Chapter Summaries

Ron took control of Succubus Anla and her sisters, promising to rebuild their failing arena and reshape the Redemption Satellite Zone. Three years later, Salamanders warrior Sakan infiltrated the district to rescue his captured battle-brothers and human slaves, but the cheerful workers unsettled him before Incubi patrols detected his presence.

• Ron criticized Shadow Arena’s dull performances, then watched Anla and her sisters defeat waves of enemies and two Ant-Cows in a spectacular display.
• Ron pressured Anla to submit, offered her sisters twelve high-grade soul potions, and promised to replace the old arena with a grander one.
• Ron used a gift and dinner invitation to take one of Anla’s sisters with him, stirring Anla’s jealousy.
• Ron’s forces began rebuilding the Redemption Satellite Zone, imposing limits on the treatment of human laborers and constructing an arena, defenses, and a soul-potion factory.
• Three years later, Sakan infiltrated the district to find his captured battle-brothers and rescue human slaves, but he saw the workers laughing with Drukhari overseers.
• Three Incubi detected Sakan’s unusual aura and surrounded his hiding place.

Sakan infiltrated the Redemption Satellite Zone to find his Salamanders battle-brothers, only to discover that they were alive and working for Ron in exchange for pure gene-seeds. After Sakan joined them, Ron arranged for machinery to excavate the ruins where the Song of Entropy lay.

• Sakan hid for half a month, then slipped through the defenses and spent more than six months crossing the vast Redemption Satellite Zone toward his imprisoned battle-brothers.
• Sakan broke into a forge expecting to rescue captives, but found Salamanders warriors crafting arena equipment for the Drukhari in exchange for gene-seeds.
• The Salamanders showed Sakan five hundred pure gene-seeds and explained that they had detected the Song of Entropy buried in the ruins.
• A Salamanders warrior revealed that Ron's Drukhari Archon served the Primarch of Hope, and Sakan verified the connection through evidence and a vox-link audience.
• Sakan agreed to stay and forge for fifty pure gene-seeds, while Ron prepared machinery to excavate the Song of Entropy's ruins.

Ron uncovered an ancient C'tan device beneath the Redemption Satellite Zone and used its power to help the zone expand, while building influence through trade and alliances. As Commorragh's schism neared its end and Vect turned his attention toward the growing satellite zone, Ron prepared to enter the main city in disguise.

• Ron oversaw the excavation of deep ruins, where Sakan and a Dark Tech-priest identified an ancient device as the C'tan creation called the Breath of the Gods rather than Vulkan's Song of Entropy.
• Ron summoned Dark Tech-priests to study and activate the Breath of the Gods, whose stellar energy helped the Redemption Satellite Zone's Wraithbone foundation expand.
• Iris saw what seemed to be a long-bearded human warrior riding a mechanical vehicle into the Webway void, but dismissed it as a hallucination.
• Over the next two and a half years, Ron expanded construction and organized Soul Potion distribution through Kabal networks while his forces stirred up trouble around Commorragh to distract its rulers.
• As Commorragh's schism ended and Vect's attention turned toward the Redemption Satellite Zone, Ron asked the newly promoted Haemonculus Master Cronie to give him a disguise for a trip to the main city.

Ron entered Commorragh disguised as a minor Archon to investigate the Dark City and assess how the Redemption Satellite Zone might gain influence there. He learned that the zone’s soul products were spreading, heard that Jaghatai Khan was roaming the Webway, and ended at the arena where Archon Malak also became interested in Miss Beda.

• Ron and Iris entered Commorragh, where Ron considered the city’s defenses and the possibility of winning over Archons opposed to Vect.
• Ron realized that the fear Iris and the Incubi felt came from She Who Thirsts, while Isha’s protection helped shield the Redemption Satellite Zone.
• At a soul tavern, Ron discovered that diluted soul potions were already being sold as fine wine, and he heard that Commorragh’s nobles largely dismissed the Redemption Satellite Zone.
• Ron heard rumors of a human Ghost Warrior killing Drukhari in the Webway and recognized the description as Jaghatai Khan, worrying that the Primarch might attack him or be used by Vect.
• Ron and his party bought VIP seats at the Crucible of Malediction, where he assessed the arena and considered using his status to gather intelligence from noblewomen.
• Archon Malak became infatuated with Miss Beda and noticed Ron watching her from a nearby box.

Ron used Miss Beda to uncover secrets about Asdrubael Vect and Commorragh, then left after making an agreement with her. Vect returned to his palace, unaware that Ron had learned about the Black Throne.

• Malak prepared to court Miss Beda, but she revealed the sigil of Asdrubael Vect and drove him away in panic.
• Ron entered Miss Beda’s drawing room and seized her while his Mandrakes subdued the Incubi guards.
• Ron used Psyker Power to bypass a mental restriction and learned that Miss Beda was Vect’s mistress, along with secrets about Vect, Commorragh, and the Black Throne.
• Ron healed Miss Beda with a Soul Potion, then reached an agreement with her to keep their secrets hidden.
• Asdrubael Vect returned to Commorragh after his campaign against the noble traitors.

Ron learned that the Drukhari were secretly building the Black Throne and an Emperor Clone Body, then joined forces with Malys to undermine Vect’s rule and promote the Redemption Satellite Zone. Vect ordered a crackdown while quietly targeting the region, as Ron’s influence began spreading through Commorragh.

• Ron read that the Drukhari had planned to use a cloned Emperor to control the Black Throne and resolved to search for the facility after taking Commorragh.
• Vect displayed captured rebels, ordered the Kabals to hunt invaders and traitors, and secretly arranged Warp incursions to redirect resentment away from himself.
• Vect ordered agents to investigate the Redemption Satellite Zone and learned that an unnamed fugitive connected to Beda remained in hiding.
• Ron recruited Malys and her forces, rejected an immediate assassination attempt on Vect, and began a campaign to weaken his authority by publicizing the Redemption Satellite Zone.
• Ron and Malys escaped pursuing Incubi as their agents spread rumors and Soul Potions through Commorragh, attracting several Drukhari nobles and artists to the Redemption Satellite Zone.

Sana the Soul Poet toured the Redemption Satellite Zone and was dazzled by its lavish soul-powered entertainment, comfortable residences, and realistic war arena, then praised it in widely circulated poems. The publicity stirred Commorragh and rumors of redemption, leaving Supreme Overlord Vect furious at the Descendant of Asurman.

• Sana arrived at the Redemption Satellite Zone, where its wealth, architecture, and abundant souls overturned his expectations.
• Sana explored Soul Paradise and the Soul Casino, lost his travel payment gambling, and received a gifted estate after composing a hymn for the Descendant of Asurman.
• Sana visited the Redemption Arena, joined its simulated battles against Tyranids and Orks, and stayed for a month, eventually taking a loan to buy a combat bug.
• Sana wrote enthusiastic travel notes and poems praising the Redemption Satellite Zone and the Descendant of Asurman, and Raphael Asurman revised some of them for circulation.
• Sana's works spread through Commorragh, prompting rumors that the Descendant of Asurman could redeem the Drukhari and free them from She Who Thirsts.
• Vect read the flyers in his box at the Crucible of Malediction and angrily questioned the newcomer who seemed to threaten his authority.

Lelith left the Crucible of Malediction for Redemption Arena, while Vect ordered a purge and a hunt for Ron and Miss Beda. Ron’s propaganda campaign and bribery weakened the pursuit, but he and Malys were cornered in the Webway until Titus arrived and faced a much larger Drukhari force.

• Lelith decided to challenge Redemption Arena, and Vect learned she had gone there instead of answering his summons.
• Vect ordered the killing of Ron and Miss Beda, while Ron and Malys printed propaganda and arranged for Beda to join them.
• The Kabal of the Black Heart destroyed Port Delian with a singularity weapon, forcing Ron’s group to retreat; Ron then bribed pursuers with Soul Potion to slow their hunt.
• Ron and Malys were trapped in the Webway, where Titus arrived and destroyed three Talos Pain Engines.
• A large Drukhari pursuit force surrounded them, and Titus put on his helmet and advanced alone to confront it.

Titus fought off a Drukhari pursuit force until Jaghatai Khan arrived and nearly killed him, but Ron secretly persuaded The Emperor to stop the Primarch. Ron then continued toward his secret base with Titus and Malys, while another Drukhari force passed them by because Ron had secretly paid it off.

• Titus held off the Drukhari assault, crushed a Flesh Engine, and kept fighting as the pursuit force shifted to heavy weapons.
• Jaghatai Khan arrived on Moon Dragon and tore through the Drukhari force, then turned toward Ron and Titus.
• Ron ordered Titus to delay Jaghatai Khan, and the two warriors fought until Jaghatai disarmed Titus and held the White Tiger Dao to his neck.
• The Emperor contacted Jaghatai Khan at Ron’s request, and the Primarch withdrew after receiving a message, leaving Titus alive.
• Ron comforted Titus, explained that he had arranged the intervention to protect his disguise, and planned to recruit Jaghatai Khan for his operation.
• Ron led Titus and Malys through the Webway, where a Drukhari pursuit force he had secretly paid passed them without recognizing them.

Ron strengthened his influence among the Drukhari resistance while preparing to confront Vect and worrying about the Black Throne. He reunited with Jaghatai Khan, who discovered that Ron had become a fatherly figure to the White Scars and left him astonished by how much the Chapter had changed.

• Ron rewarded a Drukhari pursuit force and used its cooperation to buy time as he expanded his support in Commorragh, while considering the threat posed by Vect’s secret collection of souls and the Black Throne.
• Ron returned to the resistance’s Webway base, where his allies and Drukhari forces gathered under his leadership, then set out to meet Jaghatai Khan.
• Jaghatai Khan watched White Scars warriors follow Ron and saw his Cyber-Falcon Anzuqi land on Ron’s banner, leaving him bewildered.
• Ron greeted Jaghatai Khan as the White Scars knelt to their gene-father, and Ron gave him records about the Imperium and returned Anzuqi, explaining that it had been repaired after severe damage.
• Jaghatai Khan thanked Ron, then saw Ron’s larger, heavily armored Cyber-Falcon and super-heavy Dark Gold Bike, and realized his new primarch brother was more flamboyant than Fulgrim.

Jaghatai Khan learned how far the Imperium had fallen and agreed to help Ron pursue humanity’s revival, including the plan to seize Commorragh despite his objections to working with xenos. Ron then offered to replace Jaghatai Khan’s Moon Dragon with a powerful new vehicle.

• Jaghatai Khan read the Imperium’s history, regretted abandoning it, and met Ron after Jubal escorted him into the Royal Tent.
• Ron contacted The Emperor for Jaghatai Khan, and their conversation eased Jaghatai Khan’s doubts about his father.
• Ron hosted Jaghatai Khan in a miniature Chogoris grassland and persuaded him to help transform the Imperium into a prosperous, rational human realm.
• Jaghatai Khan reluctantly agreed to cooperate with xenos temporarily as part of Ron’s plan to take Commorragh.
• Ron showed Jaghatai Khan the White Scars’ abundant supplies and promised to replace his Moon Dragon with a formidable vehicle built under Master Belisarius Cawl’s supervision.

Ron presented Jaghatai Khan with the Pale Eagle, an extraordinarily powerful anti-gravity vehicle, and Khan accepted it before taking it on a high-speed test ride. Ron then gave the White Scars anti-gravity vehicles of their own, and they accepted him as another Father of Genes; Khan returned from his ride carrying a Drukhari head.

• Ron introduced the Pale Eagle, detailing its advanced defenses, weapons, speed, and comfort features, and Jaghatai Khan admitted it surpassed his Moon Dragon and accepted it.
• Jaghatai Khan learned to operate the Pale Eagle and sped away for a test ride, leaving the Moon Dragon toppled on the ground.
• Ron gave the White Scars warriors White Falcon anti-gravity vehicles and offered to be their foster father, and they half-knelt and called him Father.
• Jaghatai Khan returned on the Pale Eagle carrying a Drukhari head, while Ron recognized it as familiar.

Ron learned that Vect had sent Drukhari forces with Forbidden Weapons toward the Redemption Satellite Zone, so he organized its defense around Jaghatai Khan and the White Scars. After the White Scars raided the attackers and seized a torpedo, the surviving Archon Fok annexed his allies and set out to join another Kabal.

• Jaghatai Khan returned from a high-speed ride with the head of a Black Heart Archon and spoils that included a Forbidden Weapon activation device.
• Ron learned that Vect's forces were targeting the Redemption Satellite Zone and sent spies, Orks, and White Scars mobile teams to guard the Webway routes.
• Jaghatai Khan and the White Scars ambushed the Kabal of Hatred and another Kabal, killed their leaders, and seized an Antimatter Void Torpedo.
• The White Scars changed their battle cry to “For The Savior and the Khan!” after Jaghatai Khan urged the Chapter to recognize his place alongside Ron.
• Fok survived the raid, annexed the other Kabal's remaining forces, and contacted another Kabal carrying a Forbidden Weapon.

Fok fled to Ron for protection after his failures and annexations made him a traitor in Vect’s eyes, while Ron accepted his allegiance and prepared to expand his forces through Aelindrach. In the Webway, Jubal’s White Scars encountered a Custodian squad and taunted them by racing ahead on their faster Falcon vehicles.

• Fok repeatedly arrived too late to seize Forbidden Weapons, annexed a defeated Kabal, and became a traitor after its Archon sent word of his betrayal to Commorragh.
• Fok pledged himself and his Kabal to Ron, who promised protection from Vect and ordered him tested for possible infiltration.
• Ron sent half of his soul supplies into Aelindrach and ordered nearby White Scars to clear the Webway routes so the rest could arrive.
• Jubal led the White Scars in destroying Beastmen, then detected and approached a ten-man Custodian squad pursuing clues about the Emperor’s cloned body.
• Jubal shared Webway intelligence with the Custodes, then accelerated away with his warriors, dousing them in exhaust fumes and provoking their anger.

The White Scars outsped the Custodes in the Webway, then brought them to their encampment to help investigate the Emperor's Clone Body. With The Savior's authorization, the Custodes joined the Spirit Net, where the Captain-General discovered an embarrassing post about Blood Ravens selling a Custodes vehicle.

• The Captain-General ordered the Custodes to overtake Jubal's White Scars, but the White Scars overloaded their engines and left the Custodes behind.
• The Custodes found they could not access the White Scars' data because it was protected by the Savior's Territory, so the Captain-General contacted The Savior for help.
• Jubal brought the Custodes to the White Scars' encampment, where they joined the White Scars and set out together in modified Falcon vehicles.
• The Savior granted the Custodes Spirit Net access, and the Captain-General browsed Imperial news and the Psyker Network's detailed Webway maps.
• The Captain-General found a trending post claiming Blood Ravens had taken a Custodes Gyrfalcon-pattern Jetbike to a black market, and he angrily warned the anonymous poster to remove it.

Ron summoned the Mandrakes of Aelindrach and commanded his Shadow Legion to invade Commorragh, adding a terrifying new force to his campaign against Vect. The chapter ended with the shadows spreading through Crimson Port as Archon Valek realized a creature had targeted him.

• The Captain-General of the Adeptus Custodes watched an anonymous forum poster reveal a missing Custodes vehicle and weapons, while Jubal denied leaving a suspicious comment.
• The Custodes and White Scars followed intelligence from the Spirit Net to a possible trading port as the Inquisition surrounded the black market.
• Ron learned that Vect's forces had destroyed one of his bases with a forbidden weapon and ordered his remaining bases to strengthen their defenses.
• Ron summoned the Mandrakes, who knelt before him, and ordered the Shadow Legion to attack Commorragh's Spires.
• Shadows spread through Crimson Port, frightening a Drukhari merchant's family as Valek saw a Mandrake crawling toward his estate.

Ron used the Shadow Legion to deliver soul gifts to Commorragh's Archons and spread propaganda against the Supreme Overlord. As the Archons weighed the risks of accepting his gifts, Mandrakes began handing out soul potions and flyers to ordinary residents, leaving the city fearful but curious.

• Valek's mansion came under attack from Mandrakes, and the Mandrake Shadow-weaver cornered him in a hidden chamber before giving him a box of concentrated souls on Ron's behalf.
• Valek realized the Mandrakes had delivered the gift rather than killed him, but he feared the Supreme Overlord's response even as he coveted the untaxed souls.
• Ron explained to Iris that he was using forced bribery and propaganda to undermine trust in the Supreme Overlord and prepare Commorragh for his arrival.
• Mandrakes returned to the Spire district to post flyers and distribute soul potions, including giving a Drukhari child a Strong Dream Series potion.
• Commorragh's residents began accepting the potions and flyers, easing some of their fear of the Mandrakes before the flyers' contents unsettled them again.

Ron continued his campaign to undermine Supreme Overlord Vect by spreading propaganda through Commorragh, while monitoring the search for the Emperor’s Clone Body and the Black Throne. After Vect’s forces suppressed the first wave of leaflets, Ron planned a broader propaganda effort and new ways to distribute Soul Potions.

• The Kabal of the Black Heart destroyed Ron’s posters and leaflets, tortured residents, and frightened Valek into deciding to surrender a box of Soul Potions to an upper-level Archon.
• Ron surveyed the polluted Sparos District and reviewed intelligence about the Drukhari’s attempt to create an Emperor’s Clone Body and control the Black Throne; he told the Adeptus Custodes not to destroy the clone unless necessary.
• Ron read reports about the Blood Ravens’ thefts and their stolen Adeptus Custodes vehicle, then suspected an anonymous poster was connected to the chapter.
• Iris told Ron that attacks had increased and the propaganda had been removed, but Ron said Vect’s crackdown would make residents remember the Descendant of Asurman and suspect Vect feared him.
• Ron ordered Iris to continue distributing propaganda, bring Miss Beda to help expose Vect’s secrets, and print his image and anti-Vect slogans on Soul Potions.

Bailang received souls from the Descendant of Asurman’s agents and escaped Crimson Port as the rebellion against Vect spread. Valek learned that Archon Smith had also accepted the gifts and decided to follow his example, while Ron’s forces prepared to expand into Commorragh amid signs of a brewing Warp storm.

• Bailang encountered a Mandrake posting a poster, shouted slogans against Vect, and received a Soul Potion and a statue of the Descendant of Asurman.
• A Mandrake killed the Kabal captain pursuing Bailang, and the surviving warriors chanted the slogans to avoid being attacked before turning on witnesses to their betrayal.
• Bailang collected the Soul Potions left behind, then fled Crimson Port with plans to take his family away.
• Valek read a note explaining that Archon Smith had accepted even more gifts and resolved to take the Descendant of Asurman’s offerings and align himself with Smith.
• Ron’s forces began relocating and sending Soul Potions across Commorragh, while an elite Mandrake squad headed for Vect’s bedchambers; Ron sensed a Warp storm approaching and boarded a skiff for another district.

Valek and Senior Archon Smith joined Ron’s covert effort to undermine Vect, while Ron explained how spreading souls would turn Commorragh’s fear into anger against the Supreme Overlord. Vect ordered higher soul taxes and faced an elaborate public humiliation campaign, leaving his authority shaken as the propaganda spread beyond his defenses.

• Valek attended Smith’s meeting and agreed to keep Vect’s pursuit orders active in name while quietly helping Ron’s cause.
• Smith met Ron’s temporary substitute, learned that Ron planned to use soul distribution to provoke anger against Vect, and left more confident in their chances.
• Vect ordered taxes raised to supply souls for his experiments, despite warnings that Archons were already dissatisfied.
• Mandrakes infiltrated Vect’s palace and unveiled a poster depicting Ron with Miss Bella and Vect as a clown, accompanied by mocking broadcasts.
• Vect destroyed the first poster, then realized more propaganda machines were spreading the humiliation throughout Commorragh and beyond.