Recaps

Ron defeated Be'lakor, reclaimed Charadon, and brought the T'au Empire and Dhanus under his control. When Leviathan threatened the Underworld System, Ron mobilized a defense that left the story with Dante trapped by a Zoanthrope and an unidentified figure shielding him from its psychic attack.

• Ron destroyed Be'lakor and shut down the Dark Machine, then claimed Charadon and began restoring its worlds.
• Ron’s forces defeated the T'au on Kalo, invaded T'au Prime, and secured the Empire’s unconditional surrender, with Va'an installed as Supreme Ethereal.
• Ron found the people of Dhanus, learned that Datong and the Sons of Humanity had left through a rift, and later welcomed them back before declaring war on Leviathan.
• Ron rallied forces to defend the Underworld System and planned to awaken the Necrons and use the Grand Prism, while Leviathan advanced through the Shield of Diamond.
• Leviathan broke through Imperial defenses and attacked several worlds as Dante, Ron, Datong, and their forces arrived to fight the swarm.
• Datong gave Faisal Panacea, which nearly eliminated the Red Thirst, then led Centurion-armored warriors toward the Imperial Palace.
• Augustus died protecting a blood sample from the Broodlord, and Faisal and Datong joined Karan’s fight against the Tyranids in the palace garden.
• Dante was trapped by a Zoanthrope’s psychic force after Mephiston collapsed, until an unidentified tall figure appeared and took the pressure upon himself.

Ron destroyed the Vanguard Hive and weakened Leviathan with the Grand Prism, then gathered allies and supplies to defend Baal. As Leviathan approached, the assembled forces awaited the Astra Militarum and Ka'bandha, while a Tyranid shadow fell over an incoming troop fleet.

• Ron and the defenders held Helios Starport, killed the Tyranid Hive Tyrant, evacuated Higanbana, and destroyed the planet as Leviathan approached.
• Ron allied with Zarathusa and Anrakyr, then led the assault to activate the Grand Prism while the remaining worlds were evacuated.
• Ron fired the Grand Prism and destroyed Aeros, devastating Leviathan’s fleet, then set course for Baal as Guilliman mobilized to help defend it.
• Ron confronted Fulgrim in the Warp, defeated and humiliated him, then arranged for Nyadra'zatha the Burning One to power a Battle Satellite.
• Ron gathered equipment and allied forces at Baal, promising the Chapters supplies and giving the Lamenters and Carcharodons new arms and vehicles.
• Leviathan’s Tyranids encountered Ork spores that contaminated their ships, while Ron welcomed the T'au fleet and Steel-Tooth Tribe to Baal’s defense.
• Draining and the Veterans learned their convoy was headed for another brutal battle, then a massive shadow covered the troop transport fleet as it neared Baal.

Ron defeated the Leviathan Hive Mind, then challenged the Adeptus Custodes’ Exterminatus orders and secured the Emperor’s decree for them to support his defense plans. As Baal prepared for celebration, the stranded Sons of Humanity Chapter remained undiscovered underground on Istrad.

• Draining joined the Savior’s forces on Baal and received General-Purpose Mortal Combat Armor as Ron prepared defenses against Leviathan and Ka'bandha.
• Ron and Mephiston redirected Ka'bandha’s Daemon Army to Baal Secundus, where it fought Leviathan’s Tyranids and badly weakened the Hive Fleet.
• Leviathan’s Hive Mind launched an infiltration attack on Ron’s command system, but Ron’s forces destroyed the decoy and defeated its Mutated Hive Tyrant and Bio-Titan.
• The Redemption Fleet and the Rog Fortress trapped Leviathan’s forces, and Ron entered the Hive Ship in Blackstone armor to confront the Hive Mind.
• Ron subdued the Hive Mind, which transmitted information about him before collapsing, and he ordered Moss to try to revive it while studying Tyranid biology.
• Ron challenged the Adeptus Custodes’ Exterminatus of Istrad, brought Tylis and other Custodes before the Emperor, and received the Emperor’s decree directing them to assist him.
• Ron stopped the regional Exterminatus orders, helped destroy Istrad’s Tyranid swarm, and accepted the position of Captain-General as the Adeptus Custodes pledged support.
• Ron left supplies and Gene-seeds on Istrad and returned to Baal, while the stranded Sons of Humanity Chapter remained hidden beneath a construction site after waiting forty days for rescue.

Ron welcomed the Sons of Humanity and Consequent to Baal, then helped Guilliman prepare for the war against Abaddon while the victory celebration exposed Ron to Fulgrim’s attack. Ron’s coalition raided Savagar and stripped the Black Legion’s stronghold of its wealth, leaving Abaddon to vow revenge as the story moved toward Ron’s plans for a new Chaos force.

• Three-Barrel brought the starving Sons of Humanity out of their cavern on Baal, where Ron told him the Tyranid war had ended and welcomed the warriors into his territory.
• Laust led Consequent 13th Regiment to Baal, where Ron accepted them as an auxiliary legion and gave them a warehouse district full of surplus equipment to clear.
• Guilliman’s fleet fought through the Warp toward Baal, where Mortarion confronted him and revealed that Abaddon had besieged the Second Fleet in Segmentum Obscurus.
• Ron welcomed Guilliman at Baal’s Victory Celebration, offered support for the Second Fleet, and joined him in planning a joint operation against Abaddon.
• Guilliman and Ron defeated Fulgrim inside Ron’s Slaanesh illusion, then Ron’s fleet departed for the Eye of Terror as Guilliman led Fleet Primus toward the Nachmund Gauntlet.
• Ron allied with Ulthwé and Blood Eye’s Orks, raided Chaos forces across the Eye of Terror, and negotiated access to Gallium’s Mechanicus Forum before attacking Savagar.
• Ron’s forces looted Savagar, taking Gene-seeds, Fabius’s research, Primarch genetic material, Blackstone, fortresses, and an unfinished Ark of Omen before escaping Abaddon’s return.
• Abaddon found Savagar stripped of its holdings, lost more fortresses to the Orks, and vowed revenge on the Ravagers while Chaos warbands spent their stolen wealth at Gallium.