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{{Character|Portal ={{NurglePortal}}|Name ={{PAGENAME}}|Image =|Caption =|Title =|Homeworld =|Birth =c. [[M30]]|Active Period =c. [[M30]] - 004.[[M31]]|Death =004.[[M31]], [[Davin]]|Cause of Death =Killed by [[Horus]]|Species =[[Human]]|Type =|Gender =Male|Relatives =|Occupation ='' ''*[[Imperial Army]] [[Commander]] <small>(Former)</small>*[[Governor]] of [[Davin]] <small>(Former)</small>*Servant of [[Nurgle]]|Preceded by =|Succeeded by =|Faction ='' ''*[[Imperium of Man]] <small>(Former)</small>**[[Mechanicum]]*[[Chaos]]**[[Nurgle]]|Notes =}}
[[Commander]] '''Eugan Temba''' was the [[Imperial Governor]] of the planet [[Davin]] during the [[Great Crusade]]. Originally a close friend to [[Horus]]{{Fn|2a}}, Temba would eventually fall sway to the predations of [[Nurgle]] and, possessed by [[Daemon|daemonic energies]], attempt to kill his commander and benefactor.{{Fn|2b}}
===History===
Viewed with trust and friendship by Horus, [[Primarch]] of the [[Luna Wolves]], Temba found himself placed in charge of Davin once it had been conquered by the [[63rd Expeditionary Fleet]]. However, he soon found that the inhabitants of Davin's moon refused to comply with Imperial rule. According to [[Word Bearers]] [[Chaplain]] [[Erebus]], Temba led his occupying forces to the moon in an attempt to bring the tribes there into the light of Imperial Truth, but at a parley with the tribespeople he and his men were struck down by a sorcerous attack that twisted their perceptions away from loyalty to the [[Imperium]]. More plainly said, they succumbed to the temptations of the Chaos powers.
This event must have taken place not long after the 63rd Fleet left the system, as upon their return 60 years later, they discovered that the wreck of Temba's flagship, the ''Glory of Terra'', had been derelict for almost that long. A significant number of rotting bodies found in the swamps nearby wore the uniforms of the 63rd. It appeared that Temba and all his men had perished.{{Fn|2a}}
Occasionally Temba's outline would shimmer, briefly showing an image of the pre-corruption Temba screaming in extreme distress. When defeated in combat and separated from the anatheme, Temba seemed devastated and horrified at his embrace of Chaos and apologized to Horus for his actions. He also attempted to warn Horus against the power of the things that lived in the [[Warp]] and prophesied that only Horus could avert a grim future where the [[Emperor]] was dead and there was only war. He finally died on the deck of his ruined flagship, with his friend Horus beside him. However before his death, Temba was able to inflict a devastating wound to Horus with the anatheme. This soon brought the Warmaster to the point of death and in order to save his life, the [[Sons of Horus]] brought the Warmaster to [[Davin]]'s [[Serpent Lodge]] for treatment.{{Fn|2b}}
===Trivia===
{{Trivia}}
*It is not explicitly explained how the anathame changed hands, but the obvious implication presented by the source text is that Erebus somehow caused it to come into Temba's possession.
*[http://www.meaning-of-names.com/german-names/eugen.asp Eugen] is a word of Germanic origin which means "noble", whilst [http://www.meaning-of-names.com/african-names/themba.asp Temba] is an alternate spelling of Themba, an African word which means "trusted'.
===See Also===
*[[List of Planetary Governors]]
===Sources===
*{{Endn|1}}: [[Horus Rising (Novel)]], Part Three, Chapter Four, pg. 411
*2: [[False Gods (Novel)]]
