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At least one Thunder Warrior survived to the time of the [[Horus Heresy]], [[Arik Taranis]], who had taken many names in the interim, including Babu Dhakal. Taranis had learned some of the techniques the Emperor had used to create him and tried to make his own army.{{Fn|2}} He suspected that the Emperor had deliberately engineered his kind with a limited lifespan, though he personally hoped it was simply a defect; Thunder Warriors that did not die in battle suffered from cellular degeneration or mental instability, and often had relatively short lifespans.{{Fn|5a}}
Eventually, after an encounter with another Thunder Warrior, [[Ghota]], encountered a group of traitor Space Marines Astartes known as the [[Outcast Dead]] in which another Thunder Warrior, [[Ghota]], killed and slew one of its members, Taranis was able to cure the genetic instability of the Thunder Warriors, though not before suffering considerable degeneration himself. This along with his knowledge of creating Thunder Warriors means that some of these elite and ancient warriors of the Imperium, may still exist in the current age.{{Fn|2}}
===Historic Thunder Warriors===