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[[Image:HHKhan.jpg|thumb|right|220px|Young Jaghatai Khan{{Fn|14c}}]]
===Youth===
It is said that Khan landed on a planet in the [[Segmentum Pacificus]] named (by the [[Imperium]]), [[Mundus Planus]], or as the native population called it, [[Chogoris]]. It is a fertile world with wide, open, green plains and tall white mountains and blue seas. At the time of the [[Great Crusade]], the people had developed to a black powder stage. A census shows that the dominant empire was a well organised aristocracy which had conquered most of the planet with well equipped and highly disciplined armies, maintaining armoured horsemen and tight blocks of infantry. Their leader was the [[Palatine]], and he won all of his battles with his great army.{{Fn|1}}
To the west of the Palatine's empire was the Empty Quarter, a barren grassland with little resources. As such, it was never invaded. It was home to wandering tribes of vicious horsemen who fought each other for their ancestral lands. The Palatine would sometimes lead forces in to capture slaves or merely to hunt the tribesmen for fun. Khan's legacy began here. He was found by [[Ong Khan]], leader of a small tribe known as the [[Talskars]], who saw the Primarch as a gift from the gods. It is said he had a fire in his eyes, the sign of a great warrior. He was hated by the other tribes because of his ability to see beyond the constant warfare on the steppes.{{Fn|1}}
