VULKAN (LIVES): THE HAMMER OF SALVATION | Warhammer 40k Lore 

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Vulkan is the Optimus Prime of the 40k universe. Mostly because they're always brought back no matter what happens.

Frankly, I like the idea of Vulkan can't be killed because it embodies the humanity/hope/kindness can't be truly killed kind of thing

Big E when he met Vulkan: Saves his life and by extension sacrifices a bit of his pride Big E when he met Angron: lol here watch your friends get slaughtered lmao

Here's something to include Vulkan: "There will be no Rad or Phosphex in my legion. We shall fight wars humanely. Some things should be left in the dark age." Ferrus: "So, when are you going to stop burning people to death?" Vulkan: "I don't understand the question."

"It is also a hammer" God I love Vulkan

Look, let's be real here: we all laugh at Shy's edit of Guilliman crying about how much better Vulkan is than him, but the truth is that Roboute would most likely _agree_ with that sentiment: even if he didn't consider him one of "The Dauntless Few", a logical and rational tactician and statesman like Roboute would _surely_ recognize and respect how powerful and selfless Vulkan was. He's not crying for _himself_ in that edit; he's tearing up with _pride_ and _joy_ that his brother is getting the recognition he deserves!

I got my Salamanders codex, my minis and some popcorn. Let’s do this Also: VULKAN LIVES STOMP STOMP.

"What are we doing for Christmas" "A tale of a REALLY jolly man who loves a good fire and elves-" "Oh?" "-spines breaking as he can't stand them at all. Vulkan time."

‘And which would you have been, then?’ Vulkan smiled, though it did little to warm his diabolic voice. ‘A farmer, I think.’ ‘You would take your blacksmiter’s anvil and turn a sword into a ploughshare, is that it?’ ‘Overly poetic, but yes that’s it.’ one of the best excerpts from Vulkan Lives that establishes what Vulkan is like, conversation with the remembrancer Seriph

the only reason I kinda like Vulkan being a perpetual is because of How much it pissed Curze off that he just couldn't kill him

I really wish they had included this part: After Vulkan attacks Konrad Curze in a psychotic rage, Curze, knowing that Vulkan can come back from the dead, takes a moment to monologue about how he will find a way to kill Vulkan permanently. Barely a few seconds later, Vulkan lives again, much faster than Curze is used to. Curze: See? This is death. Learn to accept it, brother! Vulkan: eyes snap open Curze: Oh. That was quick...

Bricky: “I’m gonna paint my salamanders in black with flame decals.” Me: “Bricky… that’s just legion of the damned, just minus the bones.”

I find the “This is a hammer” line from Vulkan so badass. Like Kurze thinks Vulkan is gonna retreat cause he has him hammer now and can teleport, and supposedly Kurze planned ahead. Though Vulkan seems to address that he was a little foolish in thinking Kurze didn’t plan ahead, it seems Kurze forgot one important thing, that aside from being a teleporter, Vulkan’s weapon is also a hammer. It’s like Kurze just thought about the teleporter aspect of the hammer, but entirely forgot it was essentially a hammer.

Vulkan going "oh, you thought i wanted my fancy teleporter hammer to ESCAPE? oh sweetie" has honestly made him one of my favorite primarchs

Vulkan is one of the very rare characters in this setting that can really be called pure hero. Him being unable to die almost seems fitting if he represents the tiny flame of compassion that just won’t die no matter how much the galaxy tries to snuff it out.

" I wish to pet this creature" Blows up in a nuclear explosion

The quote from Vulkan to Curze is iconic. Getting shit talked by someone you have been torturing and being called a scared little boy in the dark followed by actually getting your ass beat and losing the prisoner....iconic.

In the next episode quote, Bricky: "I am the Emperor of Mankind" DK: "Is it.......I don't know, Farsight Tau?"

In today's episode Bricky comes the closest he's ever been to beating DK about the head in the first ten minuets. Should be a good show.

To be fair to the wolves, a fun fact: The reason fenris is the Viking planet is that back in the dark age of technology, it was a theme park. Where rich people would go larp as Vikings. But when the human federation collapsed and the birth of slaneesh made travel impossible. They were trapped there, with only what they brought with them. Expecting the descendants of larpers who got to experience the plot of sword art online in person to be entirely normal might be expecting too much

You forgor about how Magnus was in Big E's throneroom during the heresy when Magnus confronted Big E to get his final shard back. And Magnus had that great moment where he learned the price of returning was sacrificing his son's. He looked to Vulkan, asked if he could pay that price in Magnus's shoes and he solemnly said. "Not even for 1"

I don't know why, but "It is also a hammer" to me is one of the most badass quotes in 40k. No grandstanding, just one simple sentance that preludes the asswhopping of a lifetime

you should mention vulkan and big e had the healthiest relationship. big e want his son to guide humanity and eventually let humanity took over. vulcan did just that. also when magus met vulkan in the throne room, he expected hatred from his brother, but vulkan looked at him with sympathy and sadness. a great character building moment.

Everyone: excited to hear about the primarch of the salamanders Me: excited to hear about eldar children 🔥🔥🔥

DK: "Man, Konrad got absolutely bodied in the most embarrassing way." Lion El Johnson: "Most embarrassing way THUS FAR."

Fulgrim's world of Chemos was a borderline death world. It was a world perpetually covered in dust storms and night, where the population had next to no resources to sustain itself and had to work 24 hours a day just to barely survive. They had to work so much that they didn't have any down-time, so no recreation or culture or leisure, just work. They were all crammed into tech-fortresses because being outside with no protection was a great way of getting flayed alive by the dust storms. Of course, cramming the whole population of a world into a handful of fortresses meant living conditions weren't exactly great. They couldn't produce any food of their own so were entirely dependent on trade for food, which wasn't a common occurrence since Chemos was parked right next to a bunch of raging warp storms and the Chemosians had barely any resources to trade with anyways, effectively condemning the inhabitants to slow starvation and martial law to ration whatever crumbs of food they had and to maintain the work load required just for the planet to not collapse on itself. "Not great" is the understatement of the century when it comes to Chemos.

VULKAN LIVES!!!!!! **STOMP STOMP** I have around 6500 points of Salamanders at this time. So happy to see my favorite Primarch/Chapter being covered by favorite Warhammer lore podcast.

Bricky: "I want to talk about something warm and nice, nice guy for Christmas, so we're talking about Vulkan." You know, there's a certain holiday in 40k that is an analogue for Christmas when they celebrate this certain winged, angelic Primarch who is also a nice guy who sacrificed himself for the God-Emperor...

57:07 he had been torturing him for years. Vulkan should have been malnourished to the point of barely being alive, in fact he had been killed many many times, and he should have been insane, and most other primarchs would have been in bad condition under curz torture for so long, but vulkans thing is resilience, and so he surprised curz by suddenly being at full strength, spirit, and wit. Also, Conrad had his full power armor on, and vulkan had nothing. Also Conrad knew the maze. So he really had all the advantages here, and still blew it xD

What a way to start off the week of Christmas. With the nicest dude in all of 40k, who set a child on fire!! (even if it is a xenos one).

Konrad: There is no escape. Vulkan: I ain't stuck in here with you, YOU'RE STUCK IN HERE WITH ME!

In early m41, the Salamanders and Death Korps were assigned to defend a world from a Necron offense. After several months of hard fighting, the soulless xenos were defeated in an overwhelming Imperial victory. Not a single marine or guardsman survived.

I agree with Bricky about perpetuals being silly, but I like to think that’s just a legend spread by guardsmen who watched him shrug off a D-scythe to the face and he's just super durable.

Honestly, I like that Vulkan is a perpetual. Any other primarch, and they would be exploiting it to the greatest extent they could - it would truly be the op immortal god. For Vulkan, his immortality is a curse. He is the one truly good guy in a universe of hate and pain. For nearly everyone else, there's a hope of escape - and for every other perpetual, there's the freedom from true consequence and so on. For Vulkan, he has nothing but an ever increasingly load of sadness, feelings of failure, and watching as everyone else around him dies.

You know, the line 'it is also a hammer' is probably the most badass line in 40k.

“Painting my Salamanders in black armor with fire decals” ah yes, my favorite mysterious warp born Spacemarines, the SALAMANDERS.

My personal head cannon is that Vulcan went headfirst into the Squat home worlds to help them fight off the Tyranid invasion.

Interesting thing is Vulkan actually felt incredibly guilty and even regrets killing the Eldar Child, if he was in a scenario in modern 40k, he would most likely not make the same mistake. Hell he would probably defend them from bigger threats.

I love how bricky didn't finish the quote in the beginning thinking that DK would "get it to easy" while DK also forgot about the Dark Eldar. Bricky needs to stop being disappointed, lol

“Flesh is weak, but deeds endure.” -Vulkan to Ferrus Manus during a battle with the Ork menace.

my personal theory about vulcan, and the reason big e was so good to him (acting like a real father, saving his life and actually teaching him personally)/was proud of him, is because vulcan was the most “perfected” of all the primarchs, the one who was closest to being like big e. that’s also why he’s one of, if not the biggest primarch, and also why he’s the only primarch that’s a perpetual like dad emperor. just a fun theory i like. also it makes me hate the fact that he's a perpetual a lot less :)

Ok to clarify in the Vulcan versus Conrad fight, Vulcan was either rocking nothing but his skin or a loincloth and Conrad was in full Primarch power armor including gauntlets. Conrad wasn't completely unarmed. It's was not a fair fight at all and Vulcan still won.

No matter how any times I read it, or listen to the vulkan vs Konrad story, the buildup to the “it is also a hammer” line is always the most entertaining thing ever

*I LIVE* I wish you all merry Christmas, may the Emperors grace smile upon you all

What I love most is that rules-wise in 30k there is a relationship chart for the legions to dictate what allies you can take. The Salamanders are close friends with every last one of the loyalist legions, even the Dark Angels who are iirc desperate allies with everyone. Speaking of the DA, the Lion Helm which is this super weird powerful relic the DA use to this day was said to be made as a gift to the Lion from Vulcan. Thought that was nice.

Also according to more recent lore Vulkan is physically the strongest Primarch, and this gets represented on tabletop by a warlord trait that gives a Salamander commander +1 strength.

Honestly, seeing that the primarchs are products of some sort of warp fuckery (see Corvus living his best life as a crow daemon) it doesn't seem that out of place for them to be perpetual. We know that deamons respawn after all.

A segment from The Horus Heresy - Sons of the Forge by Nick Kyme Sons of Horus are regrouping and resupplying after a recent skirmish with a Salamander patrol Rayko Solomus had left the pit and was sitting on a ammo crate looking out of the battlements of the north wall. He saw the city ruins on the decaying horizon and found himself unmoved. As he only half-heard the menials toiling below and behind him Solomus wondered how long he has been this way.. dead inside. The rifted feeling, only when he held the torturer's knife, did a moat of true emotion return... and even that had been denied to him. The mechanicum emissary had the drake now. "He did not scream?" asked Nevok. Stopping to regard Solomus as he loaded a fresh shell into his weapons clip. "Hmm they certainly can take pain" Nevok stood sentry, waiting for the Salamanders to come. Sons of Horus stood at arms now, bolters at the ready, a squad of heavy weapons with their sights trained on the skies. Their subterfuge, no longer any use to them. They would fight the Salamanders in open battle. They were bloodied though, a row of dead lay in a makeshift apothecarian, waiting for rank to remove their prodgynoids. Even the survivors had burned and scorched armor. S: "They are born into it..." said Solomus. "..unto fire and death" N: Nevok nodded as he slipped in another bolt shell. "Have you seen their bodies? His scars had scars.." S: Solomus drew his knife, admiring the sharpness of the blade. "He killed Hajuk, Morvek and Ezremas.." he said, counting the legionaries one at the time on his gauntleted fingers. " ..at the same time. He fought them, three against one!" N: Nevok laughed as he slammed his clip back into his boltgun. "I seriously doubt that! The Drake was a fighter, anyone who is legion could see that, BUT ALL THREE?" He shook his head and scoffed. "Ezremas alone would have gutted him! These drakes are warm blooded, but they are not like us. They're weak!" VK: "He did it!" said a voice from behind them. Vosto Kurnan made his way onto the battlements via a metal stair that creaked under his armored weight. "I saw him" he added matter of factly, coming to stand beside the other legionaries. N: "Then why did you not intervene?!" said Nevok. VK: "They done themselves enough dishonor without my defeat of the drake making it worse." he said.. "..besides I hated Hajuk, Morvek and Ezremas.." N: "You hate everyone brother captain.." VK: "Hmph, true.." Kurnan said lightly and looked descant at Nevok. "But I reserve a special hatred for some. And they aren't weak..." he added. "You never served on Istvan V. You never saw them fight." N: Nevok looked at them both, nonplussed.. "What!? That was butchery, not service!" VK: Kurnan drew close. Nevok had his bolter by his side and fully loaded "We HAD them brother... The Ravens were abroad, guerilla fighting even then. The Gorgon and his warriors.. well they were hellbent on Fulgrim. But we had the drakes, surrounded, outnumbered, at the mercy of the high ground and our entrenched artillery. You should have seen the Iron Warriors pummel them.." he shook his head as if remembering the events he was describing in vivid detail. "Any other foe would have died and died fast, and they did..." he said. His voice grew low and menacing "But those drakes refused to yield. They fought even as the bombs rained and their brethren fell in droves. Even when the Gorgon died and when the Lord of Drakes fell soon after.. and when the raven fled they kept on... ..and on. Some had lost limbs, others were impaled or blind. Wounded beyond any reasonable capacity to function... ..even for legionaries..." Kurnan backed off, but his eyes still burned into Nevok's through his retinal lenses. "I heard it said that, ..when you kill one of Guilliman's sons, you make sure he is dead. Vulcan's sons... ..well they just don't die at all..."

"They aren't hideous; It's not like they have four eyes etc..." I love it that the first thing Bricky thought of as hideous was a Batarian.

I say the greatest quote that Vulkan has given, is the one that was in conversation with Ferrus Manus led to the motto of the Iron hands. “Flesh is weak, but deeds endure,” it it was apart of a salamander anthology and I think the story was either endure or Deeds Endure with remnants of istvan V salamander and Iron hand survivors doing hit and run tactics. More than likely wrong on the last part though.

I think perpetuals are alright as primarchs. I imagine every primarch has an inherent psychic ability, and perpetuals wouldn't have any psyker powers but immortality.

The planet and moons of Baal are death worlds I believe. And it’s amusing that both Vulkan and Sanguinius who grew up on death worlds turned out to be the primarchs with the kindest hearts. Also, Sang took the deaths of his sons more personally than any of his brothers. Kabandha can testify to that.

The bowing scene is amazing and I adore and respect Vulcan. However I cannot excise the mental image of him bowing and still looking like a mini-van next to an average sized human.

I’m nearly certain that in terms of just straight strength like if we had a Primarch deadlift contest Vulkan would be the strongest.

"I wish to pet this creature." -Primarch Vulcan

Ah my favorite primarch and true example of a shining light of goodness in a stupidly dark dumpster of 40K, something to make you actually care because it's not all grim. Vulkan is the true hero who will bring friendship to all humans and fiery death to all fetish dungeon space elves. Nocturne would be a lovely place to live if it wasn't always on fire, still great neighbors who genuinely care about each other. Gotta love how Vulkan was able to MATCH the emperor's physical might, if he wasn't so damn loving he could easily beat all of his siblings in a fist fight, he literally pulled his punches when he sparred with them.

32:50 and in addition they were given difficult suicidal missions to reinforce desperate lines and buy time for civilians to evacuate and stuff like that. Their attitude was such that they would never abandon the line until their mission of mercy was complete. So if you ever saw salamanders you knew the upcoming battle was going to be desperate and dangerous.

TTS Vulkan: "Finally I am free from Conrads Kurze's torture, Adventure!" *Falls from Macragges upper atmosphere*

16:44 keep in mind that Vulcan is a perpetual. He just heals any wound he gets, so the debilitating wounds that the eldar inflict won’t do anything to him.

How vulkan and ferrus met has got to be one of the most anime and epic moments in war hammer histroy. Villain took a a big f*ck off bomb to the face to save a girl and ferrus was just dumbfounded how he was that fast and tough. And how his face looked so scary and kind at the same time.

List of primarch Death Worlds; Baal (Sanguinius); Arid radioactive desert full of feral mutants that makes Pandora from Borderlands look like a nice friendly neighborhood, with 2 moons that are even worse somehow. Caliban (the Lion); Forest planet with vegetation so thick and which grows so quickly it literally stops any permanent settlement from being built without constant attempts to cut it back. The forests hide horrific Chaos taint and mutant monsters attack on the regular. Fenris (Russ); Constant shifting archipelagos world where entire islands sink and erupt out of the ocean basically overnight. Has only 2 seasons that last years; sub-siberian winter and hotter-than-hell summer. The seas also have giant monsters in them. Nocturne (Vulkan); Volcano world! You want fire? WE HAVE ALL THE FIRE! Makes summer time on Fenris seems pleasant. Also has dragons, because of course it does! Surprisingly, Barbarus (Mortarion) and Chemos (Fulgrim) are not considered Deathworlds. Barbarus is considered Feral, despite being a toxic shit-pool where hardly anything grows and the air somehow gets more poisonous the higher the altitude and there's barely any daylight ever, and Chemos is considered a Mining world, albeit one that also doesn't get any sunlight and which also has jack shit of basically anything else, including water and everything has to be recycled constantly to sustain the population, who spend every waking moment doing so. Medusa (Ferrus) is also considered Feral, and is kinda a knock-off/wannabe Fenris/Nocturne, but nowhere near as bad as either of them, and if you want somewhere cold enough to give Fenris' winters a run for their money, then check out the Ice world of Inwit (Dorn), which is literally just a giant chunk of fucking frozen ass ice. There's literally nothing more to say on that, it's just cold as shit there. So yeah, surprisingly, only 4 Primarch homeworlds are considered Deathworlds, and not even half of them are considered much worse than that. And all of the deathworlders are loyalists.

I like to imagine Trazyn just yoinked the cell or cells of Vulkan that were creating him and now technically Vulkan is just being held in Trazyn's vault

So the true Warhammer 40k was inside us all along... Thank you vulkan

All of the primarchs have a shard of the Emperor in them. Vulkan got his immortality. Saw people confused on why vulkan was a perpetual.

I like how he always comes back, it makes him seem like a kind saviour who always returned when needed

The only way dk knew how to talk about Vulcan and the salamanders was “what good boys” and “chads”. Quality reactions.

Tbh, Vulkan probably spared that Eldar kid a worse fate by Night Lord. I’d rather be incinerated than get skinned.

I swear whenever DK raises his voice at Bricky its akin to a kid talking back to their dad. Im sitting here like o.o oh boi you grounded When he said "is it tau?" Bricky genuinely sounded as disappointed as my own dad sounds

I haven't read any book on Vulcan besides " Mercy of the dragon" , but this short story literally made me cry and make him my favorite primarch ever, I really can't recommend this book enough, especially after reading something truly grimdark/grimderp.

I have to say i am impressed by how creative conrad is in his torture.

As eloquent and poetic as all the other quotes we've heard are, I think my absolute favorite will always be "it's also a hammer"

Big Bobby G and Vulkan are without doubt the best primarchs ever (exept for Sanguinius, of course. He is the goodest boy). Bobby G because of his ability to actually have common sense. And Vulkan because he is Vulkan!

"But you have forgotten one thing, it is also a hammer" new favorite vulkan line

Things I would have liked to hear about were Vulkan wrestling parked baneblade class tank to save civilians and when fighting Conrad on macragge while insane wearing random armor pieces he was utilizing teleport hammer at full potential, teleporting mid swings to appear behind Conrad, to dodge and move, full Tracer style.

If there's one thing I want them to bring up in the next episode it's that Konrad didn't use the time vulcan burned an eldar child alive letting his rage get to him cause I'd imagine that would fuck with Vulcan remembering how he's stooped so low

I am very surprised bricky dodged the fact that Vulkan beats the ever living shit out of Magnus infront of a magnus fan like DK

Can I explain why I don't hate Vulkan's perpetuality? I think it's a metaphor, for the way that hope exists in 40k, Vulkan represents this sort of fluctuation between times of true hardship and times of peace, Vulkan gives his life, that is the death of hope, he comes again, hope is reborn, he represents the fluctuating light in the darkest of futures. That's why I love him so much.

Vulkan and the task the emperor has for him with a little trinket he forges and has to bring to Terra. Also the fight he has with Magnus which is actually a sad fight as Vulkan just wanted his brother back. Spoilers for those who haven’t read the book I think this comes from: Vulkan is tasked with forging a medallion that he knows not what it does nor the reason for it, all he knows is that he must bring it to his father back in terra. Definitely look this up Bricky because it’s what Vulkan is doing during the siege of Terra and it also leads up to his fight with Magnus in the throne room in the holy palace

Salamanders: "Vulkan, you killed an eldar child.....Great work, my lord, this is why you are the boss."

Just realized appearance wise the salamanders are like black chiss and the green armor, forging, and caring for innocents is reminescint of the doom slayer. edit: also big e could've sacrificed the drake as vulkan was more usefull alive than any fatherly instincts if you want to view big e that way

I also genuinely would believe Kurze knew Vulkan wouldn’t kill his own brother and would spare him like the Lion, not to mention the fact that he had no reason to really be defensive or self-preserving giving his visions. I also like the idea of despite obviously regenerating, it seems to take Vulk longer and longer each time

The quote "It's also a hammer." has always been my favorite warhammer quote.

I find the if the emperor had a ttsd series funny as hell just with how vulkan was characterized as, also (VULKAN LIVES STOMP STOMP)

"what the hell was Konrad thinking?!" *HE WASN'T.* Also Bricky's "you WHAT?!" is incredibly on point.

I'm happy to say I represent the Salamanders in our current Deathwatch rpg. Vulkan Lives.

Finally. White scars episodes were so cool that i almost started an army of them. I wanted to do 2 armies to be exact. One WS and one Orcs, both heavly relying on vechicles (mostly motorcycles in Marines case) and went full on Speedy boys vs speedy boyz. But i just wanted to hear about salamansers to fully make my decision and there it is. Also the fact that Vulcan exudes the biggest Santa vibes makes it great decision (ye ye sanguinala blah blah blah fuck you). PS: VULCAN LIVES! *STOMP* *STOMP*

Vulkan, the Imperium's "good boy": commits genocide but feels sad... sometimes.

Vulkan ... the guy that likes flamers, making QUALITY stuff, hugs, and the occasional burning of eldar children.

VULKAN LIVES!

One slight thing you might want to mention about vulkan is the fact that he died last while fighting the ork (or krork) called the beast and fell into a gargant’s (ork titan’s) power source which is a huge mass of wagh energy. Which is probably why he isn’t back yet.

gotta remember that not all of magnus soul went to chaos the best part of magnus is now the pseudo primarch Janus, think about it like that for all of the fallen primarchs, angry might have fallen but how much of his soul was saved

Vulkan appearing in the upper atmosphere like the bowl of petunias from Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. "Oh no. Not again."

I absolutely love Salamanders and I'm looking forward to the eventual episode on the legion/chapter. I honestly really like their genetic flaw. One, they appear really frightening but are nice, a great "don't judge a book by its cover" thing and the second part often gets forgotten. Salamanders have the genetic flaw of being stubborn as fuck. The older a Salamander gets, the worse this gets as well. You first see this with Vulkan refusing to let his hunted drake go on Mount Deathfire. The Salamanders collectively insist on saving civilians and following the promethiam creed, which gives their inate thick skulls a purpose. Fucking love the Salamanders. With their flaw and companies and all they have more going on than you'd think at first.

Another Part of the Vulcan story I love is from "Old Earth" where he was just re spawning in Mount DeathFire, stepping out of the Lava and then almost emidiatly turning back around and walking back into the Lava to extend his nap. "Hmmm.... Just 5 days more............"

I don't blame Perty for just opting to nuke Vulkan. Would you want that furious Vulkan in arms distance? The answer is no.

Vulkan lives! *stomp stomp* Ever since TTS I just can´t imagine Vulkan sounding any differently than with that thick Jamaican accent.

This episode was a very thoughtful and in depth discussion of one of the nicest primarchs. Great job everyone and I hope Shy didn't have too much of a hard time editing this one down.

Hey there Bricky doubt that you'll see this, but I have a small request, when you cover the Salamanders characters, please cover Bray'arth Ashmantle he's a really important character and a super strong dreadnought, and really cool, thanks so much for all the content that you and the team give us, and I would lie to wish you a Merry Christmas and a very successful and blessed New Year.

The moment when you showed guillman with tear... i felt it so hard :(