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{{Character|Portal ={{WordBearersPortal}}|Name ={{PAGENAME}}|Image =MKar.jpg|Caption =M'kar inhabiting the [[Dreadnought]] body of [[Venerable Dreadnought|Venerable Brother]] [[Altarion]].{{Fn|7b}}|Title =The Reborn<br>The Thrice-Born<br>Maloq Kartho <small>(Former)</small>|Homeworld =|Birth =c. [[M30]]|Active Period =[[M30]] - 999.[[M41]]|Death =c. 999.[[M41]]|Cause of Death =[[True Death|Destroyed]] by [[Marneus Calgar]] and [[Uriel Ventris]]|Species ='' ''*[[Human]] [[Astartes]]<br><small>(Former)</small>*[[Daemon]]|Type ='' ''*[[Chaos Space Marine]]<br><small>(Former)</small>*[[Daemon Prince]]|Gender =|Relatives =|Occupation ='' ''*[[Dark Apostle]]<br><small>(Former)</small>*Daemon Prince of the [[Word Bearers]]|Preceded by =|Succeeded by =|Faction ='' ''*[[Chaos]]**[[Chaos Undivided]]**[[Word Bearers]]|Notes =}}
'''M'kar the Reborn''' was a [[Daemon Prince]]. His original name was '''Maloq Kartho''', a [[Dark Apostle]] of the [[Word Bearers]].{{Fn|4a}}
===History======= Dark Apostle ===[[Image:MKar.jpg|thumb|300px|right|M'kar the Thrice Born, inhabiting the [[Dreadnought]] body of [[Ultramarines]] [[Venerable Dreadnought|Venerable Brother]] [[Altarion]].{{Fn|7b}}]]=
During the [[Horus Heresy]], Maloq Kartho was [[Dark Apostle]] to [[Hol Beloth]], one of the [[Word Bearers]] commanders during the [[Battle of Calth]].{{Fn|6a}} After Beloth's force was annihilated by orbital bombardment, the Word Bearers were forced underground by the gradual dispersion of Calth's atmosphere and the lethal solar radiation coming from the damaged sun.{{Fn|6b}}
During the [[Underworld War]], Kartho sacrificed [[Foedral Fell]] and the last remnants of his forces, as part of a trap to lure [[Remus Ventanus]] out of one of the main arcologies,{{Fn|8a}} so Kartho could detonate a [[virus bomb]] inside it.{{Fn|8b}} Ventanus would return just in time to stop the detonation and slay a daemonspawn-turned Hol Beloth with Beloth's own ''athame''. The rapidly-changing Kartho was thrown by an impact with a [[Land Speeder]] into a [[warp rift]] that he himself had opened. The virus bomb was likewise thrown into the warp rift, averting Kartho's attempted genocide of the remaining Ultramarines and Loyalist survivors.{{Fn|8c}} But as a reward for his bloody deeds on Calth - including wiping out several millions of survivors with atomics, offering Fell and Beloth's remaining forces as a final sacrifice, as well as attempting to definitely erase all life on Calth with the virus bomb - the [[Warp]] granted Kartho daemonhood, and he merged with the daemonic entity called M'kar.{{Fn|4a}}
==== Daemon Prince ====
In 799.[[M41]] M'kar attacked the world of [[Acralem]], seeking to turn it into his throneworld from which he could create an empire. The Imperial counter-offensive was spearheaded by [[Grey Knights]] and in the final battle M'Kar was slain by a young [[Kaldor Draigo]].{{Fn|5}}
Uriel pronounced M'kar's [[True name|mortal name]] aloud, and threw the Shard to Calgar, who stabbed M'kar in the throat{{Fn|4}}. The power of the Shard was enough to destroy M'kar's essence, a [[True Death]] that destroyed the Daemon Prince once and for all.{{Fn|4a}}
=== [[Quotes Chaos#M|Quotes]] ===
*''"The inferno of my vengeance fills you! It will burn you, my bearers of the holy word, it will fill your veins with power and fire until Ultramar is in ashes. As my power flows in you, so too will I see what you see, feel what you feel and know what you know. With each death I will grow stronger. With every fortress burned my reach will stretch further. You will be my army of dark righteousness. You will be the Bloodborn and your name shall strike terror into the hearts of men! Spread throughout Ultramar and take my fire to the Ultramarines! Burn them from their fastnesses until no trace remains. This is my holy word!"''{{Fn|4b}}
===Sources===
{{Cite}}
*{{Endn|1}}: [[Codex: Space Marines (5th Edition)]], pg. 40
