Kor Phaeron

Kor Phaeron was Primarch Lorgar's spiritual counsel and foster father during the years of Lorgar's youth on the Word Bearers homeworld of Colchis, during his time away from the Imperium. It was Kor Phaeron whom helped shape the growing demigod in ways his true father, the Emperor, had not. They stood together through the years of sacrifice and revolution, through the holy wars that threatened to tear Colchis apart before its unity under the benevolent rule of Lorgar. Eventually, when the Word Bearers succumbed to the temptations of the Chaos Gods and repudiated their oaths to the Master of Mankind, it was through Kor Phaeron's influence that eventually corrupted his primarch and his Legion into becoming willing pawns of Primordial Annihilator.

History
The nepotism behind Kor Phaeron's meteoric ascension through the ranks to the esteemed position of First Captaincy was no secret. Even in a legion of zealots, Kor Phaeron stood out. Phaeron's zealotry and ambition knew no bounds, as he led the warriors under his command with ferocity unmatched by any of their fellow brethren. As a Chaplain, Phaeron advanced quickly through the ranks of the Reclusiam, assimilating the holy words of their Primarch beyond mortal comprehension.

Many within the Legion hated the First Captain, describing him as a false Asartes that was impure, regarding the despised lieutenant of their primarch as a pinnacle of genetic compromise. When the God-Emperor came to Colchis to offer Lorgar command of the XVII Legion (at that time known as the 'Imperial Heralds'), Kor Phaeron had been far too old to receive the organ implantations and prepubescent genetic manipulations necessary to grow into one of the Astartes. Instead, through rejuvenat surgery, costly bionics and limited gene-forging, Kor Phaeron was exalted above humanity as a sign of the value placed in him by his primarch. Despite leaving humanity behind, he had not ascended to the ranks of true Astartes.