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{{Character
|Portal              ={{LunaWolvesPortal}}
|Name                =Tarik Torgaddon
|Image               =Tarik.jpg
|Caption             =Tarik{{Fn|5}}
|Title               =
|Homeworld           =
|Birth               =c. Late M30
|Active Period       =[[M30]] — [[M31]]
|Death               =005.M31,
[[Isstvan III]], [[Isstvan system]]
|Cause of Death      =Killed by traitor Sons of Horus
|Species             =[[Human]]
|Type                =[[Astartes]]
|Gender              =Male
|Relatives           =''
*[[Horus Lupercal]]<br><small>("Father" via Gene-seed)</small>
*[[Luna Wolves]]/[[Sons of Horus]] <br><small>(“Brothers” via Gene-seed)</small>
|Occupation          =''
*[[Space Marine Captain|Captain]] of the [[Luna Wolves]] [[2nd Company (Sons of Horus)|2nd Company]]
*Member of the [[Mournival]]
|Preceded by         =
|Succeeded by        =[[Tormageddon]]
|Faction             =''
*[[Imperium of Man]]
**[[Luna Wolves]]<br><small>(Loyalist)</small>
***[[Mournival]]
*[[63rd Expeditionary Fleet]]<br><small>(Formerly)</small>
|Notes               =
}}
'''Tarik Torgaddon''' was the [[Space Marine Captain|Captain]] of the [[Luna Wolves]] [[2nd Company (Sons of Horus)|2nd Company]] and a member of the elite [[Mournival]], an informal council of four captains meant to advise the Legion's [[primarch]], [[Horus]].{{Fn|1a}} He was known as a joker but an extremely skilled warrior.{{Fn|1b}}

==Biography==
When [[Garviel Loken]] was elevated to the [[Mournival]] following the death of [[Hastur Sejanus]] Torgaddon befriended him, his light-hearted, jokerish nature tempering Loken's strict adherence to the rules. Torgaddon helped Loken settle into his new role as a Mournival member and advisor to [[Horus]]{{Fn|1b}} and was the one to introduce Loken to the [[Warrior Lodges]], showing him that they were simply a way for Astartes of differing ranks and companies to come together as equals, which somewhat allayed Loken's suspicion of them.{{Fn|1d}}

When the 63rd Expedition responded to the distress call of [[Khitas Frome]] of the [[Blood Angels]]{{Fn|1c}} Torgaddon's company was chosen to descend to the surface of [[Murder]] and search for survivors. Once there he struck up a friendship with [[Emperor's Children]] Captain [[Saul Tarvitz]] but developed a dislike for the arrogant [[Lord Commander]] [[Eidolon]], a feeling that became mutual after Torgaddon pulled rank, berated him for letting his lust for glory cause needless death, and telling him that Horus himself believed that Eidolon was an idiot.{{Fn|1e}} After contact was made with the [[Interex]], Torgaddon continued to act as 2nd Company Captain and advisor to Horus.{{Fn|1f}}

When Horus was mortally wounded on the moon of [[Davin]] and people were crying out against the grief-driven killing of humans by Astartes, it was proposed by the Warrior Lodges to rid the fleet of these dissenting voices. Tarik refused to take part in this and quit the lodges over it. When it became apparent that the Legion's apothecaries could not save the dying Horus, Mournival and lodge members [[Ezekyle Abaddon]] and [[Horus Aximand]] proposed entrusting Horus to the Davinite priests, and move which both Torgaddon and Loken opposed, and for good reason, as it was the Chaos-worshipping Davinites who allowed [[Erebus]] to enter Horus's mind and sway him to [[Chaos]]. With Chaos's evil influence spreading throughout the 63rd expedition Torgaddon and Loken vowed to oppose it. When he and Loken discovered the Kinebrach blade used to injure Horus, they realized Erebus's treachery. When Tarik encountered Erebus, he held a knife to his throat.{{Fn|6}}

During the [[Isstvan III]] incident, Torgaddon was one of the loyalists whom Horus deemed too loyal to the [[Emperor]] to rebel against him and hoped to purge through a fiendish [[virus bomb]]ardment. However, once the loyalists received word  of the treachery from Saul Tarvitz of the Emperor's Children, Torgaddon was among those captains who led the resistance against the [[Traitor Legions]] during the Isstvan III ground war. {{Fn|2}} Towards the end of the grim battle, he and Garviel Loken received word that their former Mournival brothers [[Abaddon|Ezekyle Abaddon]] and [[Aximand|Horus Aximand]] would be landing on the planet's surface to oversee the final elimination of the loyalists. Hoping to kill their betrayers and slow Horus' plans, they planned an ambush at the landing site, but Tarik met his death at the hands of the reluctant but resolute Aximand, while Loken looked on in horror. Tarik died physically on [[Isstvan III]] but his gene seed was removed and taken to [[Calth]] by Word Bearer [[Erebus]]. Erebus sacrificed his gene seed, along with gene seed from the [[Salamanders]], [[Raven Guard]], [[Iron Hands]] and even some from the [[Traitor Legions]].{{Fn|3}}

Later in an arcane ritual, Erebus used the body of Tarik as a catalyst to create the [[Daemon]] known as [[Tormageddon]]. A strange by-product of this ritual summoning was that some fragment of Torgaddon's spirit remained sentient and free, and was able to communicate with his old friend [[Garviel Loken]] on [[Luna]].{{Fn|4}}

==Sources==
{{Citation issues}}
*1: [[Horus Rising (Novel)]]:
**{{Endn|1a}}:  Part One, Chapter Four
**{{Endn|1b}}:  Part One, Chapter One
**{{Endn|1c}}:  Part Two, Chapter One
**{{Endn|1d}}:  Part Two, Chapter Five
**{{Endn|1e}}:  Part Two, Chapter Six
**{{Endn|1f}}:  Part Three, Chapter One
*{{Endn|2}}: [[Galaxy In Flames (Novel)]],{{Cite Marker End}}
*{{Endn|3}}: [[Know No Fear (Novel)]], ''Target//Acquisition'', Chapter 8, pg. 100
*{{Endn|4}}: [[Luna Mendax (Short Story)]]
*{{Endn|5}}: [[The Horus Heresy: Legions]] Card
*{{Endn|6}}: [[False Gods (Novel)]] - Chapter 19

==Uncited==
{{Uncited}}
*[[False Gods (Novel)]],{{Cite Marker End}}
*[[Garro: Legion of One (Audio Book)]], Track 3

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