Marneus Calgar

Marneus Augustus Calgar is a character from the fictional Warhammer 40,000 universe. Marneus Calgar is the current Chapter Master of the Ultramarines Chapter of Space Marines, and titled Lord Macragge. Following a skirmish against the Tyranid Hive Fleet Perseus in 976.M41, Calgar lost all four limbs as well as large areas of body tissue and his left eye. Now fitted with bionic replacements, he is more machine than man.

Calgar's exploits have earned him renown throughout the human Imperium. The massive invasion of the extragalactic aliens known as Tyranids battered itself against the Ultramarine homeworld. Although the chapter incurred grievous losses in the defense, losing its most honoured and experienced warriors, Calgar's stubborn defence and crushing defeat of the Tyranids has become the stuff of legend on the worlds of Ultramar and beyond.

His characteristic weapons are the Gauntlets of Ultramar, which were reclaimed by the Primarch Roboute Guilliman from a Chaos Champion. These gauntlets allow Calgar to bash gaping holes in enemy lines, allowing his men to achieve victory for the Imperium in a joyous slaughter of the heretic forces across the galaxy.

An unofficial nickname for Marneus is "Papa Smurf", due to other players referring to the Ultramarines as Smurfs and Calgar being their leader.
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In the context of the tabletop game, Marneus Calgar may be included in an Ultramarines army of at least 1,500 points as an HQ choice. He may be fielded with either Artificer armour with Iron Halo or Terminator armour, and may be accompanied by an Ultramarine's Honour Guard Command squad, but only if he forgoes the deepstrike ability possessed by the terminator armour. The current model is the one in terminator armour, an older model with him in Artificer armour is available through direct services.

Notable Quote
"Know this, sons of Guilliman. The father of our Chapter watches over us always. He knows your soul, your strengths and, aye, even your doubts. The chain of command must not be broken or we are nothing. Discipline and order are everything on the battlefield and the army that lives by the credo will triumph."

Trivia
* In the Third Edition Codex Marneus Calgar may only lead Ultramarine Armies of 2000 points or more, not 1500 points.
* He was the first Special Character to be given a choice of Wargear (Terminator Armour or Artificier Armour and Iron Halo). All other Special Characters have no options, always accompanied by "...may not select extra wargear from (codex name) armoury."

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