It contained all of his brothers too. SPOILER ALERT Later in the book Dakir consumed it and went super saiyan. Possibly becoming some sort of spirit of Nocturne. Unfortunately the follow up books just stopped coming so fuck knows what really happened.
@@rayhanmustakim7073 He fought against an alien species known as the Hrud, they use some form of time weaponry to age him. They estimated it was 3,000 years.
it was the hrud, and he wasnt alone. only like him and maybe two others survived. one of them they had to immediately put in a dreadnought. rest of them literally died of old age.
At least he died knowing he'd been found. After being left there for so long he probably would've even started to believe he was all that was left of the Salamanders and maybe even the Imperium as a whole. Instead he died knowing his kin had persevered beyond the Heresy and that in death he could help continue that fight.
...the Salamanders didn't turn traitor. If he was a loyalist in a traitor legion, that second part would make more sense, like "He remained loyal even when his brothers turned against him"... But he isn't.
@@VonEldrich chaos as worship would not be creeping into the salamander's frame of reference before the drop site so a salamander escaping the dropsite would only know if it via seeing a word bearer that's that as the horus herasy focused far more on traitor and loyalist its fair to find chaos in this context a 40k verbal habit, no need to be snarky. not to mention that doing "his duty" is evidently being stuck on a insignificant planet after fleeing and essentially losing a entire warship under his command to entropy ,time and the crash. maybe someone else should try reading comprehension.
“Brother… my time- is short. My arms can no longer hold a proud hammer of Vulcan. My legs will no longer charge into battle… my heart beat slows with each moment. Please- do me this kindness… take me home.”
There's an older one out there, a vet of the Great Crusade recovered by loyalists marinesin m41. When he found out Horus had turned traitor, he stole a ship and went off on a personal crusade to hunt down traitors. Came out later that he was a Luna Wolf
I wonder if it’s intentional that the oldest known Space Marine parallels the state of the empire. Its leadership fused the throne, its administration in shambles, and its planets slowly failing. Putting it down _would_ be a mercy, if not for the innocent lives lost for the cause. But what of the alternative?
So a Space Marine, with no food, clean water, medical supplies, or fresh air, can still live to be close to 10,000 years old? That's... that's fucking insane man.
@@whiteeye3453 did you read the comment? Bjorn is a first founding primarch - by the very definition, he MUST be older than any other space marine, dreadnought or not. First founding primarchs are THE first space marines ever made.
I know absolutely nothing about Warhammer 40k but my god does it ever sound like an incredibly deep, well fleshed-out world and storyline that’s pretty captivating. I need to get into this
Reminds me of a joke I heard: The Soviet soldier swims under the ice with a lit cigarette, gets up and asks for permission to die after being run over by a tank.
Throne? he might be a company captain who made a last stand and to note that legions had so many companies and him being found in a ship, that might be a company battle barge
So you’re telling me that we could’ve had a great crusade salamander in a dreadnought made by vulkan, but gw would rather let him die. Gw writing level for the salamanders everyone
honestly though, i reread this book recently and apart from a few parts such as meeting this guy a lot of this story is all over the damn place, i think having 5 other factions featuring in the story didnt help
But in all fairness, most traitor space marines are over 10k years old. They''re not regarded. Hillariously, Fabius Bile actually scolds a legionary because said legionary worshipped the emperor as a god.
You actually passed two metal nodes on your way to the blue zone. On your island if you cross the water and go to the right shore, follow under the bride and youll see a few nodes by the blue ring.
Nah mate, Bjorn is still older. Russ was the second primarch found, Vulkan and his legion weren’t till later. Bjorn IS one of the Og space wolves and is, still, and always was by 40k standards, the oldest living space marine.
Wasn't it cannon that Blood Angles have the logest lifespan? That being Capter Master Dante being who I believed to be the oldest, and longest living marine aside from Dreadnaughts.
@@whiteeye3453 Dantioch seems to disprove that, he could have lived another 1,000 years but was already in a weakened state before he left the Sirenhold. He was on his way out, the Emperor says many things and lies are among them. Space Marines can in fact feel fear they are trained to master it, Space Marines do age and are only functionally immortal, meaning they will die. Primarchs on the other hand definitely are immune to death by age.
@@TheManWhoStoleTheShadows dation was hit by hutld ray that force aged anyone And the reason why perturabo was immune is because he was resistant to warp tech Astartes don't die by old age
that's fairly new lore, if they are looking for their primarchs. Baaack in my daaaaays, primarchs were gone and primaris weren't a thing, for the better !
That massacre was so crazy I remember reading fulgrim and being like damn. Speaking of fulgrim he wasn’t evil just manipulated and later possessed after killing Farris that shit was sad ngl
If a space marine from the heresy can be alive 10,000 years later under the conditions Gravius was forced to endure. Imagine the possibility of other loyalist space marines from the heresy still out there.
I find it funny that GW keeps pushing out the age of the oldest space marine. For a long, long time, it was Dante at 12-1500, then it was Dantioch at 3,000, now it's this Salamander at 10,000+! Good to know what Dante has to look forward too, I suppose?
I still remember that old dreadnought from legion of Emperor's Children.The one,that was mentioned in short tale "The ancient one awaits".That was impressive.Too bad, that he failed to destroy Fulgrim.At least he met his death in combat,like a true warrior,loyal to its duty till the very end.
It's not as bad as that one guy who had nurgle's perfect disease spilled on him. Dude is forced to rot and decompose into a puddle of flesh before being recomposed back to normal only to experience it all over again for all eternity. And since he isn't a follower of nurgle he feels everything
I swear the Salamanders have undoubtedly suffered the most of all the 1st founders. And I weigh that very carefully against the Blood Angels psychic backlash upon Sanguinius’s death. Against the NUMEROUS deaths of the White Scars against the Death Guard and the Siege. As well as the Word Bearers & World Eaters entire Shadow Crusade against the Ultramarines. The Salamanders just keep getting fucked over & over again.
