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{{Character|Portal ={{SalamandersPortal}}|Name ={{PAGENAME}}|Image =Numeon.jpg|Caption =Numeon on [[Isstvan V]]{{Fn|2}}|Title =|Homeworld =|Birth =c. [[M30]], [[Terra]]|Active Period =[[M30]] - ~10.[[M30]]|Death =~10.[[M30]]|Cause of Death =self-sacrifice to resurrect [[Vulkan]]|Species =[[Human]]|Type =[[Astartes]]|Gender =Male|Relatives =[[Vulkan]] <small>("Father" via [[gene-seed]])|Occupation ='' ''*[[First Captain]] of the [[Salamanders]]*[[Equerry]] to [[Vulkan]]|Preceded by =|Succeeded by =|Faction ='' ''*[[Imperium of Man]]**[[Salamanders]]|Notes =}}
'''Artellus Numeon''' was a member of the [[Salamanders]] during the [[Great Crusade]] and [[Horus Heresy]].
===History==[[Image:Numeon.jpg|thumb|right|Numeon on [[Isstvan V]]{{Fn|2}}]]=
Born on [[Terra]], Numeon was a veteran member of the Legion by the time of the Horus Heresy and served as [[Space Marine Captain|Captain]] of the [[1st Company]] [[Firedrakes]], [[Equerry]] to the [[Primarch]] [[Vulkan]], and commander of the elite [[Pyre Guard]].{{Fn|1}} Following the [[Drop Site Massacre]], Numeon and a small number of Salamanders survived, fearing Vulkan dead (or captured) and vowing to exact vengeance on the traitor forces. Numeon organized the retreat of the remaining Salamanders (as well as surviving [[Raven Guard]] and [[Iron Hands]]) off [[Isstvan V]] and onto the warship ''[[Fire Ark]]''. For the next several months, the ''Fire Ark'' conducted hit-and-run raids against traitor forces.
Numeon's expedition managed to make it back to Nocturne, but was followed by a [[Death Guard]] contingent. After fending off their [[Battle of Nocturne|attempted invasion]] of Nocturne, Numeon and his brothers interred Vulkan's body within [[Mount Deathfire]], but after a week of waiting the ritual appeared to be a failure. Finally broken by this last setback, and remembering Magnus' words, Numeon stripped himself of his rank and armor and stealthily departed from his brothers before hurling himself into the flames of Mount Deathfire. Though he would now never be reunited with his primarch, Numeon's final sacrifice proved successful and Vulkan soon returned to life.{{Fn|3}}
===Sources===
*{{Endn|1}}: [[Promethean Sun (Novella)]], Chapter 1
*{{Endn|2}}: [[Vulkan Lives (Novel)]],{{Cite this}}
