Covenant of Fire
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| Founding Chapter: | Salamanders[1] | ||
| Founding: | Ultima Founding[1] | ||
| Colours: | Orange/Gold[1] | ||
| Specialty: | Gathering Information/Lore[1] | ||
The Covenant of Fire are a Salamanders Successor Chapter.[1]
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Overview
The Chapter was among those Salamanders Successor Chapters that were created by Archmagos Dominus Cawl, during the Ultima Founding. Cawl did so without informing the Salamanders and when they learned of this, they began making contact with their Successors Chapters. Once contact was made with the Covenant of Fire, the Salamanders then sent one of their Chaplains to teach their Successor of the Promethean Cult. The Covenant of Fire eagerly embraced it, and swiftly applying the wisdom of their gene-sire Vulkan. As a Chapter, the Covenant of Fire crave knowledge of the Imperium they fight for and seek out lore wherever they can find it. In doing so, the Chapter hopes that this information can help them bring light to darkness. Conversely, they purge any sign of heretical material they find, knowing that its knowledge is a false light that leads only to ruin.[1]
They were among the Salamanders' newly created Successors, who honoured their Founding Chapter by aiding in the search for the Artifacts of Vulkan. In the Covenant of Fire's case, they deployed multiple Companies to take part in the effort.[2] They then accompanied Vulkan He'stan on his journey to the world of Zero.[2] However on Zero, it was revealed that the Alpha Legion had infiltrated the Chapter and swayed much of the planet to their cause. In the subsequent battle the Salamanders and their successors prevailed, but no source of the Unbound Flame was revealed.[4]
Images
Marine from Space Marine 2.
Trivia
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The Covenant of Fire bears some similarities to the pre-Heresy Word Bearers including a similar chapter symbol and the burning of any heretical text they find.[3]
See also
Sources
- 1: Codex: Space Marines (9th Edition), pg. 71 — Salamanders Successors
- 2: Codex: Space Marines (10th Edition), pg. 18 - Zero
- 3: The Horus Heresy Book Two - Massacre, pg. 137
- 4: Warhammer Community: Vulkan He’stan: Forgefather of the Salamanders (posted 05/08/2025) (last accessed 05/08/2025)
