Blindhamster Posted January 5, 2020 Share Posted January 5, 2020 "it is widely believed that he is the oldest living Space Marine." Quoted from the GW website for Dante.Of course widely believed doesn't mean it's fact either. But we have literally zero indications of exactly how old real time the various marines are. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkChaplain Posted January 5, 2020 Share Posted January 5, 2020 ....is there even a shred of relevance to the book left in this discussion, by the way? Tyriks, Ishagu and hopkins 3 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panzer Posted January 5, 2020 Share Posted January 5, 2020 I really won't bother going through everything GW has ever said when talked about Dante because their website is a mess when searching for something specific, however you can trust me that they always said that Dante is the oldest living Marine, not the oldest living loyal Marine. On the other side you have nothing except for your own assumptions to prove that this is not the case. At the end of the day it's a take it or leave it situation. I can't convince you because I'm too lazy to spend hours on digging through everything GW has ever said somewhere but you also can't prove your own assumption. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robbienw Posted January 5, 2020 Share Posted January 5, 2020 (edited) The current and previous Blood Angels codices just say Dante is believed to be/is thought to be the oldest living Space Marine. They don’t say factually without a doubt that he is. Also there is a distinction in terminology between Space Marines and Chaos Space Marines. Being factually or probably the oldest living Space Marine doesn’t preclude some Chaos Space Marines being older. Edited January 5, 2020 by Robbienw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dumah Posted January 5, 2020 Share Posted January 5, 2020 I think I must have taken a wrong turn...I came for a The Great Work discussion? DarkChaplain, Ishagu and aa.logan 3 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ishagu Posted January 5, 2020 Share Posted January 5, 2020 ....is there even a shred of relevance to the book left in this discussion, by the way? I tried to get it back on track. Lol crazy, I know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xisor Posted January 6, 2020 Share Posted January 6, 2020 How long has Alpha Primus lived? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blindhamster Posted January 6, 2020 Share Posted January 6, 2020 How long has Alpha Primus lived? We have no idea. He was made before any other primaris marine so he is stupidly old. But presumably spent a lot of time in stasis like all the others. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Rohr Posted January 6, 2020 Share Posted January 6, 2020 (edited) Alpha Primus and Dante would also be an apples and oranges comparison. Edited January 6, 2020 by Marshal Rohr Blindhamster and Panzer 2 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xisor Posted January 6, 2020 Share Posted January 6, 2020 (edited) Two very old Space Marines? Yes, remarkably incomperable. It's just one apple is literally in laboratory condition, barely used, the other is field-tested in a very extreme fashion. Comparison between the two is very sensible, I think, if even only for suggesting you the difference being out of the lab makes on your sample. There's the small detail of one being a psyker and one a vampire, but the psychic vampires and the non-psychic non-vampires seem to routinely die too, so I'm confident they're two credible cases to compare. If you wanted to triangulate, use Bjorn as a third wheel, so to speak, and hope that being a robot werewolf doesn't confuse things. Edited January 6, 2020 by Xisor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prot Posted January 6, 2020 Share Posted January 6, 2020 Please guys, let's get back on topic. Oldest space marine can be debated in the appropriate forum. Thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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