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It is believed that at first Vulkan did not become unified with his own Legion for some years after his rediscovery, instead staying alongside the Emperor under his tutelage and fighting by his side. When Vulkan was eventually reunited with his Legion, it was at the head of a fleet of 3,000 new recruits which saved his forces from a massive [[Ork]] horde.{{Fn|5}} Eventually it was decided that Vulkan's legion of Space Marines would henceforth be known as the [[Salamanders]], in honour of the beast that had united him with his father. The Primarch continued to serve loyally throughout the Great Crusade and become renowned as an excellent craftsman of technology.{{Fn|15}}

Eventually it was decided that Vulkan's legion of Space Marines would henceforth be known as the [[Salamanders]], in honour of the beast that had united him with his father. The Primarch continued to serve loyally throughout the Great Crusade.{{Cite This}} At some point during the Great Crusade, Vulkan and his Legion participated in reconquest of a world designated One-Five-Four-Six (locally known as [[Kharaatan]]) together with the [[Night Lords]] led by their Primarch, [[Konrad Curze]], and Mechanicum Titan Legion [[Legio Ignis]] and several Imperial Army regiments. During this [[Compliance of Kharaatan|campaign]], Vulkan became enraged by how Curze and his Legion waged war after he found out that the Night Lords had killed the inhabitants of a whole city in order to seed fear amongst the population. This confrontation between Vulkan and Curze resulted in a brief but fierce argument between the two primarchs. After conclusion of this campaign, Vulkan reported Curze's behaviour and actions to Warmaster [[Horus]] and primarch [[Dorn]] of the [[Imperial Fists]]. However, during the battle against Kharaatan's ruling [[Eldar]] coven, Vulkan flew into a rage when the [[Remembrancer]] [[Seriph]] was killed, and killed a surrendering Eldar child. This incident would haunt the Primarch deeply.

Vulkan was present alongside [[Ferrus Manus]] and [[Corax]] at the [[Isstvan V]] Dropsite Massacre. During the battle the majority of the Salamanders Legion was killed by nuclear missiles fired from the [[Iron Warriors]]. Due to his [[Perpetual]] regeneration abilities, Vulkan survived the explosion but found himself surrounded by hundreds of warriors from the Iron Warriors and [[Night Lords]]. Fighting to what he thought was his death, Vulkan was stabbed, shot and bludgeoned in unconsciousness. Seeing a chance to torment his brother, [[Konrad Curze]] took Vulkan prisoner. The Primarch of the Night Lords spent the next several months trying to both break Vulkan's spirit and trying to kill him. Curze personally cut Vulkan's head off, ripped out his throat with a fork, stabbed him through the chest and tore him limb from limb. Separately he had Vulkan eviscerated, shot with hundreds of bolters at close range, left in the venting shaft of a starship's engine and even thrown in empty space completely naked. Each time Vulkan died his body would regenerate completely, leaving Curze furious. {{Fn|4}} Eventually, frusterated frustrated and bored with his inability to kill Vulkan, Curze decided to get Vulkan to admit he was no less a monster than himself. Curze had several [[Davinite]] Priests ensnare Vulkan's mind and run him through trial after trial, ensuring he failed each time and innocents died. When Vulkan would not break, Curze decided to end things in a duel. He made Vulkan navigate a maze designed by [[Perturabo]], at the center of which lay [[Dawnbringer]], Vulkan's personal hammer, as well as the corpses of several of his comrades. When Vulkan retrieved his hammer he managed to overpower Curze and activated a teleporter built into the head of the hammer. Vulkan was transported across the Galaxy into the upper atmosphere of [[Macragge]] and burnt up during reentry, confident he would wake up in the care of the [[Ultramarines]]{{Fn|4}}