Do Astartes get old?

They do not age. They can effectively live for all eternity and fight forever as far as far as a combat effective Space Marine can. But, they will die, all Space Marines eventually at some point during their lifetimes will come accross a battle they will not survive.

What is the lifespan of an Astartes?

The average age of a Space Marine who is dutiful to the Emperor and repelling enemies of the Empire is about 300-350 years. No Space Marine has ever been reported of dying of old age and all of them expect to die in battle against enemies of the Empire.

How old is the oldest Astartes?

Dante is regularly noted as being the oldest living marine (at current 42nd Millennium timeline, I think he's up to 1500 or more) but there's a few other candidates - unfortunately, many of these are subject to similar warp time issues as the Chaos space marines, so it does get a bit messy as noted above.

Who is the oldest Space Marine?

Bjorn the Fell Handed: Oldest living loyalist space marine around, he's been there since the Horus Heresy.

Is Space Marine immortal?

Due to the aforementioned gene-seed, Space Marines are nearly immortal when it comes to aging. While their life expectancy is greatly hindered as they engross their lives in war, after reaching adulthood, Space Marine's essentially cease aging.

Why do people HATE Primaris Marines?

Why are there no female Space Marines?

Reason #3.

Alan Merrett: “The reason there aren't female Space Marines has nothing to do with lore, or background or character of Marines. It's to do with simple logistics of making miniatures and selling miniatures.

Can Space Marines reproduce?

So, whats the truth, or the closeste version to canon? Marines can reproduce, but they will spawn just normal humans, or they cannot reproduce at all? Astartes are still human in the mental department, they have more control on their psychological and stress factor than most humans.

What chaos God is Alpha Legion?

Arkos the Faithless, also known as the "Scion of Alpharius," was the Chaos Lord of the Alpha Legion warband known as The Faithless. Since the Horus Heresy, this vile Chaos Lord has continued the Long War against the "Corpse Emperor" and His unwitting servants.

How old is Lord Commander Dante?

He is believed to be the oldest living Loyalist Space Marine as he is currently over 1,500 standard years old, with the exception of those Space Marines sustained by the cybernetic technology of Dreadnoughts, the use of temporal stasis or other technological means of extending Human life.

Can Space Marine retire?

They wouldnt want to anyway. As you guys said above, they are made and live for war, being rendered combat ineffective is far far worse than death to them. So Astartes never retire. They are made into ceaseless warriors, defending the Imperium and serving the will of the Emperor.

Who is the strongest Space Marine?

Ultramarines. The Ultramarines are considered one of the strongest and most honoured of all the Space Marine Chapters in the Imperium of Man, and were responsible for almost single-handedly holding the Imperium together after the Horus Heresy.

Who is the oldest person in Warhammer 40k?

Well from what I know the oldest "living" character in 40k is the Emperor followed by Urien Rakarth and Asdrubael Vect (they both remember the fall which happend around 31. M). Eldrad claims to be older, witnessing the Aeldari pre-fall and knowing plenty of the ancients personally when they walked the mortal path.

Do Space Marines remove their armor?

Yes, a Space Marine can remove his armour according to the Deathwatch core rulebook. The Deathwatch core rulebook's armour section explains that it takes around 30 minutes to remove or put on power armour with 3 chapter serfs (slaves).

What is a Space Marines lifespan?

Practically, they usually "survive" 50-300 years. Any older than that they're usually inducted into the command structure and their life expectancy goes up from there.

Are there loyalist Alpha Legion?

The other Marines that stayed loyal have been slowly bent and debased over 10,000 years by the ignorance and state religion of the modern Imperium. Only the Alpha Legion, and Guilliman, are left to be loyal to the true Imperial dream and the memory of Unification.

Are Alpha Legion taller?

The twin Alpha legion primarchs were only slightly taller than the larger space marines.

Is Sigmar the Emperor?

After Sigmar had completed the unification, he was coronated as Emperor by the Ar-Ulric himself, having been a deeply devout Ulrican in mortal life. For fifty years did Sigmar reign over the Empire: a golden age that was just, fair and prosperous.

Who are the Astartes named after?

Astarte was the Hellenised form of the Middle Eastern goddess Astoreth (Northwest Semitic), a form of Ishtar (East Semitic), a goddess of fertility, love, sex and war. Astarte was worshipped from the Bronze Age through Classical antiquity.

How big was the Ultramarines Legion?

Following the dissolution and/or destruction of the II and XI Space Marine Legions, the ranks of the Ultramarines supposedly swelled to approximately 250,000 Astartes, making them the largest Legion at the start of the Horus Heresy.

How tall is an Adeptus Astartes?

I generally accept that the average Astartes is about 7 feet tall, Primaris about 8, Custodes 9, Primarchs vary more, but 10-11 feet on average (Vulcan you too damn tall XD), and Big E being 15ish (Though with E and the Alpha Primarchs it's harder to judge since they can use Psyker powers to change their appearance at ...

Are there any female Space Marines Warhammer 40K?

First of all, there WERE female Space Marines, way, way back in the earliest incarnation of Warhammer 40,000. Take a look at the page of Adventurers from the White Dwarf 99, in March of 1988.

Can Astartes get drunk?

Due to their bioengineered physiques, it is normally impossible for an Astartes to get drunk after ingesting ethyl alcohol.

What kills Space Marines?