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[[Image:Khan.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Jaghatai Khan battles [[Orks]]]]
When the snows cleared, an enraged Palatine gathered a massive army and determined to march west to wipe the tribes from the face of the planet. He had however underestimated the power and ability of Khan and brought his usual highly disciplined army of heavily armoured warriors. This proved to be his downfall as they could not catch the lightly armoured tribesmen. The constant rain of arrows from the tribesmen took their toll on the tight ranks of warriors. Eventually the tribesmen defeated the army of Palatine, who escaped back to his capital with a select few bodyguards. The rest of the army was slaughtered, almost to the last man. After the battle, the tribal elders gathered and announced that Jaghatai Khan was now Great Khan of the whole land.{{Fn|1}} It was during this time that Jaghatai met comrades who would serve with him for centuries to come such as [[Qin Xa]], [[Hasik Noyan-Khan|Hasik]], and [[Targutai Yesugei]].{{Fn|44b}}
Khan now began the long process of conquering the rest of the planet. He gave cities two choices: surrender or be wiped out. Most surrendered, but many were destroyed, utterly wiped from the face of the planet. Eventually they came to the palace of Palatine, where he demanded the head of Palatine on a spike. His request was obliged and he adorned his tent with his greatest conquest. In twenty years he had conquered the largest empire in the world's history. He now had the problems of ruling the empire, not something he had originally wanted. His people had no wish to rule these new lands, only to carry on living in the old ways. The people dispersed back to a tribal existence and Khan ruled over them all with his generals by his side.{{Fn|1}}
Six months later, the [[Emperor of Mankind|Emperor]] arrived and Khan knew at once that this man could fulfill his dream to unite all of the stars above them in one mighty empire. In front of all of his generals, he dropped to one knee and pledged his service to the Emperor. He was given command of the fifth legion of Space Marines. Upon taking command of his new Legion, known by this point as the '''Star Hunters''', Jaghatai sought to assimilate the new mostly [[Terran]] troops into Chogorian culture and tactics while his new recruits from his homeworld were being planned. The Legion's tactics were completely overhauled to emphasize little but pure speed and maneuver. After the battle against the [[Nephilim]] on [[Hoadh]], the Star Hunters became the '''White Scars'''.{{Fn|9}}
Jaghatai Khan gained a fierce reputation during the [[Great Crusade]] and particularly the [[Ullanor Crusade]], but mostly kept to himself save friendships with [[Horus]] and [[Magnus the Red]].{{Fn|44a}} Conversely, he became detested by Primarchs such as [[Fulgrim]].{{Fn|6b}}
===Horus Heresy===
*{{Endn|3}}: [[Savage Scars]]
*{{Endn|4}}: [[Scars (Novel)]]
**{{Endn|4a}}: Chapter 3
**{{Endn|4b}}: Chapter 6
*{{Endn|5}}: [[Aurelian (Novella)]]
*{{Endn|6}}: [[The Path of Heaven (Novel)]]
