Bray'arth Ashmantle

Bray'arth Ashmantle is a unique MkIV Ironclad Venerable Dreadnought. The armouriums of the Salamanders Chapter contain many ancient relics; some bearing proud histories of glory and honour while others are burdened with darker legends. Sokhar Bray’arth, once a Captain of the Salamanders 4th Company, is the current occupant of the ancient relic-Dreadnought known as the Iron Dragon, fashioned it is said by the hands of the revered Salamanders Primarch, Vulkan, himself. Bray’arth was interred within this revered artefact in 755.M41 after succumbing to the grievous wounds he suffered during the now infamous purging of the moons of Ymgarl of its Genestealers taint. His strength of will combined with the dark machine-spirit of the Dreadnought in which he is entombed make for a potent warrior on the battlefield.

The Salamander's Primarch Vulkan was a renowned master of the forge without peer. He personally carved intricate detailing on the ornately carved and segmented armour plates and symbols of the Promethean Cult. After Captain Bray'arth's internment, the masters of the forge added a highly detailed bas-relief on the Dreadnought’s shoulder armour of Bray’arth’s death duel with a horde of Ymgarl-strain Genestealers. Vulkan designed two unique arm weapons for this Dreadnought - the left and right arms, a Dreadfire Close Combat Arm (each of which has an inbuilt Dreadfire Heavy Flamers) - representing the Iron Dragon’s potent and unique armament. The Iron Dragon also contains many defensive measures and systems that others have strived but always failed to replicate. The chassis is also fitted with a number of secondary flame projectors as well as its main armament, allowing the ancient Dreadnought to wreathe itself in flame, incinerating anything that strays too close. This is how Bray'arth earned the name 'Ashmantle', whilst fighting during the fifty-three year long Casvsarae Insurrection against the Black Legion Chaos Space Marines and abhuman rebels. After pursuing fleeing enemy forces into a sub-city network, the Iron Dragon was thought lost until he smashed his way clear of the duct workings nine days after he disappeared, so covered in the soot and cinder-ashes of his dead foes as to obscure every inch of his armoured form.