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Loken fought to the last as a loyal servant of the [[Emperor]] and refused to give any quarter to those who had betrayed the Emperor in favour of Horus. He was wounded on Isstvan III by his old comrade [[Abaddon|Ezekyle Abaddon]], and he 'perished' in the final orbital bombardment of the planet, along with the last surviving loyalists<sup>3</sup>. Loken* and Torgaddon's deaths marked the removal of one of the final obstacle to Horus' great ambitions. | Loken fought to the last as a loyal servant of the [[Emperor]] and refused to give any quarter to those who had betrayed the Emperor in favour of Horus. He was wounded on Isstvan III by his old comrade [[Abaddon|Ezekyle Abaddon]], and he 'perished' in the final orbital bombardment of the planet, along with the last surviving loyalists<sup>3</sup>. Loken* and Torgaddon's deaths marked the removal of one of the final obstacle to Horus' great ambitions. | ||
| − | *Although we are lead to believe that Loken | + | *Although we are lead to believe that Loken perished in the final bombardment of Isstvan III, there has never been any factual statement either way supporting his unfortuate demise or his survival of a second bombardment as the last we know of him he was trapped under a layer of rubble as a Titan broke one of the walls of the building they were in. |
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The following paragraphs contain spoilers for: | Horus Heresy Series |
Garviel Loken was the Captain of the 10th company of the Luna Wolves Space Marine Legion.
Long an upwardly mobile officer, and friend to senior Captain Tarik Torgaddon, Garviel Loken was inducted into the Mournival after the pacification of Sixty-Three-Nineteen, the first Mournival member not to be a 'son of Horus', the term for those Luna Wolves who bore a facial similarity to their Primarch. The bloodline of Cthonia was strong in Loken, and as a result he had pale, craggy features, short fair hair, grey eyes and a slightly freckled face. His tally of glories reckoned to be in line after those of Ezekyle Abaddon and Luc Sedirae1, Loken's martial record was unquestionable. His strength of character was vouched for by Torgaddon and no less a personage than the Primarch of the Imperial Fists, Rogal Dorn, who was said to appreciate Loken's calm attitude. Dorn went on to counsel Loken to be a 'naysmith' within the Mournival, and to always speak his mind as he saw it.1 For a time Loken enjoyed a privileged position at the Warmaster's side.
However, as it became apparent that more and more activities amidst the Astartes of the legion were becoming increasingly clandestine and out of character, Loken became suspicious and began to investigate. After the Warmaster's botched attempt at peaceful negotiations with the Interex1, the Luna Wolves were renamed the Sons of Horus2, confirming Loken's fears that the old ways of the legion were being forgotten.
His research into the turbulent ancient history of Terra at the behest of his troubled mentor Kyril Sindermann, and his sponsorship of the rebellious remembrancer poet Ignace Karkasy put him at odds with some of the most powerful and influential Astartes in the 63rd Expeditionary Fleet, including Chaplain Erebus of the Word Bearers, and even the Warmaster himself.
Horus eventually saw fit to have Loken eliminated during the betrayal at Isstvan III, placing him at the front of the doomed invasion force alongside his friend and fellow marginalized Mournival member Tarik Torgaddon. When the virus bomb strike failed to kill all of the loyalist forces on the surface, the entirety of the traitor legions were eventually deployed to wipe out the survivors, who had fortified their position under Loken's, Torgaddon's, and Saul Tarvitz's command.
Loken fought to the last as a loyal servant of the Emperor and refused to give any quarter to those who had betrayed the Emperor in favour of Horus. He was wounded on Isstvan III by his old comrade Ezekyle Abaddon, and he 'perished' in the final orbital bombardment of the planet, along with the last surviving loyalists3. Loken* and Torgaddon's deaths marked the removal of one of the final obstacle to Horus' great ambitions.
- Although we are lead to believe that Loken perished in the final bombardment of Isstvan III, there has never been any factual statement either way supporting his unfortuate demise or his survival of a second bombardment as the last we know of him he was trapped under a layer of rubble as a Titan broke one of the walls of the building they were in.
Sources
- 1:Horus Rising by Dan Abnett
- 2:False Gods by Graham McNeill
- 3:Galaxy In Flames by Ben Counter
