Phosis T'Kar

Phosis T'Kar was the Captain of the 2nd Fellowship of the Thousand Sons Space Marine Legion during the latter days of the Great Crusade and the beginning of the Horus Heresy in the mid-30th and early 31st Millennium. As one of the most powerful telekines of the XV Legion, he served as the Magister Templi of its Raptora Cult. Phosis T'Kar met his ultimate fate during the Burning of Prospero, when the Space Wolves Legion, accompanied by elements of the Legio Custodes and Sisters of Silence, were sanctioned by the Emperor of Mankind to punish the Thousand Sons Primarch Magnus the Red for his blatant violations of His Decree Absolute, which was rendered during the Council of Nikaea, forbidding the use of psychic powers and the pursuit of sorcery.

History
Phosis T'Kar was born on the world of Prospero, and joined the ranks of the XV Legion, newly renamed the Thousand Sons, after they were reunited with their lost gene-sire. He was a part of one of the earliest intakes of potential Neophytes. His early career as an Astartes is not well known, for when he first appeared in recorded history he was attached to the Luna Wolves Legion during their xenocidal camapaign against the alien Keyekid. As part of their training, all Captains of a Fellowship (Chapter) undertook a secondment to another Space Marine Legion to learn its ways and further the Thousand Sons' understanding of the galaxy and pursuit of knowledge. Phosis T'Kar fought alongside the vaunted Luna Wolves Legion, and never tired of regaling his brothers with tales of meeting their Primarch Horus Lupercal, or boasting of his close friendship with the XVI Legion's Mournival; Captains Hastur Sejanus, "Little Horus" Aximand, Tarik Torgaddon and First Captain Ezekyle Abaddon, the Primarch's closest advisors.

By the close of the Great Crusade he had already risen to the esteemed rank of 2nd Fellowship Captain and served as the Magister Templi of the Raptora Cult. The members of the Raptora Cult were gifted practitioners of the psychic discipline called telekinesis, and were known as telekines. In battle, a Raptora Cult member was formidable and could psychically fling physical objects at their enemies or rip their enemies' apart through the application of immense telekinetic power drawn from the Immaterium. When used defensively, telekines could generate barriers of invisible kinetic force known as "Kine-Shields" to block physical attacks on themselves or others. Phosis T'Kar took part in the Imperial Compliance of the world of Aghoru (officially codified in Imperial records as 28-16). This action was carried out by units of the Thousand Sons Legion who managed to achieve compliance through diplomacy and was considered a success. Secondary combat operations were carried out against apparent Warp denizen infestation (beings known to the local population as "Elohim") within the subterranean passages of a titanic peak that stood taller than Olympic Mons on Mars. The Thousand Sons forces were further enhanced by a small unit drawn from the Space Wolves Legion during this operation. At the height of these combat operations, the joint-Astartes forces faced off against a pair of unidentified Chaos-corrupted Titans.

In an incredible, awe-inspiring display of his powerful psychic abilities, thee Crimson King faced one of the Titans alone and managed to cause its torso to explode, shattering its outer shell like brittle china. The pendulous form of the once-elegant war machine toppled to the rocky ground far below. As the smoke of the mighty construct's death parted, a keening roar built from within the depths of the ashen clouds, a wail of sorrow and anger entwined. The counterpart to the defeated war machine now faced the exhausted Primarch. The Titan's lance arm slid around, the barrel aimed squarely at Magnus, and everyone who bore witness could see that the enormous power the Primarch had wielded had cost him dearly. When the Titan fired its primary weapon, Magnus was enveloped by the heat of a million stars, and no matter that he was one of twenty towering pinnacles of gene-wrought superhuman warriors, even he could not survive such an attack. Enraged at what they had perceived as the death of their gene-sire, both the Thousand Sons and the Space Wolves valiantly charged the mighty war machine.

As the seething fire began to fade, the Astartes charge faltered at the sight before them - a vitrified bowl of a crater spread out at the mighty war engine's clawed feet, yet at its centre was a sight that lifted their hearts and filled them with awe. A shimmering dome of golden-hued energy rippled in the heat haze, and within it, two armoured figures. Atop a crooked pillar of rock at the heart of the crater, all that had survived the Titan's fire, were Phosis T'kar and Magnus the Red. The captain of the 2nd Fellowship was bent almost double, his arms raised to his shoulders like Atlas Telamon of Old Earth, the rebellious titan doomed to bear the celestial sphere upon his shoulders for all eternity. His fellow Thousand Sons had no idea that T'Kar was so strong, though the superb effort had nearly killed him. His life was only saved through the superb mastery of biomancy wielded by Hathor Maat, 3rd Fellowship Captain and Magister Templi of the Pavoni Cult.

Appearance & Personality
Phosis T'Kar was described as having a shaved head and sporting a distinctive scar that ran from the crown of his head to the back of his neck. A tense and choleric warrior, he was more than aware that as one of the most powerful telekines within the XV Legion, he was often arrogant about it. At times he had a very difficult time balancing his humours, his emotions boiling just beneath the surface. He could be quite brusque and unsubtle when he was angry. Chief Librarian Ahzek Ahriman could often recognise Phosis T'Kar's urge for violence. In his detached state, Ahriman wondered why he always called Phosis T'Kar his "fellow" and never his "friend".

Powers & Abilities
Phosis T'Kar was of the most powerful telekines within the entirety of the Thousand Sons Legion. As the Magister Templi of the Raptora Cult, Phosis T'Kar was able to utilise his abilities to apply immense telekinetic powers to lift heavy objects, psychically fling physical objects at his enemies or rip their bodies apart through the application of immense telekinetic power drawn from the Immaterium. He could also subtly manipulate his abilities to perform such mundane tasks as telekinetically disassembling, cleaning and reassembling a Bolter. Like all members of the Raptora, he often utilised his formidable telekinetic abilities to generate powerful barriers of invisible kinetic force known as "kine-shields" to block physical attacks on himself or others. During the Imperial Compliance on the world of Aghoru, Phosis T'Kar demonstrated the limits of his powers by generating a kine-shield of such immense power that it proved impenetrable to weapons fire from a Chaos-corrupted xenos Titan, though the strain of producing such a powerful kine-shield drained him to the point of death. He was only saved through the careful ministrations of Hathor Maat, 3rd Fellowship and Magister Templi of the Pavoni Cult. Like all his Fellowship captains, Phosis T'Kar was attended upon by a Tutelary (or Familiar). To those without aether-sight, Tutelaries were invisible, but to the Thousand Sons with power they were bright visions of exquisite beauty. Tutelaries were simply fragments of the Primordial Creator (Chaos) given form and function by those with the power to bend them to their will. Phosis was attended by the Tutelary known as Utipa, a bullish entity of formless energy who was as bellicose as his master.