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Cypher may be attempting to rewrite the history of the Dark Angels and Fallen. In [[M41]] he turned himself in to the [[Inner Circle]] and with the help of the [[Watchers in the Dark]] managed to convince them to use [[Tuchulcha]] and its brother engines to open up a time rift over the ruins of Caliban ostensibly to prevent [[Astelan]] and [[Typhus]] from doing the same. The rift was [[Battle of the Caliban System|ultimately destroyed]] by [[Azrael]], creating the same warp storm that originally scattered the Fallen. After the battle, Cypher vanishes.{{Fn|6}}

Cypher again reappeared during the [[Terran Crusade]], this time with the [[Harlequin]] [[Sylandri Veilwalker]]. While aboard a [[Red Corsairs]] [[Blackstone Fortress]], Cypher and Sylandri killed the Corsair guarding [[Roboute Guilliman]] and his [[Ultramarines]]. After taking the key he talked to Guilliman, and told him he would free him if he brought Cypher to [[Terra]] and the [[Golden Throne]]. Guilliman agreed, so Cypher freed him and the Ultramarines.{{Fn|9a}} Cypher and Sylandri then helped them free the rest of their allies and then guided them to the Harlequin's [[Webway Portal]].{{Fn|9b}} Once in the [[webway]], Cypher was met by some of his [[Fallen]] allies.{{Fn|9c}} Cypher accompanied Guilliman on the rest of the journey to Terra, and fought in the battle against [[Magnus]] on [[Luna]].{{Fn|9d}} Once Guilliman and the members of the crusade arrived outside the main chamber of the Golden Throne, he broke the deal he made with Cypher and ordered the [[Adeptus Custodes]] to arrest Cypher and his [[Fallen]] allies. This caused Cypher to snarl in anger, and he unholstered his weapons briefly before he and his allies surrendered. They were then taken to a warded prison block.{{Fn|9e}}

Cypher and the Fallen with him (including [[Azkhar]], [[Bakhariel]], [[Korlael]]) were able to escape their confinement in the [[Dark Cells]] after a small Dark Angel force led by [[Mordachi]], which had snuck and murdered their way into the palace seeking the Fallen for themselves, destroyed the generators to the dark cells. While normally the dark cells has many redundancies, the [[Battle of Lion's Gate|war on Terra]], warp incursion, and other damages caused the actions of the Dark Angels to have cascading effects freeing those in the dark cells.{{Fn|14a}} Avoiding the hunting Dark Angels, Custodes, and [[Officio Assassinorum|Imperial Assassins]]{{Fn|14b}}, Cypher and his Fallen brethren were able to retrieve their wargear and cause mass confusion through destroying the central palace communication hub, allowing them to slip past their many pursuers and enter the maze of Catacombs beneath the Imperial Palace. Cypher then revealed he intended to not flee Terra but instead reach the [[Imperial Dungeon|Throneroom]].{{Fn|14c}} Using a forgotten doorway to the [[Sanctum Imperialis]] dubbed the Path of Martyrs, Cypher and his group were able to fight off the pursuing Dark Angels and Assassins.{{Fn|14d}} Cypher was about to reach the Throneroom through the [[Bridge of Ascension]] when he was confronted by the badly wounded [[Custodian Warden]] [[ Hekkarron]], who guided by a vision of the Emperor Himself told the Lord of the Fallen “not yet”. Cypher accepted the message and left the Palace thereafter.{{Fn|14e}}