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Long an upwardly mobile officer, and friend to senior Captain [[Tarik Torgaddon]], Garviel Loken was inducted into the [[Mournival]] after the pacification of [[Sixty-Three-Nineteen]], the first Mournival member not to be a 'son of Horus', the term for those Luna Wolves who bore a facial similarity to their [[Primarch]]. The bloodline of [[Cthonia]] was strong in Loken, and as a result he had pale, craggy features, short fair hair, grey eyes and a slightly freckled face. His tally of glories reckoned to be in line after those of [[Ezekyle Abaddon]] and [[Luc Sedirae]]<sup>1</sup>, Loken's martial record was unquestionable. His strength of character was vouched for by Torgaddon and no less a personage than the Primarch of the [[Imperial Fists]], [[Rogal Dorn]], who was said to appreciate Loken's calm attitude. Dorn went on to counsel Loken to be a 'naysmith' within the Mournival, and to always speak his mind as he saw it.<sup>1</sup> For a time Loken enjoyed a privileged position at the [[Warmaster|Warmaster's]] side.
However, as it became apparent that more and more activities amidst the [[Astartes]] of the legion were becoming increasingly clandestine and out of character, Loken became suspicious and began to investigate. After the Warmaster's botched attempt at peaceful negotiations with the [[Interex]]<sup>1</sup>, the Luna Wolves were renamed the [[Sons of Horus]]<sup>2</sup>, confirming Loken's fears that the old ways of the legion were being forgotten. However, the legion's chance change of name was widely accepted and celebrated amongst the other marines, including the [[Mournival]].
His research into the turbulent ancient history of [[Terra]] at the behest of his troubled mentor [[Kyril Sindermann]], and his sponsorship of the rebellious [[remembrancer]] poet [[Ignace Karkasy]] put him at odds with some of the most powerful and influential Astartes in the [[63rd Expeditionary Fleet]], including [[Chaplain Erebus]] of the [[Word Bearers]], and even the Warmaster himself.
