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Horst began researching the Eye of Night and Hand of Darkness from the secret [[Inquisitorial Fortress]] under the Cathedral of [[Savaven]] to discover what the artefacts might do and how to find them. While much of his work was sent to [[Terra]], some of his later work was destroyed{{fn|2a}} along with the planet by [[Abaddon the Despoiler]]'s [[Planet Killer]] in 143.M41. Horst survived the attack and was involved in co-ordinating the [[Imperium|Imperial]] response with [[Lord Admiral]] [[Cornelius von Ravensburg]].{{fn|1}}
After the war, Horst disappeared investigating Abaddon and the [[Blackstone Fortress]]es.{{fn|1}} He eventually found the Eye of Night with the aid of [[Moriana]] the Witch, promising in exchange to kill the [[daemon]] that possessed it for failing to fulfil its own bargain with the seer. He was defeated, his body [[Daemonic Possession|possessed]], and so Horst projected his soul into the body of the [[Grey Knight]] [[Paladin (Grey Knights)|Paladin]] [[Belacus ]] and teleported through the [[warp]] to a psychic beacon in the ruined fortress on Savaven.{{fn|2c}}
Centuries later, Inquisitor [[Katarinya Greyfax]] and a squad of [[Grey Knights]] sent by [[Roboute Guilliman]] to recover the Eye of Night. The only trace of the location was remains of the Ecclesiarchy planet that Horst used as his base, which had his psychic spore. After searching through one of the small fragments of the planet remaining, they found Horst bound to the skeleton within the Paladin's armor.{{fn|2a}} He was in a state between life and death, and he said that he knew that Moriana would know where to find the Eye of Night. The two inquisitors entered the Eye of Terror searching for Moriana, who revealed that Horst knew the location but that he was suffering from amnesia.{{fn|2b}} She gave them a daemonic guide who led them to a daemon prince who held Horst's body and the Eye of Night. Greyfax killed the daemon, and Horst in the process, and recovered the Eye of Night from within its body.{{fn|2c}}
