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Primarch · Legion XVIII · loyalist

Vulkan

Vulkan, primarch of the Salamanders from volcanic Nocturne and a master armourer, is a loyalist and a secret Perpetual, like the Emperor himself. On Isstvan V his Legion was almost destroyed, and he himself was taken prisoner by Curze, who killed him again and again — so Vulkan learned of his immortality. He survived the Heresy and was reunited with the survivors in Imperium Secundus.

Role
Primarch
Legion
XVIII Salamanders
Side
Loyalist
Key events
2 events

Fate

Survived the Heresy (as a Perpetual, he is effectively unkillable by ordinary means). Vanished after the war, leaving behind a prophecy of his return to Nocturne.

Key events

Part in other events

Duels

Relations

  • Vulkan — Konrad Curze / the Night Lordenmity

    The Immortal and the Tormentor. After Isstvan Curze tortures Vulkan at length, testing his regeneration as a thesis on the futility of hope. Vulkan does not break in the direction the Night Haunter wants: it is a philosophical dispute conducted by means of torture.

    Event: Vulkan Escapes the Nightfall · 009.M31 · Loyalist victory
  • Vulkan — Ferrus Manusbrothers

    The Smiths of the Loyalists. Both are craftsmen and Fulgrim’s “iron” brothers. The death of Ferrus on Isstvan wounds Vulkan differently from Corax: it is the loss of the only one who spoke to him in the language of the forge, not of the Legion. From then on Vulkan fights as ash that never goes out.

    Event: Drop Site Massacre on Isstvan V · 006.M31 · Atrocity

Sources

  1. spikeybits: Vulkan lives
  2. WH40k Fandom: Drop Site Massacre
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