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[[Image:Maloghurst.jpg|thumb|80px|right|Maloghurst the Twisted]]
== History ==
Maloghurst grew up in the tunnels of [[Cthonia]] as a gang leader. Unlike most gang leaders, who simply pursued petty goals, Maloghurst sought to turn himself into a king. At some point he was grievously wounded by a rival ganger, but was saved by [[Iacton Qruze]] and subsequently inducted as a [[Space Marine]].{{Fn|5}} Maloghurst went on to have a long history within the original [[Luna Wolves]] and became fiercly loyal to [[Horus]], who he viewed as something greater than himself which he had always strived towards. He nearly lost an eye capturing the young [[Kalus Ekaddon]] so he could be inducted as a Space Marine.{{Fn|5}} Known as "the Twisted" for the complex workings of his mind, Maloghurst was [[Horus]]'s chief adviser and public voice, and a shrewd manipulator. He was also a formidable warrior, and was a speculated contender for the [[First Captain]]cy (the post held by [[Ezekyle Abaddon]]) when Horus made him his [[equerry]].{{Fn|1}}
During the Battle of [[Sixty-Three-Nineteen]], Maloghurst was dispatched to the surface to parley with the "[[Emperor of Mankind (63-19)|Emperor of Mankind]]", the impostor leader of the planet, but his [[Stormbird]] was shot down and he was seriously wounded in the crash. He was recovered from the surface, and the [[remembrancer]] [[Euphrati Keeler]]'s [[pict]]-records of the rescue spread through the [[63rd Expeditionary Fleet|63rd Expedition]], making Maloghurst into a war hero. His body was badly mangled by the events (thus truly making him "twisted"), but he remained willing - and quite able - to serve his Warmaster. He also boldly stated that he was aware of his nickname among the rest of the Legion and had no wish to abandon it: his mind was as deft as ever, and if his body was now twisted to fit it, then so be it.{{Fn|1}}
His role in the [[Horus Heresy|Heresy]] itself was as Horus' chief enforcer, ensuring that the Warmaster's orders were carried out. To this end, early on he employed the services of the mute assassin [[Maggard]] after he was freed from service to his overbearing remembrancer mistress [[Petronella Vivar]]. He also Shortly before Horus initiated his rebellion against the Emperor, Maloghurst became suspicious of [[Garviel Loken]]'s loyalties and placed a Warp-eye spying ritual on the remembrancer [[Mersadie Oliton]] before erasing her memory of it. Unknown to Maloghurst, years later the warp-eye was used by [[Samus]] to manifest in the bowels of the ''[[Phalanx]]'' during the [[Solar War]].{{Fn|6}} During the [[Battle of Isstvan III]] he directed [[Calas Typhon]] of the [[Death Guard]] to stop the fleeing frigate ''[[Eisenstein]]'' before it could escape and warn the Emperor of Horus' treachery.{{Fn|2}} He later again appeared advising Horus in the [[Battle of Molech]].{{Fn|4}}
Studying the powers of [[Chaos]] from [[Erebus]], Maloghurst became quite adept in the occult and [[Daemonancy]] as the Heresy ground on. [[Serghar Targost]] began to suspect that he had grown more powerful and was now feigning his injuries. Shortly before the [[Battle of Molech]], Maloghurst performed a ritual where he violently sacrificed captured Humans to the [[Ruinous Powers]] and summoned [[Tormageddon]]. Maloghurst intended this [[Daemonhost]] to be the first in his army of [[Possessed]]: the [[Luperci]]{{Fn|4}}
Following the wounding of Horus in the [[Battle of Trisolian]], Horus fell into a deep coma as the Chaos Gods fought over the fragment of his soul that remained inside the gate of Molech. Maloghurst became desperate to revive the Warmaster as the Sons of Horus and general traitor war effort tore itself apart without his guidance. Maloghurst eventually agreed to the aid of [[Lorgar]] and [[Zardu Layak]], working with [[Sota-Nul]] to gain access to Horus' comatose body upon his throne in [[Lupercal's Court]] without the permission of the reluctant [[Falkus Kibre]]. Using a Warp blood ritual that involved slitting his own throat and bargaining his very soul, Maloghurst entered the Warp and bound the [[Daemon]] [[Amarok]] to his will. Using Amarok as a guide, Maloghurst was led to the fragment of Horus' soul still inside the Warp. Maloghurst meets Horus on a battlefield where the Warmaster is battling enemies across space and time. Horus refuses to leave, and before Maloghurst can converse further he's woken up by [[Justaerin]] and dragged before Aximand. A Warp-Surge has dropped the fleet prematurely from the Warp in front of the [[Fortress World]] of [[Heta-Gladius]], and Aximand intends to waste their forces in a useless struggle for the planet. Maloghurst is jailed inside a prison-maze that constantly moves to disorient the users. Robbed by his warp powers by a restraining collar, he can do nothing but wander the corridors.{{Fn|5}}
*{{Endn|5}}: [[Slaves to Darkness (Novel)]] — Chapter 6
**{{Endn|5a}}: Chapters 17–19
*{{Endn|6}}: [[The Solar War (Novel)]] - Chapter 19
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