Armand Salmenau
Armand Salmenau is a Puritan Ordo Xenos Inquisitor of the Amalathian faith.[1]
History
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He oversaw a Xeno-archaeological dig site within Discidia's Vorago Fastness prison complex, which uncovered a Cyranax Watchers weapon. Salmenau had planned to study the weapon with his retinue before then destroying it, but this changed when the dig site suddenly became attacked by the Necron. The Xenos sought to claim the weapon for themselves and Salmenau's retinue was not prepared to face such a powerful foe. With no choice left to him, Salmenau sealed the doors leading to the dig site; which kept the Necrons out, but also prevented the Inquisitor from escaping. The Xenos laid siege to the dig site and Salmenau and his ravaged retinue waited for aid to come. When it did, though, it was a Kill-Team from the Radical Inquisitor Lord Otto Dagover, who sought to claim the Cyranax weapon for himself. Salmenau tried to dissuade the Kill-Team from taking the weapon and warned them that Dagover's Radicalism would lead them all Heresy against the Imperium. The Inquisitor then asked them to disobey Dagover's orders, but the Kill-Team refused, leaving Salmenau to claim they would have to kill him to take the weapon then. Seconds later, though, a Necron Lord led another attack on the dig site, whose doors had remained opened after the Kill-Team had entered. The Gauss Weaponry soon turned Salmenau's retinue to ash and the now damaged doors could not close. As the Necrons advance to the dig site, the Kill-Team knew they could not stop the Xenos, who greatly outnumbered them. In order to survive, the Kill-Team members Teiras and Kyral began to prepare to fire Cyranax weapon; which greatly angered Salmenau. He made no move to stop them, though, and instead went to aid the rest of the Kill-Team defending the entrance to the dig site. Moments later, however, the Necron blew apart the doors and the ensuing Gauss fire disintegrated one of Salmenau's hands. The wounded Inquisitor played no further part in the battle, which ended with the Necron destroyed by the Cyranax weapon's powerful energy blast. Afterwards the Kill-Team returned to Inquisitor Lord Dagover and they left Discidia with the weapon, Salmenau had uncovered.[1]
Appearance
Salmenau has had extensive Rejuvenat treatments done and looks young, despite being older than at least a century. When Otto Dagover's Kill-Team reached Salmenau's dig site, Teiras noted that the Inquisitor had made sure that not a single one of his hairs was out of place.[1]
Known Retinue
- Veteran Guardsman - Killed by Necron on Discidia.[1]
- Several scholars - Killed by Necron on Discidia.[1]
