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Been reading black library books and only recently read the one about the creation of the Primary Marines and couldn't find any conclusive things like dates/names etc.
Lore -
1. When does 8th start/end in the current cannon universe?
2. How old are the Primaris Marines at the start of 9th?
3. The books hint at "New Primary Chapter". Is there actually any NAMED chapters as of the latest books and if so are they just a mishmash of geneseed from different Primarchs or are they considered "Successor Chapters"?
4. With the release of the new C'tan model whom was on MARS wtf happened is mars just desitute now or what?

Game -
1. I love the look of the new Primaris Captain in the "Indomitus" box with his badass shield n gak, but i was wondering if anyone could tell me if instead of his sword could i kit him with a master crafted bolt rifle of sorts instead of a sword or is it kind of its own standalone model thats "melee" only. I LOVE LOVE LOVE his aesthetic and was gonna combine him with the Primaris Captain to create my own unique "Chapter Master" unit for my "Dorn's Anvil" Imperial Fist army. And i love the idea of a big ass dude with a shield slammed into the ground and firing with his Rifle over it. Seems the most imperial Fisty thing i could do.
2.Think we're gonna get new Primarch models? If so, which ones do you think will release in 9th?
3.How does the "Special-Issue Wargear" Gatekeeper Bolts work with exploding 6's? Or how do they work in general they seem rather disgusting on paper, but its worded odd in the book and add it with the Fists exploding 6's + gak like "Bolter Drill" i'm just confusued on how it works?
4.With the 9th edition rules of "-1 to hits don't stack to anymore then -1" Does that mean gak like the Plaguebringers 20+ models buff + cloud of lies won't give them that -2 anymore?

To answer Lore #2: it seems Primaris Marines have been around for 100 years, give or take.

Game #1: it's your miniature, so certainly you can do it. However, minis coming in boxes like that have very strict rules and I'm certain the Primaris Captain won't have access to anything outside its current Codex datasheet or even just what comes in the box.

Game #2: it's very hard to answer that, because they have said in the past that the Primarch factory would slow down a lot (and it did). My best guesses are the Lion, Vulkan or any of the 3 'travellers' (Khan, Russ and Corax)

Game #4: kinda. You'll never have more than -1 to be hit or to hit someone, but you first add all positives and then the negatives - meaning that, against the example, you'd get -1 to hit them... but would need at least a +2 to hit to change it to 0.

Answering Lore number 4 - The new C'Tan model is just a shard of the Void Dragon so presumably the one on Mars is also a shard albeit a bigger one in theory. The only real change is if you went with the idea the Void Dragon was whole and on Mars.