Editing Knights-Errant (section)

===Garviel Loken===
Captain of the [[Luna Wolves]] 10th Company, who is very much the protagonist of the first trilogy of Horus Heresy novels. He was known for being able to think independently and rationally, as well as being exceptionally humane for an Astartes. A true stoic and principled person, as well as a bad-ass. Was thought dead after Istvaan III was virus bombed and then firebombed, followed by a 3-month siege by 4 Traitor Legions and a [[Warlord Battle Titan]], followed by being defeated by [[Abaddon]] in a duel and having a building collapse on him, trapping him in the rubble, while the planet was being bombed into dust for a third time, this time with cyclonic torpedoes. [[Not as planned|But NOPE]]! When Nathaniel Garro first discovered him, survivor's guilt and distrust had driven him half mad and he was convinced he was the only Loyalist left alive in the Imperium. Calling himself Cerberus, due to an inability to remember his own name, he then forced a reign of terror upon the totally dead, but [[Nurgle|reanimated]] population (read: Plague Zombies) of Isstvan III. Was supposedly the final member that Garro would recruit according to Malcador, although other members were inducted after Loken himself.

[[Dawww|He was also called "Garvi" by his close friends]].
[[File:Captain Garviel Loken Portrait.jpg|thumb|Garviel practicing hairesy.]]

His major highlights include:
*Being a member of the '''Mournival''': the four advisors of [[Horus|Horus Lupercal]], along with [[Abaddon]], [[Tarik Torgaddon]], and [[Horus Aximand|"Little Horus" Aximand]].
*Hilariously making [[Lucius]] his bitch in a duel, pointing out beforehand that the duel would not be about their skill in blades. As soon as Lucius made the first move, Loken dropped his sword and in one stroke won the duel by breaking that arrogant prick's nose into smithereens with a single punch, ruining Lucius' "perfect" face and making the first mark upon it. This trick was later over-exaggeratedly used again by [[Saul Tarvitz]].
*Fighting Abaddon himself on Isstvan III.
*Making [[Kharn]] his side bitch by going toe to toe with him and then impaling the dude on the dozer blades of an advancing [[Chaos|spikey]] land raider. What a fucking savage.
*Being present on [[Caliban]] during the [[Fallen Angels|Fallen uprising]], and quite possibly throwing a lit match on the whole powder keg.
*Giving Horus and an overwhelming majority of his Traitor Legion a virtual bitch-slap by turning his back on them when he was asked to join the rebellion.
*Then killing Tybalt Marr, Tormageddon, and Little Horus Aximand during the Siege of Terra, sending Aximand into a nervous breakdown in the process.

It was revealed in "The Buried Dagger" that he was supposed to become a founding member of the Grey Knights. When they were given an audience with the Emperor to explain their new purpose, Loken became laden with doubts, feeling that when the Emperor said ''"If that is to be your fate"'' he was singling him out. Almost immediately Loken determined that it was not to be his fate and decided to join up with his old pal Garro instead to most likely die a heroic death in one of the coming books ''(it has long been foreshadowed that Garro is supposed to become the first martyr of the Lectitio Divinitus)''.

Intriguingly, Rubio, who does leave for Titan to become one of the First Grand Masters of the Grey Knights, notes prior to their meeting with the Emperor that Loken has "the touch of the warp in him", since his thoughts project as loudly as gunshots, heavily implying that Loken himself is a nascent psyker (which would make sense too, as we all know all Grey Knights are psykers). Apparently confirmed as of ''Saturnine'', where Loken kills Tormageddon with a psychically-enhanced stab from Rubio's force sword and sees tendrils of warp energy swirling around his hand.

Formerly the only member with tabletop rules in Horus Heresy, though that's his pre-Knight status, when he is a Legion Praetor character with Initiative 6 and a Paragon Blade, with the ability to get back from the dead once per game. Strangely he only has Power Armour rather than the standard issue Artificer Armour as the typical attire for Praetors, though he does get an Iron Halo which usually has to be bought for extra dough.

We've yet to see Loken as a Knight Errant, but no doubt Forgeworld will just take his original rules and slap on the option to upgrade to the generic "Knight Errant" rules for a few points in an updated list.