Editing Uriel Salazar (section)

==Youth==
{{Topquote|Sin is everywhere in the world of men.  The only refuge of virtue is the human spirit.|teaching of the Good Men}}

The life of Uriel Salazar began deep beneath the Himalayza Mountains, in the laboratory of the Emperor of Mankind.  He was the product of advanced science and psychic arcana, a god-like being intended to usher humanity from the darkness of the Age of Night into a new era as the masters of the Galaxy.  But like almost all of his brother Primarchs, Salazar was stolen away from the Emperor by the forces of the Ruinous Powers and transported to the far-off world [[Tiberia V]].  Like many human realms of the day, Tiberia V was a world much in need of a saviour.  Psychic mutation was common, leaving the planet under the thrall of sorcerer-kings and tormented by the perils of the Warp.  Although resistance to the sorcerer-kings was never truly wiped out, long centuries of repression had forced resistance into mystical forms.  Rather than attempt an uprising, dissenters met in secret to practice religious rites condemning the material world for its harshness.  Although condemned by many names, the representatives of this cult preferred to be known as "the Good Men" and they were much-admired by common people both for their courage in the face of repression and the simplicity of their lives.  Thus, when a star fell from the heavens near Aglos Baños and was found to have borne a child to earth, the humble people of that village delivered the heavenly infant to the brothers Salazar, two Good Men who preached their teachings in the region.

The Salazars had once been prominent businessmen and lived luxurious lives until the elder, Matías, fell into a deep despair.  When his brother Bruno went to reason with him, Matias confessed that he was overwhelmed by the emptiness of their comfortable existence.  The two had talked throughout a long night, gradually convincing one another that they had to set aside material plenty in order to nourish their spirits.  They left their old families behind and lived the life of the Good Men for a decade before being presented with a child by the people of Aglos Baños.  Matias and Bruno were reluctant to take on the burden of an infant and feared that they would only endanger the child and themselves, but on laying eyes on the Primarch they could not deny that he was special.  Bruno named the child Uriel, which meant "the Light guides me" in the tongue of Tiberia V.

It was an apt name.  Uriel Salazar grew and learned swiftly in the care of the brothers.  He not only understood their mystical teachings, but was quick to point out new insights to his guardians.  Yet in his third year on Tiberia V, by which time he already had the stature of a grown man, the Primarch confessed to the brothers Salazar that he could not take up the life of the Good Men.  Although at first he rationalised his decision as the need to end the repression of the Good Men's teachings, Uriel Salazar finally admitted that something within him yearned to walk in the material world and do battle with sin directly.  Matias and Bruno were understanding and patiently answered their ward's questions on profane matters to the best of their ability, though for years they had thought little on such matters.

For some years, Uriel Salazar wandered Tiberia V in the manner of the Good Men.  But he did not simply preach a simple life and mystical salvation.  He gathered unto him those who were willing and able to fight to against the wickedness that beset their homeworld.  These hardy souls were forged by Salazar into a brotherhood of warrior-ascetics with the strength of will and unity of purpose to fight against the sorcerer-kings of Tiberia V.  Uriel Salazar's ''Hand of Fate'', as they came to be known, first carried out their actions from the shadows, using stealth and surprise to assassinate psychically-endowed tyrants.  These first pin-pricks paved the way to Tiberia V's salvation, but the Hand of Fate would not deliver their homeworld from evil until they transformed into an army and broke the armies of the sorcerer-kings in the field of battle. Even then, the mighty psykers who had ruled Tiberia were terrible threats in their own right. Uriel Salazar took it upon himself to slay the tyrants and one by one they fell by his blade. Finally, the Hand of Fate stormed the Sanctum of the Mage-King Balthazar, the last of the tyrants. Although even the mightiest of Tiberia V's psykers was no match for a Primarch, Balthazar had a trump card. He tore the weft of reality and opened a rift to the Warp as Uriel Salazar stormed into the inner sanctum. The Primarch was sent tumbling into the Warp once more. All that remained of Uriel Salazar was one of his short blades, thrown at the last instance and lodged in the black heart of Balthazar. Tiberia V was free, but her liberator was gone.