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=== The Horus Heresy and The Great Scouring ===
When the judgement of Nikaea ultimately led to the Space Wolves being ordered to sanction [[Magnus the Red]] and his Thousand Sons, Bjorn was once again present as part of Tra, and took part in the [[Battle of Prospero]]. It was during this battle that he is reckoned to have lost his left arm, although the precise circumstances of this event vary from account to account (see Notes).{{Fn|3c}} Bjorn also helped rouse Russ from his despair during the [[Battle of the Alaxxes Nebula]], convincing the Wolf King to forge his own path instead of blindly serving as the Emperor's Executioner.{{Fn|7}} When Bjorn had later went to have his missing arm replaced though the [[Forge]] looking for [[Iron PriestsPriest]] refused [[Slejek Blademaker]]. He has asked him to waste time making forge him a [[augmetic ]] to replace his missing arm. His left arm terminated in a tangle of scorched and broken metal spars. Since losing his hand on Prospero there had been no opportunity to forge an augmetic replacement, and his last combat against the [[Alpha Legion]] had mangled what remained. Slejek had refused though, having thousands of other Battle Brothers to attend to. Leaving the [[forge]] though , Bjorn noticed a [[Lightning Claw]] and decided to steal it having it fitted in place of his missing arm.{{Fn|12}}
It was whilst undertaking an attack on the acrid, volcanic world of Gryth that events were to take a tragic turn. Bjorn’s pack had humbled tyrants, butchered aliens beyond counting, and even hewn down their brother Space Marines that had fallen from the Emperor’s grace; yet against the [[Daemon Prince|Daemon king]], [[Arvax]] the Arch-slaughterer, they knew only death. That Bjorn actually survived the massacre of his kinsmen was a testament to his exceptional skills as a warrior, for all others who faced the mighty Daemon of [[Khorne]] that fateful day joined Bjorn’s packmates in death. Though the arrival of Leman Russ saw the Space Wolves ultimately emerge victorious against the daemonic host, it was Bjorn who finally drove the seemingly unstoppable Daemon general from the field.Despite his victory of sorts, Bjorn never forgave himself for the loss of his kinsmen, nor the fact that he alone yet lived having been denied a magnificent death. In the hours that followed the battle, Bjorn became increasingly melancholy, refusing to accept the hearty approval of those that had witnessed his heroic battle against the Daemon king. As he witnessed his packmates burn atop the victory pyres, he gave voice to a long, mournful howl. Kneeling before the bodies of his burning kinsmen, he swore a grave oath of vengeance against their slayer.{{Fn|8}}
