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There are differing accounts as to how exactly Bjorn lost his arm. In one, [[Kasper Hawser]], a [[sjkald]] with the Third Great Company, partook in the burning of [[Prospero]]. Encountering a [[daemon]] that had shaped itself into the form of the [[Warmaster]] [[Horus]] within a structure that was built by the [[Thousand Sons]], he attempted to battle it into submission. Realizing that he could not win, he called for aid, and several members of the Third came to assist him. All of them fell to the daemon, owing to the fact that (thanks to a psychic link with Hawser) it knew all of their names; with that knowledge comes mortal power over the individual. As the daemon advanced on Hawser, a Space Wolf apparently named Bear cut off the daemon's arm. It attempted to claim power over the Space Wolf by calling out his name - Bear - but to no avail. Eventually, however, the daemon overwhelmed Bear, and with a word of power, spread eldritch bale-fire to Bear's left arm left. Hawser took up his axe and cut off Bear's arm just beneath the elbow, likely saving his life. As this event occurred, several dreadnoughts and rune priests along with members of the [[Silent Sisterhood]] came to confront the daemon. With the aid of the Sisterhood, the Wolves were able to banish it from the material realm. Hawser later learned that the daemon had been unable to gain power over Bear because that was not in fact the Space Wolf's true name; Hawser had mistakenly been referring to him by the [[Low Gothic]] translation of his name since they had first met. Bear's true name...was Bjorn.⁴