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Due to the [[Ruinstorm]] erected by the [[Word Bearers]], the Dark Angels found themselves unable to return to Terra as the Lion had intended. Eventually they locked onto the light of the [[Pharos (Device)|Pharos]] and made their way to [[Ultramar]], linking up with the [[Ultramarines]] and [[Blood Angels]] as well as their respective Primarchs, [[Roboute Guilliman]] and [[Sanguinius]]. The three Primarch's were instrumental in the formation of [[Imperium Secundus]]{{Fn|15}}, and Lion El'Jonson was made Lord Protector of this new Empire, a title similar to [[Warmaster]]. When Curze escaped the ''Invincible Reason'' and rampaged across [[Macragge]], the Lion aided Guilliman in the unsuccessful attempt to defeat the renegade Primarch. However the entire battle had been a trap, and Curze brought down the chapel they were battling in. Lion El'Jonson and Guilliman both survived only thanks to [[Barabas Dantioch]], who activated the [[Pharos (Device)|Pharos]] and teleported them to [[Sotha]].{{Fn|17}}
The Lion, feeling responsible for Curze's rampages across Ultramar, obsessively hunted for his dark brother. In the [[Zepath System]], Lion El'Jonson commanded the [[Dreadwing]] to wreak havoc against [[Word Bearers]] and [[World Eaters]] in the search for Curze.{{Fn|20a}} The Lion and Guilliman continued to clash over the policy with Imperium Secundus, particularly over how to deal with rebels on Macragge that the Dark Angels Primarch was certain Curze had a hand in. After a suicide bomber hit an Astartes convoy, Lion El'Jonson used his Legion to establish martial law on Macragge. The Lion became certain that Curze was hiding in the rebellious Illyrium region of Ultramar's capital, and advocated using weapons of mass destruction to destroy it from orbit. After facing resistance from both Sanguinius and Guilliman over the idea, the Lion instead deployed the Dreadwing to flush Curze and the rebels out.{{Fn|20b}}
During the attack on Alma Mons, the Lion was finally able to corner Curze and the two once again came to blows. After a vicious battle, the Lion was eventually victorious. The Lion questioned why Curze turned, to which Curze answered, "Why not?", saying that there was a monster in his head that he could not stop. Instead of killing Curze, the Lion pulled back, saying he could not kill him but then pummeled him again. The Lion then ripped off Curze's backpack and brought him down upon his knee, breaking his spine and paralyzing paralysing him. Curze was then brought before Sanguinius and Guilliman to stand trial.{{Fn|20c}}
Curze admitted to his action, but refused to accept guilt because he was made to act that way, thus they were not crimes. Curze then divided Guilliman from the Lion, accusing the Lion of ordering secret orbital attacks and pitting the against each other. The Lion sought to kill Curze, but Sanguinius prevented him with words and Guilliman broke his sword. The Lion responded with anger, but Sanguinius dismissed him, ending the Triumvirate and banishing him from Imperium Secundus. The Dark Angels withdrew from the planet hours following the dismissal. Afterwards, The Lion continued to brood, questioning his exile of Luther and other decisions as he stood in the chamber of [[Tuchulcha]]. Soon, his council arrived and the Lion told them that they would return to Caliban. Before they left, the Lion had a thought and ordered Tuchulcha to teleport him and Holguin to Sanguinius's chamber. Shortly before Sanguinius was able to execute Curze back on Macragge, the Lion appeared, asking for the Angel to stop. Troops came into the room, demanding the Lion's surrender but he responded that Curze was able to see the future, and he repeated that Curze's claim that his death would be at the hands of an assassin was sent by the Emperor. This, to the Lion, was proof that the Emperor was still alive. Sanguinius recognized that his own visions of death would also be true. Guilliman demanded what would come of Curze. The Lion knelt before his brothers and promised that he would be Curze's gaoler.{{Fn|20d}} Curze remained captive aboard the ''Invincible Reason'' and occasionally The Lion would visit to speak with him in an attempt to gather information from his prophetic visions, though the Night Haunter rarely proved cooperative.{{Fn|21}}
