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He was born on was born on [[Terra]], in the prison sinks beneath [[Albia]]. During the [[Great Crusade]], Kell was being mentored by the [[Night Lords]]' [[Space Marine Legion|Legion]]'s [[Chief Librarian]] [[Fel Zharost]] and was among his favored students. At that time, the Night Lords had found their [[Primarch]] [[Konrad Curze]] and recruits from his [[Homeworld]], [[Nostramo]], who began to change the Legion's culture. Zharost felt these new recruits were poisonous and was among the Terran born Night Lords, who railed against the corruption the Nostramos were inflecting upon their Legion. Kell, felt differently, however, and argued with the [[Chief Librarian]] on why he felt the culture and traditions of Albia's prison sinks, were superior to those of their Primarch's Homeworld. For Kell, though, it was their birthplace, Albia had no hold on him and he saw no reason not to embrace Nostramo. Zharost could see this and warned Kell against doing so or the Nostramos' culture would corrupt him as well. Kell refused to do so and this led to a falling out between them and the end of Zharost's mentorship of his fellow Terran.{{Fn|1}}
After the [[Edict of Nikaea]] was given, [[Fel Zharost|Zharost]] felt the [[Nostramo]]s' rot had finally destroyed the [[Night Lords]]. This led him to get into a physical argument with [[Jago Sevatarion]], who commanded the [[Space Marine Legion|Legion]] in their [[Primarch]] [[Konrad Curze]]'s absence. While Zharost was defeated, Sevatarion did not kill the former [[Chief Librarian]] and instead cast him out of the Night Lords. Zharost would leave then leave his Legion and return to the prison sinks of [[Albia]] on [[Terra]]{{Fn|2}}. To Kell, though, Zharost's abandonment of his fellow [[Librarian]]s, was a personal betrayal. Without the former Chief Librarian's presence, they were now left to the mercy of their fellow Night Lords. Despite the Edict against the use of [[Psychic]] powers, Kell and the other former Librarians were still mistreated and became traded like cattle within their Legion. Kell blamed Zharost for the Librarians' fate and developed a deep hatred of the former Chief Librarian. When the [[Horus Heresy]] began, Kell and the Night Lords joined [[Warmaster]] [[Horus]]' forces and turned upon the [[Imperium]]. With the forced tutelage of the [[Word Bearers]], Kell and his fellow former Librarian learned the art of [[Daemonology]].{{Fn|1}}
In the last years of the [[Horus Heresy]], [[Horus]] ordered the [[Night Lords]] to invade the world [[Malec'Nar]]. It was home to large deposits of [[Blackstone (Material)|Blackstone]], which the [[Warmaster]] wanted the [[Space Marine Legion|Legion]]'s [[Sorcerers]] to corrupt with the [[Warp]]. After Malec'Nar fell, Kell was charged with conducting a ritual that would call the the Warp to the world. It would then in turn, be amplified in power by the Blackstone. Kell would be aided in this task, by his fellow Sorcerers [[Cyfan]], [[Dimav]] and an unnamed Night Lord. They later succeeded in their task and Malec'Nar began to give off a singular song of agony, as the great [[Ruinstorm]] raged. Afterwards, they then began using the Warp energy to begin [[Possessed|possessing]] the world's surviving population. Malec'Nar's fall became known to the Imperium and, sometime before the [[Siege of Terra]] began, [[Fel Zharost]] was called forth by [[Malcador the Sigillite]]. The former [[Chief Librarian]] was then given the choice of joining Malcador's [[Knight-Errant]]s and fighting for the Imperium once more. If he did so, Zharost would be given the chance of ending the threat of Vathras Kell. Doing so, Malcador claimed, would give Zharost the needed closure on his painful past with the Night Lords. Zharost accepted and together with [[Macer Varren]], he traveled to Malec'Nar. Once there they confronted the Night Lords and Kell raged at Zharost for abandoning him. The Sorcerer then claimed it was Zharost's fault, on what befell them after he left. The new Knight-Errant apologized in response, before suddenly attacking the Night Lords with Varren. The two Knight-Errants then killed the Sorcerers, with Kell dying at Zharost's hands. Before the Sorcerer died, though, Zharost told Kell that his death was not justice for his actions, but vindication for Zharost's warning to him. By embracing [[Nostramo]], Kell had become corrupted and lived a life without purpose or meaning. After his death, the Warp fled from Malec'Nar's Blackstone and the world was silenced.{{Fn|1}}
==Sources==
*{{Endn|1}}: [[Eater of Dreams (Short Story)]]
*{{Endn|2}}: [[Child of Night (Short Story)]]
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