Night Lords - Death of the Night Haunter: Within his stasis coffin Konrad Curze drifted through the void of space throughout the Horus Heresy and the coffin was eventually discovered by the Sheldroon, an Imperial salvage ship several standard years after it had ended. An Imperial Assassin named Gun who was hidden among the crew of the vessel broke the surface of the capsule, awakening Curze from his stasis. The Night Haunter, still enraged, proceeded to massacre everyone on board.In the end only Curze, a crewman known as Elver, and the Callidus Temple Assassin Gun remained. Gun was able to alert his Temple to Curze's general location in the galaxy before meeting his end at the primarch's hands, while Elver was taken by Curze as a slave to navigate the bulk of the Sheldroon.Since the vessel lacked a Warp-Drive, the trip to Curze's intended destination, the world of Tsagualsa, where the Night Lords had maintained their last fortress, would take 4 standard years. During that time Curze tormented Elver while also instructing his slave in his philosophies.After several Terran years of travel the pair arrived at Tsagualsa and rendezvoused with a Night Lords force under the command of Talos Valcoran. However, Elver, after years with the primarch, had gained a perceptive glimpse into Curze's mind, and came to the realization that the Night Haunter in fact had doubts regarding the truth of his precognitive visions and the beliefs he had created around them. To keep this secret safe, Curze had the Night Lords kill his slave and then finally rejoined his Legion.The Night Haunter never received the dark blessing of the Ruinous Powers in the form of apotheosis to Daemonhood. Instead, he met his end at the hand of an assassin of the Callidus Temple named M'Shen on Tsagualsa, where the VIIIth Legion had built its fortress after the destruction of Nostramo.It is known that throughout his life Curze had possessed the gift (many would say curse) of psychic foresight; he was constantly struck with powerful visions of the worst of all possible futures, and that his last had been a foretelling that he would die at the hand of one such as M'Shen. This prophetic psychic ability was passed on to other Night Lords who shared their gene-sire's genetic heritage. This was a unique trait, as it is said to be unrelated to Warp taints or other known psychic properties.It is believed that Curze let his assassination happen, in order to show his father, the Emperor of Mankind, that he stood by his beliefs as surely as the Emperor stood by His. While acknowledging his own crimes against Humanity, Curze also stated that his martyrdom would ultimately vindicate him and his methods. Curze ordered his Legion not to pursue his assassin, a last wish that was eventually disobeyed. The primarch's acceptance of his own fate confirmed his bleak worldview, granting him a victory he could never attain under the rule of his father.Curze's death did not slow the Night Lords down, as they continued to apply themselves to his mantra and remain specialists in the application of terror and the tactics of fear to this day. Though they paid lip service to the Ruinous Powers of Chaos and certainly felt its insidious pull, in the end the Night Lords, like their primarch, truly served only their own twisted conception of justice.