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[[Image:YoungVulkan.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Young Vulkan{{Fn|21}}]]
===Youth===
When the Primarchs were scattered from the Emperor's laboratory, '''Vulkan''' arrived on the planet [[Nocturne]] during the Time of Trial as an infant and was soon taken in by the blacksmith, [[N'bel]]. N'bel raised Vulkan, naming him after the first king of the salamanders, and the young Primarch considered him his father. The people of his home town [[Hesiod (City)|Hesiod]] were astounded by this child, for within the space of three years, he was stronger and bigger than any man in his town. In addition to his massive physical size, he was the quickest mind, and the greatest blacksmith anyone knew of. Indeed, it was not long before Vulkan himself was teaching forging techniques to the people that had not yet been discovered.{{Fn|1}}
The people of Nocturne were frequently raided by [[Dark Eldar]]. They were so used to this common occurrence, that each person in town had developed their own hiding place to avoid capture. When the Dark Eldar raided again in Vulkan's fourth year on Nocturne, the Primarch refused to hide and instead stood out in the centre of the settlement, his two smithing hammers crossed over his shoulders. The people of Vulkan's town were so inspired by his example that they joined him and prepared to defend their town. With a Primarch leading the defense, the people of the town decisively defeated the Dark Eldar. Vulkan alone killed a hundred Eldar that day. Within weeks the leaders of the seven largest towns on Nocturne had traveled to meet Vulkan, and they soon swore never again to hide from the raiders.{{Fn|1}}
