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The Salamanders are a chapter of Imperial {{Space Marine}}s in the TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}} universe and as such, should not be confused with AlchemicElementals (or, you know, slimy, lizard-like amphibians).
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The Salamanders are a chapter of Imperial {{Space Marine}}s in theTabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}} ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}'' universe and as such, should not be confused with AlchemicElementals (or, you know, slimy, lizard-like amphibians).
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An omnibus edition, ''Salamanders'', was released in 2013, containing the Tome of Fire trilogy and a number of short stories set before, during, and after the trilogy.
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The Salamanders are a chapter of Imperial {{Space Marine}}s in the TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}} universe and as such, should not be confused with AlchemicElementals.
AlchemicElementals (or, you know, slimy, lizard-like amphibians).
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When Chaplain Elysius of the Salamanders is taken captive by Dark Eldar, he faces a fight for survival at the hands of these cruel aliens. The Firedrakes of 1st Company attempt a daring rescue mission, but much more is at stake than the Chaplain's life. He holds the key to secrets buried beneath Mount Deathfire, secrets that could reveal the damnation - or salvation - of their home world. The Salamanders must penetrate the Port of Anguish and defeat the xenos threat there if they are to unveil the mysteries within the Tome of Fire. Meanwhile, Dak'ir battles to survive the brutal Librarian training, and in his visions lies an even darker future.
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In the background, the Salamanders are descended from Vulkan, and hail from the planet Nocturne. Due to Vulkan's training as a blacksmith, the Salamanders place a high emphasis on craftsmanship and thus possess a number of master crafted equipment. They are also notable as the only Space Marine chapter which places more emphasis on ''protecting civilians'' than killing the enemies of the Imperium.
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Following a disastrous campaign on the planet Stratos (see the short story `Fires of War' in the Heroes of the Space Marines book for details) the Salamanders 3rd Company is still reeling from the loss of their captain and the internal politics of the company isn't helping in the least. When the company uncovers a relic from the past that could lead to information on their missing Primarch they embark on a mission that could either heal their troubles or make them worse.
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* CycleOfRevengeCycleOfRevenge: In the BackStory, the 3rd Company had killed some renegades' captains; in the opening, they kill the 3rd Company's captain; shortly thereafter, the new captain goes in pursuit of them. [[spoiler:They get sidetracked by another issue, but happen on the killers, and get both the commander and the actual killer. Whereupon their captain is murdered after the battle.]]
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** This has now been updated so that Salamanders re-roll misses in close combat when using them, though that's partially explained by the fact that they are exceptionally well-made.
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** Later, a strange eruption from the planet Nocturne is regarded as a portent of ill fortune.
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** Vulkan's fire beats in my breast, With it we shall smite the foes of the Emperor!
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-->''"Into the fires of battle, unto the anvil of War!" ''
The Salamanders are a chapter of Imperial {{Space Marine}}s in the {{Warhammer 40000}} universe.
In the background, the Salamanders are descended from Vulkan, and hail from the planet Nocturne. Due to Vulkan's training as a blacksmith, the Salamanders place a high emphasis on craftsmanship and thus possess a number of master crafted equipment. They are also notable as the only Space Marine chapter which places more emphasis on ''protecting civilians'' than killing the enemies of the Imperium.
They are the subject of Nick Kyme's ''Salamander'', ''Firedrake'' and ''Nocturne''
Please check out the [[Characters/{{Salamanders}} character sheet]]
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!!Tropes associated with this chapter and the novel include:
* [[ApocalypseMaiden Apocalypse Astarte]]
* BadassCreed : Into the fires of battle, unto the anvil of War!
** Vulkan's fire beats in my breast, With it we shall smite the foes of the Emperor!
** We are forged in such flames, so we make war with it, clenched in our mailed fists.
* BadassPreacher: Chaplain Elysius, to the nth degree.
* BadDreams
* BecauseDestinySaysSo
* BerserkButton (DON'T harm civilians in front of them.)
* {{Bishonen}}: [[spoiler: Chaplain Elysius]], much to everyone's surprise. He is, in fact, ''so'' pretty that he ends up getting his own personal StalkerWithACrush in the form of a Dark Eldar Wych.
* BittersweetEnding both short story and novel end with [[spoiler: the captain dying. This is two different captains by the way. Also Dak'ir is hauled off to become a librarian and stripped of his rank]]
** Also Nocturne: [[spoiler: Dak'ir, Tsu'gan, and Emek are dead, and Nihilan managed to escape with a copy of the Tome of Fire that details resurrection in the hopes or raising Ushorak, but Nocturne and the Chapter the survive the invasion, Ba'ken is promoted to Captain of the 7th Company, and Fugis returns from his Burning Walk.]]
* {{BFG}} The Eye of Vulkan, which orbits Nocturne.
** Also the Seismic Cannon
* TheBlacksmith
* BookEnds
* CavalryBetrayal
* CycleOfRevenge
* DespairEventHorizon
* DividedWeFall
* DreamingOfThingsToCome
* DropTheHammer (One of the chapter's favorite weapons. The Salamanders are so skilled with them, in fact that on the tabletop (at least in some editions), they don't take the severe movement penalties most soldiers do for wielding them.)
** This has now been updated so that Salamanders re-roll misses in close combat when using them, though that's partially explained by the fact that they are exceptionally well-made.
* DueToTheDead
* {{Expy}}: Iagon for Iago from {{Othello}}, and Black Dragon Space Marine Zartath for ''{{Wolverine}}'' of all people, right down to directly quoting some of his lines.
* AFriendInNeed
* FrozenFace
* GoodIsNotNice
* GreatBigBookOfEverything More Great Big Library of Everything, given the actual scale of the "Tome of Fire"
* HumansAreWhite
* HurtingHero
* InTheBack [[spoiler: Iagon pulls this off in both books; first killing N'keln and then betraying his brothers in the Razored Vale]]
* KillItWithFire
* LockedOutOfTheFight
* ManipulativeBastard : Nihilan. [[spoiler: Iagon]]
* NoOneGetsLeftBehind
* {{Pirate}}
* {{Pride}}
* ProHumanTransHuman: The Salamanders are defined by being this compared to normal Astartes.
* RedEyesTakeWarning
* ScaryBlackMan: Only in the 3rd edition. Prior to that, they were fairly similar to their current incarnation, with white or red/orange hair, red eyes, and dark grey skin. As they are currently onyx-skinned, subterranean-dwelling smiths with glowing red eyes, flowing white hair (occasionaly) and a connection to "drakes", they come across as being something more like benign, oversized Drow (and by extension, the dark elves of [[NorseMythology Scandinavian folklore]] that inspired them) than anything covered by the trope.
* TakeMyHand
* ThinkNothingOfIt
* TooKinkyToTorture: The Salamanders' arch-enemies, the Dark Eldar, owing to the latter being obsessed with the experience of sensation of any kind. On the other hand, locking them up and depriving them of ''any'' sensation is a highly effective means of torture/coercion. [[spoiler: Vulkan He'stan uses the threat of that to blackmail a Dark Eldar Haemonculus to reopen a Webway portal. He repays the Dark Eldar by shooting him in the head (as a Haemonculus, he can regrow himself from a finger he cut off for that purpose).]]
* TrainingThePeacefulVillagers
* WhamLine: A series of them, which basically sum up that [[spoiler: Vulkan He'stan believes that Dak'ir is the Unbound Flame, one of the Nine Artefacts of Vulkan. He changes his opinion later, but it leaves the members of the Pantheon Council speechless.]]
* WhatMeasureIsANonSuper
* WithDueRespect
* WouldNotShootACivilian
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The Salamanders are a chapter of Imperial {{Space Marine}}s in the {{Warhammer 40000}} universe.
In the background, the Salamanders are descended from Vulkan, and hail from the planet Nocturne. Due to Vulkan's training as a blacksmith, the Salamanders place a high emphasis on craftsmanship and thus possess a number of master crafted equipment. They are also notable as the only Space Marine chapter which places more emphasis on ''protecting civilians'' than killing the enemies of the Imperium.
They are the subject of Nick Kyme's ''Salamander'', ''Firedrake'' and ''Nocturne''
Please check out the [[Characters/{{Salamanders}} character sheet]]
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!!Tropes associated with this chapter and the novel include:
* [[ApocalypseMaiden Apocalypse Astarte]]
* BadassCreed : Into the fires of battle, unto the anvil of War!
** Vulkan's fire beats in my breast, With it we shall smite the foes of the Emperor!
** We are forged in such flames, so we make war with it, clenched in our mailed fists.
* BadassPreacher: Chaplain Elysius, to the nth degree.
* BadDreams
* BecauseDestinySaysSo
* BerserkButton (DON'T harm civilians in front of them.)
* {{Bishonen}}: [[spoiler: Chaplain Elysius]], much to everyone's surprise. He is, in fact, ''so'' pretty that he ends up getting his own personal StalkerWithACrush in the form of a Dark Eldar Wych.
* BittersweetEnding both short story and novel end with [[spoiler: the captain dying. This is two different captains by the way. Also Dak'ir is hauled off to become a librarian and stripped of his rank]]
** Also Nocturne: [[spoiler: Dak'ir, Tsu'gan, and Emek are dead, and Nihilan managed to escape with a copy of the Tome of Fire that details resurrection in the hopes or raising Ushorak, but Nocturne and the Chapter the survive the invasion, Ba'ken is promoted to Captain of the 7th Company, and Fugis returns from his Burning Walk.]]
* {{BFG}} The Eye of Vulkan, which orbits Nocturne.
** Also the Seismic Cannon
* TheBlacksmith
* BookEnds
* CavalryBetrayal
* CycleOfRevenge
* DespairEventHorizon
* DividedWeFall
* DreamingOfThingsToCome
* DropTheHammer (One of the chapter's favorite weapons. The Salamanders are so skilled with them, in fact that on the tabletop (at least in some editions), they don't take the severe movement penalties most soldiers do for wielding them.)
** This has now been updated so that Salamanders re-roll misses in close combat when using them, though that's partially explained by the fact that they are exceptionally well-made.
* DueToTheDead
* {{Expy}}: Iagon for Iago from {{Othello}}, and Black Dragon Space Marine Zartath for ''{{Wolverine}}'' of all people, right down to directly quoting some of his lines.
* AFriendInNeed
* FrozenFace
* GoodIsNotNice
* GreatBigBookOfEverything More Great Big Library of Everything, given the actual scale of the "Tome of Fire"
* HumansAreWhite
* HurtingHero
* InTheBack [[spoiler: Iagon pulls this off in both books; first killing N'keln and then betraying his brothers in the Razored Vale]]
* KillItWithFire
* LockedOutOfTheFight
* ManipulativeBastard : Nihilan. [[spoiler: Iagon]]
* NoOneGetsLeftBehind
* {{Pirate}}
* {{Pride}}
* ProHumanTransHuman: The Salamanders are defined by being this compared to normal Astartes.
* RedEyesTakeWarning
* ScaryBlackMan: Only in the 3rd edition. Prior to that, they were fairly similar to their current incarnation, with white or red/orange hair, red eyes, and dark grey skin. As they are currently onyx-skinned, subterranean-dwelling smiths with glowing red eyes, flowing white hair (occasionaly) and a connection to "drakes", they come across as being something more like benign, oversized Drow (and by extension, the dark elves of [[NorseMythology Scandinavian folklore]] that inspired them) than anything covered by the trope.
* TakeMyHand
* ThinkNothingOfIt
* TooKinkyToTorture: The Salamanders' arch-enemies, the Dark Eldar, owing to the latter being obsessed with the experience of sensation of any kind. On the other hand, locking them up and depriving them of ''any'' sensation is a highly effective means of torture/coercion. [[spoiler: Vulkan He'stan uses the threat of that to blackmail a Dark Eldar Haemonculus to reopen a Webway portal. He repays the Dark Eldar by shooting him in the head (as a Haemonculus, he can regrow himself from a finger he cut off for that purpose).]]
* TrainingThePeacefulVillagers
* WhamLine: A series of them, which basically sum up that [[spoiler: Vulkan He'stan believes that Dak'ir is the Unbound Flame, one of the Nine Artefacts of Vulkan. He changes his opinion later, but it leaves the members of the Pantheon Council speechless.]]
* WhatMeasureIsANonSuper
* WithDueRespect
* WouldNotShootACivilian
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