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'''Maloghurst''' was a [[Space Marine]] of the [[Black Legion|Luna Wolves Legion]] before the [[Horus Heresy]]. Known as "the Twisted" for the complex workings of his mind, Maloghurst was Horus' chief advisor and public voice, and a shrewd manipulator. He was also a formidable warrior, and was a speculated contender for the First Captaincy (the post held by [[Ezekyle Abaddon]]) when Horus made him his equerry.
During the Battle of [[Sixty-Three -Nineteen]], Maloghurst was dispatched to the surface to parley with the "Emperor of Mankind", the imposter leader of the planet, but was shot down and seriously wounded in the process. 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.
His role in the 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 directed [[Typhus|Calas Typhon]] of the [[Death Guard]] to stop the fleeing frigate ''[[Eisenstein]]'' before it could escape and warn the Emperor of Horus' treachery.
