Vulkan

==Summary==
Vulkan was one of the 20 superhuman Primarchs created by the Emperor of Mankind from his own DNA to lead his Great Crusade and reunite the scattered peoples of humanity within the Imperium of Man. The XVIIIth Legion, created from Vulkan's genome was re-named the Salamanders after the great fire-resistant reptiles native to his volcanic homeworld of Nocturne in memory of the legendary contest between the Emperor and Vulkan that had involved slaying one of those dangerous beasts.
The outcome of this contest had revealed the Emperor's identity and restored Vulkan to the Imperium. Approximately a thousand standard years after the Horus Heresy, Vulkan hid 9 sacred artefacts he had created around the galaxy for his Chapter to find, as a test to see if they were worthy of his leadership.
He then disappeared, leaving his Chapter with the message that whenever the Forgefather of the Salamanders had found all nine items, Vulkan would return to lead his Chapter to victory over the enemies of the Imperium in its final days of greatest need, according to the signs foreseen in the Chapter's book of prophecy, the Tome of Fire.
==Powers and Stats==
Tier: , higher with Urdrakule
Name: Vulkan, the Lord of Drakes, the Hammer of Salvation, the Promethean Fire, the Dragon
Origin: Warhammer 40,000
Gender: Male
Age: Over 1,700 years old by the time of his "death", likely over 10,000 years currently
Classification: Primarch of the Salamanders Space Marines, Perpetual
Powers and Abilities: 
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|-|Powers=Superhuman Physical Characteristics, Enhanced Senses, Immortality (Types 1, 3 and 4), Regeneration (Low-Godly; As a Perpetual, he should be comparable to the Emperor who needed the complete obliteration of his body and soul to fully kill him lest he return in a future centuryThe First Wall; Chapter Ten), Large Size (Type 0; Should be comparable to Primarchs like the Lion who's stated to be a little under 3 meters tallDescent of Angels; Chapter Sixteen and Mortarion who's stated to be twice the height of a mortal manDark Imperium: Plague War; Chapter Fourteen), Information Analysis (Can accurately analyze any chemical he eats/tastes and break them down if requiredSpace Marine Codex: 5th Edition; pg 10), Limited Memory Manipulation (Can eat creatures/people and absorb part of their memories from their DNA/RNA), Technology Manipulation (His skin can directly connect and interface with his armor, among several other pieces of Astartes equipmentSpace Marine Codex: 5th Edition; pg 11), Weapon Mastery (Skilled in a wide variety of weaponry to an extent far greater than what could ever be achievable by a regular human), Martial Arts (As a Primarch, Vulkan is one of the best close-quarters fighters in the entire galaxy), Vehicular Mastery, Genius Intelligence, Forcefield Creation (Via Iron HaloCodex: Space Marines (5th Edition); pg 52), Matter Manipulation and Durability Negation (Power weapons generate a field of energy around themselves that splits the bonds between matterThe Devastation of Baal; Chapter Twenty One, making it easier to break through targets), Mind Manipulation and Soul Manipulation (Primarchs are capable of attacking on every a physical, mental, and spiritual levelA Thousand Sons; Chapter Thirty One), Aura (Primarchs are said to contain an overwhelming aura that completely baffles regular humans, as well as sometimes Astartes. Their presence in the Warp is so powerful and influencing that Magnus reduced several Remembrancers to tears over his seeming divinityA Thousand Sons; Chapter Three; pg 24, while Russ could make Ahzek Ahriman himself kneel before him with his sheer presenceA Thousand Sons; Chapter Eleven; pg 94-95), Death Manipulation and Power Nullification (Urdrakule can inflict permanent death on a Greater Daemon, ignoring their regeneration and immortalitiesOld Earth; Chapter Twenty Nine), Teleportation via Dimensional Travel (Built-into his armor, as well as DawnbringerThe Unremembered Empire; Chapter Twenty Two), Energy Manipulation (Via The Furnace's HeartThe Horus Heresy Book Two: Massacre; pg 251)
|-|Resistances=Resistance to Magic, Telepathy, Mind Manipulation, Empathic Manipulation, Soul Manipulation, Reality Warping, Madness Manipulation, Aura (Resistant to all the myriad of different attacks that can be made on him by the powers of the Warp, as well as most of the powers of other Primarchs), Disease Manipulation, Poison Manipulation (Astartes are practically immune to all diseases and poisons, and their Primarchs should logically be even tougher), Corruption, Radiation Manipulation (Should almost be entirely immune to the effects of radiation exposure, thanks both to his Power Armor and enhanced physiology), Pain Manipulation (Astartes possess the physiology and mental training to shrug off debilitating injuries, and their Primarchs should easily scale), Fire Manipulation, Temperature Manipulation, and Plasma Manipulation (Vulkan's armour is capable of resisting the effects of flamers, meltas, and plasma weapons)
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Attack Potency: City Block level+ (Is the strongest Primarch physically, which would make him superior to Sanguinius, and during sparring matches deliberately held back in fear of hurting his brothersVulkan Lives; Chapter Thirty One. Nearly killed Konrad Curze once he retrieved Dawnbringer. Fought evenly against the Great BeastThe Beast Arises: The Beast Must Die; Chapter Twenty One. Struck Magnus the Red with enough force to shatter the shin of a Warlord TitanEchoes of Eternity; Chapter Twenty Seven), higher with Urdrakule (Urdrakule is Vukan's most powerful weapon by far, capable of easily shattering even the metallic arms of Ferrus Manus, once thought completely indestructibleOld Earth; Chapter Sixteen)
Speed: Transonic movement speed (Should be comparable to Fulgrim who can move faster than sound can reach himFulgrim: The Palatine Phoenix; Chapter Four. Should be far faster than regular Marines), with at least Hypersonic, likely far higher combat and reaction speed (Far superior to standard Marines who can intercept bolt rounds as well as his brothers who can perform similar feats) and Massively FTL+ perception speed (Should be comparable to Sanguinius. A Blood Angel who held a spear imbued with a portion of Sanguinius' power saw lasers and plasma bolts to be almost frozen relative to his own movement)
Lifting Strength: Class K (At least comparable to Angron. Is considered the strongest Primarch physically. Hauled a StormswordVulkan Lives; Chapter Ten which weighs 302 tonnes)
Striking Strength: City Block level+ (Viciously beat Konrad Curze after he escaped his torture)
Durability: City Block level+. Regeneration and immortality makes him hard to kill
Stamina: Superhuman (Primarchs are capable of fighting with shattered ribs, caved in abdomens and even fractured skullsBetrayer; Chapter Twenty One. Nothing short of a killing blow can stop them, and even their immensely lesser Space Marine sons can fight for weeks on end without stop. Vulkan endured numerous tortures inflicted upon him by his brother, Konrad Curze, without ever breaking mentally, though was killed several times in the process. Fended off an entire planetary invasion of some of the strongest Orks ever encountered by himself for an unknown period of time without ever having a chance to stop and rest)
Range: Several Meters, at the very least Thousands of Meters with the Furnace's Heart, at least interplanetary with teleporter
Standard Equipment:
* Dawnbringer: A colossal warhammer so big that none but a Primarch could hope to lift it. Dawnbringer was an incredibly formidable weapon, supposedly being made from indestructible materials and capable of sundering anything which stood against it. It also possessed a built-in teleporter, allowing Vulkan to instantly travel vast distances, even to far away planets.
* The Furnace's Heart: A weapon similar in build to a Plasma Pistol gifted to Vulkan by his brother, Ferrus Manus. Using individual, supercharged shells, the gun could produce powerful, laser-like blasts capable of annihilating vast numbers of heavily armored foes in a single shot. While Vulkan did not favor this weapon, he would still carry it into battle to honor his brother.
* The Draken Scale: Vulkan wore a suit of beautiful Artificer Armor which was viewed as a relic in its own right. The skull of the firedrake Kesare was mounted on its shoulder, inspiring the Legion's iconography.
* Urdrakule: Vulkan's most powerful weapon. A massive, two-headed warhammer of monstrous power forged by the Primarch in an unconscious state, through the psychic guidance of the Emperor Himself. This weapon possesses such power that it can easily shatter Ferrus Manus' metallic arms, and even inflict permanent death onto a Greater Daemon.
* Doomtremor: A massive Thunderhammer created during Vulkan's return to fight the Beast, after he had already lost Dawnbringer. The hammer was of such prodigious size that even a Space Marine in Terminator armor could not hope to lift it.
Intelligence: Extraordinary Genius (Each Primarch possesses intelligence far above what any unaugmented person and even most Space Marines are capable of achieving, and they are each masters in their own respective fields of combat, being considered the greatest generals humanity has ever produced. An extremely skilled military commander, strategist and especially engineer. Among all his brothers, Vulkan was regarded as one of the greatest smiths, tied only perhaps by Ferrus ManusThe Horus Heresy Book Two: Massacre; pg 234. As a young child he was able to vastly improve the already considerable metalworking skills of the famed smiths of Nocturne and advanced his world's technology from the iron age to pre-industrial in a matter of months, and afterwards went on to craft some of the most complex and devastating devices and weapons ever known to the Imperium.)
Weaknesses: Fulgurite, which is stated to be the only thing capable of truly killing a PerpetualThe Unremembered Empire; Chapter Fourteen. However, Vulkan was stabbed in the heart with a shard of Fulgurite and still eventually resurrected, meaning the substance likely only prolongs the period before reincarnation as opposed to negating the process entirely. Repeated deaths will drive Vulkan insane, especially if his deaths are particularly gruesome like what his brother Konrad Curze put him throughThe Unremembered Empire; Chapter Eighteen.
==Gallery==
Vulkan_sketch.jpg|Ancient Remembrancers' sketch of Vulkan.
Past_Vulkan.jpeg|Vulkan and the Salamanders during the Great Crusade.
Vulkan_Dropsite_Massacre.jpg|Vulkan mourns one of his many fallen sons in the aftermath of the Istvaan V Dropsite Massacre.
Vulkan_Lives.png|Vulkan is reborn, clutching the shard of Fulgurite still embedded in his chest.
==Notable Matchups==
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