231 - Ultramarines, 40k Chapter Era

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🗓️ 6 April 2026

⏱️ 124 minutes

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In this episode, we delve into the legacy of the Ultramarines, the most disciplined and methodical of the Emperor’s Space Marines, the Ultramarines. From the ordered realm of Ultramar and its Five Hundred Worlds to the enduring influence of their Primarch, Roboute Guilliman, we explore how this Chapter became the standard by which all others are measured. We break down their codified approach to war through the Codex Astartes, their pivotal role in conflicts like the Tyrannic Wars and the Era Indomitus, and why their rigid doctrine is both their greatest strength and most debated flaw. Whether you see them as exemplars of noble duty or symbols of inflexible orthodoxy, the Ultramarines remain central to understanding the Imperium at war.

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0:22.8	entrepreneurs like you. Sign up for your $1 a month trial at Shopify.com slash setup. Hello and welcome back to Lorhammer. I'm your host Mark. We got a fun episode, the final of a four-part little series on reboot Gilliman and his Ultramarine. So today we're doing Ultramarines in the 40K chapter era. We got a lot of history to cover 10,000 years. I think I got a good flow to how I
1:14.4	divvied out what we're going to learn about them history-wise. Joining me today is Christian. Hey, hey.
1:19.8	Hey, hey. If we dedicate 10 minutes per year, we can get through all 10,000 years of ultramed history
1:26.2	in six days yeah yeah yeah yeah
1:29.8	it should be about that long if you actually went through each battle you know you found every
1:34.4	snippet and every codex of the things that they've done it would take forever but yeah we also
1:39.8	got jordan with us hey no What's going on with you?
1:45.0	You like the Boys in Blue back for another?
1:49.0	Oh yeah.
1:50.0	Classic, classic.
1:52.0	11th edition is coming out.
1:56.0	I don't know when, but Blood Angels are the posted boys.
1:59.0	They're on the box art and on everything, apparently.
2:01.5	So the boys in blue got bumped.
2:03.7	I don't know if that makes it feel sad, happy, but it's out there.
2:07.5	I will say they featured in the trailer,
2:09.6	even though it was a Blood Angel release, so don't feel confident.
2:14.2	Yeah, that is funny that they snuck in somebody else's trailer like that.
2:19.0	Okay, hell.
2:21.7	Well, I actually, I think most of us like Ultramins, it's fun to rag on them, but when you learn actually what they get up to and how crucial they are to 40K, they aren't just like posted boys because somebody liked them.
2:31.4	They've held the Imperium together time and time again.
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