Salamanders - Post-Heresy Personnel: Chapter Master Tu'Shan - Current Chapter Master of the Salamanders and the Regent of Prometheus, Tu'Shan is a living legend. His victories and accomplishments are well known and he is an example to the Salamanders' values of compassion, duty and self-sacrifice. Tu'shan personally participated in the Third War for Armageddon, his Chapter earning much fame and adoration from the populace for their daring and desperate battles to protect refugee columns and the people of Armageddon.Captain Zek Tsu'Gan - Current captain of the Veteran 1st Company. Former Veteran Sergeant of the 3rd Company. Ascended to the ranks of the 1st Company after the events on Scoria.Captain Pellas Mir'san - Known as the "Winter Blade" and the "Defender of Nocturne," Pellas Mir'san has served as the Captain of the Salamanders 2nd Company for more than a Terran century and a half, and is one of the oldest members of the Chapter still serving. Captain Mir'san commanded the Salamanders Chapter's contingent as its Force Commander during the Chapter's involvement in the Badab War. Later, during the Era Indomitus, he commanded a demi-company of Salamanders in the defence of the Cardinal World of Benediction from an assault by Kor Phaeron's Word Bearers during the Talledus War.Captain Adrax Agatone - Took up command of the Salamanders 3rd Company following the death of Captain N'keln. Former 1st Tactical Sergeant of the Company. Captain Agatone took command of the battle for the Ferron Straits during the Gevion Campaign.Captain N'keln (Deceased) - Previous Captain of the 3rd Company and Kadai's successor after the battle against the Dragon Warriors on the world of Stratos. Regarded by many Astartes within the Chapter as unready for the promotion, he rose to the occasion and became an inspiring leader. Unfortunately, treachery ended his leadership prematurely.Captain Ko'tan Kadai (KIA) - Previous Captain of the 3rd Company, murdered by the treacherous Dragon Warriors on the war-torn world of Stratos.Captain Dac'tyr - Master of the Fleet and Captain of the 4th Company. Many warriors in the 4th Company are pilots and bear the Dactyl Sigil. Captain Dac'tyr bears a particularly large and detailed version of the sigil to represent his rank as Lord of the Burning Sky.Captain Nubean - Nubean was the Captain of the 4th Company during the battle for Slato.Vulkan He'stan - Former Captain of the 4th Company, He'stan now serves as the Chapter's current Forgefather -- bearing their Primarch's name and charged with walking in his footsteps to locate the mythical lost relics of Vulkan whose locations remain locked in the sacred texts of the Promethean Cult known as the Tome of Fire. The hope of the Salamanders rest upon this one Space Marine. To be so honoured is to be tasked with an epic quest, a journey that has been handed down in turn to the greatest heroes of the Chapter since the mysterious disappearance of their beloved Primarch, Vulkan. For millennia each Forgefather of the Salamanders has led the search to recover the legendary relics. At a simple request, the Forgefather can draw upon the full might of the Chapter -- for they would go to any length, suffer any losses, in order to find all of the missing artefacts. It is a Salamanders legend, as told in ancient tales and inferred from the sacred book of the Promethean Cult known as the Tome of Fire, that when all nine of the Relics of Vulkan are recovered and returned once more to Nocturne, the Primarch himself will return to lead his sons to final victory. Before one can fully understand Vulkan He'stan and his quest, one must first know the tale of the Salamanders.Vulkan Dir'san - Forgefather that located and recovered the Chalice of Fire and the Eye of Vulkan.Captain Mulcebar - Captain of the 5th Company, Mulcebar is a great traditionalist and holds the ancient and revoked Edicts of Nikaea as sacred, and thus, distrust every psyker and witch, even if they belong to the Librarius of his own chapter.Captain Ur'zan Drakgaard - Captain of the 6th Company, Ur'zan Drakgaard is a fierce and uncompromising individual. He is possessed of a grim countenance and sees little reason for enjoying beauty or anything trivial. However, the wounds borne by this stalwart Son of Vulkan leave no doubt as to his dedication and unflinchingly loyalty. Scars cover his body and his face drawing it into a permanent snarl, exposing his teeth through his ravaged flesh. Despite his disfigurement, Ur'zan bears his wounds as a mark of pride, seeing them as true measure of a warrior, and regards them higher than any honour received. Though he believes himself to be unremarkable and feels overshadowed by some of the other leaders within the Chapter, nevertheless, Captain Drakgaard is not bothered by this. For his sheer determination, singular purpose and the utter refusal to capitulate, no matter how dire the situation, more than makes up for his self-perceived failings. His wounds are a testament to his tenacity. In battle Ur'zan makes use of his wide-toothed Kaskara sword, which possesses one straight edge and one serrated. The sword's hilt is made of blended tellurium and gold and is capped with a pommel made from the tooth of the same drake who's scales he wears as a trophy. A fierce and savage warrior, Captain Drakgaard leads from the front, leading his Honour Guard, the Serpentia, into the thickest of the fighting.Captain Terellus - Former Captain of the 6th Company who led his warriors to betray the Chapter and their oaths of fealty to the Emperor of Mankind and instead swear their loyalty to the Chaos Blood God, Khorne. Leader of the Renegade Chaos Space Marines warband called the Dragon Warriors.Captain Zen'de - Former Master of Recruits and Captain of the 7th Company. Master Zen'de is a renowned Promethean philosopher of the Chapter.Captain T'sen - Captain of the Chapter.Captain Phoecus - Captain Phoecus led a company of the Salamanders during the 35th Millennium and commanded the Strike Cruiser Forgehammer.Master of Recruits Sol Ba'ken - Current Master of Recruits of the Salamanders Chapter, Sol Ba'ken's service to the Chapter began as a simple Battle-Brother amongst the ill-fated 3rd Company. Massive, even for a Salamander, Ba'ken's resilience is almost legendary amongst the Chapter. Serving first as second-in-command to another great, if disputed, figure of the Chapter, then-Sergeant Da'kir, Ba'ken gained command brevet upon his friend's inclusion amongst the Chapter's Librarius Department. Listed as lost during the Greviox Campaign alongside Chaplain Elysius, Ba'ken among others had in fact been taken prisoner by Dark Eldar raiders and transported to an obscure corner of the Eldar Webway from which only he and Chaplain Elysius would return alive. Seeing himself as ill-suited for the task at hand, but being by far the most logical and sensible choice, Sol Ba'ken has taken up the mantle of Master of Recruits only recently, but accomplishes his task with diligence and a fierce desire to improve his own skills so as to better serve his Chapter.Master of Recruits Prebian - Master Prebian was the previous training officer for the Chapter, the Master of Recruits. He personally taught Chaplain Elysius unarmed combat.Master Apothecary Harath Shen, "Defender of the Final Vault" - Master Harath Shen serves as the Master Apothecary of the Salamanders Chapter. He is one of the foremost of the Chapter's Apothecaries, a Veteran whose abilities have seen him rapidly progress through the ranks of the Apothecarion and whose bravery in recovering the gene-seed of the fallen has gained him great respect among the Chapter. At the beginning of the Badab War, Shen was engaged in overseeing a new intake of recruits on Nocturne and answered Pellas Mir'san's call to join the Chapter's expeditionary force. He fought at the forefront of the conflict, participating in Operation Sedna and the Invasion of Shaprias, but it was during the subsequent boarding of the Salamanders battle barge Pyre of Glory by Secessionist forces that the Master Apothecary's greatest hour would come, defending the gene-seed vault against the predations of the treacherous enemy.Apothecary Fugis - Fugis was the former Apothecary of the 3rd Company. Brother Fugis opted to take the Fire Walk after the battle for Scoria, a test of the will and the soul that few return from.Apothecary Emek - Brother Emek formerly served as a junior member of Sergeant Dak'ir's Tactical Squad before leaving to train in the Apothecarion. After the departure of Apothecary Fugis from the 3rd Company, Brother Emek became the Company's new Apothecary.Apothecary Suda - Apothecary of the 4th Company during the Battle for Slato.Techmarine Argos - Master of the Forge, Argos was one of the Salamanders' three honoured Forgemasters. Brother Argos trained as a Scout Marine alongside Chaplain Elysius and was horribly burned across his face when he slammed Elysius out of the way of a stream of Tyranid bio-acid.Techmarine Orlinia - Techmarine serving the 4th Company during the Battle for Slato.Brother Draedius - Brother Draedius serves as one of the Chapter's Techmarines.Brother M'karra - Brother M'karra serves as one of the Chapter's Techmarines.Chaplain Elysius - Chaplain Elysius is the current bearer of Vulkan's Sigil and an inspirational figure for the entire Chapter. Elyisius trained as a Scout Marine under the esteemed Master of Recruits Prebian and served alongside Brother Argos, future Lord of the Forge, in the 10th Company. Elysius' overconfidence and eagerness to join battle would see him severely compromise his mission on the moons of Ymgarl -- the tracking and marking of a single Genestealer -- in order for the Salamanders' 3rd Company to eradicate a Tyranid nest. This would eventually result in the death of a fellow Scout and the severe disfigurment of his friend, Brother Argos. Unwilling to let himself be extracted after this failure, Elysius would pursue his mission stubbornly, although he himself would also be severely wounded in combat with the Genestealer. As a sign of shame for his own failure, Elysius would then hide his unharmed face under his battle-helm. This led him to be perceived as a solitary being, whose counsel was always wise and whose fiery oratories could kindle the fire of hate in the Salamanders' hearts. Elysius is a veteran, serving his Chapter for over a century by the time his fate was linked to that of the 3rd Company. Following the death of Captain Ko'tan Kadai, Elysius acted as counselor to both of his successors and reunited the shattered squads of 3rd Company into a new brotherhood. He participated in both the events on Scoria, where he lost his right arm to an Ork Warboss, and those of the Geviox Campaign, which would see him taken prisoner by the cruel Dark Eldar alongside several other Salamanders. Both Elysius and future Master of Recruits, Sol Ba'ken survived in this hellish realm from which they would both be saved by Vulkan He'stan. Elysius would finally overcome his grief and play a more prominent role in the Chapter. Elysius was responsible for the recovery and following "reeducation" of the Black Dragons Space Marine known as Zartath, which considerably aided in alleviating the tensions between the two Chapters. While the 3rd Company came under scrutiny and investigation after one of its Sergeants -- Sergent Iagon -- had turned renegade and defected to the renegade Dragon Warriors, Elysius was attached to the 6th Company of Captain Draakgaard during the Cleansing of Heletine.Chaplain Xavier - Chaplain Xavier was one of the most legendary Reclusiarchs (High Chaplain) of the Chapter, granted the honour of carrying one of the Chapter's most revered relics into battle, Vulkan's Sigil. Though long-deceased Chaplain Xavier continues to inspire the Salamanders as they forge their way through the fires of war.Chaplain Ramesis - Chaplain of the 4th Company during the Battle for Slato. Ramises recognized the potential in Brother Xavier when he retrieved Ramises' fallen Crozius after his weapon hand was cut off by an Eldar Farseer, using it to batter the Eldar psyker into the dirt. When the Dark Eldar poured fourth from the Webway gate, Chaplain Ramises took up the fallen Power Sword of Sergeant Malesti, fighting to the bitter end against an overwhelming tide of xenos filth.Chaplain Hasdrubael - A Chaplain of the Salamanders Chapter who served during the era of the legendary Chaplain Xavier. He supported Xavier's acceptance into the Chapter as a neophyte.Chaplain Sur Kgosi - Sur Kgosi was the Salamanders Chaplain sent to the Black Vipers, an all-Primaris Marine Successor Chapter of the Salamanders created during the Ultima Founding by Belisarius Cawl. Kgosi's task was to teach the Black Vipers of the ways of the Promethean Cult. However, Kgosi disappeared without a trace.Chief Librarian Vel'cona - Chief Librarian of the Salamanders Chapter, Vel'cona is the most powerful and most highly respected Librarian in the Chapter and mentor to Epistolary Pyriel.Epistolary Pyriel - Epistolary and a Veteran and hero of the Salamanders Chapter. Pyriel was slain in a psychic battle with his former Neophyte-in-training, the Chaos Sorcerer Nihilan. Pyriel's sacrifice was not in vain as Chief Librarian Vel'cona arrived to face his former pupil.Lexicanium Hazon Dak'ir - Leader of one of the 3rd Company's Tactical Squads, Dak'ir went on to become a Lexicanium under his mentor Pyriel. As his training neared completion, Dak'ir was revealed to be a figure of Nocturnean prophecy known as the Ferro Ignis or "Fire Sword" that would either destroy or save Nocturne and the Salamanders. Lexicanium Dak'ir had his Librarian helmet forged with a sculpted silver faceplate down the left side of the helmet to represent the scarring that mars the flesh of his face. Dak'ir bears the Force Sword Draugen.Librarian Zambias - An accomplished member of the Chapter's Librarium, Brother Zambias deployed with the 4th Company during the Battle for Slato.Librarian Hestion - A gifted Librarian of the Chapter who served aboard the Strike Cruiser Forgehammer during the 35th Millennium.Renegade Librarian Nihilan - A former Salamanders Librarian who turned Renegade and joined the warband of the former Black Dragons visionary, the Renegade Chaplain Ushorak. The Salamanders responded rapidly, sending a strike force composed of the 3rd Company and led by Captain Kadai which made their way to the Cemetery World of Moribar. While Ushorak delved into the secret crypts beneath the sepulchre world, the Salamanders and the Renegade followers of Ushorak fought savagely through the crematoria of that ash-blanketed world. At the height of the fighting, Ushorak was plunged into the central furnaces at the heart of the planet, and Librarian Nihilan tried to save the Chaplain but failed and was horribly burned in the process, barely surviving at all. From the tattered remnants of Ushorak's followers the newly christened Chaos Sorcerer Nihilan forged the Dragon Warriors Chaos Space Marines warband, determined to exact vengeance on the Salamanders and the people of Nocturne.Sergeant Honorious - Sergeant of the Salamanders 3rd Company.Tactical Sergeant De'mas - Tactical sergeant of the Salamanders 3rd Company.Tactical Sergeant Typhos - Tactical sergeant of the Salamanders 3rd Company.Tactical Sergeant Clovius - Tactical sergeant of the Salamanders 3rd Company.Tactical Sergeant Ek'bar - Tactical Sergeant of the Salamanders 3rd Company.Assault Sergeant Naveem - Assault Sergeant of the Salamanders 3rd Company.Assault Sergeant Vargo - Assault Sergeant of the Salamanders 3rd Company.Assault Sergeant Cortan - Sergeant of an Assault Squad during the Horus Heresy.Devastator Sergeant Omkar - Devastator Sergeant of the Salamanders 3rd Company.Devastator Sergeant Ul'shan - Devastator Sergeant of the Salamanders 3rd Company.Devastator Sergeant Lok - Commander of the Incinerators Devastator Squad of the 3rd Company. Lok is a veteran of the Badab War, who earned a pair of platinum service studs for his actions boarding the Executioners Chapter's Battle Barge Blade of Perdition. A bionic eye replaces the natural one he lost fighting the Genestealers on Ymgarl. The Devastator Sergeant has had a Power Fist constructed that encases his left arm.Land Speeder Sergeant Arkan - Brother Arkan served as commander of a Land Speeder during the Horus Heresy.Hunter Sergeant Sorkar - Brother Sorkar served as Sergeant of a Hunter Squad during the Horus Heresy.Support Sergeant Harmokan - Brother Harmokan served as Sergeant of a Support Squad during the Horus HeresyVeteran Sergeant Malesti - Sergeant of the 4th Company during the Battle for Slato, Brother Malesti served in the 10th Company with Chaplain Ramesis. Sergeant Malesti fell to the ravening firepower of the Dark Eldar when they spilled forth from the Webway gate on Slato; his Power Sword was taken up by Chaplain Ramises.Sergeant Goria - Sergeant of the 4th Company during the Battle for Slato, Brother Goria deployed with Captain Nubean's contingent and was killed by a Striking Scorpion Exarch during a battle with Asuryani ambushers shortly after the 4th Company arrived on the planet's surface.Sergeant Lysonis - Sergeant of the 4th Company during the Battle for Slato.Sergeant Delphus - Sergeant of the 4th Company during the Battle for Slato.Sergeant V'reth - Commander of the 70 Salamanders Astartes from the 6th Company despatched to Helsreach Hive on Armageddon to help protect the civilian shelters of the dock districts. Sergeant V'reth and his Astartes aided the Black Templars against the Ork invaders before departing the Hive for the Hemlock River where the rest of the Salamanders where fighting alongside the Titans of Legio Metalica, Legio Invigilata and Legio Ignatum.Firedrake Sergeant Praetor - Sergeant of a squad of Firedrake Terminators known as Tu'shan's Mailed Fist. Praetor leads his Terminator Assault Squad with resolute determination and has served in over a hundred campaigns. Sergeant Praetor has three platinum service studs hammered into his brow and his Terminator helmet is embellished with Drake's Teeth.Firedrake Sergeant Nu'mean - Commanded the Protean, a vessel of the Chapter that fell to the machinations of the Eldar. Nu'mean returned to the vessel over a century later with Sergeant Praetor and two squads of Firedrake Terminators to execute a captured Farseer held aboard the vessel. Sergeant Nu'mean fell in action to Genestealers during the mission.Firedrake Sergeant Halknarr - Member of Vulkan He'stan's Strike Force during the Gevion Campaign.Firedrake Sergeant Mulgan - Sergeant of a Firedrake Terminator Squad during the Horus Heresy.Firedrake Veteran Persephion - Member of Vulkan He'stan's strike force during the mission to the Volgorrah Rift.Firedrake Veteran Eb'ak - Member of Vulkan He'stan's strike force during the mission to the Volgorrah Rift.Firedrake Veteran Oknar - Member of Vulkan He'stan's strike force during the mission to the Volgorrah Rift.Firedrake Veteran Zek Tsu'gan - Haughty sergeant in the 3rd Company and rival of Dak'ir, Tsu'gan became a member of the Firedrakes following the death of N'keln. Tsu'gan wears the Terminator Armour formerly worn by Firedrake Veteran Imaan.Firedrake Veteran Gathi'mu - Member of Squad Praetor who bore a Heavy Flamer in battle, Gathi'mu wore the hide of the Firedrake Kalimar that he killed on the slopes of Mount Deathfire. Brother Gathi'mu fell during the Battle for Sepulchre IV.Firedrake Veteran Namor - Member of the Chapter's Firedrakes, Brother Namor fell in battle on Scoria.Firedrake Veteran Clyten - Member of the Chapter's Firedrakes, Brother Clyten fell in battle on Scoria.Firedrake Veteran Ma'nubian - Member of the Chapter's Firedrakes.Firedrake Veteran En'kar - Member of Sergeant Praetor's Squad, Brother En'kar fell during the Battle for Sepulchre IV.Firedrake Veteran Kai'ru - Member of Sergeant Praetor's Squad, Brother Kai'ru fell during the Battle for Sepulchre IV.Firedrake Veteran Mercurion - Member of Sergeant Nu'mean's squad during the mission to the Protean, killed in action.Firedrake Veteran Gun'dar - Member of Sergeant Nu'mean's squad during the mission to the Protean, killed in action.Firedrake Veteran Kohlogh - Heavy weapons specialist and member of Sergeant Nu'mean's squad during the mission to the Protean, killed in action.Firedrake Veteran Ve'kyt - Member of Sergeant Nu'mean's squad during the mission to the Protean, killed in action.Firedrake Veteran Hrydor - Heavy weapons specialist of Sergeant Praetor's squad during the mission to the Protean, killed by Night Lords Traitor Marines during the mission.Firedrake Veteran Vo'kar - Member of Sergeant Praetor's Firedrake Squad and part of Vulkan He'stan's strike force during the mission to the Volgorrah Rift.Firedrake Veteran Invictese - Member of Sergeant Praetor's Firedrake Squad.Firedrake Veteran Tho'ran - Wounded in action during the Gevion Campaign.Firedrake Veteran Lorrde - Wounded in action during the Gevion Campaign.Firedrake Veteran Mek'tar - Placed in command of the re-captured capital city of Ironlandings during the Gevion Campaign after the arrival of the Firedrakes.Firedrake Veteran Daedicus - Participated in the Gevion Campaign as part of Vulkan He'stan's Strike Force. Brother Daedicus is a veteran of the Badab War and still wears a black and yellow striped knee-pad in remembrance of that dark campaign.Deathwatch Veteran Elwaine - Brother Elwaine served in the Deathwatch during the Battle for Tarsis Ultra, bringing righteous flame to the vile xenos known as the Necrons.Company Champion Vek'shan - Former Champion of the 3rd Company's Command Squad that was known as the Inferno Guard.Banner Bearer Malicant - Brother Malicant served Captain Kadai in his Inferno Guard Command Squad.Brother Sol Ba'ken - Sol Ba'ken was Hazon Dak'ir's former Battle-Brother. Bak'en was happiest carrying his hand crafted Heavy Flamer into battle, taking it stubbornly with him nearly everywhere. He was promoted to sergeant as Dak'ir's replacement once Da'kir was recruited into the Chapter's Librarium. He now carries a piston-hammer he crafted himself.Brother Cerbius Iagon - Formerly the loyal second-in-command of Sergeant Tsu'gan's Tactical Squad, Iagon replaced Tsu'gan as squad sergeant when he left to join the Firedrakes. Despite his promotion, Iagon is a dark and twisted individual, cruel and loyal only to Tsu'gan, or at least he used to be. Unknown to his brethren, Iagon's hands are stained with the blood of Captain N'keln, whom Iagon murdered to allow Tsu'gan to be promoted as the Company's Captain. Instead, Tsu'gan joined the Firedrakes, leaving Iagon abandoned and desperate. During the Gevion Campaign, Iagon betrayed the Chapter again, murdering Brother Koto and joining the Renegade warband of Chaos Space Marines known as the Dragon Warriors under the command of the Chaos Sorcerer Nihilan.Veteran Brother Shen'kar - Veteran Brother Shen'kar served Captain Kadai in his Inferno Guard Command Squad.Bray'arth Ashmantle - Bray'arth Ashmantle is a unique Mark IV Ironclad Pattern Venerable Dreadnought. Sokhar Bray'arth, once a Captain of the Salamanders Chapter's 4th Company, is the current occupant of this ancient relic Dreadnought that is known as the Iron Dragon and which was fashioned by the hands of the revered Salamanders Primarch Vulkan.Su'Matr - One of the Chapter's Dreadnoughts and a former Master of the Forge.Amadeus - Dreadnought assigned to the 3rd Company. Amadeus fell fighting the Asuryani during the siege of Cluth'nir.Ashamon - Ironclad Dreadnought attached to the 3rd Company. Featured in the Tome of Fire book series.Kor'ad , "The Warmaker" - Kor'ad is a Venerable Dreadnought attached to the 6th Company during the Cleansing of Heletine. He possesses a scaled carapace replete with the honours of his previous incarnation as a Captain of the Chapter. On his back he wears the spines of the beast he ritually killed to be accepted as an Initiate of the Chapter. Its hide hangs like a tabard between his piston-driven legs. His left arm is composed of a Power Fist that clutches a Thunder Hammer. His right arm carries either a Contemptor Pattern Heavy Plasma Gun with the muzzle shaped like a dragon's snout or his personal Flamer. Kor'ad has never cared for the simple pleasures of seeing the light of day, or feeling the warm fires of Nocturne, but instead has lived only for battle. His transformation into a Dreadnought insured he could continue this passion, earning him the moniker of "The Warmaker".