guiliman, primarch of the ultramarines, legion 13*

[captian phez]

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 art of war. 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 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. 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 - aftermath
Following the Horus Heresy Guilliman became Lord Command Militant of the Imperium, effectively commanding all of the Imperiums 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 suprise 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 again and again by the traitor marines, undaunted at the loss of their Primarch. Guilliman eventually pulled them 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 and then retreated to the Eye of Terror. Guilliman was interred in the stasis field by the Apothecaries, and remains frozen in the instant of death.

[Dan296]

so what happened to guilliman between the start of the great crusade and the aftermath of the HH? nothing about the word bearers delaying him? seriously...come on now....