Lion El'Jonson
Lion El'Jonson was the Primarch of the Dark Angels Space Marine Chapter. He was scattered along with the others Primarchs to the far corners of the galaxy. He finally came to rest on the world Caliban, a beautiful but blighted world.
Caliban is located close to the realm of Chaos causing mutation and corrupted to spread wildly. By all standards it should have been the most dangerous world in the galaxy, killing most within a minute. The world was covered in jungles with creatures long warped beyond recognition. The ruling elite lived within vast stone castles, designed to shelter them from the planet's many dangers.
Youth
Jonson's capsule landed on Caliban in a remote area of the planet, far from any local human inhabitation. There are no records of how he survived in the jungle in his early years and he should have died within minutes of exposure to the planet. He lived for a decade with no one to aid him and only his own company. At the end of this decade he encountered his first humans.
It is said that Jonson was found by a group of Knights from a group known only as the Order during one of their quests across the planet. One of their number was a man named Luther and he sensed something about this wild man, prevented his fellow Knights from gunning him down, and brought Jonson back to their Fortress Monastery and named him 'Lion Jonson' which means The Lion, the Son of the Forest.
Jonson quickly grew up and adapted to the customs of the planet's inhabitants. Luther and Jonson became good friends and seemed to compliment each others abilities and skills. The two warriors spread the name of the Order and with knowledge of their successes Order inductions rose sharply each year, resulting in the need to build more Monasteries.
It is said that, at his height, Jonson led a planet wide crusade to rid the world of the taint of Chaos. Luther used his oratory skills to convince many of the other monastery Grand Masters joined the Order in this quest and within a decade the planet was free from Chaos. The planet now prospered like never before, trade was able to move freely without fear of assault by Chaos creatures. Jonson was recognised as Supreme Grand Master of the Order and ruler of Caliban. It is said that the first taint of jealousy was seen in the eyes of Luther here.
Eventually a unit of the Emperor's forwards scouts rediscovered Caliban. It is said that the two men automatically saw their connection and Jonson was quickly given command of the Dark Angels. Luther and the rest of the Order were formed into Dark Angels reinforcements. Jonson then left with the Emperor and the majority of the Dark Angels, leaving Luther as a garrison.
Years passed and news of Jonson's victories kept coming back to Caliban. Luther soon changed from the honourable knight he used to be to a man full of jealousy and hatred towards Jonson, his jealousy overcoming his common sense.
Horus Heresy
Jonson was fighting on the far fringes with Leman Russ and the Space Wolves when news reached them of Warmaster Horus's betrayal. Both Legions set off for Terra but couldn't arrive quickly enough to protect the Emperor. 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 easily whittled down. 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 leveled the monastery 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.
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, like 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 supposedly found Luther mumbling that Jonson had been taken by the Watchers in the Dark and would return one day. 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.
The final secret that not even the highest ranking of the Dark Angels know is that, buried even deeper within the Rock than Luther, Jonson lies sleeping, waiting with the Watchers in the Dark for the time when he will be needed again, to lead the Dark Angels in a new and greater crusade.
