Who is the oldest, still living Space Marine?

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**tommse**

I was wondering f there are any loyal SM left who lived through the Horus Heresy without hiding in the warp or being put into a dreadnaught coffin.

**zatazuken**

There was some guy in one of the Dark Angels novels who was supposedly around when the Emprah was still alive and kicking. He's locked up with Luther now, though (If memory serves me correctly).

**Tycho**

IDK if there are actually any loyalists marines still kicking around from the Heresy, but the BA codex says that Dante is currently considered the oldest living marine at over 1000 years old.

**StarTrotter**

I don't believe there is. The closest we have to that is the primarch of Dark Angels and Calgar whom is almost dead. Both are primarchs though ha ha. If memory serves me, the oldest non-dread loyalist is Dante. Whom is only about 1100 years old.

**jeeb_sound**

Chalk it up to chaos for better extended health benefits

**IXLoiero95XI**

Bjorne The Fell Handed was mates with Russ so he wins

**Thatguyhsagun**

Bjorn the Fell-handed is a dreadnought over 10,000 years old. He brofisted Russ for petes sake.
If dreadnoughts aren't considered "living" to you (like many others) than Commander Dante. 1100 years and counting.

**Messy0**

How old is Draigo, since the warp destors time?

**Tycho**

Bjorne The Fell Handed was mates with Russ so he wins

Interesting. I did not know that. I suppose that would make him the oldest (depending on what your definition of "living" is lol).

**Thatguyhsagun**

Messy0 wrote:
How old is Draigo, since the warp destors time?

Believe he's been a GK for just shy of 300 years?
EDIT: 200 years via lexicanum

**pretre**

Lysander had a bit of a time warp, didn't he?

**Thatguyhsagun**

pretre wrote:
Lysander had a bit of a time warp, didn't he?

1,000 years
you don't truly age in the warp though

**pretre**

Thatguyhsagun wrote:
pretre wrote:
Lysander had a bit of a time warp, didn't he?

1,000 years
you don't truly age in the warp though

Yeah, just going off of who's been around the longest. Either way, Bjorn wins.

**Tyranid Horde**

There was a marine the BT found during the Crusade of the Ophidium Gulf. He wore an ancient suit of power armour and then the DA stole him and that was it. The crusade went missing after departure from realspace. That dude must have been pretty old.

**Thatguyhsagun**

Tyranid Horde wrote:
There was a marine the BT found during the Crusade of the Ophidium Gulf. He wore an ancient suit of power armour and then the DA stole him and that was it. The crusade went missing after departure from realspace. That dude must have been pretty old.

when did the crusade happen? lexicanum doesn't say

**Korros**

No one's really sure if he's been hiding out in the warp or if he's still loyal, but Cypher is likely just as old as Bjorn.

**pretre**

Korros wrote:
No one's really sure if he's been hiding out in the warp or if he's still loyal, but Cypher is likely just as old as Bjorn.

Loyalty is definitely the question there.

**Thatguyhsagun**

pretre wrote:
Korros wrote:
No one's really sure if he's been hiding out in the warp or if he's still loyal, but Cypher is likely just as old as Bjorn.

Loyalty is definitely the question there.

But in all fairness he hasn't aged 10,000 years like bjorn has. I bet hes only been out of the warp a few hundred, tops.

**marv335**

There used to be a BA character called Veteran Sergeant Cleutin, who was the bearer of the shroud of Sanguinius, he was counted the oldest living Space Marine not interred in a dreadnaught.
He was the Sgt in charge of Dantes scout squad at one point.

**BrotherOfBone**

StarTrotter wrote:
I don't believe there is. The closest we have to that is the primarch of Dark Angels and Calgar whom is almost dead. Both are primarchs though ha ha. If memory serves me, the oldest non-dread loyalist is Dante. Whom is only about 1100 years old.

'Calgar'+'Primarch'?!?!?!?! It was Guilliman ._. But anyway, yeah, I think it's either Bjorn or Danté..

**kronk**

Abbadon is still alive and kicking, and NOT trapped in a metal box like Bjorn is.

**pretre**

Loyalists only.

**PrehistoricUFO**

I guess it'd be Abbadon then, he played a role in the actual Heresy and is still mucking about at full strength. He's not loyalist though, I know.

**kronk**

Ah. Missed that.

Bjorn, then, if we're only counting Space Marines.

Lion El'Johnson and Roboute Guilliman if we're talking living loyalist Primarchs, although both are currently in stasis.

**Warpig1815**

Spoiler for Nick Kyme's 'Salamander':

Spoiler:

So, until that point - he would have been the oldest loyalist marine alive.

**pretre**

Well, the problem with that is we would then have to find out the age of that guy at Istvaan and compare it to Bjorn's age at the same time. Luckily he is dead.

**Orblivion**

OP specified no dreadnoughts, so it's Dante unless Cypher is loyal

**pretre**

How did I miss that? Yeah, Dante then.

**Grey Templar**

If the Sanguinor is Askellon than he would be the oldest non-dreadnought loyalist marine.

**Void__Dragon**

Look at these people who disregard the OP.

Dante is the most concrete answer we can have.

Maybe Luther, if you for some reason count him.