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'''Mahavastu Kallimakus''' was a [[remembrancer]] who served as the personal scribe of [[Magnus|Magnus the Red]], [[Primarch]] of the [[Thousand Sons]], during the [[Great Crusade]]. He was the author of the [[Book of Magnus]], the Crimson King's great tome of sorcery.<sup>1a</sup> In his role as Magnus' personal remembrancer, Kallimakus was also present at the [[Council of Nikaea]].<sup>1b</sup>
Shortly before the [[Space Wolves]]' [[Battle of Prospero|invasion]] of [[Prospero]], Kallimakus realized that his writings were a series of mystic rites (some of which he didn't even remember writing)<sup>1c</sup> and fled Prospero with his works. After his casting of the [[Rubric of Ahriman|Rubric]] and his exile by Magnus, [[Ahzek Ahriman|Ahriman]] - the former Chief Librarian of the Thousand Sons - remembered the works of Kallimakus, and began a 1600-year search for them. In time, Ahriman's search brought him to the world of [[Appollonia]]. Kallimakus was long dead, but a fanatical cult had arisen as guardians of his works, gathered in a great library known as the Athenaeum of Kallimakus. After a month-long siege, Ahriman and his [[Rubric Marine]]s defeated the wardens of the Athenaeum, and Ahriman plundered the sorcerous works within before burning the library to ashes, so that only he would know the secrets within.<sup>2</sup>
==Sources==
*[[A Thousand Sons (Novel)|A Thousand Sons]] by [[Graham McNeill]]
**<sup>a</sup>: p. 164
**<sup>b</sup>: p. 305, 319
**<sup>c</sup>: p. 165-166
*<sup>2</sup>[[Codex: Chaos Space Marines (4th Edition)]], p. 51
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[[Category:The Horus Heresy]]
Shortly before the [[Space Wolves]]' [[Battle of Prospero|invasion]] of [[Prospero]], Kallimakus realized that his writings were a series of mystic rites (some of which he didn't even remember writing)<sup>1c</sup> and fled Prospero with his works. After his casting of the [[Rubric of Ahriman|Rubric]] and his exile by Magnus, [[Ahzek Ahriman|Ahriman]] - the former Chief Librarian of the Thousand Sons - remembered the works of Kallimakus, and began a 1600-year search for them. In time, Ahriman's search brought him to the world of [[Appollonia]]. Kallimakus was long dead, but a fanatical cult had arisen as guardians of his works, gathered in a great library known as the Athenaeum of Kallimakus. After a month-long siege, Ahriman and his [[Rubric Marine]]s defeated the wardens of the Athenaeum, and Ahriman plundered the sorcerous works within before burning the library to ashes, so that only he would know the secrets within.<sup>2</sup>
==Sources==
*[[A Thousand Sons (Novel)|A Thousand Sons]] by [[Graham McNeill]]
**<sup>a</sup>: p. 164
**<sup>b</sup>: p. 305, 319
**<sup>c</sup>: p. 165-166
*<sup>2</sup>[[Codex: Chaos Space Marines (4th Edition)]], p. 51
[[Category: Characters (Human)]]
[[Category:Characters (Imperial)]]
[[Category:The Horus Heresy]]
