#Salamanders Lore

[two-reflections]

Salamanders Pauldrons by Company, Warhammer 40k (3rd Ed.)

[sleep-nurse]

remember null? well after lore progression and violence he regained his true self now

say hi to narrow (or, nicknamed by hana, anguria which means watermelon in italian)

lore rambling in the tags because i'm not assed to write it here

[twistofstory]

Semi-sketch ref/design practice for Salamander, one of the Scavengers protags. Her original version is an adult, in “The Scavengers” she is a teenager. At the beginning of the story, Salamander is a carefree and active dragonet who has lived all her life in the Scorpion Den and feels like a fish in water in her hometown. Sal's impulsiveness and flightiness brought a lot of trouble onto both her and her older sister Hyena's tails. But so far their family hasn't faced problems that would be beyond the capabilities of an experienced Drivewinder and Succulent. Parents haven't told the sisters about the gang and generally left their past behind them, partly at the request of aunt Motherwort, whose house the family inhabited. Three adults made their living by weaving, teaching the dragonets both the craft and basic knowledge along the way. So they lived, until Drywinder and Succulent received a letter from an old friend... Now I’m kinda dividing “Scavengers” into two parts; this design is canonical for Sal from the second chapter to the finale of the first act. 

[moodymisty]

“The lore is held together with string cheese” so true bestie I’m gonna fuck a Salamander and lore can’t stop me

If the male fans can come up with wackshit reasons (or just ignore canon) to fuck the nuns then goddammit we can get run through by a pack of Salamanders.

[lastenline]

Went to my LGS to see if there were any folks playing to give me some tips on how to play. It gave me an excuse to take a pic of my army at the moment. I saw some minis I need to do some maintenance to so there is that. I’m working my way up to 2000 points. With Christmas around the corner I’m hoping for some more miniatures. I wouldn’t mind adding more eradicatiors, intercessors, and infiltrators. As far as new guys I figured I could do with some assault centurions and terminators and the means to transport them like a rhino or a gladiator. And since I’m adding more vehicles maybe a techmarine.

I wish GW will either release Captain Vulkan Hes’tan in plastic or eventually reveal the fate of the Primarch Vulkan and add him back to the chapter since they killed off several of the firstborn and replaced them with nothing. Since Roboute Guilliman and the Lion are returning I can only assume a series of books are coming where they team up and go on a mission from the God-Emperor and get the band back together. Khan, Corax and I think Russ are in the Warp as far as I know. As far as I want him alive due to his appearance in TTS, Rogal Dorn’s probably dead. I think the Iron Hands primarch was killed and the Adeptus Mechanis are doing something with his skull? Clonegrim is an exhibit in Trayzn’s collection (And I’m hoping the Emperor’s Children teaser may have something to do with but I’m not holding my breath). And Vulkan is either dead, lost, or not coming back until the Salamanders find all the relics he left behind or solve a book of riddles I think?

My grip on 40K lore is tedious so I might be wrong.

[krakenburger]

Newly done boi.

Gravis cap with jump pack inspired by graffitisoul on Twitter. Hope he sees this eventually when I get to posting it on there

[junesejar]

my tarnished dragon hunter slowly loosing his humanity <333

[corromon]

I made this bc I wanted to draw funky critters on twitter without getting nuked from peoples feeds.

[yourfriendphoenix]

Today I bring oc art! Tomorrow? The world may never know

[frutavel]

I've been slowly working on updating some of my furry OCs since most of these guys I haven't drawn in years now... I still have quite a few to go and I don’t know if I'll post the full pictures anywhere, but I do like how the ones I did turned up, so you guys get little treats <3

[9-444]

that frank sure is filthy guys

[two-reflections]

Another hour wasted trying to allocate Salamander companies to Nocturne's sanctuary cities based on Nick Kyme's books and his old blog.

[escherstrange-ffxiv]

#17: Sally

From the ring of fire the Salamander grew wings, limbs, webbed talons. Glowing red scales shielded it from the flames that enveloped it, uncoiling and soaring through the air, snaking around Solomon's arm. Smoke hissed through its snout, eventually nuzzling into its summoner's shoulder.

"-And this one is Sally!"

Desh pinched the bridge of his nose. "First Topi for your topaz carbuncle, now this...we need to talk about your atrocious naming scheme."

[fili-oeuvre]

So, urodelenians. If it's not spoilers, what do they look like? Are they monstrous or humanoid or both? What are they like? Do they live in big or small groups? What about how they interact with other species? And are they intelligent?

It’s not really in spoiler territory to reveal some stuff about them. >:3

Urodelenians are an amphibious species, specifically based around salamanders. Like real-life salamanders, there are three types of urodelenians: terrestrial, aquatic, and semi-aquatic. Though, all of them live within the Appala Swamps.

A shared trait amongst all urodelenians is their ability to regenerate limbs and even organs like the heart and brain as well as having glands in their skin that help to keep their skin moist. Their eyes are also well-adapted for moving around at night.

Terrestrial and semi-aquatic urodelenians are able to breathe through their skin, while aquatic urodelenians breathe using external gills.

They are an intelligent species, with each type having their own form of culture and the species having their own form of language. None of the urodelenians wear clothes.

Urodelenians don’t really interact too much with the outside world and species outside of their swampland home. Though, sometimes a member of the Kin of the Wilds will come across a terrestrial or semi-aquatic urodelenian, with these interactions involving more curious looks than malice. Despite that, not all interactions with urodelenians go that smoothly when interacting with another species due to certain urodelenian views and cultural aspects.

Terrestrial urodelenians

Terrestrial urodelenians tend to be more humanoid in appearance due to them living entirely on land. They live in the more forest based areas of the Appala Swamps, which consists of small areas on the outer regions of the swamplands. Though, they still keep to living around water such as the smaller rivers and streams as they still have to lay their eggs in water.

The main colorations of terrestrial urodelenians are the first variant of bluish-black with blue and white flecks and the second variant of black with light gray or white bands.

With the spotted variant, the females are slightly larger in size than the males. The spotted variant also has larger tail fins than the banded variant.

With the banded variant, the females are born with light gray bands while the males have light ones. The males also have more symmetrical band patterns while females have asymmetrical band patterns. These bands start off as white flecks that change into bands after they mature into adults.

Both terrestrial variants are stout in build.

Terrestrial urodelenians tend to live in big groups where many will settle around a single small river and will cohabitate with one another, forming a sort of community. They usually build small homes within dead trees and use mud to fortify and strengthen the foundation of it to keep it from breaking on them. Many of them will create decorations from leaves and other natural materials to add something to their homes. They will even create instruments and use them to make a form of music.

They are also nocturnal for the most part, preferring to stay in their shaded or underground shelters during the day and come out at night.

Aquatic urodelenians

Aquatic urodelenians are much more monstrous in appearance, or non-humanoid, being more snakelike. They live within the rivers of the Appala Swamps and stay within the water for their entire life.

They tend to stay below the water, rarely coming up to the surface and preferring to stay in the deeper parts of the swamps. They have a much darker coloration compared to the terrestrials and semi-aquatics. This helps them blend in the murkiness of the water and hide within the dark mud and silt at the bottom of the bogs and along the riversides.

Aquatic urodelenians are also blind with undeveloped eyes that lie under their skin and are sensitive to light. Females grow to be larger than the males. They breathe through external gills that form two branched tufts on the backs of their heads that are red in color.

This type of urodelenians are solitary, living separate from other aquatic urodelenians and almost never interacting with one another. They do not have a permanent residency and will instead wander the swamps as they view the entirety of it as being their home.

Though, sometimes when two do meet each other, they will end up biting off pieces of the other.

Semi-aquatic urodelenians

Semi-aquatic urodelenians are a mix of humanoid and monstrous, given their flexible lifestyle of going both on land and in the water.

Some of them live in small groups while others prefer to live solitary. Due to their semi-aquatic nature, this type of urodelenians will often travel around the swamplands, alternating between land and water as they please. They will often stay away from the deeper parts of the swamplands so as to not accidentally draw the attention of larger predators or the occasional aquatic urodelenian.

The females grow to be larger than the males. Their colors can range from black to blueish-black, dark gray, dark green, and sometimes dark brown. Two uneven rows of yellowish-orange spots run along their bodies, with the females having brighter-colored spots while the males have less bright spots.

They will often weave baskets from tall grass that they use to carry their belongings and other supplies such as food. They will also weave special baskets to transport and carry their eggs and young ones on their backs.

[tagedeszorns]

May I offer you a non-rant in this trying times?

My poll showed, quite surprisingly for me, that people seem to like reading my Warhammer Rants (and Lucius' horrible shirts).

Although they are not really rants. I just like to bring to light parts of lore that I find interesting and too often overlooked. To what extent that's interesting to other people at all, I can't judge. I mean, looking at the number of likes and reblogs of my images, most of what doesn't involve Primarchs doesn't seem to have much of a fan base. While I especially find the guys and gals from the second row, their idiosyncrasies and bizarre abilities, fascinating.

Add to that the fact that I'm currently splashing around in the completely non-controversial feel-good valley of Salamanders lore. The Salamanders are actually one of the few Legions where fan canon and lore are almost congruent.

I usually want to scream and throw things and challenge people to a match in the parking lot when I read yet again the masses of "but that's canon" when it's really just some YouTuber's guess. The Night Lords in particular have been hit hard, man what fun nonsense I've heard as lore! Sevatar gets a whole biography, gets confused with Gendor to a large extent (or even with Talos. Or even Zso Sahaal). Curze gets cut in half and gets a family …. All swell headcanon! But I already got that as "this is canon!".

Of course, the thing is that GW is constantly contradicting themselves. That the Unreliable Narrator principle remains the best the Warhammer universe has to offer (I mean that 100% seriously). That every author describes things completely different. May it always stay that way!

But the tone of conviction of some YouTubers (or guys on Reddit or Twitter. Or some stuff on the various Wikis), who serve absolutely self-made stuff, is quite strange. Oh, to have the self-confidence of such "LoreTubers" for once!

Or Dunning-Kruger. Always a possibility.

But with the Salamanders, there's hardly a fracture between lore and the fans' views! Yes, I've heard they would "keep people as pets" (What the …? No!) and it's rarely acknowledged what a hard-working, good writer Vulkan is (he's prone to conundrums) but otherwise most of it is true (except TTS making up shit about Tu'Shan and He'stan. But it's funny so I let that slide).

What's rarely if ever mentioned, though, is the aspirant thing. Probably because it goes against the image so much.

I think I should actually write something about that sometime, because I think it gives incredible depth to the Legion and breaks the stereotype.

Yeah, I think there's going to be some lore fun with the friendly big guys with the fire fetish soon.

Of course by the Credible Hulk with quotes!

[lazywriter-artist]

My Roman Empire?

O-O” warhammer 40k-

Ironic as I’m not typically a huge battle tactics fan, but I’m a giant sucker for space, big men in bigger armor and death-

⭐️Commissar oc⭐️

No one ever expects the Spanish EMPEROR’S inquisition!

Finally a darling salamander space marine and some space marine rabies (the black rage)