Cross Y=189
|Cross LText=Macragge
|Planetary Image=Macragge.jpg
|Name=Macragge
|Segmentum=[[Ultima Segmentum]]{{Fn|15}}
|Sector=[[Ultima Sector]]{{Fn|15}}
|Subsector=[[Ultramar]]{{Fn|15}}
|System=[[Macragge System]]{{Fn|15}}
|Population=400,000,000{{Fn|1}}{{Fn|16}}
|Affiliation=[[Imperium]] ([[Ultramarines]])
|Class=[[Adeptus Astartes Homeworld]]{{Fn|16}}
|Tithe Grade=[[Adeptus Non]]{{Fn|1}}
}}

'''Macragge''' is the [[homeworld]] of the [[Ultramarines]] [[Chapter]] of the [[Space Marines]] and the capital world of the stellar realm of [[Ultramar]].

It is unique among all the worlds of the [[Imperium]] in that, apart from [[Terra]] and [[Mars]] themselves, it is the only planet allowed dominion over other planets — in its case, the other worlds of Ultramar.{{Fn|5}}


==History==
===Pre-Imperial History===
Before the [[Great Crusade]], Macragge was one of [[human]]kind's lost colonies, and the primary form of government was a pair of officials known as Consuls.{{Fn|3a}} Macragge was a bleak but not inhospitable world, part of a decayed star empire of ages past that Mankind had inhabited for many centuries since the time of the [[Dark Age of Technology]]. Its industries had survived the [[Age of Strife]] relatively intact and its people had retained an authoritarian but cohesive society. It had remarkably preserved a number of antiquated short range [[FTL|warp-capable]] craft which could be utilized for near-stellar transit - conditions permitting - and its people had continued to build sub-light spacecraft even during the time of the most intense [[warp storm]]s. This had allowed the people of Macragge to maintain contact with several neighbouring human-settled [[System|star systems]], despite the storms' fury, and so retain a tenuous link to the rest of human space and the knowledge that it was not alone in the darkness.{{Fn|9}}

The infant [[primarch]] [[Roboute Guilliman]] landed on Macragge after being taken from [[Terra]] by the [[Gods of Chaos]]. He was found and adopted by one of the Consuls, [[Konor (Consul)|Konor]]. A prodigy, Guilliman became a skilled administrator and a military genius.{{Fn|3a}}

While Guilliman was suppressing a bandit revolt in the mountains, his father was usurped and poisoned by his fellow Consul, [[Gallan]]. Although a member of Macragge's nobility, Konor had devoted himself to the "common" people, instituting sweeping reforms that benefitted the masses and undermined the position of the idle rich.{{Fn|3a}}

Guilliman returned to the capital city, defeated Gallan's forces, and was elected to an extraordinary position as sole Consul. Following the example of his father, Guilliman gradually rebuilt Macragge into a meritocracy where everyone worked for the common good.{{Fn|3a}}

===The Great Crusade===
When the [[Great Crusade]] carried the [[Emperor of Mankind]] to the planet [[Espandor]] in a neighbouring system, the people of Espandor spoke of the astounding son of Consul Konor. The Emperor knew he had found one of his sons and set out immediately. When the Emperor finally reached the [[Macragge system]], he was surprised to find a society that was prosperous, advanced, and well-defended. Recognizing Guilliman as one of his lost "sons," the Emperor reunited Guilliman with his [[Space Marine Legion|Legion]] of [[Space Marines]] and relocated their base to Macragge.{{Fn|3a}}

During the Great Crusade, Macragge, like the rest of Ultramar's worlds, contributed a steady stream of material and new recruits to the Ultramarines, which allowed them to become the largest of all the Space Marine Legions{{Fn|3a}}.

===The Horus Heresy===
{{Main|Battle of Calth}}
During the [[Horus Heresy]], the [[Word Bearers]] [[Traitor Legion]] constructed an enormous warship, the ''[[Furious Abyss]]'', and set it on a course for Macragge, while another force ambushed the Ultramarines Legion on [[Calth]]. Macragge was spared destruction due to the heroic actions of a mixed force of Loyalist Marines, led by [[Lysimachus Cestus]].{{Fn|8}}

Later, Macragge became the capital of [[Imperium Secundus]], Guilliman's auxiliary Imperium. After [[Konrad Curze]] escaped onto the planet, a curfew was put into effect.{{Fn|10x}} Curze fanned the flames of rebellion on Macragge, and soon even had suicide bombers attacking Imperium Secundus facilities on the planet. Ultimately [[Lion El'Jonson]], Lord Protector of Imperium Secundus, used the [[Dark Angels]] to institute Martial Law on Macragge and attacked the [[Illyrium]] region to try and root out the rebels.{{Fn|11}}

===Behemoth===
{{main|Battle for Macragge}}
In 745.[[M41]], Ultramar was invaded by the unstoppable juggernaut of [[Behemoth]], the first [[Tyranid]] [[Hive Fleet]] encountered by the Imperium. During the final battle of the invasion, [[Marneus Calgar]] took a daring risk to take the fight to the [[Hive Ship]] in space while leaving the Ultramarines [[First Company]] to garrison Macragge's polar fortresses. The strategy worked, and Behemoth was repulsed, but at great cost; the Ultramarines suffered horrific casualties, and the First Company was completely wiped out.{{Fn|3b}}

===13th Black Crusade===
{{main|Ultramar Campaign}}
Around the time of the [[13th Black Crusade]], Macragge was again invaded, this time by the [[Black Legion]] and its allies under the direct command of [[Ezekyle Abaddon|Abaddon the Despoiler]]. Abaddon hoped to prevent an [[Imperial]]-[[Eldar]] expedition from resurrecting [[Roboute Guilliman]]. As the [[Fortress of Hera]] was breached Guilliman was reborn and swiftly led the counterattack that decimated the Chaos invaders.{{Fn|12}}

===Plague Wars===
{{main|Plague Wars}}
Shortly after the rebirth of [[Roboute Guilliman]], [[Mortarion]] himself appeared at the forefront of a massive [[Nurgle]] invasion of Ultramar known as the [[Plague Wars]]. Though Macragge has not been attacked by a concentrated invasion, it nonetheless has been the site of probing attacks, often by [[Plague Drone]]s and [[Cultist]]s. Mutinies by [[Ultramar Auxilia]] erupted in the [[Illyrium]] region of Macragge. The attacks were unsuccessful, but still drained the resources and morale of Ultramar's defenders. These attacks continued until Guilliman arrived and seized the initiative.{{Fn|14}}


==Geography==
Macragge is a bleak but beautiful planet, dominated by enormous mountain ranges that are uninhabitable for its [[human]] population, most of whom live in the lowland regions. Yet despite this geography, it is revered as one of the most magnificent planets in the [[Imperium]]. {{Fn|5}}

The highest mountain range are the '''Crown Mountains''', atop which sits the [[Fortress of Hera]], the [[Fortress-monastery]] of the Ultramarines. Within the mighty walls of the fortress lies the [[Shrine of Guilliman]], where the Ultramarines' [[Primarch]] [[Roboute Guilliman]] sat upon a marble throne, contained within a [[stasis field]]{{Fn|2}} before his ressurection in 999.[[M41]].{{Fn|12}} This Shrine is one of the holiest pilgrimage sites in the Imperium.{{Fn|3a}}{{Fn|5}}

The waters of the '''Pharamis Ocean''' wash onto the shores near the [[Magna Macragge Civitas]].{{Fn|13}}

===Notable Locations===
[[Image:Unremembered.jpg|thumb|right|300px|[[Magna Macragge Civitas]] during the [[Horus Heresy]] ]]
*[[Magna Macragge Civitas]] — Also known as '''Macragge City'''. Capital city of Macragge and the grandest [[Imperial]] city in the eastern [[Galaxy]]{{Fn|10b}}
*[[Hera's Crown Mountains]] — Lies along the northern edge of Magna Macragge Civitas.{{Fn|4}}{{Fn|10a}}
*[[Fortress of Hera]]{{Fn|4}}
**'''Hall of Maxellus''' made in the name of [[Maxellus]]{{Fn|13}}
**[[Gallan's Rock]]{{Fn|6}}{{Fn|7}}
**[[Library of Ptolemy]]{{Fn|4}}
**'''Plaza of Attendance'''{{Fn|13}}
**[[Shrine of Guilliman|Shrine of the Primarch]]{{Fn|4}}
**'''Sword Hall'''{{Fn|4}}
**'''Temple of Correction'''{{Fn|13}}
*'''Ice Station Hebra''' — An outpost of the northern polar fortress, Ice Station Hebra guards an entrance to a network of underground tunnels connecting defence laser silos and power generators. Ordinarily it is manned by an isolated garrison of Ultramar defence volunteers.{{Fn|18}}
*[[Illyrium]] — Also called "bandit country". It was the last region of Ultramar to be conquered and a hotbed of anti-[[Konor Guilliman|Konor]] and later anti-Imperial activity. During the Heresy, [[Konrad Curze]] was able to successfully hide in its slums and gain a basis of support, which caused its devastation at the hands of the [[Dreadwing]].{{Fn|11}} Ten thousand years later during the [[Plague Wars]], it again became the site of a mutiny by the [[Ultramar Auxilia]].
*[[Valley of Laponis]]
*'''Aeneid Sea'''{{Fn|17}}

===Other Planetary Information===
*'''Orbital Distance:''' 2.01 AU{{Fn|16}}
*'''Aestimare:''' D0{{Fn|16}}
*'''Moons:''' Four{{Fn|10b}}

==See also==
*[[Planets (List)]]

==Sources==
*{{Endn|1}}: [[Codex: Tyranids (3rd Edition)]]{{CME}}
*{{Endn|2}}: [[Codex: Ultramarines (2nd Edition)]], pg. 18
*3: [[Codex: Space Marines (5th Edition)]]
**{{Endn|3a}}: pgs. 12–14
**{{Endn|3b}}: pgs. 32–33
*{{Endn|4}}: [[Defenders of Ultramar (Graphic Novel)]], Chapter One
*{{Endn|5}}: [[The Chapter's Due (Novel)]], Chapter One, pg. 12
*{{Endn|6}}: [[Consequences (Short Story)]]
*{{Endn|7}}: [[Dead Sky, Black Sun (Novel)]], Chapter One
*{{Endn|8}}: [[Battle for the Abyss (Novel)]]{{CME}}
*{{Endn|9}}: [[The Horus Heresy Book Five - Tempest]], pg. 76
*10: [[The Unremembered Empire (Novel)]]
**{{Endn|10a}}: ''Map before Chapter 1''
**{{Endn|10b}}: Chapter 1
**{{Endn|10x}}:{{CME}}
*{{Endn|11}}: [[Angels of Caliban (Novel)]]{{CME}}
*{{Endn|12}}: [[Gathering Storm: Rise of the Primarch]], Part 1
*{{Endn|13}}: [[Dark Imperium (Novel)]], Chapter Twenty
*{{Endn|14}}: [[Warhammer 40,000 8th Edition Rulebook]], pg. 154
*{{Endn|15}}: [[Codex: Space Marines (8th Edition)]], pg. 25
*{{Endn|16}}: [[Warhammer 40,000: Assault on Black Reach]] Booklet, pg. 23
*{{Endn|17}}: [[Indomitus (Novel)]], Part II, Chapter Ten
*{{Endn|18}}: [[White Dwarf 231 (UK)]], pg. 99
===Uncited===
{{Uncited}}
*[[Warhammer 40,000 4th Edition Rulebook]]{{CME}}

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