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===Youth===

Jonson's capsule landed in a remote area of Caliban, far from any human habitation. There are no records of how he survived or what he encountered in the jungle during his early years and any normal man would have died within minutes of being exposed to the planet. He lived for a decade in the jungle, alone and with no one to aid him. At the end of this decade he encountered his first humans. Jonson was found by a group of warrior knights of [[The Order]] during one of their quests across the planet. While the knights prepared to kill Jonson, one of their number, a man named [[Luther]], sensed something not immediately apparent about this seemingly wild man and prevented his fellow knights from attacking. Luther and the band brought Jonson back to their [[Fortress Monastery]] and named him 'Lion El'Jonson' which means The Lion, the Son of the Forest after the location and circumstances they found him in{{Cite This}}.

Jonson quickly grew up under the care of Luther{{Fn|20a}} and adapted to the customs of the planet's inhabitants, learning to speak at an extremely rapid speed, though he never would speak of his first ten years of life. Luther and Jonson formed a strong friendship which complimented each other's abilities and skills. It was now that Jonson's primary skills were discovered. He was a brilliant strategist and unstoppable once he decided on a course of action. Together, the two warriors rose through the ranks of the Order and spread the name of the Order through the quests they undertook together{{Cite This}}.

At the center of the entire affair was a mysterious cabal of [[Terra]]n sorcerers somehow linked to the emergence of warp-monsters and twisted undead corpses. Having learned of Horus' rebellion against the Emperor, Luther declared the independence of Caliban and his opposition to Terra and the Lion alike{{Cite This}}.

===The Lion and the Wolf===

As part of Horus' campaign to divert many of the remaining loyalist legions from [[Terra]], the [[Night Lords]] were dispatched to the [[Eastern Fringes]], where in the [[Thramas Crusade]] they rampaged across many loyalist worlds. During the genocide, [[Konrad Curze]] would invite the Lion to a meeting on the planet [[Tsagualsa]]. There, the Night Haunter would reveal a prophecy to the Lion, concerning the future of the Dark Angels. Eventually, the talks would degrade to a fight and the Lion would leave with a slashed throat and Curze with a sword in his back.{{Fn|14}} The Lion would then go on to obtain a warp engine of unforeseen power known as [[Tuchulcha]], that would allow him to coordinate entire fleets in a warp jump. During their trip, the Dark Angels ships encountered [[Daemon]]s and Lion El'Jonson reinstituted [[Librarian]]s to fight them in direct violation of the [[Council of Nikea]]. This caused a dispute within the legion that saw The Lion eventually kill [[Nemiel]]. Lion El'Jonson encounters [[Kairos Fateweaver]] at the height of the battle, who attempts to convert him to Chaos but can find nothing in his heart to sway it with, for he was absolutely loyal to the Emperor and viewed loyalty as its own reward. The Lion dismisses the Lord of Change by impaling him through the heart and quipping if the Greater Daemon saw that coming.{{Fn|16}}

Using this engine, he would ambush the Night Lords and, for a second time, fight his brother Primarch. The Night Lords would leave severely injured, with Curze in a comatose state. The Lion would direct a second ambush on the regrouping Night Lords. There, Curze would reawaken and board the Invincible Reason with several of his troops. The battle would end with Curze fleeing to the lower decks and any surviving Night Lords, including the First Captain [[Sevatar]], being taken prisoner.{{Fn|10}} Curze however is loose in the bowels of the massive ship and wreaks terror throughout it, killing every search team the Lion sends after him. After losing several squads the Lion takes up the hunt for Curze himself, stalking him throughout the ''Invincible Reason'' for the next sixteen weeks. However, he can never find the elusive Primarch.{{Fn|17}}