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'''Kairn Golgarth''' was the [[Chaos Lord]] of the [[Voidrippers]] [[Chaos Warband|Warband]], which worships the [[Chaos God]] [[Khorne]].{{Fn|1j}}
==History==
{{spoiler|source=Warhammer 40,000: Inquisitor - Prophecy}}
Like all of its founding members, Golgarth{{Fn|1j}} was originally a [[Space Marine]] of the [[Stormwatcher]] [[Chapter]]. However they embraced [[Heresy]], by worshiping [[Khorne]] and then began converting or killing their [[Battle Brothers]], who refused to do so as well. When they had finished hunting the loyalists down, the Heretic Stormwatchers became the [[Voidrippers]] and began [[Crusade]]s within the [[Warp]]. The Warband was unaware, however, that a few survived loyalist Stormwatchers survived their purge and over the next millennia, they were able to rebuild the Chapter with the aid of the [[Inquisitors]] of the [[Caligari Conclave]]. The Stormwatchers and Conclave also worked together to keep the existence of the Chapter a secret and to hide the Voidrippers' connection to it{{Fn|1e}}. They also made the [[Gwaelod System]] forbidden to enter{{Fn|1a}}, as it contained the Voidrippers' [[Blood Fort]]{{Fn|1c}}. However, the Conclave made the mistake of keeping all knowledge of the Stormwatchers and Voidrippers, available only to its high ranking members.{{Fn|1e}}
This proved disastrous in [[M42]], when a low-ranking [[Caligari Conclave]] [[Inquisitor]] was sent to aid the invaded [[Starfort]] of the [[Navigator House]] [[House Ranieli|Ranieli]]. It had been attacked by the [[Word Bearers]] [[Chaos Warband|Warband]] of the [[Sorcerer Lord]] [[Rutial Glinthar]], who ransacked the Ranieli's stored knowledge of the [[Caligari Sector]]. His sought to find the hidden [[Gwaelod System]] in order to destroy{{Fn|1a}} the Voidrippers{{Fn|1c}}, after they had insulted the Word Bearers and defied the will of [[Abaddon the Despoiler]]. The Inquisitor destroyed the Warband, however, and used the [[Warp Folio]] Glinthar had stolen to discover the Gwaelod System's location. Despite being warned against doing so by the [[Grigori Maldor|head]] of his Conclave{{Fn|1a}}, the [[Inquisitor]] entered the forbidden System and discovered a seemingly abandoned Stormwatcher [[Starfort]]{{Fn|1b}}. This was actually the [[Voidrippers]]' [[Blood Fort]] and the unknowing Inquisitor began activating it, alongside his [[Stormwatcher]] retinue member, [[Space Marine Sergeant|Sergeant]] [[Caius Thorn]]. This awakened the Voidrippers slumbering there, who then warned their brethren in the Warp, before attacking the interlopers{{Fn|1c}}. The Inquisitor and Thorn were able to escape back to his ship, though, before they were killed. However the Voidrippers were now aware that the loyalist Stormwatchers still lived{{Fn|1d}} and this led the Warband to begin a [[Crusade]] to destroy the Chapter once and for all.{{Fn|1e}}
At that time, Golgarth commanded the [[Voidrippers]]{{Fn|1i}} and when the [[Chaos Warband|Warband]] discovered that [[Ascalon]] served as the [[Stormwatcher]]'s [[Adeptus Astartes Homeworld|Homeworld]], the [[Chaos Lord]] ordered a full scale invasion{{Fn|1e}}. They began their attack, after opening a [[Warp Rift]] within one of Ascalon's forts and caught the Chapter by surprise{{Fn|1i}}. The Voidrippers were joined in the invasion by their servants the [[Goreforged]] [[Chaos Cult|Cult]], which Golgarth ordered his Warband to use as fodder against the Stormwatchers{{Fn|1g}}. They were also joined by their allies, the [[Chaos Knight]] [[Abraxas]]{{Fn|1h}} and the [[Khorne]] [[Daemons]] of the [[Gore-Drenched One]] [[Herald of Khorne|Herald]]{{Fn|1i}}. This large force allowed the Voidripppers to begin overwhelming the Stormwatchers, who were led by their [[Chapter Master|Grand Master]] [[Godfrey Magnusson]]{{Fn|1f}}. However the tide finally turned against the Warband, when the contrite [[Inquisitor]] who had entered [[Fort Blood]], and brought about the invasion, arrived with the [[Freeblade]] [[Ambrose Caradoc]]. Their strength{{Fn|1h}} allowed the Stormwatchers to attack the Voidrippers captured fort and they sought to close the Warp Rift. Doing so would stop the Voidrippers from receiving any further reinforcements, but Golgarth and the Gore-Drenched One stood watch over it.{{Fn|1i}}
[[Chapter Master|Grand Master]] [[Godfrey Magnusson|Magnusson]] knew the [[Chaos Lord]] would be there, though, and so ordered his [[Stormwatchers]] to purge other areas of the fort. This was to prevent Golgarth from being given the chance to reveal the [[Chapter]]'s true history with the[[Voidrippers]], to any Stormwatchers he encountered. Instead Magnusson was aided by the [[Inquisitor]], who had entered the [[Blood Fort]] and as a result now knew of the connection between them. The two would then make for the [[Warp Rift]], where they met Golgarth, the [[Herald of Khorne|Herald]] and several other Voidrippers. In order to make it a fair fight, though, Golgarth killed the other members of his [[Chaos Warband|Warband]], so that only he and the [[Gore-Drenched One]] faced them. Magnusson was surprised that the Chaos Lord showed something akin to honor, but Golgarth simply stated that the Stormwatchers never knew what it took to be real warriors. In the fierce battle that followed, however, it was the [[Imperial]]s who were triumphant. After the Chaos Lord was slain and the Gore-Drenched One was banished to the Warp, the Grand Master and Inquisitor closed the Warp Rift. This was a hard blow to the Warband's invasion and they also suffered heavily losses in the attack on the fort. Despite this, though, the remnants of the Voidrippers invading forces continue to fight on Ascalon and now remain active in the [[Caligari Sector]].{{Fn|1i}}
==Sources==
*1: [[Warhammer 40,000: Inquisitor - Prophecy]]
**{{Endn|1a}}: Campaign Mission - The Consecrated Archives
**{{Endn|1b}}: Campaign Mission - Fort Echoes
**{{Endn|1c}}: Campaign Mission - Slumbering Horrors
**{{Endn|1d}}: Campaign Mission - The Gaping Wound
**{{Endn|1e}}: Campaign: Awakenings Investigation Completed
**{{Endn|1f}}: Campaign Mission - Bastion of Heroes
**{{Endn|1g}}: Campaign Mission - Capture the Ascalon Void Port
**{{Endn|1h}}: Campaign Mission - Mayhem and Carnage
**{{Endn|1i}}: Campaign Mission - Fort Blood
{{DEFAULTSORT:Golgarth, Kairn}}
[[Category:Characters (Chaos Space Marines)]]
[[Category:Characters (Khorne)]]
[[Category:Characters (Deceased)]]
'''Kairn Golgarth''' was the [[Chaos Lord]] of the [[Voidrippers]] [[Chaos Warband|Warband]], which worships the [[Chaos God]] [[Khorne]].{{Fn|1j}}
==History==
{{spoiler|source=Warhammer 40,000: Inquisitor - Prophecy}}
Like all of its founding members, Golgarth{{Fn|1j}} was originally a [[Space Marine]] of the [[Stormwatcher]] [[Chapter]]. However they embraced [[Heresy]], by worshiping [[Khorne]] and then began converting or killing their [[Battle Brothers]], who refused to do so as well. When they had finished hunting the loyalists down, the Heretic Stormwatchers became the [[Voidrippers]] and began [[Crusade]]s within the [[Warp]]. The Warband was unaware, however, that a few survived loyalist Stormwatchers survived their purge and over the next millennia, they were able to rebuild the Chapter with the aid of the [[Inquisitors]] of the [[Caligari Conclave]]. The Stormwatchers and Conclave also worked together to keep the existence of the Chapter a secret and to hide the Voidrippers' connection to it{{Fn|1e}}. They also made the [[Gwaelod System]] forbidden to enter{{Fn|1a}}, as it contained the Voidrippers' [[Blood Fort]]{{Fn|1c}}. However, the Conclave made the mistake of keeping all knowledge of the Stormwatchers and Voidrippers, available only to its high ranking members.{{Fn|1e}}
This proved disastrous in [[M42]], when a low-ranking [[Caligari Conclave]] [[Inquisitor]] was sent to aid the invaded [[Starfort]] of the [[Navigator House]] [[House Ranieli|Ranieli]]. It had been attacked by the [[Word Bearers]] [[Chaos Warband|Warband]] of the [[Sorcerer Lord]] [[Rutial Glinthar]], who ransacked the Ranieli's stored knowledge of the [[Caligari Sector]]. His sought to find the hidden [[Gwaelod System]] in order to destroy{{Fn|1a}} the Voidrippers{{Fn|1c}}, after they had insulted the Word Bearers and defied the will of [[Abaddon the Despoiler]]. The Inquisitor destroyed the Warband, however, and used the [[Warp Folio]] Glinthar had stolen to discover the Gwaelod System's location. Despite being warned against doing so by the [[Grigori Maldor|head]] of his Conclave{{Fn|1a}}, the [[Inquisitor]] entered the forbidden System and discovered a seemingly abandoned Stormwatcher [[Starfort]]{{Fn|1b}}. This was actually the [[Voidrippers]]' [[Blood Fort]] and the unknowing Inquisitor began activating it, alongside his [[Stormwatcher]] retinue member, [[Space Marine Sergeant|Sergeant]] [[Caius Thorn]]. This awakened the Voidrippers slumbering there, who then warned their brethren in the Warp, before attacking the interlopers{{Fn|1c}}. The Inquisitor and Thorn were able to escape back to his ship, though, before they were killed. However the Voidrippers were now aware that the loyalist Stormwatchers still lived{{Fn|1d}} and this led the Warband to begin a [[Crusade]] to destroy the Chapter once and for all.{{Fn|1e}}
At that time, Golgarth commanded the [[Voidrippers]]{{Fn|1i}} and when the [[Chaos Warband|Warband]] discovered that [[Ascalon]] served as the [[Stormwatcher]]'s [[Adeptus Astartes Homeworld|Homeworld]], the [[Chaos Lord]] ordered a full scale invasion{{Fn|1e}}. They began their attack, after opening a [[Warp Rift]] within one of Ascalon's forts and caught the Chapter by surprise{{Fn|1i}}. The Voidrippers were joined in the invasion by their servants the [[Goreforged]] [[Chaos Cult|Cult]], which Golgarth ordered his Warband to use as fodder against the Stormwatchers{{Fn|1g}}. They were also joined by their allies, the [[Chaos Knight]] [[Abraxas]]{{Fn|1h}} and the [[Khorne]] [[Daemons]] of the [[Gore-Drenched One]] [[Herald of Khorne|Herald]]{{Fn|1i}}. This large force allowed the Voidripppers to begin overwhelming the Stormwatchers, who were led by their [[Chapter Master|Grand Master]] [[Godfrey Magnusson]]{{Fn|1f}}. However the tide finally turned against the Warband, when the contrite [[Inquisitor]] who had entered [[Fort Blood]], and brought about the invasion, arrived with the [[Freeblade]] [[Ambrose Caradoc]]. Their strength{{Fn|1h}} allowed the Stormwatchers to attack the Voidrippers captured fort and they sought to close the Warp Rift. Doing so would stop the Voidrippers from receiving any further reinforcements, but Golgarth and the Gore-Drenched One stood watch over it.{{Fn|1i}}
[[Chapter Master|Grand Master]] [[Godfrey Magnusson|Magnusson]] knew the [[Chaos Lord]] would be there, though, and so ordered his [[Stormwatchers]] to purge other areas of the fort. This was to prevent Golgarth from being given the chance to reveal the [[Chapter]]'s true history with the[[Voidrippers]], to any Stormwatchers he encountered. Instead Magnusson was aided by the [[Inquisitor]], who had entered the [[Blood Fort]] and as a result now knew of the connection between them. The two would then make for the [[Warp Rift]], where they met Golgarth, the [[Herald of Khorne|Herald]] and several other Voidrippers. In order to make it a fair fight, though, Golgarth killed the other members of his [[Chaos Warband|Warband]], so that only he and the [[Gore-Drenched One]] faced them. Magnusson was surprised that the Chaos Lord showed something akin to honor, but Golgarth simply stated that the Stormwatchers never knew what it took to be real warriors. In the fierce battle that followed, however, it was the [[Imperial]]s who were triumphant. After the Chaos Lord was slain and the Gore-Drenched One was banished to the Warp, the Grand Master and Inquisitor closed the Warp Rift. This was a hard blow to the Warband's invasion and they also suffered heavily losses in the attack on the fort. Despite this, though, the remnants of the Voidrippers invading forces continue to fight on Ascalon and now remain active in the [[Caligari Sector]].{{Fn|1i}}
==Sources==
*1: [[Warhammer 40,000: Inquisitor - Prophecy]]
**{{Endn|1a}}: Campaign Mission - The Consecrated Archives
**{{Endn|1b}}: Campaign Mission - Fort Echoes
**{{Endn|1c}}: Campaign Mission - Slumbering Horrors
**{{Endn|1d}}: Campaign Mission - The Gaping Wound
**{{Endn|1e}}: Campaign: Awakenings Investigation Completed
**{{Endn|1f}}: Campaign Mission - Bastion of Heroes
**{{Endn|1g}}: Campaign Mission - Capture the Ascalon Void Port
**{{Endn|1h}}: Campaign Mission - Mayhem and Carnage
**{{Endn|1i}}: Campaign Mission - Fort Blood
{{DEFAULTSORT:Golgarth, Kairn}}
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[[Category:Characters (Khorne)]]
[[Category:Characters (Deceased)]]
