Shade-Seer Imix K'awiil

Imix K'awiil is the Chief Librarian of the Smoke Jaguars and is the most respected and learned master in the Chapter, a fierce warrior and a potent Psyker who wields the power of his mind as a lesser man would a sword. He stands at the right hand of the Shade-Lord, lending his knowledge and arcane lore to help the Chapter Master with the most vexing issues and find innovative solutions to impossible problems.

Imix's power was active at birth and his first cry echoed in the Warp drawing attention from all, human and Daemon alike, fortunately for all the Smoke Jaguars reached him first and took him as a swaddling babe to their Librarian's black ziggurat. Imix grew to manhood knowing no other family but the Smoke Jaguars and no other sight than the psy-inert obsidian of the Librarian's sanctuary, his induction and gene-forging was swift and sure and there was no question he would be a fine Astartes. The question of his psychic training was another matter entirely, not for Imix the arduous labour to enhance his power, rather it was a matter of teaching him to limit himself and fence off his potency lest a Daemon burrow into his soul.

The boy's first brush with Chaos came as a young novice when one of his fellows failed the test and was taken by a Neverborn, the possessed recruit slew many in the tower until it confronted the half-trained Imix and was cast out by his sheer force of will. Imix learned well that day that all power comes with consequences, that the Warp cannot be mastered and all that flows from it is poison, he girdled his soul with the armour of contempt and swore to forevermore stand against the Warp and all its horrors.

Imix became a Lexmechanic of the Librarius and one of the most powerful telepaths the Chapter had ever seen, his rise through the ranks was nothing less than meteoric and when the previous Chief Librarian died it was Imix who was selected to undertake the trial of the Shadowed Path to emerge as the new Shade-Seer. Since then Imix has proved a wise and cunning advisor to the Shade-Lord, using his intellect and his wisdom to guide the Chapter away from dubious paths and keep them pure in thought and deed. Ever he advises that to indulge in wanton destruction is the path to Chaos and that the Smoke Jaguars must cleave to the Axioms of Corax to remain righteous and worthy.

Many times, has he risked his life to uphold the Smoke Jaguar's good name and employed his subtle arts to turn the courses of many lost battles, he journeys far and wide and to many he has become the face of the Chapter and its living embodiment.