Shiban Khan

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Shiban Khan was a member of the White Scars during the Great Crusade and early days of the Horus Heresy. Shiban was born Tamu in the Talskar region of Chogoris, hailing from the same tribe as the Great Khan himself. Upon initiation into the Legion, Tamu changed his name to Shiban.^[1]

Becoming a Khan of the Brotherhood of the Storm of the Legion, Shiban was fiercely loyal to his Primarch Jaghatai Khan. During the Heresy while their Primarch was on Prospero, Shiban discovered a plot by elements of the White Scars led by his friend and frequent brother-in-arms Torghun Khan and Hasik Noyan-Khan to take control of the Legion's fleet and ally with Warmaster Horus. He led his Brotherhood of the Storm aboard the Swordstorm to stop the conspirators from linking up with the Death Guard, buying enough time for Jaghatai to make it back to his ship.^[1]

Four years after the events on Prospero, much of Shiban's body was replaced by mechanical parts, including his forearms, calves, thighs being studded with pistons and braces, and neck a mass of interlocking valves, which he dubbed the "Shackles." Half of his face was gone as well, replaced by synthflesh and metal plating. One eye had been replaced with an iron augmetic, and a forest of pistons and nerve-bundles protruded from the lip of his gorget. His Talskar scar was still visible, preserved amid the overlapping steel scales, zigzagging across what remained of his cheek. In any other legion he would have most likely been interred into a Dreadnought due to his damage. His men referred to him as "Tachseer" ("Restorer"), and he took many who were loyal from the rebellious brotherhoods under his own command. Shiban was changed over these years, becoming bitter, violent, and losing his signature laughter.^[2a] His reunion with Torghun Khan during the Scars rendezvous at Dark Glass went poorly when he condemned his former brother as a traitor and attempted to use him as cannon fodder against traitor forces. During the subsequent Battle of Catallus, Torghun was defeated by the Emperor's Children Palatine Blades prefector Ravasch Cario but as the traitor was about to deliver the killing blow, he was overcome by his own Daemonic corruption. The moment gave Shiban the opening he needed to slay the Prefector.^[2b]

Sources

• 1: Scars (Novel),Prologue
• 2: The Path of Heaven (Novel)
  • 2a: Chapter 7
  • 2b: Chapters 21–25