Recaps

Ron turned the Fallen Primarchs against Chaos and helped the Imperium defeat Horus, while the Emperor’s awakening as the Dark King threatened the Warp. After the Chaos Gods agreed to stop the war, Ron faced Horus again and drained his power to protect their plan against the Dark Joy King.

• Guilliman escaped Horus and drew the Chaos Fleet toward New Dragon Forest Planet, where Ron’s hidden cannon struck the gathered ships and the loyalists prepared for a decisive assault.
• Ron used the planet’s warped terrain to separate the Fallen Primarchs, then broke Magnus, Alpharius, and Mortarion and made them God-Chosen of the Lord of Hell.
• Mortarion and the Death Guard joined Guilliman and Perturabo against Fulgrim, who was captured as Horus breached the Chaos Temple and confronted Ron.
• Horus and Ron fought across the Warp and higher dimensions while Sanguinius stabbed Ron, and the Blood Angels reached the throne as Dante died from his wounds.
• Ron saved Sanguinius’s soul and returned him to the battle, then left the Primarchs to face Horus while he attacked the Chaos Gods’ Webway assault.
• The Chaos Gods trapped Ron and drained his power as the Holy Sun darkened and the Dark King began to awaken, but Ron demanded their obedience in stopping the catastrophe.
• Sanguinius and the Primarchs restrained Horus and killed him, but his corpse transformed into a Chaos abomination before Ron awakened and intervened.
• Horus rejected the Chaos Gods’ agreement to end the war, so Ron absorbed his attacks and drained his authority to protect their plan against the Dark Joy King.

Ron defeated the Dark Emperor on Terra while the Imperium united to contain the Dark Tide. Vulkan returned from the Warp, discovered how the Savior had transformed humanity, and chose to support Ron before joining the effort to reach Terra.

• Ron defeated Horus, rallied the Imperium and Chaos against the Dark King, and brought the Light of Shadow to ruined Terra.
• At the Golden Throne, Ron and the Imperial forces fought the Dark Legion while Ron used hope, faith, and the Emperor’s lingering consciousness to suppress the Dark Emperor.
• Ork joined the relief effort and encountered Vulkan, who had emerged from the Warp believing humanity might be lost.
• Vulkan followed Ork to a prosperous settlement, helped its residents, and learned that the Savior had rebuilt the Imperium and strengthened the Salamanders.
• When the Dark King’s corruption threatened the settlement, Vulkan resisted it and traveled with Ork to help repair Blackstone Fortress No. 3.
• Vulkan repaired the Blackstone Core, helping the fortresses halt the Black Tide and push back the Dark Rift.
• On the way to Terra, Vulkan learned how the Savior had united xenos and daemons in the Imperium, then accepted Ron’s gift and resolved to support his brother.
• Vulkan and the Salamanders reached a collapsed Webway passage where Void Angels were containing daemon refugees as reinforcements approached.

Ron entered the Pariah Nexus in a mechanical Necron body, won Fahra and her dynasty into the Holy Soul Sect, and prepared for war as the Necron civil conflict spread. The arc left Ron and Fahra ready to receive Zahndrekh at Alama, where they hoped to draw him into negotiations.

• Vulkan helped restore order among the daemon refugees, planted a Holy Ash Bomb in the Flesh Wall, and brought the Imperial fleet through before returning to Terra.
• Ron and the Imperium defeated the Dark King’s forces, and the Emperor returned to reality before entrusting the Imperium to Ron and leaving to tour the Galaxy.
• After learning that the Pariah Nexus was expanding and cutting off contact, Ron entered it in a mechanical Clone Body to spread the Emotion Virus and confront the Silent King.
• Ron persuaded Fahra to join the Holy Soul Sect, and she agreed to dismantle nearby Blackstone Pylons and oppose the Silent King while Ron discovered Admiral Mallen imprisoned in her Royal Zoo.
• The Imperium’s mobilization began as Necron dynasties fought, and Ron chose to use the conflict to expand the Holy Soul Sect and weaken the Blackstone Veil.
• Zahndrekh’s subordinates attempted to poison and overthrow him, but Obyron returned with help from the Holy Soul Sect’s warning and defeated the rebels.
• After receiving Charles’s letter, Zahndrekh ordered his fleets to stop attacking Fahra’s dynasty and traveled to Alama with Obyron to meet Ron and Fahra.

Ron secured Zahndrekh’s allegiance and prepared to exploit the Necrontyr power struggle as the Imperium declared total war. The Indomitus Crusade advanced into Necron territory, while Farsight was captured and Trazyn witnessed the invasion begin.

• Ron welcomed Zahndrekh to the Holy Soul Sect, impressed him with the restored Ramesses heritage, and used a banquet to expose him to the Emotion Virus.
• Zahndrekh explored the revived Necrontyr city, chose to remain with the Holy Soul Sect, and submitted to Ron’s command protocol.
• The Imperium’s Royal Court received the Savior’s decree for total war, and its factions united behind the order as military mobilization began.
• The Imperium expanded recruitment and production, while Prik’s workshop joined the wartime supply chain and an escort fleet destroyed Drukhari raiders attacking a convoy.
• Ron declined to invade the Silent King’s domain immediately, but ordered his forces to destroy an approaching Triarch Praetorian battle group as Imperial fleets assembled.
• Guilliman led the Indomitus Crusade fleet toward the Silence Zone, and the human armada pushed past T’au defenses at Farsight Homeworld.
• Vash defeated and captured Farsight, while the Imperium designated the world as a logistical depot and continued into Necron territory.
• Tyberos and Malakim captured Trazyn and the Royal Guards, and Trazyn watched Imperial forces plunder tombs and destroy Necron worlds.