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2025/11/15 14:52:15
Subject: Did Salamander Primaris Greyshields have Black Skin and Red Eyes?
I was reading that the skin and eyes come from Radiation from the Salamanders Homeworld.
Primaris Greyshield reinforcements didn't come from Nocturne... would they look different?
BorderCountess wrote: Just because you're doing something right doesn't necessarily mean you know what you're doing...
"Vulkan: There will be no Rad or Phosphex in my legion. We shall fight wars humanely. Some things should be left in the dark age." "Ferrus: Oh cool, when are you going to stop burning people to death?" "Vulkan: I do not understand the question."
– A conversation between the X and XVIII Primarchs
2025/11/15 15:39:20
Subject: Did Salamander Primaris Greyshields have Black Skin and Red Eyes?
It used to be tied to both. The radiation exacerbated the issues with the Melanchromic Organ Salamanders have.
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2025/11/15 23:46:07
Subject: Did Salamander Primaris Greyshields have Black Skin and Red Eyes?
This is a common misconception. You don't have to be from Nocturne to develop obsidian skin. You just have to have Salamanders geneseed and spend some time on Nocturne. It's not the population, it's the environment.
So personally I would say the early Salamanders Greyshields would've been much lighter in tone. Though almost certainly all of them would've eventually stepped foot on Nocturne, or another high radiation environment that'd trigger melanochrome saturation.
2025/11/16 01:13:36
Subject: Re:Did Salamander Primaris Greyshields have Black Skin and Red Eyes?
I'm guessing that not all of them made it back to the homeworld and were deployed into active warzones.
BorderCountess wrote: Just because you're doing something right doesn't necessarily mean you know what you're doing...
"Vulkan: There will be no Rad or Phosphex in my legion. We shall fight wars humanely. Some things should be left in the dark age." "Ferrus: Oh cool, when are you going to stop burning people to death?" "Vulkan: I do not understand the question."
– A conversation between the X and XVIII Primarchs
