Pyre Guard

The Pyre Guard were the Veteran Space Marine Battle-Brothers of the Salamanders Legion who served as Primarch Vulkan's elite honour guard during the Great Crusade and the Horus Heresy. Sworn to protect the Primarch, they were warriors set apart from the rest of the XVIII Legion. Terran-born, they did not always fully appreciate the earthy sentiments of the Nocturnean culture in which Vulkan had been raised, but they knew their duty deep within their genetically-enhanced bones. They were led by Numeon, a Terran-born Salamanders officer who also served as the Legion's First Captain of the elite 1st Company (the Firedrakes) and as Equerry to the Primarch. The Pyre Guard's fate following the Horus Heresy remains unknown, but like their contemporaries, the Morlocks of the Iron Hands Legion, they may have met their ultimate fate during the Drop Site Massacre on Istvaan V.

Notable Pyre Guard

 * Artellus Numeon - Numeon was a Terran-born Salamanders officer who also served as the Legion's Pyre Captain of the elite Pyre Guard and as Equerry to the Primarch. He commanded Vulkan's elite personal Honour Guard comprised of the Veteran Space Marine Battle-Brothers of the Salamanders Legion during the Great Crusade and the Horus Heresy. Sworn to protect the Primarch, these were warriors set apart from the rest of the XVIII Legion. Terran-born, they did not always fully appreciate the earthy sentiments of the Nocturnean culture in which Vulkan had been raised, but they knew their duty deep within their genetically-enhanced bones. Numeon was present during the tragic events of the Drop Site Massacre on Istvaan V where his Legion was nearly decimated. He survived the Traitor's trap and eventually made his way off the scoured planet, to carry on the war against the Warmaster's Traitor Legions. His ultimate fate following the events of the Horus Heresy is unknown.
 * Leodrakk
 * Skatar'var
 * Varrun
 * Ganne
 * Igataron
 * Atanarius