Chapter Summaries

Wrist Bro slaughtered his way through a Dark Eldar cruiser and discovered that Khorne had blessed his battle axe, while Old Thirteen and the players rescued tortured slaves and called for revenge against Commorragh. The players rallied behind the campaign, and Qin Yun responded by preparing an expansion centered on attacking Commorragh and accelerating the next player batch.

• Wrist Bro killed the Incubi and Blood Reaver pursuing him, and his battle axe gained Khorne's bloodthirsty blessing.
• Old Thirteen and the players found a torture chamber and freed imprisoned slaves, then promised revenge after a woman showed them her murdered child.
• Old Thirteen called on players to attack Commorragh, and the Warmaster's group agreed to join after killing Krez at a Webway junction.
• Players and supply groups rallied behind the Hogwarts Warband's call for war, while Qin Yun ordered an expansion about attacking Commorragh and sped up the twelfth batch of players.

Qin Yun approved an expansion declaring war on Commorragh, then visited the Emperor to ask whether Khorne’s blessing could corrupt a follower. As Erebus plotted to recruit the outsiders and Vect learned that humans had slaughtered Archon Krez’s forces, the expansion went live and players began reacting to it.

• Qin Yun approved Xi Ling’s “Revenge” expansion, which organized the Imperium’s campaign against Commorragh and offered players war rewards.
• Qin Yun visited the Emperor’s domain and found Malcador playing Regicide with Alivia Sureka; Malcador explained that the Chaos Gods had monopolized Warp authority and charged mortals for its power.
• Erebus received orders from Tzeentch and Slaanesh to recruit the outsider and his followers, learned they were attacking Commorragh, and set out to investigate them.
• Vect learned that Archon Krez was dead and that human forces had returned the Dark Death packed with their victims’ corpses, along with a threat promising to kill Vect.
• The expansion appeared on the Warhammer Online website at six o’clock, prompting players to celebrate, complain about access to the game, and discuss the new campaign.
• Qian Donglai saw the expansion announcement and began drafting an analysis post.

Qian Donglai’s expansion analysis explained that players’ choices would shape Warhammer Online, while Qin Yun mobilized the Imperium to wage war on Commorragh. The chapter ended with Emperor’s Cattle sending a bomb-laden Dark Eldar ship toward the city as the players prepared to attack.

• Qian Donglai published a popular analysis of the Revenge expansion, and players debated the war against Commorragh on the forums.
• Qin Yun ordered Xi Ling to map the Webway and mobilized the Imperium, then convinced Guilliman that the Dark Eldar had to be punished.
• Guilliman accepted the plan and sent Brecher to prepare the Husky Warband for talks on Fenris, while admitting he hoped to leave the burdens of rule behind.
• The Imperium transported troops and supplies through secured Webway entrances as citizens and High Lords reacted to Qin Yun’s war order.
• Emperor’s Cattle ambushed a Dark Eldar warship, captured and enslaved key crew, planted bombs aboard, and sent it toward Commorragh as the players prepared to follow.

Reckless General and Old Bird infiltrated Commorragh and destroyed a port with a bomb-laden warship, allowing Imperial forces and players to launch a full assault. As the battle raged, Qin Yun and the players reached level 20, and Khorne’s army unexpectedly attacked Slaanesh’s domain.

• Reckless General and Old Bird discussed sacrificing Commorragh but entered the city aboard a disguised Vicious Kabal warship instead.
• Old Bird and Reckless General seized control of their bomb-laden warship, fired on the port, and detonated it, tearing open Commorragh’s outskirts.
• Little Fulgrim ordered Imperial warships to attack Commorragh, while Blood Pigeon shot down two Dark Eldar fighters.
• Qin Yun reached level 20 and gained Listen to Prayers and Warp Blessing, while the players also leveled up and Wrist Bro learned Endless Rage.
• Khorne’s daemon army invaded Slaanesh’s domain, leaving Slaanesh confused about the sudden attack.

The Imperium forces broke into Commorragh at Swamp Port, where Primaris Marines and God Chosen seized ground while Archon Ilian tried to stop them. After Wrist Bro killed Ilian, Vect ordered the Kabals to unite and counterattack, leaving the battle poised to intensify.

• The Imperium fleet bombarded Swamp Port, and drop pods delivered Primaris Marines and players who fought their way into Commorragh.
• Ten-Timer used psychic power to kill Medusae and Beastmasters, while Old Thirteen defeated a grotesque and other players pushed through the city.
• Archon Ilian gathered his bodyguards and attacked Wrist Bro, but Wrist Bro killed him after defeating the Ughuls and the Kabal's fighters.
• The Kabal of the White Flame's forces fled, and the players pursued them as Little Fulgrim coordinated the expanding assault from the Imperium Immaculate.
• Vect ordered the Kabal of the Black Heart and the other Kabals to reinforce the battlefield, and they regrouped to counterattack.

The Imperium of Man pressed its assault into Commorragh, deploying Titans and First Generation Gundams against the Dark Eldar’s awakened Aeldari war engines. As the costly battle reached a one-to-one exchange and Commorragh’s leaders feared eventual defeat, Erebus watched from a Webway path and planned to make the fighting even more catastrophic.

• Astra Militarum forces cleared Swamp Port’s ruins, rescued human slaves, and defeated a Dark Eldar squad with only one soldier dead and one wounded.
• Warmaster, Ten-Timer, and the Emperor’s Cattle Warband advanced as the Imperium built defenses and the Kabal of the Black Heart reorganized its forces under Vect’s orders.
• Imperial Titans and Little Fatty’s Hammer and Sickle Warband, piloting First Generation Gundams, joined the assault and fought the Dark Eldar’s awakened Aeldari Titans.
• The Titans on both sides inflicted heavy losses, while Little Fatty’s Gundam forces maneuvered to destroy Aeldari Titans; September Nine died when his mech was cut in half, and Little Fatty avenged him.
• Commorragh’s leaders despaired at losing rare Aeldari Titans to seemingly replaceable human mechs, while Erebus secretly watched from a distant Webway path and resolved to intensify the slaughter.

Erebus activated Commorragh’s Dark Throne, opening a vast Warp Rift that unleashed daemons and drew fleets and armies from across the galaxy into a chaotic battle. As Vect prepared to evacuate and the players hunted Erebus, Qin Yun decided to enter the Webway himself.

• Erebus led daemons and Dark Apostles to seize the Dark Throne, then activated it and caused a massive Warp Rift to tear open above Commorragh.
• Daemons poured into Commorragh, while an Aether Storm dragged Ork, Tyranid, and T'au fleets into the city’s battle.
• Vect blamed Erebus for Commorragh’s destruction and ordered the Kabals to evacuate before he detonated the Black Suns.
• Erebus killed Trexiss and took the Panacea STC module, intending to use it as bait for the God Chosen.
• The players received missions to capture Erebus and Vect, and Qin Yun ordered the players to hunt them before entering the Webway himself.

Qin Yun agreed to sit on Commorragh’s Dark Throne to suppress the Warp and help repair the Webway, while the battle for Commorragh escalated as Greater Daemons overwhelmed the battlefield. Human and Aeldari fleets arrived just as the players called for Qin Yun to come and banish the daemons.

• Qin Yun received Eldrad Ulthran and Sylandri, who warned that Commorragh’s destruction could collapse the Webway and asked him to sit on the Dark Throne while Craftworld Ulthwe repaired the rift.
• Qin Yun agreed to the risky plan, and the humans and Aeldari took a faster route toward the Commorragh battlefield.
• Trajan inspected Terra’s reforms and the Adeptus Mechanicus’s megastructure projects, privately relishing the prospect of firing the Trans-spatial Planet-Killer Cannon at the Eye of Terror.
• Daemons ravaged the T'au warship, O'Shas ordered its abandonment, and Vect ordered the Black Sun detonated; Greater Daemons then transformed and subdued it with their powers.
• Brother Captain Stern and Celestine arrived to aid the human forces, and after Turtle called for Qin Yun, human and Aeldari warships appeared over Commorragh.

Warmaster's players pursued Vect while Aun'Shi and O'Shas accepted the Supreme Overlord's offer to lead the T'au out of Commorragh, sparking a battle between the groups. Qin Yun reached the Dark Throne and took his seat, gaining a vast new perspective as he became a golden sun before the Chaos Gods.

• Ten-Timer learned that Vect had fled his residence and ordered the Black Star detonated, so Warmaster's squad struck a fleeing group of aircraft and pursued the crashing Pyramid.
• Aun'Shi reunited with O'Shas and agreed to Vect's deal to guide the T'au out of Commorragh in exchange for their protection.
• Warmaster demanded that the T'au surrender Vect, and the players defeated the Fire Caste warriors before Vect escaped with the T'au through a Webway passage.
• Qin Yun led an elite force to the Dark Throne and sat on it, enduring immense pain as he gained overwhelming power and a view of the battlefield.
• Qin Yun appeared as a golden sun alongside a black sun, drawing the attention of Khorne and the other Chaos Gods.

Qin Yun used the Dark Throne to survey the galaxy before returning to Commorragh to suppress the daemons and help the Aeldari repair the rift. The Chaos alliance collapsed into infighting, while Qin Yun prepared to intercept Erebus and Guilliman unsuccessfully tried to contact him.

• Qin Yun surveyed Guilliman, Fenris, and other worlds from the Dark Throne, then watched Magnus shield Sorcerer's World from his gaze.
• The mission panel tasked Qin Yun with reclaiming Commorragh, and he raised a barrier that weakened the daemons while Eldrad Ulthran and the Aeldari repaired the rift.
• Little Fulgrim fought Zarakynel while Celestine, Old Thirteen, and the players battled Angrath; Kairos saved Old Thirteen, but Celestine and Old Thirteen banished Angrath.
• Khorne turned his daemons against Tzeentch's after Angrath fell, and the Chaos armies began fighting one another as Tyranids and Orks attacked the daemons.
• Erebus attempted to launch a surprise attack on the Dark Throne, so Qin Yun used Divine Summoning to call players to intercept him.
• Guilliman ordered communications with Qin Yun, but received a message that Qin Yun was busy.

Guilliman learned that the Living Saint was fighting in the Webway and warned Trajan that something had changed in the Warp. As Erebus tried to stab Qin Yun on the Dark Throne, the Warmaster and the players appeared and drove him away, only for him to fall into Vect’s hands and face revenge for destroying Commorragh.

• Guilliman failed to contact Qin Yun directly, reached Trajan, learned Qin Yun was in the Webway, and sent a warning about a change in the Warp.
• Aun'Shi and O'Shas led the T'au retreat through the Webway with Vect, but the Warmaster and the players attacked them until a burst of light made the attackers vanish.
• Erebus reached the Dark Throne with daemons and prepared to stab Qin Yun with the Dagger of Venom.
• The Warmaster and the players suddenly appeared, attacked Erebus, and forced him to escape through a rift after he used the Words of Darkness.
• Tzeentch altered Erebus's destination, sending him near Vect, who paralyzed him with poisoned darts and took the Dagger of Venom.
• Vect identified himself to Erebus and promised to make him suffer for destroying Commorragh.

After Erebus escaped the battle for Commorragh, the players and Imperium forces defeated and banished Kugath and Zarakynel while the Craftworld Aeldari repaired the Webway rifts. The players recovered the Panacea STC from Erebus’s abandoned subordinates and joked that his actions had helped the Imperium.

• The Warmaster and the players regretted letting Erebus escape with the Dagger of Venom and turned their attention to the remaining battlefield.
• The players, Brother Captain Stern, and the Adeptus Custodes fought Kugath, while Twisted Man and Turtle detonated themselves against him and Old Thirteen was killed by his plague.
• Little Fatty pinned Kugath with the First Generation Gundam’s Power Spear, and the Imperium forces hacked him apart, banishing his soul to Nurgle’s Garden.
• The players and their allies overwhelmed Zarakynel and banished her, while Eldrad Ulthran and the Craftworld Aeldari repaired the rifts and drove the remaining daemons from the battlefield.
• The players killed Word Bearers Possessed Marines trying to flee with the Panacea STC and claimed it as their trophy.
• Ten-Timer explained how Erebus’s choices had led the Panacea STC into Imperium hands, prompting the players to call him a secretly loyal servant of the Emperor.

Qin Yun secured the Panacea STC and began its analysis while Nurgle retaliated against Erebus and the other Chaos Gods clashed in the Warp. After Commorragh’s battle continued under human and Ork control, Qin Yun contacted Guilliman, cleared up the supposed birth of a new Chaos god, and proposed repairing the Webway from Commorragh.

• Qin Yun accepted a mission to recover the Panacea STC, whose reward included a Life Status Fragment, and Xi Ling had the players deliver it for reverse analysis.
• Nurgle blamed Tzeentch for helping humanity obtain the STC, sent his daemons against the Crystal Labyrinth, and cursed Erebus with painful immortality.
• Vect and Gruumener planned to transform Erebus and make him pregnant, but Nurgle’s plague blessing took effect and forced them to abandon the operation.
• Qin Yun recovered from using the Dark Throne as humanity established a fortress in Commorragh, defeated the Tyranids, and continued fighting the growing Ork forces.
• Qin Yun contacted Guilliman, explained that his Dark Throne vision had caused the supposed Chaos-god sighting, and proposed using Commorragh as a base to repair the Webway.

Qin Yun rejected making the Webway humanity’s overriding purpose, then secured an alliance with the Craftworld Aeldari and led the Imperium to victory over the Orks in Commorragh. Back on Terra, he celebrated the victory and awarded the top players a chance to enter the Emperor’s Throne Room, leaving Trajan alarmed as they eagerly planned to assassinate the Emperor.

• Qin Yun told Guilliman that technology and the Webway must serve humanity, and Guilliman considered whether the Living Saint might establish a Third Human Imperium.
• Qin Yun negotiated an equal alliance with the Craftworld Aeldari, gaining their Webway-material cultivation technology.
• Qin Yun and the players confronted Old Captain’s Orks in Commorragh, and Qin Yun killed Old Captain to break the Ork assault.
• Qin Yun’s forces routed the remaining Orks, secured Commorragh, and returned to a jubilant reception on Terra.
• Qin Yun rewarded the top-ranked players with access to the Throne Room and other privileges, prompting them to celebrate the chance to assassinate the Emperor while Trajan watched in shock.

Key Plot Points and Events

• The protagonist woke up with a severe hangover after a night of heavy drinking.
• They decide to take the day off from their responsibilities due to their condition.

Character Developments

• The protagonist shows responsibility by acknowledging their mistake and taking time to recover.
• They exhibit self-awareness by recognizing the extent of their hangover and its impact on their ability to function.

Significant Themes

• Consequences of Actions: The protagonist faces the repercussions of their excessive drinking.
• Self-Care: The decision to take a day off indicates the importance of taking care of one's physical and mental health.

Character Interactions

• There are no character interactions in this chapter, as the protagonist is alone with their thoughts and hangover.

Qin Yun set strict rules for the Blood Games and warned Trajan that he and the Adeptus Custodes would be sent to guard a pond if the players reached the Throne Room. As the Imperium celebrated its victory over Commorragh, players sought assassination plans online, while Qin Yun received a Life Status Fragment that suggested the Emperor intended to gather more fragments and empower players.

• Qin Yun announced Blood Games rules that rewarded exceptional performance, prohibited certain weapons and damage, and eliminated participants whose HP reached zero; he warned Trajan and the Adeptus Custodes that failure would mean pond duty.
• Trajan promised that the God Chosen would never reach the Throne Room, while his subordinates worried that they might have to dig their own pond if they failed.
• The Sol System celebrated the Imperium's victory over the Dark Eldar and control of Commorragh and the Webway, while Qin Yun prioritized local food production to protect the system's food security.
• The Emperor's Cattle Warband discussed the Blood Games, and its Warmaster posted online asking for plans to get past the Adeptus Custodes and reach the Throne Room; netizens debated tactics and Dora advertised black-tech devices.
• Qin Yun received a Life Status Fragment from the Emperor and learned that enough fragments could grant authority over life, while players could adapt to fragments and use them to level up.

Qin Yun refused to cut the Webway restoration project and ordered new War Bonds to cover the Imperium’s debts, while planning state funerals for recovered heroes. In the Blood Games, the Emperor’s Cattle Warband outmaneuvered Trajan’s Adeptus Custodes and reached the Throne Room, where Adilance revealed he had immobilized its guards.

• Qin Yun rejected suspending the Webway restoration project and ordered the Imperial Bank to issue new War Bonds to repay maturing ones.
• Qin Yun ordered state funerals for recovered Imperial heroes and designated a site near the Imperial Palace for a Heroes' Stele Forest.
• Little Fatty and the Hammer and Sickle Warband attacked the Imperial Palace with Miniature Mechs but were stopped just short of the Throne Room.
• The Emperor's Cattle Warband prepared for the Blood Games with specialized equipment and hundreds of simulations, then sent thirty players into the Imperial Palace.
• Trajan defeated Warmaster and the other players in combat, then realized one of the thirty intruders was still unaccounted for.
• Trajan and the Adeptus Custodes found Adilance in the Throne Room, where he had restrained its guards, and Warmaster declared that they had lost.

After the Blood Games, Qin Yun ordered Trajan and most of the Adeptus Custodes to monitor the Eye of Terror, while the Warmaster’s players received rewards and a new wave of players flooded the Calixis Sector. Meanwhile, Bald Monk’s diplomatic visit to the Space Wolves on Fenris ended with him insulting them at The Fang’s gates, which opened in response.

• Adilance explained how his Nano-Active Metal constructs had trapped the Adeptus Custodes, and Qin Yun arrived to address Trajan.
• Qin Yun ordered Trajan and most of the Adeptus Custodes to leave Terra and monitor the Eye of Terror; Trajan accepted the assignment.
• Qin Yun rewarded the Warmaster and the players who had won the Blood Games, and the official website publicized their victory.
• Two hundred thousand new players arrived on Planet Automata, where Xi Ling guided them through their introduction and the warbands recruited them.
• Trajan’s fleet departed Terra for the Eye of Terror, and he told a dissatisfied Custodian that their defeat exposed their failure to progress.
• Bald Monk was rejected and insulted at The Fang on Fenris, so he shouted that the Space Wolves had been abandoned; the gates then opened.

The Space Husky Warband’s visit to Fenris erupted into a duel between Bald Monk and Logan Grimnar, which ended when Bjorn intervened and welcomed the delegation into The Fang. After hearing how the visit went, Guilliman asked Qin Yun to travel to Fenris and persuade the Space Wolves to accept the Primaris Gift.

• Bald Monk insulted the Space Wolves, and Logan Grimnar challenged him to a duel outside The Fang.
• Logan defeated Bald Monk, but Bald Monk revealed Fenris’s World Soul had recognized him and demonstrated that he could control Wolf-form.
• Bjorn stopped Logan from killing Bald Monk, invited the delegation inside, and later warned Logan that his rashness had nearly brought disaster upon the Space Wolves.
• The delegation reported the incident to Guilliman, who contacted Qin Yun and explained how badly the meeting had gone.
• Guilliman asked Qin Yun to go to Fenris because the Space Wolves might heed the Emperor’s Living Saint more readily than him.

Qin Yun agreed to help Guilliman persuade the Space Wolves to accept Primaris Marines, then traveled to Fenris through the renovated Beacon network. Guilliman arrived at The Fang to find the Space Wolves gathered in wary opposition, leaving him worried that they might resist his proposal by force.

• Guilliman explained that lingering resentment over the Codex Astartes and his absence from the Siege of Terra had led the Space Wolves to distrust his motives for the Primaris project, and Qin Yun agreed to speak with them.
• Qin Yun entrusted the Imperium's administration to the Master of the Administratum and the Imperial Chancellor, then used the Astronomican's Beacon network to travel with players to Macragge's Honour.
• Qin Yun learned Guilliman had gone to The Fang, ordered a landing craft, and flew down to Fenris with the Emperor's Cattle Warband players.
• Logan recalled the Space Wolves still away from The Fang, while Ragnar asked whether they would be forced to accept the Primaris Marines and Logan vowed the pack would resist coercion.
• Guilliman landed at The Fang with Adeptus Custodes and Ultramarines, found the gathered Space Wolves on guard, and worried that they might be preparing to fight him.