Editing Jaghatai Khan (section)

==Great Crusade==
[[Image:JaghataiKhan-1-.jpg|300px|thumb|Just look at those fabulous high-heeled boots.]] 
Jaghatai Khan, like so many of his fellow Primarchs, shaped his legion into adopting the same strategy as the people of his home world (because GW are firm believers in the Planet of Hats trope). So the White Scars became a legion that favoured speed above all and their strategy would usually involve lightning-fast mobile assault. As such, the legion was renowned for their skill with the jetbikes that they often used in their campaigns.

Jaghatai was also not content with the usual ships the rest of the legions used, and ordered the Mechanicum to remodel the White Scars' ships to be the fastest ships in any of the Legiones Astartes fleets. The legion's Techmarines further refined these modifications in secret, allowing the legion's fleet to maneuver far more effectively than any other ship in human space. This resulted in the only occasion where the Alpha Legion faced off with someone and the encounter ended with ''Alpharius'' saying "now ''that'' I did not expect".

As with all of the Primarchs, Jaghatai would form close(ish) friendships with some of his brothers while avoiding others. Unlike many of the Primarchs, the Khan always felt like an outsider and would keep mostly to himself. Some have suspected he had Aspergers or never learned anything else than his native language (presumably because they never spoke to him). Truth is, Jaghatai came to understand pretty quickly that his legion weren't meant to be central to the Crusade the way that the Luna Wolves, Ultrasmurfs or Imperial Fists were. The White Scars embraced their role as outriders, perfecting their particular way of fighting and developing a distinctive legion culture. However, no small amount of his isolation was entirely of his own making, for better or worse. The Khan openly stated to Sanguinius on one occasion that he did not want to have much in the way of interactions with his brothers, as he disliked obligations. Weirdly enough however, the close fraternity shared by many of his brothers seemed to have privately rankled him, and he admitted to himself on at least one occasion that wished he could participate in it more fully. Somewhat like Perturabo however (though on a much, much smaller scale), he seemed to actively drive most of his brothers away from him by simply being as uncommunicative as possible, and he never made any effort to change that. As most (not all) of the Primarchs were not retarded, they seemingly took this exactly the way the Khan wanted them to, and let him be. Additionally, the Khan was a bit... prickly when it came to his cultural heritage. He absolutely lauded the Chogorian culture, and embraced it to such a degree that it came to define much of his character. As such, when his brothers came to mostly ignore him, he tended to blame it upon them looking down on Chogorian culture itself, which made him even less communicative than he had already been. In reality, the Khan's brothers didn't make a whole lot of friendly overtures towards him because he was an aloof loner, not because they disliked or looked down upon his culture. Cultural differences between the Primarchs realistically caused almost no friction even in the most extreme cases; none of them really ever seemed to care. Leman Russ for instance, despite actively behaving like a space viking at all opportunities, made plenty of friends amongst his brothers. He even managed to get himself included by ''Roboute Guilliman'' of all people into his "Dauntless Few". By contrast, Guilliman's outlook on the Khan was one of sincere respect and admiration, but not of trust, as the Khan was simply too insular in his ways.

As such, the Khan had few friends amongst his fellow Primarchs, and since he had few friends, the same went for his legion. Amongst the friends he had were [[Horus]] and the Luna Wolves ('''everyone''' loved Horus so it would have been more a surprise if [[Corvus Corax|he didn't like him]]) with whom he shared a love of the rapid assault, as well as feeling understood and accepted by Horus. He also counted [[Magnus]] the Red and his [[Thousand Sons]] amongst his closest friends. Magnus, like the Khan, had also always felt like an outsider. However what really cemented their friendship was their shared love of the Immaterium and of learning. Though they interacted with the Warp in significantly different ways, both of them were quite "spiritual" in their own rights; Magnus through his direct interactions with the Warp, and the Khan through his cultural respect for it. He also got along well with Sanguinius, since they both believed in the Librarius project, and Sanguinius was almost literally impossible to dislike. ''Somehow'' he also managed to become the one Primarch who would willingly interact with Lion El'Jonson, <s>presumably</s> '''surely''' bonding with him over a shared fetish for jet bikes and being mysterious. Realistically however, how this friendship managed to get off the ground is something of a mystery. In spite of his better qualities, it cannot be denied that the Khan was, frankly, a bit of a dick; meanwhile the Lion fancied himself as Warmaster (at least in prowess if not in authority) and couldn't understand why his self-evident greatness wasn't self-evident to everyone else. Ultimately it may have been this that allowed the Lion to open up to Jaghatai, if only in a backhandedly patronizing way. Jaghatai was vocally content with leading his legion instead of [[Fulgrim|jockeying]] for [[Perturabo|glory]] or telling others that [[Magnus the Red|they]] [[Lorgar|knew]] [[Roboute Guilliman|best]]; to the Lion's eyes, he "knew his place" in the world the Lion would bring. Though if you wanted to be more generous, it could be that they connected because they were both hunters with a singular purpose which they embraced (Lion the exterminator, Khan the outrider), and respected that they both subscribed to the school of "I'll get the job done, and do it MY way!" [[Daria 40k|Or maybe they just ended up snarking on half the Great Crusade and enjoyed the sarcastic banter.]]

Alongside Magnus and [[Sanguinius]], the Khan would form the Librarius, organizing, training, and equipping psychic Astartes to use their powers in support of their brothers. It was rumored that the Khan himself also was in possession of psychic powers of some sort, though the Khan seemed not to ever acknowledge the possibility of this even to himself. As such, there is likely no truth to the rumor. Though the Khan shared a close friendship with Magnus, he would often share his concern that Magnus and his legion were "drinking too deep" of the chalice of power that the Warp offered. Chogoris seems to have been one of very few planets where the psyker-shamans practiced moderation well enough to avoid being killed as witches or accidentally turning the place into a daemon charnel house. The Khan had always been in favour of only taking as much as you absolutely needed; to sip from the cup and never drink it in full, as to do so would be to invite disaster. Magnus and his legion chose to ignore this and kept on chugging as much metaphorical warp juice as they could. If Magnus had listened to Jaghatai, he would perhaps not have been duped by [[Tzeentch]]. Or perhaps nothing would have changed, you can never know with Tzeentch. One thing that is certain however is that had Magnus listened, the Council of Nikea likely would have ended very differently, as virtually all the ammo that the anti-psyker faction lobbed at the pro-psyker faction was based around the Thousand Sons, and particularly Magnus, being as irresponsible as they were. Plus Magnus almost certainly wouldn't have made such an ass of himself during the proceedings.

As the Khan shared a close brotherhood with some of his fellow Primarchs, there were also some he most certainly DID NOT get along with. Chief amongst them were [[Mortarion]] and his [[Death Guard]]. Mortarion distrusted all things Warp related and would often openly speak out against the Librarius, seeing it as nothing but foul sorcery. Mortarion would later be amongst those who pressured the Emperor into calling the Council of Nikaea. [[Leman Russ]] and his [[Space Wolves]] were also amongst the people the Khan had no wish to get close to, mostly because he didn't want his legion to be seen as savages, an image the Vlka Fenryka seemed to embrace. The White Scars constantly strove to achieve the most noble of human pursuits - seriously, they went in for poetry and calligraphy. In addition, the comparison added salt to the wound of the V Legion's entrenched estrangement from the Imperium, suggesting how little effort others took to understand the Chogorians. Somewhat ironically, the Space Wolves and Russ were, like the White Scars, significantly more sophisticated than they appeared on the outside, and so the Khan actually ended up making the same mistake with them that so many tended to make with him. Though the White Scars were not "executioners" like the Space Wolves or "world eaters" like [[Angron|Angron's]] [[RAGE|berserk]] XII Legion or "perfect" Astartes like Fulgrim's [[Emperor's Children]], they simply were what they were. They never demanded respect from anyone, and if the other Legions knew nothing of them, then that was their loss, because the White Scars knew about them. The V Legion was faster -- they moved faster and they killed faster. Secretly, Khan and the White Scars resented the outsiders' disregard greatly, yet they refused to change their ways or Legion culture. As a founder of the Librarius, the Khan opposed Mort, Russ, and Angron's plans to shut down the use of psykers - given that he believed that all the Primarchs had something of the Warp in them, he also thought they were deluded.

On a pettier note, the Khan didn't have much time for Fulgrim's vanity, thinking he was too attached to his [[Pretty Marines|beautiful clothes]]. He also rather disliked the pretentious barbs that Fulgrim would, knowingly or otherwise, throw towards those he saw as less fabulous than himself (like the Khan). In one conversation he confidently stated that he could kick Fulgrim's arse in a fight simply because his brother boasted about his prowess, whereas Jaghatai was an [[Alpha Legion|unknown quantity]] to almost all his brothers. There's a very good chance that the Khan's claim is true given the context, and despite Fulgrim's vaunted reputation as a duelist. Unlike Fulgrim, the Khan was not one to boast, and he admitted a few moments later when asked by Mortarion which of the two of them would win a duel that he didn't know. Mortarion, like the Khan, was an unknown variable, and the Khan stated flat-out that he just didn't know enough about Mortarion to make an honest evaluation. Not something a braggart would say. Fulgrim staked everything on being seen as perfect (The Khan also found the ideal of Fulgrim and his legion insisting they were perfect to be insulting, after all if you were perfect you can't improve anymore); the Khan sought to achieve it no matter who did or didn't notice. Some would say this also applied to the Khan's fashion sense- between the furs, silks, dragon helmet and ''that'' mustache he was as fabulous as Fulgrim, without making any fuss about it. The Khan also took the piss out of Fulgrim in one of the sickest burns ever delivered in the 40K universe: told by Fulgrim that the peacocky Phoenician had "heard that you [he did] strange things" with his ships, the Khan snapped right back that he'd heard that Fulgrim [[Fabius Bile|did strange things with his warriors]], which is an extremely dickish thing to remark, because at this point the only gene-modification the Emperor's Children were doing to themselves was to not die of space-cancer. During this little spat he also made an interesting comparison between Fulgrim and Sanguinius. He noted that both were resplendent beyond compare, but that Sanguinius looked natural in his splendor where as Fulgrim looked a bit foppish, as if he was trying too hard. He also thought that while Sanguinius would be willing to cast aside his finery without a second thought, Fulgrim would rather die.

The official line about [[Bullshit|the Warp being benign]] also made things difficult with his dad. Jaghatai was big on truth, and hated the idea of building a civilisation on a lie. As a result, they didn't keep in touch, to the point that the Imperium seemed to completely forget about the Scars. This might've had something to do with the Khan's preference for fighting [[Ork|Orks]] and other [[xenos]]. There was no need to convince them to buy into a "truth" he didn't believe, and he was free to hunt. The Emperor's return to Terra probably also sounded like "building bigger walls" to the Khan's ears - at one point in ''Scars'' he bluntly tells a human logistics officer that they have conflicting ideas about the fate of humanity.

The Khan had the honor of fighting alongside Horus in the Ullanor Crusade and was present at the event that saw Horus promoted to [[Warmaster]]. The Emperor also stepped down as leader of the Crusade to return to Terra and work on a [[Promotions|secret]] project (a [[Webway]] gate that Magnus would later thoroughly destroy in [[Fail|an attempt]] to warn the Emperor of Horus's treachery). Though the Khan was quite friendly with Horus, he didn't seem to care one way or another that Horus had been chosen as Warmaster, and stated to his brothers that, if he'd been chosen instead, he would have refused the position.

Just before the White Scars were sent on another campaign, a great Imperial conclave was called upon the world of Nikaea. This grand council, known to history as the Council of Nikaea, was called by the Emperor of Mankind himself, and was intended to determine whether or not the use of psychic powers represented a boon or a grave danger to both Mankind and the nascent Imperium of Man. The Khan had intended to attend and argue for the case of the Librarius alongside Magnus and Sanguinius, but Horus ordered the Khan to journey to the Chondax system to rid the system of an Ork infestation. Weirdly, the Khan did not simply go to the Council anyway, considering he had the right to do so even when ordered to do something else as the Emperor said they could come to debate and what the Emperor says goes. The Khan chose to obey Horus (a decision he would later come to regret) and chose to send a representative in his place instead: his chief [[Stormseer]] Targutai Yesugei. Unfortunately Yesugei struggled to speak convincingly in Gothic, and the Imperium apparently couldn't find a competent Chogorian translator. Which is weird since everyone present could probably speak every human language (and many alien) to ever exist anyway considering they are Primarchs and the motherfucking Emperor himself. Not to mention that with his Astartes brain enhancements there is no reason for Chogorian White Scars to not speak Gothic (read: to invoke the politically incorrect trope, Yesugei was acting like an "inscrutable oriental," too alien to the more homogenized culture of the Imperium of Man. This probably wasn't helpful in portraying psykery as something ''other'' than alien and inscrutable.) Of course, given the insular nature of the White Scars and their elevation of their culture above all others, there's every possibility that Yesugei simply never bothered to learn much Gothic. Most likely, he was completely fluent, but not eloquent in Gothic, and the more skilled orators ran showy circles around him. The outcome of the Council of Nikaea is well known. The Emperor disbanded the Librarius and banned all further use of warp related powers. As far as the White Scars were concerned however, the Council might as well have just not happened at all. This is mostly due to the fact that the White Scars were so far afield that by the time word got around to them that the Council had reached a conclusion, the Heresy had already started, and at the point even Big E had seemingly stopped caring about the ban. The legion almost certainly would have ignored it regardless, as demonstrated by Yesugei doing just that straight away.