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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}}
In 878.[[M41 ]] M'kar attacked [[Ultramar]] with a force of [[Chaos]] pirates and claimed several uninhabited worlds on the Ultramar borders. Captain [[Cato Sicarius]] confronted M'kar in the [[Helamar Halamar Rift]] and destroyed much of his pirate fleet. M'kar himself managed to escape back into the warp.{{Fn|1}}{{Fn|4c}}{{Fn|10a}}
M'kar was sighted again in 935.[[M41 ]] when a [[daemonic]] horde took control of the star fort ''[[Indomitable]]'' located in the outer orbit of Calth. [[Marneus Calgar]], commanding [[Terminators]] from the UltramarineUltramarines's [[1st Company (Ultramarines|1st Company]], boarded the star fort and tore M'kar limb from limb, according to the official Chapter record.{{Fn|1}}{{Fn|4c}}{{Fn|10a}}
However, M'kar resurfaced in 965.[[M41 ]] when he trapped [[Mephiston]] in the crystal caverns of [[Solon V]]. He then attempted to lure Mephiston into joining Chaos as a [[Renegade Chapter|Renegade]], claiming Mephiston is already firmly on the path to [[Daemonhood]]. Mephiston rejected his captor's claims and throttled the life out of M'kar.{{Fn|2}}
In 997.M41, M'kar transformed the entire [[Agri-World]] of [[Sondheim V]] into his private pandemonium. Shortly after, [[Hive Fleet]] [[Leviathan]] (or Hive Fleet [[Kraken]], depending on the source{{Fn|5}}) descended upon the planet, and the [[Sky Sentinels]] [[Chapter]] were dispatched to reclaim it. However, upon seeing the situation, they opted to call in [[Exterminatus]].{{Fn|3}}
A stay of execution was ordered by [[Grey Knights Grand Master|Grand Master]] [[Vardan Kai]] when he arrived at the planet leading a [[Grey Knights]] strike force. The [[Exterminatus ]] was to be delayed to give enough time for the Grey Knights to capture the [[Book of Pandegaras]], a cursed tome which had given M'kar the power to alter the planet. The Grey Knights made planetfall and made it through the twisted landscape to the temple in which the book was stored, but they quickly became overwhelmed and trapped by both [[Tyranid]] and [[Daemon|Daemonic]]ic forces. Kai contacted the Sky Sentinels fleet and ordered them to bombard the temple site. The Grey Knights' superior armour protected them from the bombardments, but the Daemons and Tyranids were not so fortunate. As the bombing stopped, the Grey Knights evacuated with the Book of Pandegaras whilst the Sky Sentinels began Exterminatus of the planet. When the cleansing of the planet was completed, the Sky Sentinels surrendered themselves to the Grey Knights for [[mindwipe]].{{Fn|5}}
M'Kar returned to attack Acralem in 999.M41, and once again, Kaldor Draigo also returned, this time alone, seeking to again banish the Daemon Prince.{{Fn|5}}
