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Kelbor-Hal was present when the [[Emperor]] first arrived on [[Mars]], and while the Master of Mankind was widely celebrated by most of his collegues he was deeply distrustful of the [[Terra]]n warlord.{{Fn|2}}
Hal and his followers were among those who refused to see the Emperor as the avatar of the [[Omnissiah]], instead only seeing a False prophet who had subordinated the Mechanicum under the [[Imperium]]'s heel with lies and falsehoods. Kelbor-Hal feared that the Emperor and his forces were going to strip away the autonomy [[Mars]] had enjoyed dating back all the way to the [[Dark Age of Technology]]. Despite this disdain, eventually Kelbor-Hal was able to rise through the Tech-priest hierarchy to become [[Fabricator-General]] by the late [[Great Crusade]]. He gathered around him a circle of like-minded [[Magos]] including [[Urtzi Malevolus]], [[Lukas Chrom]], and [[Melgator]].{{Fn|2}}
At the outbreak of the [[Horus Heresy]], there were high tensions between the various [[Magos|Magi]] governing Mars. Seeing an opportunity for a powerful new ally, [[Horus]] sent [[Regulus (Dark Mechanicum)|Regulus]] into this powderkeg and he was able to convince Kelbor-Hal to join forces with the Traitors on the condition that the autonomy of the Mechanicum be ensured, that the [[STC]]s the [[Sons of Horus]] had captured from the recently subjugated but technologically advanced [[Auretian Technocracy]] be handed over to him, and that the [[Vaults of Moravec|Martian Vaults of forbidden technology]] be opened for Mechanicum use. In the ensuing [[Schism of Mars]] between rebel and loyalist Mechanicus forces, Kelbor-Hal's new [[Dark Mechanicum]] emerged victorious.{{Fn|2}} Also during the Heresy, he oversaw the construction of the ''[[Furious Abyss]]'' in the shipyards around [[Jupiter]] for the [[Word Bearers]], after which it was used to attempt to destroy the [[Ultramarines]] [[Legion]] and their [[Adeptus Astartes Homeworld|homeworld]], [[Macragge]].{{Fn|1}}
