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[[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 too late as the other Mournival members had already interned Horus into the temple Delphos, allowing Erebus to corrupt Horus.{{Fn|2b}}

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|2a}}: Part Two, Chapter Eleven

**{{Endn|2b}}: Part Two, Chapter Twelve

*{{Endn|3}}: [[Galaxy In Flames (Novel)]],{{Cite This}}

*4: [[Garro: Legion of One (Audio Book)]]