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{{Character
|Portal              ={{SalamandersPortal}}
|Name                ={{PAGENAME}}
|Image               =Abidemi.jpg
|Caption             =
|Title               =
|Homeworld           =[[Nocturne]]
|Birth               =
|Active Period       =[[M30]] - ???
|Death               =
|Cause of Death      =
|Species             =[[Human]]
|Type                =[[Astartes]]
|Gender              =Male
|Relatives           ='' ''
*[[Vulkan]]<br><small>("Father" via [[gene-seed]])
*[[Salamanders]] & Successors<br><small>("Brothers" via [[gene-seed]])
|Occupation          =[[Space Marine Honour Guard|Draaksward]] of [[Vulkan]]
|Preceded by         =
|Succeeded by        =
|Faction             ='' ''
*[[Imperium of Man]]
**[[Salamanders]]
|Notes
}}
'''{{PAGENAME}}''' was a member of the [[Salamanders]] [[Space Marine Legion]] during the [[Great Crusade]] and [[Horus Heresy]].{{Fn|1}}

===Biography===
Following the [[Battle of Nocturne]], Abidemi was among the three Salamanders to discover the reborn [[Vulkan]] at Mt. Deathfire alongside [[Barek Zytos]] and [[Igen Gargo]]. The three were named Vulkan's ''[[Draaksward]]'', his traveling companions on his journey through the [[Webway]] to [[Terra]]. Atok Abidemi, along with Vulkan and the rest of the Draaksward, eventually reached the [[Imperial Palace]] on Terra after an arduous journey.{{Fn|1}}

Later during the [[Siege of Terra]] Abidemi alongside his two battle-brothers moved to defend the Western Hemispheric region of the Palace walls from an attack by the [[Thousand Sons]]. During this time Abidemi began to have visions of a great drake fighting a crimson drake at the volcanoes of [[Nocturne]]. In the subsequent battle they were aided by [[Bodvar Bjarki]] and his pack of [[Space Wolves]], with Abidemi combining with the [[Rune Priest]] to summon both the powers of [[Fenris]] and Nocturne to seemingly drive back [[Magnus the Red]]. To save them both from overloading with power, Abidemi had to sever their psychic connection by cutting off Bjarki's arm.{{Fn|2}} 

Learning from [[Lemuel Gaumon|Promeus]] that their apparent defeat of the Thousand Sons attack had just been a ruse to allow Magnus and an entourage to infiltrate the Palace. The group confronted Magnus and the Thousand Sons before the [[Golden Throne]], and during the battle Zytos died to save [[Vulkan]] from the Crimson King. After the battle Abidemi and Gargo alongside Bjarki joined the group of [[Nathaniel Garro]] and [[Garviel Loken]].{{Fn|2a}}

Later during the final stages of the Siege, Abidemi stayed by Vulkan's side at the foot of the [[Golden Throne]] as the Emperor left it to assault the ''[[Vengeful Spirit]]''. As traitor forces begin to pound down the last door into the Throneroom, Abidemi sheds tears as he agrees with Vulkan that the time has come to activate the [[Talisman of Seven Hammers]] and deny the enemy the throneworld.{{Fn|4a}} However after hearing the message being broadcast across Terra by [[Actae]] that the Emperor still lived and fighting Horus, the activation is averted.{{Fn|4}}

Abidemi survived the Siege, and led a small force of newly arrived Salamanders in the [[Retaking of Luna]] during the [[Scouring]].{{Fn|5}}

===Wargear===
Abidemi wielded the massive [[Chainsword]] ''[[Draukoros]]'', which once belonged to First Captain [[Artellus Numeon]].{{Fn|2b}}

===Sources===
*{{Endn|1}}: [[Old Earth (Novel)]], Chapter 1
*{{Endn|2}}: [[The Fury of Magnus (Novella)]] Chapters 6-8
**{{Endn|2a}}: Chapters 14-16
**{{Endn|2b}}: Chapter 1
*{{Endn|3}}: [[The End and the Death: Volume I (Novel)]] - 3:iii
*{{Endn|4}}: [[The End and the Death: Volume III (Novel)]] - 10:x
*{{Endn|5}}: [[Ashes of the Imperium (Novel)]] - Chapter 29

{{DEFAULTSORT:Abidemi, Atok}}

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