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'''M'kar the Reborn''' is a [[Daemon Prince]]. His original name was '''Maloq Kartho''', a [[Dark Apostle]] of the [[Word Bearers]].
==History==
=== Daemon Prince ===
In 799.[[M41]] M'kar attacked the world of [[Acralem]], seeking to turn it into his throneworld from which he could create an empire. The Imperial counter-offensive was spearheaded by [[Grey Knights]] and in the final battle M'Kar was slain by a young [[Kaldor Draigo]] <sup id="fn_5_back">[[#fn_5|[5]]]</sup>.
M'Kar returned to attack Arcalem in 999.M41, and once again, Kaldor Draigo also returned, this time alone, seeking to again banish the Daemon Prince<sup id="fn_5_back">[[#fn_5|[5]]]</sup>.
==== Return to Ultramar ====
In 854999, M'kar attacked Ultramar again, this time with a large Chaos force. Some time before then, Warsmith [[Honsou]] of the [[Iron Warriors]] had learned of M'kar's existence and his long-standing hatred for the Ultramarines. With the help of [[Ezekyle Abaddon|the Despoiler]]'s damned seer, [[Moriana]], Honsou learned that Calgar had not, in fact, been able to destroy the daemon in 935.M41, but only to imprison its defeated essence inside the [[warp core]] of the ''Indomitable''. Honsou and his newly formed army captured the star fort and freed M'kar, which possessed the [[Dreadnought]] armor of Brother [[Altarion]], one of the Ultramarines assigned to guard the fort. It was only after the initial attacks that Honsou realized that M'kar was taking over his army, which the Daemon lord dubbed the [[Bloodborn]]<sup id="fn_4_back">[[#fn_4|[4]]]</sup>.
After weeks of being besieged in the ancient fortress of [[Castra Tanagra]] by M'kar's daemon army, the defending Ultramarines reached their lowest ebb when [[Chief Librarian]] [[Varro Tigurius]] was finally overcome by weariness, and the psychic barrier he had erected around the fortress failed. M'kar arrived in person to finish Calgar. Calgar was nearly overwhelmed, since M'kar was able to draw limitless power from the ''Indomitable'', but Tigurius suddenly rallied and unleashed a psychic burst that drove M'kar back and severed his connection to the star fort. Calgar rallied the 1st Company for a final charge against the daemons. Calgar was nearly defeated by M'kar, when reinforcements from the Ultramarines' 2nd and 4th Companies arrived, led by Captains [[Cato Sicarius]] and [[Uriel Ventris]], who had retrieved the Shard of Erebus from Captain Ventanus' tomb on Calth<sup id="fn_4_back">[[#fn_4|[4]]]</sup>.
Uriel pronounced M'kar's [[True name|mortal name]] aloud, and threw the Shard to Calgar, who stabbed M'kar in the throat<sup>4</sup>. The power of the Shard was enough to destroy M'kar's essence, a True Death that destroyed the Daemon Prince once and for all.<sup>66a</sup>.
== [[Quotes Chaos#M|Quotes]] ==
*''"The inferno of my vengeance fills you! It will burn you, my bearers of the holy word, it will fill your veins with power and fire until Ultramar is in ashes. As my power flows in you, so too will I see what you see, feel what you feel and know what you know. With each death I will grow stronger. With every fortress burned my reach will stretch further. You will be my army of dark righteousness. You will be the Bloodborn and your name shall strike terror into the hearts of men! Spread throughout Ultramar and take my fire to the Ultramarines! Burn them from their fastnesses until no trace remains. This is my holy word!"''<sup>5, Ch. 5, p. 746b</sup>
==Sources==
*<span id="fn_4">[[#fn_4_back|4]]: [[Chapter's Due (Novel)]] by [[Graham McNeill]]
*<span id="fn_5">[[#fn_5_back|5]]: [[Codex: Grey Knights (5th Edition)]], p.14-17
*<span id="fn_6">[[#fn_6_back|6]]: [[Chapter's Due (Novel)]] by [[Graham McNeill]]:**a: Chapter __, p.470**b: Chapter 5, p. 74
*<sup>7</sup>: [[Know No Fear (Novel)]] by [[Dan Abnett]]
