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'''{{PAGENAME}}''' was a [[Magister (Chaos)|Magister]] of [[Chaos]] during the [[Sabbat Worlds Crusade]].{{Fn|1a}}{{Fn|2}}

Shebol and his warband, the [[Charismites]], were among the first organised Archenemy forces encountered by the [[Imperial]] Crusade force during the initial invasion, [[Operation Redrake]]. Entrenched in the [[hive]] cities of [[Formal Prime]], the Charismites fought so ferociously that the assault, commanded by [[Warmaster]] [[Slaydo]] in person, ground to a halt, with two hundred Imperial [[Guardsmen]] dying for every metre of ground captured. Finally Slaydo lost patience and deployed the [[White Scars]] [[Space Marines]], who overwhelmed the Chaos defenders. The Charismites were crucified almost to a man, but Shebol escaped.{{Fn|1a}}

Shebol was a notorious monster, even among his fellow [[Magister]]s, for the planets in the [[Sabbat Worlds]] he had rampaged across, but, ultimately, this viciousness was his undoing.{{Fn|1c}}

When [[Urlock Gaur]] took command of the Chaos forces in the Sabbat Worlds, Shebol was left to attack the Imperial core flank, along with [[Anakwanar Sek]] and [[Enok Innokenti]].{{Fn|1b}}

In 773.[[M41]] the [[Battle of Khan III]] erupted as Shebol opposed [[Lord General]] [[Bulledin]]. [[Imperial Tactician]] [[Antonid Biota]] later claimed that Shebol lacked both organisation and discipline under fire, while Bulledin possessed both, in perhaps the greatest measure of all the Imperial commanders serving under Slaydo's successor [[Macaroth]]. When Bulledin succeeded in piercing Shebol's defensive line, Shebol panicked and drew his forces inward, but Bulledin meticulously outflanked them and continued to press his offensive.{{Fn|1c}}

Shebol fled to the highlands, where he and his remaining forces were surrounded by units of the [[Narmenian Armoured]] regiments, commanded by Bulledin in person. Some legends say that Shebol was killed in single combat with Bulledin, while others dismiss this as fanciful.{{Fn|1c}} According to an Imperial veteran of the battle, Shebol was slain by [[Silver Guard]] [[Space Marines]] at Partopol.{{Fn|3}} Either way, the Magister was killed on Khan III.{{Fn|1c}}

==Sources==
*1: [[The Sabbat Worlds Crusade (Background Book)]]
**{{Endn|1a}}: Phase One, pgs. 16–17
**{{Endn|1b}}: Phase Four, pg. 70
**{{Endn|1c}}: Phase Five, pgs. 84–85
*{{Endn|2}}: [[A Ghost Return (Short Story)]] — [[Gaunt's Ghosts: The Founding (Omnibus)]]
*{{Endn|3}}: [[His Last Command (Novel)]], Chapter 12

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