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After the [[Horus Heresy]] began and the Crusader Host was disbanded, Zephon was allowed some freedom to continue his duty marking the names of the dead. When the Blood Angels disappeared, he pleaded with [[Malcador the Sigillite]] to be allowed to search for them, but he was denied on 13 different occasions. During the [[War Within the Webway]], as the Emperor's forces were pushed back to the Impossible City, the [[Adeptus Custodes|Custodian]] [[Diocletian Coros]] recruited him for their plan of reinforcement on recommendation by the Sigillite. Although Zephon tried to demonstrate that he was unfit to fight, he was required to attend with the Custodian anyway.{{fn|1}}
Following the Webway War, Zephon began spending much time in the [[Imperial Palace]] with fellow veteran [[Arkhan Land]]. When the Blood Angels under [[Sanguinius]] arrived on Terra, Zephon wept and Land agreed to help repair Zephon's bionic limbs. Land discovered that the limbs would always be rejected by Zephon's body. To bypass this, he implanted into his arm and head the [[Paragon of Restoration]], fragments of an acquired [[Dark Age of Technology]]-era Artificial Abominable Intelligence into his arm and head. He used the limited AI to trick Zephon's body into accepting the new limbs, and in exchange Zephon agreed to take Land before Sanguinius.{{Fn|2}}
[[Image:MSAV571_RannandZephon.jpg|thumb|right|230px|Zephon and [[Fafnir Rann]]{{Fn|7a}}]]
During the [[Siege of Terra]] Zephon returned to frontline service, taking part in the defense of [[Gorgon Bar]].{{Fn|3c}} He was wounded in the battle when he instinctively protected the Imperial historian [[Ceris Gonn]] from an incoming shell.{{Fn|3a}} He was placed in a stasis pod to be delivered to [[Arkhan Land]] for healing.{{Fn|3b}} Tended to by Land and his three [[Bloodthrall]]s [[Shafia]], [[Shenkai]], and [[Eristes]], Zephon eventually made a full recovery and had to make a quick escape as their underground laboratory was besieged by the forces of [[Chaos]].{{Fn|5b}}
