Forum adverts like this one are shown to any user who is not logged in. Join us by filling out a tiny 3 field form and you will get your own, free, dakka user account which gives a good range of benefits to you: No adverts like this in the forums anymore. Times and dates in your local timezone. Full tracking of what you have read so you can skip to your first unread post, easily see what has changed since you last logged in, and easily see what is new at a glance. Email notifications for threads you want to watch closely. Being a part of the oldest wargaming community on the net. If you are already a member then feel free to login now.

Logan Grimar is 700 years old. That's pretty olld.
Dante is 1000 or so.
The oldest i know is either Dante or that guy in the Salamander novel. If you count dreadnoughtts then Bjorn the fell-handed. If you count warp people then CSM and 13th company.

Henners91 wrote:Isn't that really old Space Wolf Dreadnought essentially senile? They only wake him up when he's needed because he's not "with it" that much anymore?

Edit:

There we go.
http://wh40k.lexicanum.com/wiki/Bjorn_the_Fell-Handed

Not senile but all SW have to wrestle with the urge not to go wulfen. He's in stasis like the other dreads because you really don't want to have an insane wolf dreadnought with 10k years of experience.

LegacyOfBaal wrote:They keep Bjorn asleep because the strain of being awake compromises his continued existence. The systems that maintain him are incredibly old so that don't want to strain them either. But in times of duress when they need one of the greatest Wolf Lords council they wake him from slumber.

They woke in him the first Space Wolf book.

That was probably overkill but i suppose they couldn't take any chances.

If Alpharius is alive then there is evidence that marines are pretty immortal. If not well there's the guy in the Salamanders novel. Dante's geneseed helps with aging so he will probably live (or not die from aging) for a long time.
SW geneseed is dodgy with aging. Logan Grimnar however is 700 years old and still going strong so i guess he'll be around a while longer.

He hasn't aged in stasis so he doesn't count.

Orblivion wrote:

purplefood wrote:He hasn't aged in stasis so he doesn't count.

I know, but somebody said earlier in the thread that he was dead, and that isn't the case.

Well it's basically a coin flip between dead and very nearly dead with no hope of recovery. He might be alive or he might be dead. He might be healing (hough this is discounted by most of the Ultramarines).