The Forgefather is a veteran Salamander who travels the universe seeking out the lost Artefacts of Vulkan and information on the fate of the Primarch of the Salamanders. Upon becoming Forgefather the Salamander also takes on the name of Vulkan. While this post takes him away from the Chapter, he is nevertheless held as one of the lords of the Chapter and granted a seat on the Pantheon Council.

铸造之父是一位经验丰富的火蜥蜴，他周游宇宙，寻找失落的沃坎造物和火蜥蜴原体命运的信息。火蜥蜴在成为铸造之父后，也会取沃坎之名。虽然这个职位让他离开了战团，但他仍然是战团之主之一，并被授予万神殿议会的一个席位。

History 历史

The first Forgefather, T'kell, never used Vulkan's name and was originally charged with destroying a great many artefacts forged by the primarch. At T'kell's plea, Vulkan agreed to let him choose seven artefacts to survive, which he was to lock away in the Wrought if Vulkan fell at Isstvan V.

第一位铸造之父特·凯尔从未使用过沃坎的名字，最初被指控销毁了许多由原体铸造的造物。在特·凯尔的请求下，沃坎同意让他选择七件造物幸存下来，如果沃坎在伊斯塔万五号倒下，他将把它们锁在锻造秘库中。

At some point the role of Forgefather became traditional rather than unique, taking up the role of searching for the lost artefacts and the name of the primarch. The first of the artefacts were not recovered until M41. The Necron Overlord Trazyn has shown great interest in the artefacts, and is believed to have been behind the demise of several past Forgefathers.

在某种程度上，铸造之父的角色变得传统而非独特，承担了寻找丢失的造物和原体之名的角色。第一件造物直到M41才被发现。死灵霸主塔拉辛对这些造物表现出极大的兴趣，据信是几位过去的铸造之父死亡的幕后黑手。

Known Forgefathers 著名铸造之父

• T'kell - First Forgefather

• 特·凯尔 - 第一位铸造之父

• Vulkan Dir'san - Forgefather in M41, recovered the Chalice of Fire and Eye of Vulkan

• 伏尔甘·迪尔桑 - M41的铸造之父，回收了火之圣杯和沃坎之眼

• Vulkan He'stan - Current Forgefather, recovered the Gauntlet of the Forge

• 伏尔甘·赫斯坦 - 当前的铸造之父，回收了铸炉臂铠