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For a time Loken enjoyed a privileged position at the [[Warmaster]]'s side. His relationship with his fellow Mournival brothers was cordial, and he was encouraged from his oath of service to speak as an equal. He even was invited and welcomed in the warrior lodge of the [[Luna Wolves]].{{Fn|1h}} Loken and the other members of the Mournival continued to get along well until the battles on [[Davin]] and [[Aureus]], often in these happier times even play fighting with his brothers.{{Fn|2}} However, as it became apparent that more and more activities amidst the [[Astartes]] of the legion were becoming increasingly clandestine and out of character, Loken became suspicious and began to investigate.{{Fn|1g}} After the Warmaster's botched attempt at peaceful negotiations with the [[Interex]], the Luna Wolves were renamed the [[Sons of Horus]], confirming Loken's fears that the old ways of the legion were being forgotten.{{Fn|1i}}
[[Image:AbaddonvsLokken.jpg|thumb|right|220px|Loken battles Abaddon on Isstvan III]]
His research into the turbulent ancient history of [[Terra]] (in ancient tomes such as [[The Chronicles of Ursh]]) at the behest of his troubled mentor [[Kyril Sindermann]], and his sponsorship of the rebellious [[remembrancer]] poet [[Ignace Karkasy]]{{Fn|1g}} put him at odds with some of the most powerful and influential Astartes in the [[63rd Expeditionary Fleet]], including [[Chaplain]] [[Erebus]] of the [[Word Bearers]], and even the Warmaster himself.{{Fn|1i}} When Horus was injured on Davin, Loken and Tarik Torgeddon landed on Davin to try and find the [[athame|weapon]] used to wound him. Recognizing the blade as being of [[Kinebrach]] origin, he realized that it had been stolen from [[Xenobia]], the Interex's capital city. {{Fn|2a}} He and Torgaddon realized Erebus's treachery, but were unable to stop him from corrupting Horus.{{Cite This}}
Horus eventually saw fit to have Loken eliminated during the betrayal at [[Isstvan III]], placing him at the front of the doomed invasion force alongside his friend and fellow marginalized Mournival member Torgaddon. When the [[virus bomb]] strike failed to kill all of the loyalist forces on the surface, the entirety of the [[traitor legions]] were eventually deployed to wipe out the survivors, who had fortified the Precentor's Palace under Loken's, Torgaddon's, and [[Saul Tarvitz]]'s command. Given command of the loyalist Astartes of the XVI Legion, Loken declared that they were once again the Luna Wolves.{{Fn|3}} Loken fought to the last as a loyal servant of the [[Emperor]] and refused to give any quarter to those who had betrayed the Emperor in favour of Horus. After witnessing the death of [[Tarik Torgaddon]] at the hands of [[Horus Aximand]] he was wounded on Isstvan III by his old comrade [[Abaddon|Ezekyle Abaddon]], and was believed to have perished in the final orbital bombardment of the planet, along with the last surviving loyalists{{Fn|3}}. Loken and Torgaddon's deaths (supposed in the case of former) marked the removal of one of the final obstacles to Horus' great ambitions.{{Cite this}}
**{{Endn|1i}}: Part Three, Chapter Four
**{{Endn|1k}}: Part One, Chapter One
*{{Endn|2}}: [[False Gods (Novel)]],{{Cite This}}**{{Endn|2a}}: Part Two, Chapter Eleven
*{{Endn|3}}: [[Galaxy In Flames (Novel)]],{{Cite This}}
*4: [[Garro: Legion of One (Audio Book)]]
