Lion El'Jonson
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[edit] Early Life
During the cataclysm that isolated the Primarchs from the rest of the Imperium, Lion El'Jonson was cast to a hostile death-world infested with daemonic beasts called Caliban. The humans on this world had regressed to a feudal state, yet still retaining sufficient technology to produce armour similar in appearance, if not quality, to Imperial Power Armor. Caliban was kept relatively safe from the beasts by the Knightly Orders such as the Order and the Knights of Lupus.
He was found as a feral child by the Knights of the Order, including the greatest man of the age, Sar Luther. Luther then named him Lion El'Jonson (meaning Lion, son of the forest). In a very short time after this, the Lion replaced Luther as the greatest man on Caliban and became the Grandmaster of the Order (on the way killing a great many beasts, including one of the only two Calibanite Lions, the other being killed by the psyker Zahariel with the aid of his latent psychic ability in the form of terror sight).
During his career as a Knight, he led a planet-wide crusade of all the Knightly Orders (save the Knights of Lupus) against the beasts. If not for Luther, this could not have occurred as he was required to persuade the other Orders to participate. During the course of this crusade, both the beasts and the Knights of Lupus would be exterminated. It was on the ceremonial last hunt of the beasts that the forces of the Imperium would finally arive at Caliban and reunite the Dark Angels (though they did not yet possess that name) with their father.
[edit] Arrival of the Emperor
Eventually a unit of the Emperor's forwards scouts arrived at Caliban. Jonson was immediately given command of the First Legion when the Emperor realised he had found a lost son. Luther and the other members of the Order who passed the Astartes' trials were formed into First Legion soldiers, either as fully fledged Astartes if they were young enough, or through genetic manipulation to increase their abilities in which they were too old for the process. After the new Astartes were ready, Jonson publicly re-named the First Legion the Dark Angels after an old Caliban myth. Luther, too old to be a Space Marine, was the first to be genetically modified and became Jonson's second in command, as he had been during the crusade. Jonson then left with the Emperor and the newly re-named Dark Angels.
[edit] Great Crusade
After a particular disagreement between The Lion and Luther, Luther and a garrison of Dark Angels were sent back to Caliban. As the years passed, news of Jonson's victories kept coming back to Caliban. The jealously which Luther had first felt on Jonson's appointment as Supreme Master grew with every report and the position Jonson had given Luther was not one suited to his ambitions. He slowly changed from an honourable knight to a man full of jealousy and hatred towards Jonson as he felt he had lost out on fame and glory because of Jonson.
[edit] The Lion and the Wolf
At some point during The Great Crusade the Dark Angels and the Space Wolves were assaulting a planet that had not given in to The Imperium's demands. The leader of the rebels had insulted Leman Russ by naming him "The Emperor's Lapdog". Leman Russ and his Space Wolves planned to attack for this blemish on their honor. While they were busy planning, The Dark Angels took the fight to the capital and The Lion himself killed their leader. Russ found The Lion with the dead leader at his feet and immediately attacked his brother Primarch. They fought for many hours, it ended when The Lion threw Russ through a table, when Russ got up he started laughing at the foolishness of their quarrel. The Lion, incensed that his brother appeared to be mocking him, and hit him square in the jaw, knocking Russ out cold. Russ awakened many hours later to find that Lion El'Jonson and his Dark Angels had left the planet. Honour Duels are still fought between members of The Space Wolves and The Dark Angels.
[edit] Return to Caliban
Jonson, wracked with grief, returned to Caliban to reinforce his Dark Angels and recover in general. When the ships arrived in orbit, they were hit by a savage salvo of fire from the surface. The fleet pulled back and Jonson tried to find out what was happening. He learnt from a merchant ship that Luther had poisoned the minds of the Space Marine garrison on the world and taken control. It could only be seen by Jonson as the taint of Chaos. Jonson's fury was let loose and the planet suffered. He ordered a systematic bombardment of the planet, destroying everything they could to rid the world of Chaos for all time.
The planet burned and the defences were whittled down to nothing. Jonson led his forces personally against the defenders who had taken refuge in the Order's Fortress Monastery. Jonson found Luther and saw him to be completely corrupted, nothing of his old friend had survived. Luther had been elevated to a strength equal to Jonson by the Chaos Gods and the two met in a combat the likes of which would not be seen again. They levelled the monastery around them but the planet was also taking a heavy toll. The bombardment began to crack the surface of the planet, the Dark Angels in orbit unable to see the damage they were doing.
[edit] The Final Battle
The battle between Luther and Jonson was titanic, but ended with a psychic attack that mortally wounded Jonson. Luther then realised what he had done, as if a veil had been lifted from in front of his eyes. He fell to the floor, unwilling to fight any more, but it was too late for Jonson. The gods of Chaos realised they had lost again, and sent a massive warp storm to wrack the surface of the planet. It then broke apart under the strain, destroyed all but for the monastery of the Order which had been protected by vast force-fields. When the Dark Angels descended to the, now, asteroid, they searched the ruins and found Luther mumbling that Jonson had been taken by the Watchers in the Dark and would return one day and forgive Luther for his sins. The Dark Angels could not find any trace of their Primarch. The rest of the Dark Angels who had been converted by Luther were sucked into the warp and scattered around the galaxy, now named The Fallen.
[edit] The Fate of The Lion
During his Duel with Luther on Caliban, Lion El'Jonson had suffered a severe psychic blow which left him mortally wounded and when discovered by his loyal brothers at the tower of angels was taken into the deepest chamber of the Rock (the remains of Caliban) and now remains asleep in the rock with the watchers in the dark. some say he will return to lead the Dark Angels to victory and bring justice to the fallen angels.
[edit] Wargear
[edit] Lion Helm
The Lion Helm is a sacred object of the Dark Angels space marine chapter. It is said to have been worn by Primarch Lion El'Jonson and takes the form of a winged MkVII space marine power armour helmet. The helm is carried by a Watcher in the Dark. Built into the helmet is a protective force field which can be activated even when the helm is not being worn. The Lion Helmet is currently worn by Supreme Grand Master Azrael.
[edit] Lion Sword
The Lion Sword is the great sword of the Primarch of the Dark Angels, Lion El'Jonson. The sword was broken in antiquity and lost. It is now rumored to be carried by the mysterious Cypher who seeks to reforge it and present it to the Emperor of mankind, obtaining absolution and forgiveness for the Fallen.
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