Akil Gahiji

Akil Gahiji is a member of Squad Temujin of the Tales of Loyalty series. He originally came from the Thousand Sons Chapter, but for valorous deeds he was admitted into the Silver Knights.

A native of Prospero, Gahiji has always been a studious man. As a young child he was always good at reading people's intentions, and he was also good at finding lost objects. Those who knew him just thought he was very perceptive for his age, but a traveling scholar from the Thousands Sons discovered the true cause. Gahiji was a psyker. He gave the boy a choice, go to Terra or come with him and aspire for the becoming an Astartes. Intrigued by the marine, Gahiji agreed. He went through countless hours of meditation and exercises in control, stressing his mind far more than his body. Eventually, he passed all tests and was embraced into the Thousand Sons.

He was dutiful in his centuries of service, often traveling from Prospero in the hopes that his talents could be of aid to the citizens of the Imperium. All his willpower and skill were to be tested on one of these journeys. Acting as an escort in a meeting of dignitaries, they were attacked by Chaos cultists. Gahiji and the local Arbites were able to dispatch them, but one had left a sinister parting gift. The child of one of the Planetary Governor, a little girl, was forcibly possessed by a Daemon. Acting quickly, Gahiji plunged his mind into the girl's so that he could do battle with the beast. The creature was ancient and enormously powerful. Gahinji had originally believed it was merely a minor Daemon, but in truth it was a Greater Daemon of Tzeentch itself.

In the realm of the mind, the two battled for what felt like years, neither able to gain the upper hand. But Gahiji knew his reserves of strength were limited, as did his foe, and in a final push the Daemon nearly overwhelmed him in darkness. Drawing upon the last of his will, Gahiji burst through the shadow of the Daemon and struck down his enemy, banishing it back to the Warp. For risking his life to save the child, he was accepted into the ranks of the Silver Knights.

Gahiji frequently meditates. This is not simply because of his introspective, scholarly nature. Ever since his battle with the Daemon he has always had a small concern, in the back of his mind. Did the Daemon leave some trace of itself inside of him? Does he have a bomb resting in the depths of his psyche, just waiting to go off? He does not know, and his meditations have shown him nothing. So he searches, and remains vigilant.