The Invictarus Suzerains existed as a class apart form the line units of the Legiones Astartes Ultramarines, for they served the Primarch and the Tetrachs directly. Chosen from the ranks, each Suzerain was a warrior marked for future greatness and high command. It was from the Invictarus Suzerains that many of the Legion's future officers were drawn, and in fulfilling their many and varied duties, they learned not only the arts of war, but those of order, leadership and governance. The warriors of the Inivctarus Suzerains were living embodiments of their Primarch's rule and they bore arms and armour intended to exemplify this ideal. Their Legatine Power Axes were ancient symbols once carried by the heralds of the battle-kings of Macragge, but they were more than signs of office, they were