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Hal and his followers were among those who refused to see the Emperor as the avatar of the [[Omnissiah]], instead only seeing a False prophet who had subordinated the Mechanicum under the [[Imperium]]'s heel with lies and falsehoods. Kelbor-Hal feared that the Emperor and His forces were going to strip away the autonomy [[Mars]] had enjoyed dating back all the way to the [[Dark Age of Technology]]. Despite this disdain, eventually Kelbor-Hal was able to rise through the Tech-Priest hierarchy to become [[Fabricator-General]] by the late [[Great Crusade]]. He gathered around him a circle of like-minded [[Magos|Magi]] including [[Urtzi Malevolus]], [[Lukas Chrom]], and [[Melgator]].{{Fn|2}}

At the outbreak of the [[Horus Heresy]], there were high tensions between the various [[Magos|Magi]] governing Mars. Seeing an opportunity for a powerful new ally, [[Horus]] sent [[Regulus (Dark Mechanicum)|Regulus]] into this powderkeg powder keg and he was able to convince Kelbor-Hal to join forces with the Traitors on the condition that the autonomy of the Mechanicum be ensured, that the [[STC]]s the [[Sons of Horus]] had captured from the recently subjugated but technologically advanced [[Auretian Technocracy]] be handed over to him, and that the [[Vaults of Moravec|Martian Vaults of forbidden technology]] be opened for Mechanicum use. In the ensuing [[Schism of Mars]] between rebel and loyalist Mechanicus forces, Kelbor-Hal's new [[Dark Mechanicum]] emerged victorious.{{Fn|2}} However after the Schism Mars was blockaded by the [[Imperial Fists]] and Kelbor-Hal was contained on the Red Planet for the next several years, forcing to rely on his [[Nine Disciples]] to act as his emissaries in Horus' fleets.{{Fn|3}} Also during the Heresy, he oversaw the construction of the ''[[Furious Abyss]]'' in the shipyards around [[Jupiter]] for the [[Word Bearers]], after which it was used to attempt to destroy the [[Ultramarines]] [[Legion]] and their [[Adeptus Astartes Homeworld|homeworld]], [[Macragge]].{{Fn|1}}

Following the [[Solar War]], the loyalist blockade of Mars was lifted and Kelbor-Hal was able to take direct command of the Dark Mechanicus war effort again. Arrogant and gaudy, he attempted to take credit for many of the achievements of [[Perturabo]] and [[Sota-Nul]] during the [[Siege of Terra]].{{Fn|4}} During the Siege of the [[Imperial Palace]], Kelbor-Hal remained behind on Mars to oversee its reconstruction and muster fleets against the anticipated arrival of [[Roboute Guilliman]]. However, upon examining chronological distortions eminating emanating from Terra due to the [[Warp]] presence on the world, Kelbor-Hal was assailed by an immense input of data which told him the true name of the [[Dark King (Entity)|Dark King]], a figure whom he had regarded as the true [[Omnissiah]]. He then began to scream,{{Fn|5a}} as the Dark King was revealed to be the Emperor.{{Fn|5b}}

[[File:<gallery widths=250px heights=250px mode=nolines>Kelborhal.jpg|thumb|center|180px|Kelbor-Hal, [[Fabricator-General]] of [[Mars]]]]File:Heretek Savant.jpg|Kelbor-Hal during the Horus Heresy</gallery>