The dreaded Pyroclasts were the burning fury of the Salamanders Legion given material form. The Salamanders shunned conventional Legion Destroyer units in its Legion, save for a small cadre retained for xenocide operations, due to the training and unclean nature of the weapons they wielded. Vulkan created the Pyroclasts to fulfil the role of bringers of utter destruction instead, creating for them advanced and extremely powerful thermal/incendiary weapons of his own devising. They Pyroclasts embodied the Promethean mantra: destruction and renewal through purification of cleansing fire. To the Salamanders fire is more than merely a weapon; it has an almost mystical function and truth, and embodies both purifying destruction and the potential for rebirth and redemption. But for renewal to oc