Ramand Kiam: A Tragic Sorcerer of the Thousand Sons
Scholar of Prospero
Ramand Kiam, a Legionnaire of the Thousand Sons, was a gifted psyker and scholar among the XV Legion. Like many of his brethren, he was shaped by the intellectual and arcane traditions of Prospero, home of the Thousand Sons and their Primarch, Magnus the Red. Kiam dedicated his life to mastering the power of the Warp, striving to unlock its mysteries and expand the boundaries of knowledge. His commitment to the scholarly ideals of his Legion made him a respected figure within the Thousand Sons.
The Fall of the Thousand Sons
Kiam’s fate, like that of his Legion, was irreversibly changed during the Horus Heresy. Accused of heretical sorcery, the Thousand Sons were condemned by the Emperor and annihilated during the burning of Prospero by the Space Wolves. In the aftermath, Kiam joined his surviving brothers as they fled into the Warp. There, under Magnus the Red’s pact with Tzeentch, the Legion embraced Chaos, transforming into sorcerers bound to the service of the Changer of Ways. Kiam’s psychic abilities grew immensely under Tzeentch’s influence, but the price was his soul, now entwined with the shifting schemes of Chaos.
Eternal Bondage as a Rubric Marine
Ramand Kiam’s journey reached its tragic conclusion with the casting of the Rubric of Ahriman, a spell intended to save the Thousand Sons from mutation. While Kiam’s body was preserved in ornate power armor, his physical form was reduced to dust, leaving him as a hollowed-out automaton. His essence persists, enabling him to wield sorcery, but his existence is now a grim reminder of his Legion’s doomed pursuit of knowledge. As a Rubric Marine, Kiam serves Tzeentch’s will, trapped in an eternal cycle of servitude and bound to the dark designs of Chaos.
