3rd Company (Salamanders)

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This article is about the company; for the specialised units, see Pyroclast.

Insignia of the 3rd Company^[1a]

The 3rd Company of the Salamanders, known as the Pyroclasts, is one of the Chapter's Battle Companies.^[1a]

Even amongst a Chapter noted for its use of Flame Weapons, the 3rd always endeavours to close with their foe and unleash purging fire. As such, they are the Chapter's foremost answer to entrenched enemies. They also have the grim duty of purging populations condemned as heretic or xenos sympathizers. They are always careful to balance the Promethean Cult's teachings of protecting the weak with Vulkan's noted pragmatism.^[1a]

Known Battles

• 533.M39: Fires of Phaistos.^[2]
• M41: The boarding of the Grim Scythe.^[5]
• M41: Battle on Stratos.^[6]
• M41: Battle of Slathergraft.^[1c]
• Battle on Imhathok^[1b]
• M41: The Assault on Moribar against the Dragon Warriors.^[8]
• 975.M41: Defense of Nocturne.^[4]
• 989.M41: Burning of Myze.^[7a]
• 998.M41: Third War for Armageddon.^[3]

Known Members

• Adrax Agatone — Current Captain.^{[1][Needs Citation]}
• Tu'shan — Former Captain, now Chapter Master.^[7b]
• N'keln — Former Captain.^[8]
• Ko'tan Kadai — Former Captain.^[8]
• Malicant — Standard Bearer.^[6]
• Vek'shen — Company Champion.^[6]

Sources

• 1: Codex Supplement: Salamanders (8th Edition)
  • 1a: pg. 11-18
  • 1b: pg. 21
  • 1c: pg. 32
• 2: Imperial Armour Volume Ten - The Badab War - Part Two, pgs. 76-78
• 3: Codex: Armageddon (3rd Edition), pg. 32
• 4: Nocturne (Novel), Chapter 9
• 5: Warlords of the Dark Millennium: Vulkan He'stan (Background Book), The Final Quest of Vulkan He'Stan
• 6: Fires of War (Short Story)
• 7: Codex: Space Marines (6th Edition) (E-Book Edition)
  • 7a: pgs. 194–196
  • 7b: pg. 198
• 8: Salamander (Novel), Chapters 2-3