Salamanders

"On the Anvil of War are the strong tempered and the weak made to perish, thus are men's souls tested as metal in the forge's fire." —The Primarch Vulkan

The Salamanders are one of the Loyalist First Founding Chapters of the Space Marines. They originally served as the Imperium's XVIIIth Space Marine Legion during the Great Crusade and the Horus Heresy. For some time before their unification with their primarch they were known as the "Dragon Warriors." Their homeworld is the volcanic Death World of Nocturne.
The Salamanders as a Chapter are unusually concerned with civilian casualties compared to most other Space Marines and believe that one of their most important duties is to protect the lives of the Emperor of Mankind's innocent subjects whenever and wherever possible. This is an attitude that developed as a consequence of the Salamanders' own unusually close connections to the Nocturnean people, as they are one of the only Chapters of Astartes who continue to interact with their mortal families and the people of their homeworld after their transformation into Space Marines.
For instance, it is not uncommon for a Salamander to live among the Nocturneans in special Chapter bastions created within each of their homeworld's seven tribal "Sanctuary Cities" when Chapter business does not require him to remain at the Chapter's fortress-monastery on Nocturne's moon of Prometheus, and certainly the Salamanders are looked upon as leaders within their communities. The Salamanders and their people as a whole are also defined by their adherence to a variation of the Imperial Cult called the Promethean Cult.

"Into the fires of battle, unto the Anvil of War!"

Type

Military, Army

Ruling Organization

Imperium of Man

Parent Organization

Adeptus Astartes

Subsidiary Organizations

• Heralds of Nocturn

Related Species

• Human