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Born into a wealthy mercantile family on [[Terra]], Fowst was blessed with both acute intelligence and ambition. At first he pursued wealth, like his family, and later knowledge, and finally discovered that his true hunger was for power. An avid student of occult knowledge, he was on [[Mars]] when he allowed himself to be recruited by an offshoot of the [[Cognitae]] cult. Fowst stole several volumes of their secrets, killed the cultists, and embarked for the sector of the [[galaxy]] being conquered by the Word Bearers. Fowst had already learned enough to decide that the secular [[Imperium]] offered no routes to meeting the [[Gods of Chaos|"real" powers]] in the galaxy, but decided that the Word Bearers might do so.{{Fn|1a}}
Recruited by the Brotherhood of the Knife, Fowst rose swiftly through the cult, finally acquiring a [[legionary]] patron, [[Arune Xen]], and attaining the rank of ''[[Majir]]'' ("confided lieutenant"). This granted him the privileges of attending several of [[Argel Tal]]'s sermons, and being gifted with a rare ''[[athame]] '' knife.{{Fn|1a}}
When the Brotherhood made camp on [[Calth]], disguised as the Word Bearers' [[human]] auxiliaries, Fowst conducted the first of the sacrificial rituals to implant the [[Octed]] into the [[Ultramarines]]'s systems.{{Fn|1a}}{{Fn|1b}}
Once the [[Battle of Calth|attack]] on the Ultramarines commenced, Fowst led his men against the loyalist units of the [[Imperial Army]], slaughtering them with abandon.{{Fn|1c}}{{Fn|1d}}
In the later stages of the battle, Fowst's unit encountered a small group of Army fugitives, led by [[Oll Persson]]. In the skirmish, Fowst was knocked unconscious and his ''athame'' was taken.{{Fn|1e}} Enraged, Fowst followed Persson's party, alone, howling for the return of his knife and calling for the [[daemon]]s running loose over Calth to attack the loyalists. Persson killed Fowst with a single shot from his antique slug rifle, and used the ''athame'' to cut a hole in reality that allowed his small party to escape the dying planet.{{Fn|1f}}
==Sources==
*{{Endn|1}}: [[Know No Fear (Novel)]] by [[Dan Abnett]]
**{{Endn|1c}}: Absolute//Overwhelm, Chapter 3, pgs. 154-155
**{{Endn|1d}}: System//Kill, Chapter 3, pgs. 180-181
**{{Endn|1e}}: Ushkul//Thu, Chapter 1, pgpgs. 329, 335-339**{{Endn|1f}}: Ruin//Storm, Chapter 6, pgs. 406-407
[[Category:Characters (Chaos Human)]]
[[Category:The Horus Heresy]]
[[Category:Word Bearers]]
