Sasia Koraloth
Sasia Koraloth was a Tech-priest of the Adeptus Mechanicus.[1a]
Koraloth operated on the Forge World of Koden Tertius in the service of Archmagos Khobotov, specialising in reverse engineering devices brought to the planet by Explorators. Notably, she was chosen by Khobotov personally to analyse and reverse engineer the Soulspear, an ancient relic of the Soul Drinkers Space Marine Chapter believed to have been wielded by the Primarch Rogal Dorn during the Great Crusade.[1a]
Koraloth was chosen by Khobotov due to her loyalty to the Archmagos and her relative obscurity, reducing the chances of her research coming to the attention of Khobotov's rivals. Despite the implied insult, Koraloth was given free rein to handpick her own workers and access to whatever resources she required; it was her hope that this would eventually lead to her ascension to the ranks of the Magi.[1a]
Out of the Mechanicus personnel on Koden Tertius, she selected three to aid her research - Kolo Vaien, Tallin and Gelentian. In addition, she was joined by a mysterious individual called El'Hirn, who had somehow found out about the experiments.[1b]
When she eventually circumvented the Soulspear's gene-locks, Koraloth was able to test-fire the weapon, resulting in the destruction of her lab and the deaths of two of the acolytes aiding her (Vaien and Gelentian).[1b]
Khobotov's agents came to investigate the source of the explosion. At this point El'Hirn urged Koraloth to flee, revealing that he had learned of the Soulspear when he received a vision from the Omnissiah in His aspect as the Engineer of Time.[1b] Faced with this revelation of the Soulspear's power and majesty, Koraloth stole it and attempted to prevent Khobotov from reclaiming it. When Khobotov and a force of tech-guard tried to track her down, she used the Soulspear to bring a generatorium to critical mass, triggering an enormous explosion which killed her pursuers. Koraloth herself was protected from the explosion by the Daemon Prince Abraxes, but was subsequently killed when it lost interest in her after it had claimed the Soulspear from her.[1c]
