Editing Ahzek Ahriman (section)

==Current Status==
[[File:Ahriman-tumblr.jpg|250px|left|thumb|The man himself!]]
Unlike most other Sorcerer Lords of the Thousand Sons, Ahriman's war band, the [[Prodigal Sons]] (GW hope you notice the <s>(potential)</s> [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tUuyyVaCOzw completely canon foreshadowing of that name]), have no ties left with the Planet of Sorcerers and its resources (not to mention Magnus's ability to resurrect fallen sorcerers), but they make up for it by mixing in non-Thousand Son Marines and mortals, as well as using their own stashes of magical artifacts (which they have a lot of). Pretty much like the Thousand Sons legion as a whole, Ahriman's band is split into tiny covens most of the time, only gathering together for particularly important battles.

Unlike [[Kharn]], [[Lucius]] and [[Typhus]], Ahriman is NOT a devoted servant of his Chaos god, and in fact does not even consider himself Tzeenchian, instead pursuing his own goal of becoming a god himself (He aspires to become a God of sorcery, ambition, and fate!... Creative?). The Architect of Fate, however, still thinks of Ahriman as his greatest champion, as he does not concern himself with the faith of his servants, but with their actions and hopes. In a way, Ahriman's rebellion against his patron god and his quest to overthrow him makes him even more Tzeenchian (JUST AS PLANNED!).

In order to further his divine aspirations, Ahriman is constantly trying to gain entrance into a particular [[Eldar]] library. And not just any library, where he can nerd out like most other geeks, but the mystical [[Black Library]] where he can nerd out mystically and become a new major chaos god (Which would tear reality yet another great big asshole like the [[Eye of Terror]], though this is probably just one of Tzeentch's plans to be personally summoned into the material world. Let's be honest about it, convincing a follower to go on an epic quest to attain 'the power of a god' for 9999 years only to be a worthy sacrifice is basically what Tzeentch is all about.). And he is constantly failing at that task because [[Advancing the Storyline|villains can't win]]. To be fair though, the Library is hidden in the ass end of the [[Webway]]. It's also protected by the [[Harlequins]], who are really good at getting their shit done, and the [[Cegorach|Eldar Laughing God]], who still has the full measure of his god-like power and is a master of [[just as planned]] (to the point that he can play this dreadfully complicated game on a fairly equal level with [[C'Tan#Mephet'ran, The Deceiver|The Deceiver]], Tzeentch, and the Emperor), and is capable of challenging [[Slaanesh]] for the souls for the Harlequin Solitaires—and winning.

In addition to this, he has the shards of a consecrated silver bolt shell constantly moving towards his hearts, only being repulsed by his powers reinforcing the flesh around it(So, Iron-Man), adding more motivation for him to find the black library and ascend to godhood. However, during the casting of the Second Rubric, Ahriman allowed these shards to finally reach his heart and kill him under the assumption his sacrifice would restore the Rubricae to flesh and blood. A [[Magnus|myriad]] of [[Tzeentch|assholes]] intervened and Ahriman ended up with [[Not as Planned|<i>his</i> body restored instead.]]

In spite of this, he is one of the most awesomely powerful psykers in the galaxy. His miniature can psychic power spam like no one else can, as he is able to throw seven powers per turn, three of which are the same witchfire, which means that he can kill pretty much anything dead with just a mean look. Nerd [[rage]] abounds as to whether the [[Zoanthrope|Doom of Malan'tai]], [[Mary Sue|Varro Tigurius]], [[Eldrad|Eldrad Ulthran]], Ahriman, or [[Mephiston]] is the most powerful psyker alive who is not balls to the wall insane or a daemon.

In terms of [[crunch]]y psychic power, Eldrad's got powerful anti-psyker and Perils of the Warp-bypassing stuff that Ahriman doesn't, though Ahriman can manifest more psychic powers per turn with enough allied sorcerers around to rob them of their charges. They are now both boosted to Mastery Level 4 in the 6th edition codices, so a psychic duel between them can go either way. Other mortal contenders though are not even near the god-like power level of these two.

And he may well still be a loyalist. Or at least, he may still think he is a loyalist… wait a second…

Let us clarify this point: the main reason Ahriman wants to enter the Black Library is his hope that this will allow him to achieve enough power to reverse the state of the Rubric Marines and rebuild Prospero (among other things), which was supposed to be the first city populated solely by psionically attuned humans, without having to go through all the [[grimdark]] soul-binding processes which are common in the Imperium at present. Want to know how cool Prospero was? Medics of Prospero could cure cancer with their mind powers, and that was an average procedure. In [[Horus Heresy]], a Thousand Sons Sorcerer claimed that he could undo the damage done by Butcher's Nails on MOTHERFUCKING [[Kharn|KHARN]] OF ALL PEOPLE. (Kharn beat the sorcerer to death moments later.) So yeah, no need for Emprah-miracles. Too bad Ahriman is currently not above using torture, genocide and daemonology to get the work done (then again, it isn't like the [[Inquisition|Imperium doesn't do the same thing here and there]]).

Basically, he's merciless Persian Wizard Space Marine reeking of [[JUST AS PLANNED]] and good intentions (well at least his end-game is good, his methods... not so much). His origin also puts him in a rough tie for oldest human (excluding the [[Emprah]]) with a certain [[Kharn|pretty fun guy to be around]].

By the way, Ahriman has his own series of novels and stories and is also one of the main characters of the ''A Thousand Sons'' novel, and is the main antagonist in ''Atlas Infernal''. You can compare how crazy he has gone by reading the [[Horus Heresy]] book first, his increasing moral slide in ''Exile'' and ''Sorcerer'', his justification for his actions in ''Unchanged'', and the unmitigated villain in ''Atlas Infernal''. Grimdark indeed.

Just before the Siege on the Fenris System, he managed to break into the Black Library and steal an undetermined amount of lore. That lore includes The Tome Labyrinthus, which is a map that includes a large number of secrets doors, passages and gates to the Webway. He more or less handed a lot of the Webway secrets to the rest of his legion, so they could attack from it.

In Gathering Storm, he got into a fight with the Ynnari in the Webway and caused a lot of damage, but ultimately lost the war. Began with Ahriman ambushing the then ragtag army of outcasts within the Webway which included Harlequins, Craftworlders, Drukhari, a Wraithknight and a number of Phoenix Lords (some of which were Asurmen and Mugen-Ra), against Ahriman's horde of Rubrics, Sorcerers, Daemons and a couple of Lords of Change. The Ynnari fighters faced annihilation until Yvraine called out to Ahriman. [[Yvraine]] showed Ahriman that she could reverse the rubric by demonstrating her ability on three Rubricae, restoring them, in order to get away. Ahriman, overcome with emotion, agreed to let Yvraine and her pals go as part of the deal. In typical Eldar fashion however [[troll|Yvraine screws him over and kills the restored Thousand Sons]], something that even fucking ''[[Eldrad]]'' would have called a dick move, and it's earned Yvraine and her cronies the [[Angry Marine|everlasting, planet-destroying hatred]] of a [[rage|ripshit pissed]] Ahriman. Whether this is going to bite her on her shapely elfy behind is unsure, but considering she just screwed with one of the most powerful sorcerers in the universe on a whole new level; you can bet Ahriman's going to find a way to get even (and he should probably consult with [[Honsou]] for ideas. ''That'' man knows how to send a [[Exterminatus|"don't fuck with me"]] message). Besides, Yvraine knows how to reliably reverse the Rubric. Squeezing that secret out of her would be a huge leap for Ahriman's ambitions.

After the blunder in the Webway, Ahriman decided to head to Commorragh, having seen Yvraine's ability to reverse the Rubric. He’s basically one of the most fucked over people in 40k, he wanted to help his legion, turned them all into dust, got exiled, is trying to find the Black Library to resurrect everyone, can’t find it because of Cegorach out-Just As Planneding him, and Yvraine can turn Rubrics back into their normal selves. But, he can’t get any of that to happen, because GW hates nerds.