Once there he struck up a friendship with Emperor's Children Captain Saul Tarvitz but developed a dislike for the arrogant Lord Commander Eidolon, a feeling that became mutual after Torgaddon pulled rank, berated him for letting his lust for glory cause needless death, and telling him that Horus himself believed that Eidolon was an idiot. This page was last edited on 9 November 2020, at 07:57. The bright reflection of the rising moon wavers on the water between them. Information in the article needs to be linked to an accepted source. Das eigentliche Ziel des Kriegsherrn bestand darin, seine Legion von den imperiumstreuen Elementen zu säubern.3{{A|} Anstatt wie angekündigt Verstärkungen zu schicken, bombardierte die Flotte den Planete… Torgaddon was grudgingly slain in single combat by Little Horus, while Loken was badly beaten by Abaddon and then buried in broken masonry as the massive, final orbital bombardment of Istvaan III began and killed the last remaining Loyalists on the blasted world's surface. Torgaddon: Close friend of Loken, Torgaddon is an experienced leader that forgoes fear for friendship. What I really liked in the previous books (and other Warhammer 40k books) was the characters. Tarik Torgaddon was the captain of the Luna Wolves and later Sons of Horus Legion's 2nd Company. [3], Later in an arcane ritual, Erebus used the body of Tarik as a catalyst to create the Daemon known as Tormageddon. Torgaddon soon became distrusted by Horus and his other Mournival brothers First Captain Ezekyle Abaddon and Captain Horus "Little Horus" Aximand, who in their absolute loyalty to Horus were even willing to serve his interests over those of the Emperor. When Horus falls from his wounds, the Astartes start to crumble in confusion. When he and Loken discovered the Kinebrach blade used to injure Horus, they realized Erebus's treachery. This is an article with incomplete citation. They were the heros of old and they should have died heroic deaths and stayed dead. ‘I don’t know, Garvi. Loken tossed his practice blade onto the deck and quickly drew a tabar from the nearest rack. This article purports to rely on sources which are not cited in the body of the text.For help on citation see the citation guidelines. This proved helpful to Torgaddon's old friend Garviel Loken at a crucial point in his life before he joined the Knights-Errant. Loken and Sigismund have been discussing the future of the crusade when suddenly the fan-favorite Tarik Torgaddon jumps in the conversation. Unter dem Vorwand die Rebellion des Imperial Commanders Vardus Praal auf Istvaan III zu beenden, wurde etwa ein Drittel der Sons of Horus in die planetare Hauptstadt des Planeten geschickt. Garviel Loken Horus Heresy On Istvaan III, the remaining Loyalists, under the command of Captains Tarvitz, Garviel Loken and Tarik Torgaddon, another Loyalist member of the Sons of Horus, fought … The speartip had protected the drop-site, as well as formed up with the deposit of Lord Eidolon s company. https://wh40k.lexicanum.com/mediawiki/index.php?title=Tarik_Torgaddon&oldid=448156. Garviel Loken was the Captain of the Luna Wolves (later Sons of Horus) Space Marine Legion's 10th Company during the last days of the Great Crusade and up until the Istvaan III Atrocity that initiated the Horus Heresy. Later, samples of his gene-seed and fragments of his body were possessed by the Daemon known as Tormageddon, though the summoning ritual also reawakened a portion of Torgaddon's consciousness in the Immaterium. Tarik Torgaddon's reformed body after its possession by the Daemon Tormageddon. In that time, the Mournival disintegrated and Loken and Torgaddon have ceased being friends with any of the higher-ups. He helped lead his fellow Loyalist Luna Wolves alongside Garviel Loken in the grim battle with the Traitor Legions that unfolded in the blasted ruins of the Choral City for several months after the virus bombing. The weakest of the three so far. It was all-steel, blade and handle both, and the cutting edge of the axe head had a pronounced curve. Tarik Torgaddon was Captain of the Luna Wolves Second Company. Torgaddon dies, Loken is buried under rubble, unable to escape, Saul Tarvitz is betrayed by Lucius and dies, all the Remembrancers aboard the Pride of the Emperor die horribly. When his helm was off, Abaddon bound his mane of black hair up in a silver sleeve that made it stand proud like a palm tree or a fetish turn on his crown. ‘Brother Loken, I have heard much about you, all of it good. Tarik refused to take part in what was tantamount to a discussion of murder and ultimately quit the lodge over it. This lodge had been created after their conquest of the Feral World of Davin earlier in the Great Crusade in imitation of Davinite warrior lodges. He eventually returned at the head of a diabolic horde which ravaged entire systems around the Eye of Terror before the Imperium could muster the strength t… Horus ordered the bombardment of the planet, but Tarvitz, along with Garviel Loken and Tarik Torgaddon of the Luna Wolves, managed to turn the loyalist survivors into a cohesive fighting force. He's a rather jovial soldier and finds joy in the smallest of things, despite the ire it may invoke in his comrades. Close friend of Loken, Torgaddon is an experienced leader that forgoes leading through fear for cultivating friendship. Warhammer 40k Wiki is a FANDOM Games Community. Tarik Torgaddon was one of the four members of the XVIth Legion's Mournival, the fellowship of Astartes officers who served as the primary advisers to the Legion's primarch, the Warmaster Horus. You can help Lexicanum by fixing it. ‘Who will?’ asked Loken. — Garviel Loken's words to Chaos Warmaster Horus Lupercal. With Chaos's evil influence spreading throughout the 63rd expedition Torgaddon and Loken vowed to oppose it. He was also a member of the warrior lodge that existed in the Luna Wolves Legion. Erebus sacrificed his gene seed, along with gene seed from the Salamanders, Raven Guard, Iron Hands and even some from the Traitor Legions. He was a Loyalist hero of the Battle of Istvaan III who refused to turn to Chaos and betray the Emperor of Mankind alongside the majority of his Legion. ‘I don’t think so!’ Loken rejoined. In Horus Risinghe injured his right hand and was forced to … Loken and Torgaddon should have stayed dead on Isstvan III, not being miraculously recovered and turned into a daemon, respectively. When Tarik encountered Erebus, he held a knife to his throat. Take your favorite fandoms with you and never miss a beat. Someplace between Loken s height and also Torgaddon s, he seemed above both because of the cresting top-knot adorning his or else shaved scalp. [Needs Citation], During the Isstvan III incident, Torgaddon was one of the loyalists whom Horus deemed too loyal to the Emperor to rebel against him and hoped to purge through a fiendish virus bombardment. Sigismund stared into Loken’s face. Nero Vipus was a sergeant of the Luna Wolves, and a good friend of Garviel Loken and Tarik Torgaddon. Tarik Torgaddon was the Captain of the Luna Wolves 2nd Company and member of the elite Mournival, an informal council of four captains meant to advise the Legion's primarch, Horus. The First Heretic : Lorgar falls to Chaos alongside his Legion. This article needs work on its citations.For help on citation see the citation guidelines. Torgaddon is sociable, fearsome, an excellent soldier and terribly clever. You can help Lexicanum by fixing it. Or: five times Torgaddon and Loken banged when they shouldn't have and one time they could have but didn't But really: five times Torgaddon helped Loken not be such a starch-arse. He's a rather jovial soldier and finds joy in the smallest of things, despite the ire it may invoke in his comrades. [2] Towards the end of the grim battle, he and Garviel Loken received word that their former Mournival brothers Ezekyle Abaddon and Horus Aximand would be landing on the planet's surface to oversee the final elimination of the loyalists. It also brought Torgaddon the disfavour of First Chaplain Erebus of the Word Bearers Legion. 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. He was known for the possession of an impish sense of humour highly unusual for the usually grim Astartes and for playing practical jokes upon his fellow Luna Wolves. Garviel Loken, the Company Leader of the Sons of Horus Myriad, and Tarik Torgaddon watch in horror as occasions play out prior to them. They stride out into the black water and formed a ring. Erebus also used a fragment of the actual body of Torgaddon to summon into realspace the Daemon that named itself Tormageddon. [1b], When Garviel Loken was elevated to the Mournival following the death of Hastur Sejanus Torgaddon befriended him, his light-hearted, jokerish nature tempering Loken's strict adherence to the rules. LOKEN STAYED ON the strategium for the very first three hrs after the decline, long enough to commemorate Torgaddon s signal from the surface area. [1d], When the 63rd Expedition responded to the distress call of Khitas Frome of the Blood Angels[1c] Torgaddon's company was chosen to descend to the surface of Murder and search for survivors. Torgaddon feinted, then smote in … Horus, without ever talking to Loken about his feelings, just writes Loken off. When the Warmaster was mortally wounded on the moon of Davin and people were crying out against the grief-driven killing of humans by the Astartes when they returned with the unconscious Primarch to the Vengeful Spirit, it was proposed by the warrior lodge to rid the fleet of these dissenting voices. The Anathame is beyond our grasp." [1b] His tally of glories reckoned to be in line after those of Ezekyl… In the hope that they could kill the betrayers and thus badly damage Horus' plans to revolt against the Emperor, they ambushed the pair at their landing site, but Abaddon and Aximand proved the stronger. Erebus soon replaced the Mournival as Horus' closest adviser after he was "healed" by the priests of the Serpent Lodge and was corrupted by Chaos. On the last day of the long Battle of Istvaan III, Torgaddon and Loken received word that their former Mournival brothers Abaddon and Aximand would be present on the planet's surface to oversee the final offensive against the Loyalists that would end in a planetary bombardment from orbit by the Warmaster's fleet. Luna Mendax - After his fail on Caliban, Garviel Loken shuts himself away in a forgotten garden on Luna and spends his time growing flowers and feeling sorry for himself. Loken was inducted into the Mournival after the Luna … After Horus unleashed an orbital virus-bombing upon the planet in the hope of eliminating the Traitor Legions' remaining Loyalists before beginning his rebellion against the Emperor, Torgaddon was one of the survivors. Abaddon gestures them stand stock-still until the water ceased to lap and ripple. Tarik Torgaddon in the colours of the Sons of Horus Legion at the start of the Horus Heresy. Loken's close friend Captain Tarik Torgaddon mentored Loken in several aspects of his martial life and eventually was responsible for his induction into the Mournival, the group of informal advisers from the Luna Wolves Legion who served Horusas his closest companions. False Gods Audiobook Online. In "Horus Rising", Dan Abnett did his best to set up the psychology of the main characters in the saga, making me think that Horus' monumental decision to take down the Emperor would be based on some kind of internal conflict, and drama, and shades of grey issues of morality. I had not imagined I would discover such naivety in you. "Dead?!" It becomes mirror-smooth. He was known for the possession of an impish sense of humour highly unusual for the usually grim Astartes and for playing practical jokes upon his fellow Luna Wolves. Loken is badly wounded in that battle but survives and is later retrieved from the planet by Captain Nathaniel Garro, who is by then in service of Malcador the Sigillite. Tarik Torgaddon was one of the four members of the Legion's Mournival, the fellowship of Astartes officers who served as the primary advisers to the Legion's Primarch, the Warmaster Horus. "Chief Apothecary Vaddon is dead, and he was in contact with Loken and Torgaddon just moments before. "Tarik reborn, he-who-is-now-Tormageddon" was named amongst those summoned, alongside known Daemons such as N'Kari, Epidemius and Samus. Torgaddon is sociable, … Torgaddon paid the ultimate price for his loyalty and was slain by his once close friend and fellow Son of Horus, Captain Horus Aximand. [1a] He was known as a joker but an extremely skilled warrior. Targost bites his lip, eyes still fixed on a small glittering point of softly pulsing light in the midst of a barely outlined eight-point star. The fatality of the universe may just have begun. your own Pins on Pinterest My heart broke with nearly every page. When Garviel Loken was elevated into the Mournival following the death of Horus' favourite Hastur Sejanus, Torgaddon befriended him, and his light-hearted, impish nature tempered Loken's strict adherence to the Legion's rules. A strange by-product of this ritual summoning was that some fragment of Torgaddon's spirit remained sentient and free, and was able to communicate with his old friend Garviel Loken on Luna.[4]. Jul 2, 2013 - This Pin was discovered by John Nuttall Jr.. When it became apparent that the Legion's apothecaries could not save the dying Horus, Mournival and lodge members Ezekyle Abaddon and Horus Aximand proposed entrusting Horus to the Davinite priests, and move which both Torgaddon and Loken opposed, and for good reason, as it was the Chaos-worshipping Davinites who allowed Erebus to enter Horus's mind and sway him to Chaos. Tarik Torgaddon. ‘I’ve seen winner and loser!’ Still they duelled on. But a side-effect of the ritual was that it also allowed a portion of Torgaddon's own soul in the Warp to regain some sentience and remain free of the Chaos taint. Torgaddon's consciousness would communicate with his old friend Garviel Loken while he was on Luna becoming a Knight-Errant, helping him to find a way to move past the betrayal of his Legion and reenter the fight against the Traitors. Hoping to kill their betrayers and slow Horus' plans, they planned an ambush at the landing site, but Tarik met his death at the hands of the reluctant but resolute Aximand, while Loken looked on in horror. Loken and also Torgaddon are no exceptions to this. However, once the loyalists received word of the treachery from Saul Tarvitz of the Emperor's Children, Torgaddon was among those captains who led the resistance against the Traitor Legions during the Isstvan III ground war. [1e] After contact was made with the Interex, Torgaddon continued to act as 2nd Company Captain and advisor to Horus. Torgaddon helped Loken settle into his new role as a Mournival member and advisor to Horus and introduced Loken to the Legion's Warrior Lodge, of which he was a member, showing him that they were simply a way for Astartes of differing ranks and companies to come together as equals, which somewhat allayed Loken's suspicion of them. Either one!’ Tarvitz exclaimed. "Tarik," he growled, "I am not wearing a wedding dress." When Garviel Loken was elevated into the Mournival following the death of Hor… Tarik Torgaddon was the Captain of the Luna Wolves 2nd Company and a member of the elite Mournival, an informal council of four captains meant to advise the Legion's primarch, Horus. He raised it in a hunting stance and took up position facing Torgaddon. I told Jen that the way things were going, I completely expected Loken and Torgaddon to die on the battlefield. Torgaddon became even more uneasy after the Luna Wolves were renamed the Sons of Horus by the Warmaster following his resurrection on Davin in what Torgaddon and others saw as a monument to his ambition and pride. You can help Lexicanum by fixing it. Abaddon eventually renamed the Sons of Horus as the Black Legion to expunge the name of Horus, who failed in his attempt to take over the Imperium. This book was mostly a lot of gruesome battles and many POVs. Loken and Aximand couldn't help but laugh at this and, although Abaddon scowled, it was clear that he struggling not to break into laughter as well. Torgaddon helped Loken settle into his new role as a Mournival member and advisor to Horus[1b] and was the one to introduce Loken to the Warrior Lodges, showing him that they were simply a way for Astartes of differing ranks and companies to come together as equals, which somewhat allayed Loken's suspicion of them. Torgaddon also strenuously objected to the decision by the Legion's officers to place Horus, after his wounding on the moon of Davin by the Chaos relic blade known as the Kinebrach Anathame during his battle with the Nurglite Eugen Temba, in the care of the Chaos Sorcerers of the Temple of the Serpent Lodge. When the 63rd Expeditionary Fleet responded to the distress call of Khitas Frome of the Blood Angels, Torgaddon's company was chosen to descend to the surface of the world nicknamed Murder and search for survivors. Like Loken, Torgaddon refused to follow his brothers into the service of the Ruinous Powers, particularly as the XVIth Legion's warrior lodge soon became the primary conduit by which Chaos corruption was spread through the Luna Wolves at the behest of Horus and Erebus. It would have given their last mission much more poignance - the final, futile, defiant act against overwhelming odds. Loken and Torgaddon as well as approximately one-third of the 4 Legions' Astartes who were judged to be Loyalists were sent to the planet of Istvaan III under the pretext of putting down a rebellion against the Imperium of Man by a Slaaneshi-corrupted Planetary Governor only to be slaughtered by Life eater virus-bombs launched from the Warmaster's orbiting fleet. Well this was a major step down from the first book in the Horus Heresy series. Once on the surface, he struck up a friendship with the Emperor's Children Astartes Captain Saul Tarvitz but developed a dislike for the arrogant Lord Commander Eidolon, a feeling that became mutual after Torgaddon pulled rank as a senior Luna Wolves officer, berated him for letting his lust for glory cause needless death, and told him that Horus himself believed that Eidolon was an idiot. ‘Too much, too much!’ Aximand laughed. Because of this distrust, Torgaddon was identified as a Loyalist within the Legion and sent alongside Loken to capture the world of Istvaan III from Slaaneshi rebels located in the planetary capital of Choral City. After contact was made with the Interex, Torgaddon continued to act as the Captain of the 2nd Company and a chief advisor to Horus. He was known as a joker but an extremely skilled warrior. When Garviel Loken was elevated to the Mournival following the death of Hastur Sejanus Torgaddon befriended him, his light-hearted, jokerish nature tempering Loken's strict adherence to the rules. https://warhammer40k.fandom.com/wiki/Tarik_Torgaddon?oldid=367960. However, they were off investigating about the weapon that the fallen brother used. ‘Loken fights the winner,’ Torgaddon cried. Tarik died physically on Isstvan III but his gene seed was removed and taken to Calth by Word Bearer Erebus. Loken and Torgaddon charge into the courtyard, barely holding back from a slaughter, and the last of the Auretian defenders muster to surrender to Hektor Varvarus. "Loken. Torgaddon touches Loken on the arm and ushers him along as well. Diese Truppen bestanden nur aus imperialen Loyalisten und unter ihnen waren auch Loken und Torgaddon. Tarik refused to take part in this and quit the lodges over it. At that moment Angron bursts from beneath the rubble and attacks, forcing the Sons of Horus to massacre the last of the Auretians, and Varvarus is killed in the firefight. If Loken and Torgaddon were present when Erebus revealed the only thing that will save Horus, Erebus would not have had his way. The voice seethes and hisses again. Tarvitz became close friends with both Garviel Loken and Tarik Torgaddon of the Luna Wolves, bonding over their ambition to serve the Emperor and their primarchs and to forge the Imperium into a paradise for all of mankind. Captain Loken's courage and strength made him an officer on the rise in the Luna Wolves from the start. Garviel Loken/Tarik Torgaddon; Garviel Loken; Tarik Torgaddon; Dialogue Heavy; Humor; Speculation; Fluff and Smut; Future Fic; Summary. [1f], When Horus was mortally wounded on the moon of Davin and people were crying out against the grief-driven killing of humans by Astartes, it was proposed by the Warrior Lodges to rid the fleet of these dissenting voices. Seeing that they were betrayed, Captains Garviel Loken and Tarik Torgaddon of the Sons of Horus declared to the surviving Astartes of the XVI Legion that they were once again the Luna Wolves You are and you always will be. Torgaddon's gene-seed was later harvested by the Sons of Horus after his death and used by the Word Bearer First Chaplain Erebus, along with gene-seed from the Salamanders, Raven Guard, Iron Hands and the Traitor Legions taken at the Drop Site Massacre, in a Chaos ritual intended to summon Warp entities on Calth in 007.M31 during the Word Bearers' assault against the Ultramarines Legion. [1b] 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. Torgaddon helped Loken settle into his new role as a Mournival member and advisor to Horus[1b] and was the one to introduce Loken to the Warrior Lodges, showing him that they were simply a way for Astartes of differing ranks and companies to come together as equals, which somewhat allayed Loken'… Torgaddon grinned some more until, finally, Abaddon was forced to … This "line officer" turned a planned slaughter into a full-scale battle, confounding the great Primarchs themselves. Discover (and save!) Ben Counter tells the difficult story of bravery and betrayal, heroism and treachery on Isstvan III extremely well. This objection, in which he was joined by Garviel Loken, split the Mournival and increasingly the Legion. This is so pathetic that the spirit of long-dead and eaten by daemons Tarik Torgaddon escapes the warp to talk and return Loken … This time, he gave me the opportunity to tackle characters of legend I'd always wanted to illustrate: "Little Horus" Aximand, Abaddon, Loken and Torgaddon, the fabled Mournival brotherhood that the Warmaster Horus trusted to counsel him during the Great Crusade's last days, before the Heresy.

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