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[[Image:Nykona.jpg|thumb|right|220px|{{PAGENAME}}Nykona Sharrowkyn]]
'''Nykona Sharrowkyn''' was a member of the [[Raven Guard]] Legion during the [[Horus Heresy]]. He was trained in "wraith-slipping" and could literally evade light and walk instinctively in shadows, giving him an almost ghost like ability to infiltrate {{Fn|2b}}. He held the incredible accolades of being one of few beings to shoot a [[Primarch]] in the head with a [[Sniper Rifle]]{{Fn|2a}} and survive, and also besting [[Lucius the Eternal]] twice in sword combat.{{Fn|2d}}{{Fn|2e}}
At some point during the Heresy, Sharrowkyn, accompanied by Wayland, was deployed to the [[Forge World]] of [[Cavor Sarta]] to recover the [[Kryptos]] machine. During this mission he killed one of the [[Word Bearers]] who was trying to save and hide one of the Kryptos.{{Fn|1}}:
With the [[Kryptos]], Loyalist commanders were able to finally access the Traitors’ coded communications and allowing them to see their arranged meetings. Sharrowkyn remained with the Iron Hands ship [[Sisypheum]] and was inserted on to [[Hydra Cordatus]], to intercept the meeting of the traitor [[Primarch]]s [[Fulgrim]] and [[Perturabo]]. After learning of Fulgrim's intentions to enter the [[Eye of Terror]] and recover the Angel Exterminatus, he and his partner Sabik Wayland acted as a sniper pair and managed to shoot Fulgrim in the head. The Primarch did not die however, and was healed by [[Fabius Bile]]. Escaping two Legions and returning to the ''Sisypheum'', the decision is made to intercede in the traitors plan to acquire the unknown xenos weapon, taking them to the dead [[eldar]] world of [[Iydris]].{{Fn|2a}}
After a disastrous experiment on the ships [[Plasma Reactor]]s by [[Frater Thamatica]]{{Fn|2c}}, the ''Sisypheum'' is boarded by both the [[Emperors Children]] and [[Iron Warriors]]. This is the first time Sharrowkyn crosses swords with [[Lucius]] and bests him in combat cutting Lucius's face. He was unable to deliver a killing blow as the battle carried them away from each other. {{Fn|2d}} A reckoning then took place on the planet itself, when Nykona sought out Lucius and isolated him before swooping down to attack. Sharrowkyn bests him and plunges both of his gladii through his neck and chest piercing both hearts, killing him and leaving his cadaver on the planet.{{Fn|2e}}. Somehow [[Fabius Bile]] recovers Lucius's body and he awakes in the Apothecarion - the method of his return to life is not clear.{{Fn|2f}}
