Warhammer 40K: It’s Time For Another Loyalist Primarch To Return

With Fulgrim hitting the tabletop it’s a 4 vs 2 Primarch fight in Warhammer 40,000. It’s time to even those odds.

Well, it finally happened. We’ve got all four of the Daemon Prince Primarchs coming to the game. Fulgrim’s arrival in 40k has really tipped the scales in the grand scheme of Primarch fights. Guilliman and Lion El’Jonson are outnumbered and out gunned. While they will undoubtedly fight the good fight it’s looking pretty grim. And also dark. Seems fitting.

Just Check The Codexes

That said, I want to touch on a topic we’ve covered before. And look, we even know what the status is of all the Loyalist Primarchs. So it’s really not a mystery on that front of who’s even capable of returning to help. That said, today I want to tackle this from a different angle. While there are probably better ways to determine which Loyalist Primarch(s) should return, there’s a much easier way to figure it out. Just ask “which Space Marine Armies have codexes?”

In case you’re wondering here’s the exact list of Space Marine Armies with their own codexes in 10th edition (so far):

• Blood Angels
• Dark Angels
• Space Wolves
• Ultramarines (Space Marines Codex)

Technically, we’ve also got a Grey Knights book and if you want to be cheeky the Adeptus Custodes, too. But we’re going to table those for now. Moving on with those four books we’ve got two of them with Primarchs already. Of the other two, Blood Angels are already out and Sanguinius is dead. So his return is a pretty long shot (although not beyond the realm of possibilities). That leaves Space Wolves which are coming soon. But we’ve already got a look at a bunch of their range updates. Logan Grimnar is probably the closest thing they are getting to Leman Russ coming back as of writing this.

How About The Supplements?

Now, three of those books are technically “supplements” and not full-blown codexes. The Space Marines codex is by far the largest codex in 10th edition. That said, because of the nature of the Space Marine armies, it makes sense for these to be supplemental books. With that in mind, do we open it up for supplemental books? Maybe we should due to the fact that we know a few of those are on the way.

Sure, we’ve got a Grey Knight book coming — but again, we’re tabling that for now. Instead, we’ve got the Black Templars (confirmed) and then we’ve got two more unconfirmed:

• Salamanders
• Imperial Fists

Turns out all three of those have Primarch options. Imperial Fists/Black Templars have Rogal Dorn (who’s assumed dead). Plus, he got a tank named after him so he’s probably not getting a new model any time soon. Come to think of it, so did Leman Russ…

We’re tanks, not a Primarch. But do we count?

It’s Vulkan’s Turn

That brings us to the Salamanders and their Primarch Vulkan. Of the KIA/MIA Loyalist Primarchs Vulkan is in the best position to come back. For starters, he’s a Perpetual — meaning he can die…but then he gets better. He “died” in the War of the Beast but still managed to have a legend about nine artifacts that needed to be collected before he could return.

To be perfectly honest, I don’t think Vulkan is coming back for this edition though. Maybe in the next go around. But when he does come back, I think it would be a massive opportunity for GW to really upgrade the Salamanders from a “side” chapter to a “main” chapter. No disrespect implied here. What I mean is that GW could flesh them out property and give them some unique Salamander only Space Marine units.

That would also give the Salamanders an entire edition to go on crusade to find those missing artifacts. That would actually be a really cool way for GW to do it. Maybe could even get lucky and have some sort of cool global campaign. Like an in universe scavenger hunt. I don’t know about you, but that sounds like a good time to me!

Or GW is taunting us with the Space Wolves reveals and Leman Russ is just waiting to be revealed later.

Who’s the next Loyalist Primarch you’d like to see return to the tabletop?

Writer, Editor, Texas Native, and now Tex-Pat, Adam covers all things Tabletop Gaming. Which includes Warhammer 40,000, Age of Sigmar, D&D, Board Games and everything else that involves dice, boards, cards and a table.
A hobbyist, player, and collector of miniatures and games, Adam’s current obsession are his Death and Chaos Armies for Age of Sigmar, his Blood Angels and Tyranids for 40k, an expanding collection of Marvel: Crisis Protocol minis, and his ever growing Arkham Horror: The Card Game Collection.

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