Chapter Summaries

Ron confronted sluggish demand for Dawn City’s Webway properties, urged Tako to promote the high-end residential district, and reviewed construction and military supply reports. As Yor made a risky purchase hoping to rise in the Imperium’s elite, powerful nobles continued refusing to invest and waited for Ron to lower prices.

• Ron learned that Dawn City’s commercial and industrial properties were attracting fewer buyers than expected, and Tako suggested investors were waiting to see how the new system developed.
• Ron told Tako to promote the high-end residential district through exhibitions and manufactured demand, and to release news of Bayev’s decision if it arrived.
• Ron reviewed Webway construction and Departmento Munitorum reports, discovered surplus weapons had resulted from his own production guidance, and approved storing and redirecting the excess supplies.
• Ron ended his workday and went to the Sanctuary, where he played hide-and-seek with the catgirl maids.
• Yor bought a small palace in Dawn City’s highest-tier residential district with heavy debt, convinced its status and educational opportunities would help his family advance.
• Yor urged other investors to buy before prices rose, but his one-eyed Rogue Trader friend doubted the district’s value, while high-ranking nobles continued withholding investment and waited for Ron to cut prices.

Ron realized that the Warp’s growing influence had made him neglect his duties for sixty days, but he reaffirmed his resolve not to become a god. He and Guilliman refused to lower Dawn City’s asset prices, and the announcement that the Imperium would move its capital there triggered a fierce buying rush.

• Ron rested in The Savior’s Sanctuary while high nobles delayed investing in Dawn City’s Webway assets, hoping he would cut prices.
• Guilliman confronted Ron about his growing idleness and Warp aura, revealing that Ron had ignored communications and state affairs for sixty Terran days.
• Ron recognized the danger of his rising faith-fueled power, controlled its influence, and insisted he would not become a prisoner of the Warp or a god.
• Guilliman reported that Imperial departments and Dawn City’s construction had continued smoothly, but warned that noble investors’ hesitation was hindering the Redemption Crusade.
• Ron refused to lower asset prices and went with Guilliman to the Department of Commerce, while new Imperial nobles and Rogue Traders worried over their investments.
• The Imperium announced that its Administratum and other departments would soon move to Dawn City, sending Webway asset prices soaring and prompting panicked nobles to start buying.

Dawn City's Webway assets surged in value, enriching loyal investors while the high nobles scrambled for limited purchases. Ron warned Guilliman and Jaghatai Khan that the Imperium’s resources were needed for Webway construction and the Holy High Tower, then received news of a new attack in Segmentum Obscurus, where a Dark Angels fortress world had fallen to a terrifying enemy.

• The high nobles watched Dawn City's Webway core assets soar, then learned that purchases had been halted temporarily and future sales would be released in batches or through bidding.
• Drew and Warren Tartarus celebrated their profits, while Yor invited the successful new nobles to a banquet at the Heracles Hotel and the One-Eyed Rogue Trader rebuked those without access to private passages.
• Guilliman marveled at the wealth raised by the Ministry of Commerce, and Jaghatai Khan proposed using it for a larger expedition before Ron explained that the resources were reserved for Webway construction and the Holy High Tower.
• Ron received urgent intelligence that Segmentum Obscurus had come under attack and a Dark Angels fortress world had fallen, prompting him to call for preparations for war.
• The Son of the Lion surveyed the ruined fortress world from a battered Frigate and wondered what terrifying enemy had destroyed it.

Chapter Master Seraf and the battered Vigilant Angels fled an unknown enemy and followed a public message to Dawn City, where they discovered a prosperous Imperial refuge and learned that many other Astartes had gathered there. They delivered their warning about the enemy to Dawn City's authorities and headed to the Astartes district.

• Seraf and the Vigilant Angels arrived too late to save a fortress world, suffered a devastating attack, and escaped after the Chief Librarian foresaw danger following them.
• Days later, with their frigate failing and Chaos assaults draining their supplies, the Vigilant Angels received a message from Ron Grant inviting Imperial subjects to seek shelter in Dawn City.
• Seraf chose to follow the message, and the Vigilant Angels entered a Webway passage opened by an automated system, astonishing them with humanity's apparent control of the route.
• The Vigilant Angels encountered Orks wearing Imperial Aquilas and yellow safety helmets as they repaired the Webway, but the Orks let the frigate pass.
• The Vigilant Angels reached Dawn City No. 2 Redemption Spaceport and were stunned by its vast, thriving city and the statue of an unfamiliar young man.
• Dawn City's reception personnel registered Seraf's group, forwarded their warning about the unknown enemy to the intelligence department, and escorted them toward the Astartes district.

Seraf led the Vigilant Angels through Dawn City’s Astartes District, where they received medical care and discovered the Imperium’s abundant support and supplies. After learning their treasury had been lost and they could afford nothing, they were approached by a stranger in red armor who credited their account with 1.5 million high-tier Throne Coins.

• Seraf and the Vigilant Angels recovered from their injuries with new medical treatment and mechanical limbs, and they discussed the Primarch of Hope and Dawn City’s growing importance.
• Seraf learned that much of the Chapter’s damaged equipment had been recycled, while the rest would be repaired and upgraded; he then led his warriors toward the trade district.
• The Vigilant Angels toured the bustling district, saw Salamanders’ crafted weapons and The Savior’s Gene-seed store, and marveled at the vast supply of Astartes equipment.
• Seraf discovered that Chaos turbulence had destroyed the Chapter’s treasury, leaving the Vigilant Angels penniless and unable to buy equipment.
• A stranger in red armor offered help and used Seraf’s Data-slate to credit the Vigilant Angels with 1.5 million high-tier Throne Coins, leaving them shocked.

Seraf and the Vigilant Angels panicked after an unfamiliar warrior used their Chapter Master's credentials to borrow 1.5 million high-grade Throne Coins, then learned the loan was interest-free for a hundred years and meant for buying equipment. Tyberos's extravagant spending convinced Seraf to replace the Chapter's gear, but he discovered an unexplained extra hundred thousand Throne Coins on the bill.

• An unfamiliar warrior used Seraf's credentials to borrow 1.5 million high-grade Throne Coins for the Vigilant Angels, alarming Seraf and his warriors with the prospect of crushing debt.
• The warrior explained that the Redemption Supply Depot offered new Chapter users a hundred years of interest-free repayment, and Seraf confirmed the lenient terms before accepting the help.
• The unfamiliar warrior bought premium armor and weapons, then left for a mission as the Vigilant Angels discussed how to spend their loan.
• Tyberos arrived in luxurious gear, boasted that the Carcharodons had prospered under The Savior, and urged Seraf to replace his outdated equipment rather than rely on Machine Spirit compatibility.
• Seraf decided to buy new gear for the Vigilant Angels and chose light-luxury armor for himself, but questioned the service staff after the bill showed an extra hundred thousand high-tier Throne Coins.

Seraf discovered that Gabriel had fraudulently spent a hundred thousand High Throne Coins from the Vigilant Angels’ account, while Gabriel escaped and tried to swindle the Titan Chapter. Ron then learned that another world in Segmentum Obscurus had fallen and considered asking The Emperor to summon The Lion.

• Seraf learned that Gabriel had used the Vigilant Angels’ payment code to spend a hundred thousand High Throne Coins, and he led his warriors to hunt the Blood Ravens swindler.
• Gabriel hid his trail, contacted the Blood Raven Cubs, and then approached Gauss and the Titan Chapter, praising their art to lure them into a scam.
• Ron arrived at the Astartes District and received news that another world in Segmentum Obscurus had fallen while The Lion remained asleep.
• Ron decided to visit The Emperor and consider asking him to summon The Lion.

Ron inspected the Astartes District, where a scheme by Gabriel and the Blood Ravens led to a brawl with the Ogryns and Vigilant Angels. He investigated the unknown enemy, speculated that Horus might return, and ended the chapter asking The Emperor about Horus as Guilliman and Jaghatai Khan listened.

• Ron toured the Astartes District with officials while Gabriel led Gauss and the Ogryns toward a building, planning to rob them of their valuable equipment.
• The Ogryns and Vigilant Angels caught the Blood Ravens’ scheme and beat Gabriel and his warriors; Ron let the fight continue, then ordered the Blood Ravens detained and their stolen goods recovered.
• Ron ordered Gauss and the Ogryns to help repair the damaged buildings and submit self-criticisms, then examined Seraf’s memories of the unknown enemy and sensed a threat beyond a Primarch.
• Ron speculated that the Chaos Gods might resurrect Horus, while Seraf received compensation for the Vigilant Angels and bought new equipment for the coming expedition.
• Ron went to the Throne Palace to ask The Emperor about The Lion or Horus, and The Emperor reacted when Ron named Horus as Guilliman and Jaghatai Khan listened.

Ron entered the Warp to rescue Lion El'Jonson, whose soul was trapped in a repeating vision of Caliban's destruction. Ron broke the vision, and the Lion woke in a forest, though he mistook Ron for the Emperor before the realm collapsed.

• The Emperor told Ron that he could no longer see the Galaxy clearly and asked him to deal with Horus if he returned; he also revealed that Lion was trapped in the Warp.
• The Emperor sent Ron the Lion's Warp coordinates before falling asleep, and Ron entered the Warp through Little Sun.
• Ron found the Lion reliving Caliban's destruction and his battle with Luther in an Incubi domain.
• Ron crushed the vision's Luther and confronted the Lion, who began to realize that the scene was a dream.
• The Lion mistook Ron for his father as the Incubi domain collapsed, and he then awoke beside a river in a forest.

Ron, Guilliman, and Jaghatai Khan launched the Redemption Crusade into Segmentum Obscurus, while Lion El'Jonson awakened on Kamas and began gathering the planet’s refugees under his command. The crusade advanced against Chaos, and Lion became chief of a jungle tribe as he prepared to face the planet’s other dangers.

• Ron told Guilliman and Jaghatai Khan that Lion had awakened but vanished before he could explain the Imperium’s situation.
• The three Primarchs stole the Emperor’s wine, celebrated the assembled Redemption Crusade fleet, and set it sailing toward Segmentum Obscurus.
• Ron urged Guilliman to spend the fleet’s abundant ammunition freely as they smashed through an asteroid belt and entered the segmentum.
• The Redemption Crusade fleet bombarded Chaos forces on Kamas, destroyed their fortress, and left weapons for the people hiding in the jungle.
• Lion awoke on Kamas, followed a forest path, and killed the predators surrounding a group of human refugees.
• Lion rescued more refugees, led them to a jungle tribe, and became its chief after learning the world was called Kamas.

Lion El'Jonson rejected the tribe's worship of the God-Emperor, rallied its people, and built them into a fortified settlement and fighting force. After learning another guardian had a territory deeper in the forest, he marched to aid—and possibly bring that guardian under his command—until gunfire, howls, and falling trees suggested Mutant Predators were fleeing from something ahead.

• Lion El'Jonson dismissed the God-Emperor as a deceiver and ordered Sutiko not to speak that name in his presence.
• Lion El'Jonson urged the frightened tribe to fight, and its people stood up with their weapons and chose to follow him.
• Lion El'Jonson expanded the settlement to nearly three thousand people, trained Knights, and organized defenses, weapons production, and food processing.
• Sutiko told Lion El'Jonson that another guardian had established a territory but faced hunger and damage from objects that fell from the sky.
• Lion El'Jonson set out with two hundred Knights and a large supply convoy to aid the other territory, intending to bring its guardian under his command.
• Halfway to the territory, Lion El'Jonson heard unknown gunfire as Mutant Predators howled and trees crashed down, and he realized the beasts were fleeing.

The Lion fought off a mutant beast tide, recovered his memories, and reunited with Zabriel, a son of the Lion he had believed was a traitor. After learning the Imperium was fractured and in decline, he resolved to rebuild it, beginning by investigating the explosion and visiting Zabriel’s territory.

• The Lion and the knights held their formation against a mutant beast tide, while The Lion and a black-armored guardian helped protect the convoy.
• The Lion recognized Zabriel, accused him of treachery, and regained memories of his past as Lion El'Jonson; Zabriel blamed him for abandoning Caliban and his sons.
• Lion and Zabriel swore their loyalty to The Emperor and humanity, recognizing that profane power had helped cause the rebellion and their conflict.
• Zabriel told Lion that the Emperor was worshipped as the God-Emperor, the Primarchs had vanished, the Legions had been divided into Chapters, and the Great Rift had split the Imperium.
• Lion resolved to rebuild the Imperium, then set out with Zabriel to investigate the explosion and visit Zabriel’s territory.

Lion led his army across Kamas, scavenging machinery and preparing to rebuild civilization while investigating a huge explosion that bore signs of Imperial weapons. When he and Zabriel reached the Pason tribe, they found its humble settlement transformed into a fortified stronghold bearing an unfamiliar Golden Lion emblem and lavish praises for a savior.

• Lion praised the Order's discipline and vowed to wipe out the profane life on Kamas, while Zabriel agreed to help kindle civilization.
• Lion condemned Guilliman's Codex Astartes, then scavenged a steel conduit and engine with Zabriel and told him to learn mechanical skills.
• At the blast site, Lion found Promethium and suspected an Imperial weapon had caused the explosion, then hurried toward Zabriel's territory.
• Lion and Zabriel reached the Pason tribe and were stunned by its towering concrete wall, heavy cannons, and Golden Lion banners praising Grant House as the savior.

Lion learned that Ron Grant was called the Savior and Emperor of the Imperium, then traveled to meet him at a fortified tribe. He found that the Savior’s equipment had armed and protected the tribespeople, while the Savior himself remained absent, and Lion entered the settlement with food to discuss matters.

• Lion and Zabriel saw the Honor Banner naming Ron Grant the Savior and Emperor, and Lion resolved to meet him and learn what had happened to the Imperium.
• Lion led the Iron Knights toward the fortress, where defensive cannons briefly aimed at them before the gate opened.
• A force of Sentinel Mechs, armored warriors, and Imperial Guard emerged and destroyed Aberrant Predators, impressing Lion with its strength.
• The tribespeople praised the Savior and explained that he had provided their weapons, armor, and construction equipment, though he was not physically present.
• Lion asked why the tribespeople had not needed his support, then offered to deliver food before entering the fortress with them.

The Lion and the Iron Knights arrived at the Pason Tribe with food, only to be upstaged by the Savior’s lavish banquet and supplies. After discovering a vast stockpile of machinery and weapons, The Lion realized he might leave the planet sooner than expected.

• The Pason Tribe’s Sentinel Mechs cleared the gate, and Hada led the Iron Knights in, proud of the meat they had brought for the tribe.
• Hada unveiled the Iron Knights’ beast jerky and praised The Lion, then fell silent when he saw the Pason Tribe’s banquet of fresh meat and other food from the Savior.
• Zabriel arranged for the Iron Knights to join the feast, while The Lion examined the Savior’s field equipment and learned the food came from the Savior’s agricultural worlds.
• The Lion left the feast as the tribe sang praises to the Savior, then spotted a huge stockpile of war supplies hidden behind the giant trees.
• The Lion found construction equipment, weapons, Sentinel Mechs, and combat armor, and told Zabriel he could build a shuttle within five years.
• Zabriel pointed out that they might not need to wait that long, looking toward something that filled him with excitement.

Lion El'Jonson secured a shuttle, dreamed of a terrifying fallen Primarch, and led an expedition to destroy the Chaos threat on Kamas, only to find that the Savior had already annihilated it. He left Kamas with Zabriel and a group of Knights to seek The Fallen, while Ron confronted the wreckage of a world-destroying battle in the Avalons system.

• Lion and Zabriel entered the emergency shuttle, confirmed it could fly, and planned to destroy the Chaos threats on Kamas before leaving to contact the Imperium.
• Lion dreamed of a corrupted Primarch destroying warships and a Space Fortress, then woke determined to hunt and execute his fallen brother.
• Lion led Zabriel and the warriors toward Chaos Bastion, but found the fortress and its forces had already been obliterated by bombardment; a Savior Statue stood amid the ruins.
• Lion departed Kamas with Zabriel and more than twenty Knights, intending to find The Fallen and bring them back to the First Legion.
• The Redemption Fleet emerged in the Avalons system, where Ron saw extensive wreckage and feared the power that had destroyed the world.

Ron prepared to face a looming Chaos threat without the Emperor’s protection, but his unfinished armor and the hidden Warband of Ten Thousand Eyes left him worried. After learning that Lion had left the isolated world of Kamas in a small shuttle, Ron feared the Primarch might run straight into the Chaos forces hunting him.

• Ron ordered Cawl to finish calibrating his exclusive armor within eight weeks, though Cawl said the work was only halfway complete and would normally take nine more weeks.
• Ron identified Seraphax as the Chaos Lord leading the Warband of Ten Thousand Eyes and realized the warband’s planetary occupations might be part of a trap for Lion and the Emperor.
• Tako reported that the fleet had not found Seraphax, so Ron ordered the forces to purge the warband’s occupied worlds and investigate Avalons, where Fallen might be hiding.
• Tako told Ron that the fleet had found traces of Lion on Kamas, where the Primarch had helped local tribes before departing alone in a shuttle.
• Ron learned that the Warband of Ten Thousand Eyes had bases and fleet movements near Kamas, and Tako asked whether a Primarch could survive ship-mounted macro-cannons or large Melta Bombs.

Lion El'Jonson and Zabriel crash on a savage planet while fleeing a Chaos fleet, but the Warband of Ten Thousand Eyes tracks them down. After Lion repels the first attackers, he boards a Chaos Landing Craft alone and storms its Bridge, where he confronts Vakan the Crimson.

• Ron warns that Lion could be overwhelmed by the Warband's fleet, then sends orders to find and rescue him as the Redemption Fleet enters the Warp.
• Lion's damaged Shuttle crashes on a savage planet, and it explodes after he and Zabriel's Knights evacuate.
• Belial and Vakan identify Lion's location and send Khorne Warriors in Dreadclaw Drop Pods and Landing Craft to capture him.
• Lion and his followers defeat the first attackers, prompting Vakan to bring more forces down to the surface.
• Lion uses Melta Grenades and his Jump Pack to breach a Landing Craft, then cuts through its crew and reaches the Bridge.
• Lion confronts the shaken Vakan on the Bridge after killing the Chaos Terminator guarding it.

The Lion defeated Vakan and seized his Landing Craft, but Belial’s orbital bombardment forced him to flee into the forest, where a strange summons carried him toward Avalons. The Imperial fleet arrived too late to find him, while Seraphax planned to hunt him at Avalons and learned that Ron’s fleet was also headed there.

• The Lion killed Vakan, took command of the Landing Craft, and tried to reach the Chaos Fleet before its commander ordered an orbital strike.
• The Lion escaped the destroyed Landing Craft, was badly injured, and led Zabriel and the others into the forest after sensing a summons toward Avalons.
• Belial ordered the Chaos Fleet to retreat when the Imperial Navy arrived, and Jose’s Redemption 15th Fleet failed to find the Lion before he vanished through Warp Psyker Power.
• Seraphax told Belial that Avalons was where he would capture the Lion, then dismissed The Savior as a threat despite learning his fleet was approaching.
• Ron received a message aboard the Dreamer's Bridge and realized the situation was trouble.

Ron learned that Chaos had destroyed another Hub World and sought the Tuchulcha Engine and related relics to repair Webway routes and strengthen the Imperium’s defenses. On Avalons, The Fallen repelled a Greater Daemon but stayed to protect the planet as Ron’s warship arrived overhead.

• Tako reported the destruction of a Hub World and worsening warp conditions, and Ron identified the Tuchulcha Engine, Plagueheart, and Ouroboros as components of the Engine of Discord.
• Ron ordered fleets to address the crisis on Avalons, summoned the Dark Angels to discuss The Rock, and learned that Lion El'Jonson had vanished after escaping a savage planet.
• The Fallen fought alongside Avalons’ Astra Militarum, and Afka banished a Greater Daemon after discovering its true name.
• Horlock warned Afka that their presence had exposed The Fallen, but Afka chose to stay and defend Avalons.
• A massive dark-green warship appeared above Avalons.