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{{WhiteScarsPortal}}[[Image:KhanArtNew.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Jaghatai Khan]]'''Jaghatai Khan''', known as '''The Great Khan''' or '''The Warhawk''', was the [[primarch]] of the [[White Scars]] [[Space Marine Legion]]. Known for his secluded and fierce nature, the Khan was commonly overlooked and seen as a barbarian but in truth was a highly cultured individual.{{Fn|44x}} Most of the records about him are from the White Scars, and as such can be subject to variety and unreliability.{{Fn|1}} The Chaos emissary to Lorgar called him the ''Warrior''.{{Fn|5}}
==History==
====Choosing a Side====
[[Image:KhanPortray.jpg|thumb|right|220px|Jaghatai Khan]]
Despite the fact that [[Horus]] felt that Khan was the most likely to join him over all remaining loyalist Primarchs, Jaghatai in fact never intended to switch allegiances and stayed true to his father. However he did receive conflicting [[Astropath]]ic messages as to what had transpired in the [[Isstvan System]], and decided to initially hold back his forces under he could determine the true nature of things. When [[Rogal Dorn]] sent a plea for all remaining loyal Astartes forces to make their way to [[Terra]], Khan followed, reluctantly leaving the nearby [[Space Wolves]] to fend for themselves against the [[Alpha Legion]] while also ignoring calls by Horus to attack his brother [[Leman Russ (Primarch)|Leman Russ]]. The Khan most of all sought answers for what could have led to this bloodshed before he would take any side in the conflict.{{Fn|44x}} However for a time the White Scars became [[Chondax Campaign|bogged down]] against [[Orks]] and [[Warp Storm]]s in the [[Chondax System]] as part of an elaborate trap by the Alpha Legion. Jaghatai eventually managed to break the Alpha Legion blockade and made his way to the source of all of these troubles to investigate it for himself: [[Prospero]].{{Fn|44x}}
At Prospero, the Khan and his men found no clear answers or [[Space Wolves]] as had been reported, only ruins and the ghosts of slain [[Thousand Sons]]. Eventually however the Khan confronted a projection of [[Magnus the Red]]. Magnus implored his brother and former friend to finally choose a side in the rebellion and discussed what both hoped to gain from the Great Crusade, but in the end the Khan shattered the shade with his [[Tulwar]] sword. Shortly after, [[Mortarion]], Primarch of the [[Death Guard]], also appeared on Prospero and tried to convince his brother to join with them. Jaghatai refused yet another offer, stating that while the Emperor is a tyrant Horus had become a slave to the [[Warp]] and had attempted to manipulate him to his own ends. This time, the Khan's choice came to a duel. The two Primarchs battled fairly evenly, though Jaghatai was faster and Mortarion had greater endurance. Eventually when the White Scars and Death Guard fleets began to clash in space, Mortarion withdrew. [[Second Battle of Prospero|Meanwhile in space]] the failure in Mortarion's plan became apparent. During his time on Prospero the Khan was faced with an attempted pro-Horus coup by two of his own commanders, [[Hasik Noyan-Khan]] and [[Torghun Khan]]. It was through the efforts on [[Shiban Khan]] that it failed.{{Fn|44x}}
[[Image:PathOfHeavenJaghatai.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Jaghatai Khan battles a [[Keeper of Secrets]] during the [[Horus Heresy]] ]]
====Hit-and-Run====
For the next four years, Jaghatai had his Scars wage a brutal attrition hit-and-run campaign against the traitor lines. But with the road to Terra blocked by enemy fleets and [[Warp Storm]]s, he could not reach the Emperor. Following the loss of his close friend and subordinate [[Qin Xa]] in the [[Battle of the Kalium Gate]], Jaghatai became determined to forge a path home where he believed his destiny lay. Upon finding the [[Dark Glass]] artifact, the White Scars were [[Battle of Catallus|cornered]] by their pursuers, and as Jaghatai prepared to settle his score with Mortarion in the face of certain doom, [[Targutai Yesugei]] sacrificed himself to the device to open a portal into the [[Webway]]. Refusing to allow Yesugei's sacrifice be for nothing, the Khan chose escape over honor and fled from Mortarion. Once inside the Webway, Jaghatai's ship ''[[Lance of Heaven]]'' was boarded by [[Daemon]]s and the Khan slew the [[Keeper of Secrets]] [[Manushya-Rakshasi]]. Thanks to the efforts of [[Revuel Arvida]], the White Scars fleet was able to navigate the Webway and reappear over [[Terra]].{{Fn|66x}} On Terra, Jaghatai Khan met with [[Rogal Dorn]], [[Leman Russ (Primarch)|Leman Russ]], [[Sanguinius]], and [[Malcador the Sigillite]] to discuss their war strategy. The Khan disapproved of Dorn's defensive approach to the war, and urged a swift attack on Horus' forces. He agreed to a degree with Leman Russ, who was preparing to leave Terra and face Horus aboard the ''[[Vengeful Spirit]]'' directly.{{Fn|8}}
Jaghatai Khan along with [[Sanguinius]] later appeared at the [[Battle of Beta-Garmon]], though over a month late due to difficult Warp travel. The Khan immediately took to organizing hit-and-run strikes throughout the Beta-Garmon warzone. However the loyalists were ultimately outmaneuvered by Horus, and Sanguinius and the Khan agreed that Dorn's gambit at Beta-Garmon had reached its limit and it was time to return to Terra.{{Fn|10}} During the final phase of the [[Solar War]] Jaghatai dispatched his Scars to above and below the orbital disc of the [[Sol System]] in an attempt to counter flanking assaults by the traitors. During the early portion of the battle for Sol, he expressed his belief that Horus had failed and that they had already bought enough time to allow for [[Roboute Guilliman]] to arrive with reinforcements.{{Fn|11}}
====Siege of Terra====
During the [[Siege of Terra]], Jaghatai Khan was initially forbidden from venturing outside the walls by [[Rogal Dorn]], something The Khan refused to abide by. Jaghatai in particular resented abandoning the large amounts of [[Imperial Army]] conscripts outside the Palace to their fate, as well as the lack of a proactive defensive strategy.{{Fn|12a}} Later during the first [[Chaos Space Marines|Traitor Astartes]] assaults upon the outermost trenches around the Palace Jaghatai led a White Scars [[Jetbike]] charge from the Eternity Wall. They swept through the traitor ranks, with Jaghatai slaying over 40 [[Death Guard]] personally. However he was eventually forced from his bike and overwhelmed by the sheer numbers of traitor Astartes, being wounded by a [[Warp]]-tainted blade and becoming ill for the first time in his life. Surrounded, the Khan may have died had he not been rescued by [[Sanguinius]], who pulled his brother back to a waiting aircraft and withdrew back into the Palace. The Khan's raid had other purposes however, uncovering intelligence that the [[Dark Mechanicum]] were constructing siege engines around the Palace.{{Fn|12b}} Following the fall of Lion's Gate, the situation for the loyalists worsened drastically. During a panicked command meeting, Jaghatai Khan flew into a rage when he heard [[General]] [[Saul Niborran]] and [[Colonel|Militant Colonel]] [[Clement Brohn]] bemoaning the hopelessness of the situation. The Khan ejected the two from the [[Bhab Bastion]], something Dorn later regretted and saw as unnecessary.{{Fn|1313a}}
Not wanting to be bound to Dorn's purely defensive strategy, the Khan lobbied for a rapid assault to retake Lion's Gate. Dorn allowed Jaghatai a degree of autonomy in an attempt to control him during the battle. During the battle for the [[Colossi Gate]] the Khan led a 300-strong [[Jetbike]] assault against [[Death Guard]] besiegers before quickly turning around and withdrawing back to their defenses.{{Fn|13a13b}} Alongside [[Blood Angels]] Captain [[Raldoron]], [[Custodes]] [[Captain-General]] [[Constantin Valdor]], and [[Marshal]] [[Aldana Agathe]], Jaghatai succeeded in holding the Colossi gate against a Death Guard, [[Thousand Sons]], and [[Daemonic]] assault.{{Fn|13b13c}}
[[Image:WarhawkArtFull.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Jaghatai Khan engages Mortarion and the Death Guard{{Fn|14d}}]]
After traitor forces penetrated the Mercury and Exultant Walls, the loyalist war effort seemed doomed. However it was then that Jaghatai Khan announced his intent to retake the Lion's Gate Spaceport to not only slow the flow of traitor reinforcements on the planet but also allow for [[Roboute Guilliman]] to easily land his own forces once he arrived. An exhausted Rogal Dorn did not protest, and the Khan led a massive assault of the White Scars and [[Terran First Armoured]] alongside the [[Sky Fortress]].{{Fn|14a}} During the height of the fighting, Jaghatai Khan again came to blows with his brother Mortarion. Faced with Mortarion's new Daemonic endurance and strength, the Khan was brutally beaten down and nearly defenseless. However he was able to find a weakness in the Death Lord with his pride. Jaghatai Khan scolded Mortarion for being weak and giving into the powers of the Warp, while he himself had resisted the temptations of Chaos and remained true to the Emperor. Mortarion flew into a rage, which the Khan took advantage of to launch a second wave of dizzying attacks that overwhelmed the Primarch. In the end the badly wounded Jaghatai Khan was impaled on the blade of Mortarion's scythe, but simply pulled his body along its length to get face-to-face with the Death Guard Primarch. The loyalist Primarch decapitated Mortarion, who was banished into the Warp in a massive explosion similar to that of a [[Vortex Weapon]]. Later, the Khan's nearly dead body was discovered by [[Ilya Ravallion]] and [[Jangsai Khan]] who sought to take him to Malcador.{{Fn|14b}}
[[Image:KhanDisappears.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Artwork depicting the disappearance of Jaghatai Khan{{Fn|173}}]]
By all mortal standards, the Khan was dead. Nonetheless, Malcador used his psychic powers to try and heal the Primarch. He thought he had succeeded, before noticing that it was the Emperor Himself who had done it. Khan would live, though it would take a long time for him to awake.{{Fn|16}}
After the Heresy, Khan went on to lead the White Scars in the [[Great Scouring]]. During the campaign to conqueror the [[Yasan Sector]], Khan came into conflict with both traitors and [[Dark Eldar]] raiders. During the Battle of Corusil V against a mighty Dark Eldar Lord, it was reported that Khan was lost within the [[Webway]] during the pursuit of the Xenos.{{Fn|7}}
== Character ==
*'''''"Even his brother Primarchs understand little of him. His prowess with the blade earns him their respect even as his waywardness causes them concern. [[Guilliman]] has never trusted him. [[Russ]] is exasperated by him. [[Lorgar]] despises him for an untutored savage. Only [[Horus]] sees him for what he truly is. They are kindred souls, those two: warrior archetypes, bound by shared codes of martial honour and impatient with the heavy fetters of empire."''' — [[Chris Wraight]] on Jaghatai Khan{{Fn|2}}
==Wargear==
During the Heresy, Jaghatai Khan is seen wielding a [[Tulwar]]-shaped [[Power Sword]] and wearing a helm that resembled a snarling beast.{{Fn|44x}} His more famous wargear consisted of the [[White Tiger Dao]], [[Wildfire Panoply]], [[Archaeotech Pistol]] known as ''[[Storm's Voice]]'', and [[Sojutsu Pattern Voidbike]]
==Images==
[[Image:KhanMini.jpg|thumb|center|220px|Jaghatai Khan miniature{{Fn|15}}]]
== Trivia =={{Trivia}}*Jaghatai Khan's background and history is strongly reminiscent of [[wikipedia:Genghis Khan|Genghis Khan]] and how he united the warring Mongolian tribes and led them to conquer an empire which stretched from the eastern coast of Asia to Europe. Like Jaghatai Khan, the Mongolians made use of fast, hit and run strikes from horseback to outmanoeuvre heavier armoured soldiers. [[wikipedia:Chagatai Khan|Chagatai]] was also the name of one of Genghis Khan's sons.
==Sources==
*{{Endn|1}}: [[Index Astartes I]] — Lightning Attack (White Scars)
*{{Endn|2}}: [http://www.blacklibrary.com/Blog/The-Horde-of-Chogoris.html Black Library September 12, 2012 Blog Entry] (last accessed September 12, 2012)
*{{Endn|43}}: [[First Founding (Background Book)]], pgs. 93*4: [[Scars (Novel)]]:
**{{Endn|4a}}: Chapter 3
**{{Endn|4b}}: Chapter 6
**{{Endn|4x}}: {{CME}}*{{Endn|5}}: [[Aurelian (Novella)]]*{{Endn|6CME}}*6: [[The Path of Heaven (Novel)]]:
**{{Endn|6a}}: Chapter 20
**{{Endn|6b}}: Chapter 7
**{{Endn|6x}}: {{CME}}*{{Endn|7}}: [[Codex: Space Marines (8th Edition)]] , pg. 34*{{Endn|8}}: [[Wolfsbane (Novel)]] , Chapter 4*{{Endn|9}}: [[Jaghatai Khan: Warhawk of Chogoris (Novel)]] , Chapters 1–4*{{Endn|10}}: [[Titandeath (Novel)]] — , Chapter 31*{{Endn|11}}: [[The Solar War (Novel)]] - , Chapter 13*{{Endn|12}}: [[The Lost and the Damned (Novel)]]
**{{Endn|12a}}: Chapter 3
**{{Endn|12b}}: Chapters 19-21
*{{Endn|13}}: [[Saturnine (Novel)]] :**{{Endn|13a}}: Part 1, Chapter 1**{{Endn|13a13b}}: Part 2, Chapter 4**{{Endn|13b13c}}: Part 3, Chapters 3-4*{{Endn|14}}: [[Warhawk (Novel)]] :
**{{Endn|14a}}: Chapters 11-13
**{{Endn|14b}}: Chapters 24-27
**{{Endn|14d}}: Cover
*{{Endn|15}}: [https://www.warhammer-community.com/2021/10/30/warhammer-day-2021-the-warhawk-of-chogoris-gets-an-incredible-model-at-last/ Warhammer Community: Warhammer Day 2021 – The Warhawk of Chogoris Gets an Incredible Model At Last (posted 10/30/2021)] (last accessed 10/30/2021)
*{{Endn|16}}: [[The End and the Death: Volume I (Novel)]] - , 1:xxii*{{Endn|17}}: [[First Founding (Background Book)]], pgs. 93
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