Shebol Red-Hand
Shebol Red-Hand was a Magister of Chaos during the Sabbat Worlds Crusade.[1a][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.[1a]
Shebol was a notorious monster, even among his fellow Magisters, for the planets in the Sabbat Worlds he had rampaged across, but, ultimately, this viciousness was his undoing.[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.[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.[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.[1c] According to an Imperial veteran of the battle, Shebol was slain by Silver Guard Space Marines at Partopol.[3] Either way, the Magister was killed on Khan III.[1c]
