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Primarch · Legion V · loyalist

Jaghatai Khan

Jaghatai Khan, “the Warhawk”, primarch of the White Scars, is a loyalist whose allegiance no one knew until the last days of the Heresy. Trapped by the Alpha Legion on Chondax, he then broke through along the Path of Heaven by way of the warp and the webway gates to Terra. During the Siege his riders wore the traitors down with raids, and he himself banished Mortarion into the warp.

Role
Primarch
Legion
V White Scars
Side
Loyalist
Key events
3 events

Fate

Survived the Heresy, though steeped in blood. Fought on for some 70 more years, then vanished in the Maelstrom in 084.M31.

Key events

Part in other events

Duels

Relations

  • Jaghatai Khan — Mortarionduel

    The Wind and the Poison. The Khan takes a long time to choose a side; Mortarion despises his “frivolity”. During the Siege the Khan retakes the Lion’s Gate and knocks Mortarion off Terra in a personal clash — a rare case in which a loyal primarch physically banishes a traitor from a planet.

    Event: Khan Retakes Lion’s Gate · Mortarion driven out · 014.M31 · Loyalist victory
  • Jaghatai Khan — Horus Lupercalrivalry

    The Choice of Chogoris. Horus considers the Khan a natural ally of freedom against the “tyrant Father”. The Alpha Legion pins the White Scars down at Chondax so that the decision comes late. The Khan chooses Terra not out of love for the Imperial Truth but out of hatred for the slavery of the warp.

    Event: Chondax Campaign Begins · 000.M31 · Inconclusive

Sources

  1. WH40k Fandom: Jaghatai Khan
  2. The Path of Heaven (C. Wraight)
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