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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 [[Space Marine Legion|Legion]].{{Fn|2}}
At the time of the [[Drop Site Massacre]], T'kell was named [[Forgefather]] and left behind on [[Prometheus]] with a small garrison of [[Firedrake]]s under orders from Vulkan to destroy the [[Artefacts of Vulkan|artefacts]] in the vault. However, after pleas by the Forgefather, Vulkan agreed that his gene-son could choose to save seven of the artefacts.{{Fn|2}} T'kell chose the ''[[Chalice of Fire (Salamanders)|Chalice of Fire]]'', [[Engine of Woes]], [[Eye of Vulkan]], [[Obsidian Chariot]], [[Song of Entropy]], [[Spear of Vulkan]], and [[Unbound Flame]] as the seven, destroying the remainder in the forges of the ''Chalice of Fire''.{{Fn|3a}}
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 [[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}}
**{{Endn|3c}}: Chapter Fifteen
**{{Endn|3d}}: Chapter Twenty-Seven
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