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His charred body was later recovered by the Ultramarines, who at first were unable to identify the corpse as anything more than a grotesque statue - all living matter having burned up on reentry. Over a series of days Vulkan's body began to regenerate, eventually returning to life and shocking the Ultramarines [[Apothecaries]] he had been entrusted to. Realizing who it was, the apothecaries summoned their Primarch, [[Roboute Guilliman]], who was at first furious that no one could give him any answers as to how or why Vulkan had suddenly fallen from the skies. To Guilliman's horror he found that Vulkan was broken mentally, violent and incoherent, attacking anything and everything he could. {{Fn|6}}
Unknown to everyone, a bond of sorts had formed between Curze and Vulkan, the later being able to sense when the Night Haunter was nearby. Curze was indeed on Macragge, having been trapped aboard the [[Invincible Reason]] but eventually breaking out of the [[Dark Angels]] flagship and stealing a [[drop pod]] to the surface. Vulkan broke free of his bonds and pillaged Guilliman's private armory armoury before setting off to hunt Curze. The two fought across an entire city, Vulkan finally realizing his regenerative abilities and using them to his advantage; by focusing his will, he could regenerate much quicker. At one point Curze shot Vulkan's head off, causing the primarch to fall from a cliff. Vulkan was back alive before he hit the ground.{{Fn|6a}}
[[Image:VulkanReborn.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Vulkan is reborn on Nocturne]]
Their rolling duel was eventually stopped by the perpetual, [[John Grammaticus]], who had been charge by the [[Cabal]] to permanently kill Vulkan with the [[Fulgurite]], a petrified bolt of the Emperor's own psychic abilities. The Cabal had ordered Grammaticus to give the Fulgurite to [[Konrad Curze|Curze]], as only a Primarch could kill another Primarch. But before he could complete his mission, [[Eldrad Ulthran]] appeared to Grammaticus, convincing him that if he himself used the Fulgurite to kill Vulkan, he would give up his perpetrual nature forever, but in exchange completely restore Vulkan's mind. The presences and abilities of another Primarch in the Emperor's armies would tip the balance against [[Horus]]. Grammaticus stabbed Vulkan through the heart, killing both of them in a psychic explosion. Grammaticus regenerated, as he always did, but was aware this would be his last life. Vulkan never recovered. {{Fn|6b}}
Vulkan was renowned for his craftsmanship and technological prowess, constructing a great many [[Artefacts of Vulkan|artefacts]], some of which he felt were so dangerous that he later ordered them either sealed in the [[Wrought]] or destroyed outright.{{Fn|15}} During the latter part of the Great Crusade he was also able to recover and revive the previously lost [[Saturnine Pattern Terminator Armour]] and [[Saturnine Dreadnought|Saturnine Pattern Dreadnought Armour]]. Ever the dutiful brother, he then shared the Saturnine designs with the rest of the Space Marine Legions.{{Fn|24}}
Vulkan is the largest and physically strongest of all the primarchs. He is said to be as tall in his power armor armour as Horus is in his own, much larger [[Terminator armorarmour]], and is capable of overturning Space Marine battle tanks with his bare hands. During sparring matches with his brother Primarchs, Vulkan deliberately held back out of fear of hurting them.{{Fn|4}}{{Fn|7}}{{Fn|8}}
==Words of Vulkan==
