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{{Character|Portal ={{SalamandersPortal}}|Name ={{PAGENAME}}|Image =Tkell.jpg|Caption =Forgefather {{PAGENAME}} during the [[Horus Heresy]] |Title =|Homeworld =[[Nocturne]]|Birth =|Active Period =[[M30]] - ???|Death =|Cause of Death =|Species =[[Human]]|Type =[[Astartes]]|Gender =Male|Relatives =[[Vulkan]] <small>("Father" via [[gene-seed]])|Occupation ='' ''*[[Salamanders]] [[Master of the Forge|Forgemaster]]*[[Salamanders]] [[Forgefather]]|Preceded by =|Succeeded by =|Faction ='' ''*[[Imperium of Man]]**[[Salamanders]]|Notes =}}
'''{{PAGENAME}}''' was a legendary [[Master of the Forge|Forgemaster]] and first [[Forgefather]] of the [[Salamanders]] during the [[Great Crusade]] and [[Horus Heresy]].{{fn|1}}
===Biography==[[Image:Tkell.jpg|thumb|right|220px|[[Forgefather]] {{PAGENAME}} during the [[Horus Heresy]] ]]=
'''T'kell''' trained on [[Mars]] as a [[Techmarine]], rising to the rank of [[Master of the Forge|Forgemaster]] by the end of the [[Great Crusade]].{{fn|3b}} He was an unparalleled craftsman known throughout the [[Legion]].{{Fn|2}}
When [[Artellus Numeon]] returned Vulkan's body to [[Nocturne]], the Forgefather gathered the garrison, known as the 'Unscarred', to accompany him to the [[Wrought]], a weapons cache in which Vulkan had told him to seal the artefacts if he did not return from [[Dropsite Massacre|Isstvan V]].{{fn|3b}} [[Regulus (Dark Mechanicum)|Regulus]], seeking to gain access to the Wrought, infected T'kell with malicious scrap-code that forced him to open the vault from within. To free himself, T'kell shot himself in the face with his [[plasma pistol]], narrowly surviving.{{fn|3c}} Awaking from a [[Sus-an Membrane|sus-an coma]] aboard the [[Iron Hands]]' [[Battle Barge]] ''Obstinate'', T'kell deactivated the [[Keys of Hel]], a forbidden machine that animated dead warriors as 'Revenants', before giving the order for the ''Chalice of Fire'' to destroy the ship with the [[Eye of Vulkan]] — while he was still aboard.{{fn|3d}}
===Sources===
*{{Endn|1}}: [[Artefacts (Short Story)]]
*{{Endn|2}}: [[Deathfire (Novel)]], Chapter Tenty-Six
