Four sons of Horus Nekhen. In Spells 112 and 113 of the Book of the Dead which have their origins in the earlier Coffin Texts Spells 157 and 158, it is described how Horus has his eye injured, and because of this is given the sons of Horus: The injury of Horus's eye is part of the myth cycle known as the Contending of Horus and Set recounting how they fought over the crown of Egypt. In a unique illustration in the tomb of Ay the sons of Horus are shown wearing the red and white crowns as the Souls of Pe and Nekhen,
Horus Heresy (fictional event) phases of the crusade, the Emperor promotes Horus Lupercal, his most trusted and versatile , to the position of Warmaster ( of Imperial armed forces), and overall leader of the Crusade. The Emperor then leaves the Crusade and returns to Terra, where he remains in relative isolation. He relegates administration of the Imperium to a civilian authority the and in an undertaking kept secret even from Horus, oversees efforts on his secretive . These actions, along with his father's refusal to reveal the nature of the Warp, test Horus' personal and mission-related resources, and exacerbate existing tensions among some of