Khalid Hassan
 Khalid Hassan[5] | |
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| Homeworld | Terra |
| Born | c. M30 |
| Active Period | M30 - ??? |
| Species | Human |
| Gender | Male |
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| Preceded by | Malcador the Sigillite (as Master of the Sigillites and Grand Master of Assassins) |
Khalid Hassan was a Captain of the Imperial Army's 4th Clandestine Orta during the Horus Heresy.[1] He eventually rose to become a powerful figure within the post-Heresy Imperium.[10f]
Biography
An experienced officer who was utterly loyal to the Imperial Truth, Hassan was assigned by Malcador to recover the Rosetta Stone from the clutches of a traitor cell in Gyptus. Thinking he had failed when he obtained a mere rock, after the mission Hassan was shown the Webway Gate and hall of artifacts under the Imperial Palace by Malcador himself. He was then given the choice by Malcador to join his chosen, which he immediately accepted.[1]
Hassan later appears among the White Scars stormseers watching over the fallen Thousand Sons sorcerer Revuel Arvida, who was rendered unconscious after guiding the Scars through the Webway to aid in their return to Terra. Although they are suspicious of his presence, he promises the White Scars that Malcador will help Arvida and that they have been waiting for him to arrive.[2]
Khalid Hassan later appeared to greet Alivia Sureka and her family as they arrived on Terra and stated that he was instructed to bring her to The Sigillite.[3] He subsequently recruited Sureka for a mission at the behest of Malcador during the Siege of Terra.[4] He next appeared before Sigismund to give him a Black Blade on the Emperor's own order.[6a] When Ilya Ravallion and Jangsai Khan asought to treat the grievously wounded Jaghatai Khan after his battle with Mortarion, Hassan informed them that Malcador had been summoned and would attempt to aid the wounded Primarch the best he could.[6b]
By the final stages of the Siege of Terra, Hassan had risen to be first amongst Malcador's Chosen. He along with Moriana and Zaranchek Xanthus were the three to meet with the Sigillite before his ascension to the Golden Throne as the Emperor went to fight Horus aboard the Vengeful Spirit. Malcador telepathically passed on many projects to the three so they may continue his work, and Hassan received one named Terminus which dealt with the anti-Astartes weapon of Basilio Fo. Hassan then passed the thought-file onto Xanthus.[7]
Hassan alongside the Custodian Ios Raja were next ordered by Vulkan in escorting Ollanius Persson and his group out of the Throneroom.[8a] However along the way they became separated during the chaotic fighting, and Hassan and Raja next sought out Fo and Amon after it was reported he was never delivered to Custodes custody.[8b] During their journey, their Orion Gunship was brought down by a massive Daemonic creature and sent into a deep ravine.[8c]
Hassan and Raja survived the crash, and were able to make it to the Sigillite's Retreat and stop Amon Tauromachian from activating Basilio Fo's bio-weapon, believing the loyalist cause not yet lost due to the transmission being spread by Actae.[9a]
Hassan survived the Heresy, and oversaw the implementation of Malcador's final projects on Titan in its aftermath.[9b] He became the de facto leader of the Chosen Post-Heresy as well as Master of the Sigillites, and alongside the others became determined to prevent another by restricting the power of the Primarchs and Space Marines.[10a] To that end, he met with the High Lords of Terra and urged them to act as a counterbalance to the Primarchs on the new Grand Council of Reconstruction.[10b] While he was successful in getting the High Lords empowered and willing to serve as a check on the power of the Primarchs, he was initially denied a seat on the Council itself.[10c]
Desperate to keep the Imperium alive, Hassan met with Sire Vanus of the Officio Assassinorum, who urged him to take a more decisive role in matters. Hassan then investigated the depths of the Sanctum Imperialis, and he received a vision of the Emperor's current agonizing state and learned from Moriana that it was highly unlikely that the Master of Mankind would ever recover.[10d] He also learned of the need to keep the Emperor alive with a tithe of Psykers, and to that end urged Guilliman to initiate the Retaking of Luna in order to capture the Somnus Citadel and reactivate the Black Fleet.[10e] Allying with the Officio in order to reclaim their agents dispersed across the galaxy from the Heresy, he used a Callidus Assassin to coerce Master of the Administratum Simion Pentasian into giving him a seat on the Council and be formerly approved to succeed Malcador as the next Grand Master of Assassins. Hassan saw rebuilding the Officio vital in order to counter the Primarchs.[10f]
Sources
- 1: The Sigillite (Audio Book)
- 2: The Path of Heaven (Novel), Epilogue
- 3: Old Wounds, New Scars (Short Story)
- 4: The Fury of Magnus (Novella), Chapter 2
- 5: The Horus Heresy: Legions
- 6: Warhawk (Novel):
- 7: The End and the Death: Volume I (Novel), 4:iv
- 8: The End and the Death: Volume II (Novel):
- 9: The End and the Death: Volume III (Novel):
- 10: Ashes of the Imperium (Novel)
