Chapter Summaries

The God Chosen defeated Calligos and captured Erebus on Solonis after Chaos magic turned the dead’s despair into strength for the players. On Sicarus, Lorgar received the Chaos Gods’ blessings and began plotting against Guilliman by sending daemons to retrieve his adoptive parents’ souls.

• Little Alpaca and the others ordered an orbital bombardment of Solonis, but the destroyed buildings and structures restored themselves, so the players launched a ground assault.
• Damo, Little Alpaca, and the players fought through Chaos defenders and reached the temple, where Erebus and Calligos awaited them.
• Calligos’s ritual filled the players with the dead’s vengeful power, strengthening them instead of corrupting them, and the players killed Calligos and captured Erebus in the Dimensional Cube.
• On Sicarus, Lorgar sensed Erebus’s defeat, received the Chaos Gods’ blessings, and resolved to rescue him and destroy the Imperium.
• Lorgar ordered daemons to find Guilliman’s adoptive parents’ souls and said he would need to join forces with other brothers to face Guilliman, Lion El'Jonson, and the Outsider.

Damo and the other players turned their captive Erebus into the star attraction of an Arena, where Warmaster and countless other challengers repeatedly defeated and humiliated him. Meanwhile, Lorgar, Fulgrim, and Magnus united against Guilliman, and Lorgar proposed using Guilliman’s mortal parents’ souls to lure him into a trap.

• Players in the World Chat doubted that Damo and his companions had captured Erebus until they saw proof, then Old Thirteen proposed making him the Arena’s final boss.
• Damo, Little Alpaca, and A Bowl of Lobster Soup built the Erebus Arena, and players traveled to Solonis for its opening.
• Warmaster defeated Erebus in a brutal duel, broke his spine, and bowed to the cheering crowd.
• The Arena staff repeatedly healed Erebus and sent him back to fight more challengers, leaving him desperate to escape the cycle.
• Fulgrim and Lorgar arrived on Sorcerer’s World to join Magnus against Guilliman and the Outsiders.
• Lorgar revealed that he had sent daemons to find Guilliman’s mortal parents’ souls so they could use them to lure Guilliman into a trap.

Abaddon’s Black Legion was seized by Magnus, Fulgrim, and Lorgar, who planned to trap Guilliman and Lion El’Jonson at the Nachmund Gauntlet. In Commorragh, Qin Yun prepared to coordinate the Imperial response, reclaim Sanguinius’s soul fragments, and expand Webway travel, while a new batch of players arrived on Automata.

• Abaddon surveyed the galaxy and vowed to defeat the returned Primarchs, but a psychic storm disrupted his ritual on the Vengeful Spirit.
• Magnus, Fulgrim, and Lorgar arrived aboard the flagship, forced Abaddon to surrender command, and won the Black Legion’s allegiance.
• Lorgar proposed trapping Guilliman and Lion El’Jonson at the Nachmund Gauntlet and using Guilliman’s adoptive parents to lure him into a separate confrontation.
• Qin Yun planned a meeting with Eldrad, the Laughing God’s incarnation, Guilliman, and Lion El’Jonson to discuss the Gauntlet, the Vengeful Spirit, and Sanguinius’s resurrection.
• Qin Yun ordered Xi Ling to reward the player groups involved in the Koronus Expanse and the capture of Erebus with Copper Aquila Medals.
• The thirteenth batch of players appeared on Automata, marveled at the realistic game world, and celebrated before rule-breaking players were struck down.

New players arrived on Planet Automata as Qin Yun and the gathered leaders planned to draw out the Vengeful Spirit at Vigilant Star and recover Sanguinius’s soul fragments. Lion El'Jonson agreed to command the defense while Guilliman prepared to protect the human worlds of the Nachmund Gauntlet.

• New players arrived on Planet Automata, where Xi Ling gave them the introductory briefing and major organizations recruited them with generous equipment and supplies.
• Qin Yun convened a meeting in Commorragh, where Eldrad reported that Magnus, Lorgar, and Fulgrim had seized control of the Black Legion and were preparing for war.
• Qin Yun identified the Nachmund Gauntlet as the likely target and revealed that Black Legion warbands had been ordered to Vigilant Star.
• Qin Yun proposed using the battle at Vigilant Star to draw out Abaddon and the Vengeful Spirit so they could reclaim Sanguinius’s soul fragments.
• Lion El'Jonson agreed to command the defense at Vigilant Star with support from the God Chosen, while Guilliman took responsibility for protecting the human worlds in the Nachmund Gauntlet.

Qin Yun assigned the Imperium and Aeldari forces their roles in defending the Webway and the Vigilant Star front, while the Lion rejected any claim to rule over the Imperium. Chaos captured Euten’s soul and used it to lure Guilliman into danger, prompting Qin Yun to assemble forces and head for Vigilant Star.

• Qin Yun assigned Guilliman to oversee the Nachmund Gauntlet evacuation, ordered Sanguinius’s body taken to Vigilant Star, and asked the Aeldari to help defend the Webway.
• The Laughing God's avatar accepted a role as an Imperium military adviser after Qin Yun refused to give the Aeldari command over human forces.
• On The Rock, Lion El'Jonson told Azrael that the Living Saint was his father's incarnation and that he would not compete with him for rulership.
• In Commorragh, Eldrad and the Laughing God's avatar planned to use Webway defense as cover to reclaim junction cities and rebuild connections between Craftworlds.
• On the Vengeful Spirit, Magnus, Fulgrim, and Lorgar planned attacks on Vigilant Star and the Webway, then recognized Euten’s soul in a crystal sphere and resolved to use her against Guilliman.
• After Chaos forces and an Ork fleet attacked Vigilant Star, Xi Ling reported that Lorgar held Euten’s soul for a ritual, and Qin Yun ordered forces assembled before leaving for Vigilant Star.

Guilliman led an assault on Dalok to reclaim Euten's soul, while Lion El'Jonson and Qin Yun joined him against Lorgar, Fulgrim, and Magnus. Euten destroyed her own soul rather than let Guilliman kneel, awakening his fury as he killed Angrath and charged at Lorgar.

• Guilliman ignored Lion El'Jonson and Sicarius's warnings, ordered an attack on Dalok, and led the Imperial fleet and ground forces against the Chaos defenses.
• Lion El'Jonson and Qin Yun reinforced Guilliman, helping break the stalemate as Abaddon attacked Vigilant Star and Typhus and Ahriman advanced through the Webway.
• Qin Yun, Guilliman, Lion, and their forces fought through the Daemon Tide toward Lorgar's altar, where Lorgar threatened Euten's soul to force Guilliman to kneel.
• Euten recognized Guilliman and shattered her own soul against Lorgar's Scepter, refusing to let him submit to Chaos.
• Guilliman awakened in fury, killed Angrath in two strikes, and charged toward Lorgar as Magnus and Fulgrim reacted with alarm.

After Euten's death, Guilliman embraced his Warp essence and unleashed a fury powerful enough to drive back Lorgar and the other Daemon Primarchs. Dalok World was recaptured, while Abaddon attacked Vigilant Star and grievously wounded Azrael as Calgar rushed to reinforce him.

• Euten's soul vanished, and Guilliman's rage awakened his Warp essence, making him immune to Chaos sorcery and devastating the enemy with the Emperor's Sword.
• Qin Yun banished Kairos, and Lion El'Jonson banished Shalaxi Helbane before ordering the forces to protect and advance with Guilliman.
• Guilliman climbed the platform and attacked Lorgar, while Lion El'Jonson fought Magnus and Qin Yun held off Fulgrim.
• Magnus and Lorgar fled through a Warp passage, and Slaanesh dragged Fulgrim away after Lion El'Jonson and Guilliman wounded him.
• Qin Yun and Lion El'Jonson knocked Guilliman unconscious and sent him back to Macragge's Honour; the Imperium recaptured Dalok World and executed its High King.
• Abaddon attacked Vigilant Star and grievously wounded Azrael, while Calgar hurried to reinforce the Dark Angels.

As Vigilant Star faced a Chaos assault that threatened to close the Nachmund Gauntlet, Imperial forces and their allies fought back while a boarding squad searched the Vengeful Spirit for Sanguinius's soul. Mephiston awakened the soul, but Chaos Warriors arrived as he reached out to take it home.

• Abaddon brought the Vengeful Spirit into battle, unleashing daemons and orbital bombardment as Chaos activated the Blackstone Crowns on Vigilant Star.
• The Blood Angels and hidden special squads launched a surprise attack on the Vengeful Spirit, while Imperial forces and their allies fought to penetrate its defenses.
• Erlong Gang Leader led a special operations squad, accompanied by Mephiston, through the corrupted warship toward its bridge.
• The squad cleared the bridge and found Sanguinius's soul sealed inside a grotesque statue.
• Mephiston used his blood to awaken the soul, and a golden light burned away the statue's corruption.
• As Chaos Warriors rushed into the bridge, Mephiston reached toward Sanguinius's soul and urged him to come home.

The Chaos Gods trapped Sanguinius’s rescue squad aboard the Vengeful Spirit in the Warp and sent Horus to stop the Archangel’s resurrection. Qin Yun arrived with players and the Bane Legion, opening a path to reality and staying behind to face Horus while Mephiston led the retreat.

• Mephiston ordered the assault squads to rescue Sanguinius, as players fought through daemons and Chaos Warriors while the special squad headed for the Teleportarium.
• Erlong Gang Leader fought Garviel Loken and escaped with the special squad, but they discovered that the Vengeful Spirit had fallen into a Warp domain where time and space were twisted.
• Mephiston used the Black Angel’s power to open a path to reality, but a colossal Warp creature closed it and wounded him.
• Horus appeared aboard the Vengeful Spirit, leaving the special squad convinced they could not escape.
• Qin Yun arrived with players and the Bane Legion, forced the enemies back, and told Mephiston to take Sanguinius to safety while he faced Horus.

Qin Yun held Horus back aboard the Vengeful Spirit, then escaped with the Emperor by detonating himself as the Chaos Gods prepared to attack. Loken briefly remembered Horus's future betrayal before the memories vanished, while Jagatai appeared in the Webway to rescue Imperial defenders from Rotigus's forces.

• Qin Yun fought Horus while the loyalists escaped the Vengeful Spirit, but Horus overwhelmed him and beat him nearly to death.
• After Sanguinius's soul left and the passage to reality closed, Qin Yun detonated himself, flooding the Warp with golden light before he and the Emperor escaped.
• During the Great Crusade, Loken woke with memories of Horus's betrayal, but the future knowledge faded before he could record it or warn anyone.
• Loken forgot why he had been running and asked Cyrene Valantion to keep his embarrassing moment secret.
• In the Webway, Jagatai led jetbikes into Rotigus's daemon horde and attacked the forces threatening an Imperial defensive installation.

Jagatai helped the Imperial defenders defeat the Nurgle Daemon Army by destroying its towers and banishing Rotigus. In Commorragh, Corax returned to save Little Fulgrim from Mortarion and invited him to fight alongside him.

• Players charged the Daemon Tide, and mech-build players sacrificed themselves to destroy the Nurgle Daemon Towers.
• Jagatai fought through the demons and, with players and warriors helping hold off the horde, defeated and banished Rotigus.
• The Imperial defenders drove back the Nurgle Daemon Army, and Jagatai left through the Webway to support other fronts.
• In Commorragh, Mortarion overwhelmed Little Fulgrim and prepared to execute him after defeating the Laughing God's avatar.
• Corax returned, drove Mortarion back with the Emperor's Power Klaw, and helped Little Fulgrim to his feet.
• Corax asked Little Fulgrim to fight alongside him.

Corax and Little Fulgrim joined forces with the players to defeat Mortarion and drive the daemons from Commorragh, while Abaddon succeeded in destroying Vigilant Star and the Nachmund Gauntlet. The chapter ended with an amnesiac giant meeting a traveler who was searching the wilderness for his lost child.

• Little Fulgrim agreed to fight alongside Corax, and Mortarion returned to challenge them.
• A player insulted Mortarion over a loudspeaker, provoking him into attacking Corax and the player’s allies.
• Corax and Little Fulgrim teamed up against Mortarion, while players fought Ahriman and blocked the other daemons from joining the battle.
• Mortarion fled after being badly wounded, and the Imperium’s forces and the Aeldari drove the daemons and traitors out of Commorragh.
• Abaddon destroyed Vigilant Star and the Nachmund Gauntlet, but he learned that the other Chaos plans had failed and blamed the Primarchs.
• An amnesiac giant killed a beast for food and questioned a traveler, who said he was searching for his lost child.

Guilliman remembered Euten, said goodbye to her, and awoke to learn that the Imperium’s wars had worsened while the Living Saint survived. Meanwhile, Vashtorr empowered Abaddon’s forces with the Arks of Omen, and Abaddon began a devastating offensive against the Imperium.

• Euten helped Guilliman recover his memories, comforted him, and made him promise to control his anger before she vanished.
• Guilliman awoke beside Lion El'Jonson and learned that the Vigilant Star had fallen, the Nachmund Gauntlet had been destroyed, and the Webway remained in Imperial hands.
• Lion El'Jonson told Guilliman that the Living Saint had revived and was working with Dante, Trazyn, and an incarnation of the Laughing God to restore Sanguinius.
• Abaddon reorganized the Chaos forces and prepared a full-scale assault on the Imperium aboard the Vengeful Spirit.
• Vashtorr offered Abaddon an alliance, warned him that humanity could rebuild the Webway, and reforged the Vengeful Spirit while supplying the Black Legion with dark technology and Arks of Omen.
• Abaddon promised to help Vashtorr seize ancient artifacts, then sent the Arks of Omen to devastate Imperial forces and worlds.

Dora arrived at Cortosa III aboard the Castigator Titans and destroyed Wither Lord Ghul-Sorg’s Ark of Omen, turning the battle against the Chaos invasion. Afterward, Dora celebrated his warship’s success, but his assistant revealed they had killed every enemy before Dora could capture prisoners and learn about Vashtorr’s key fragments.

• Wither Lord Ghul-Sorg’s forces invaded Cortosa III, spreading plagues and pushing its Imperial defenders toward defeat.
• Dora announced the Castigator Titans in the player chat and promised to reinforce Finisher.
• Wither Lord Ghul-Sorg sent his fleet to confront the arriving reinforcements, but Dora’s colossal warship emerged from the Warp and destroyed the Ark of Omen with its main cannon.
• Dora posted battlefield images, raised the Castigator Titans’ price, and celebrated the players’ rush to buy them.
• Dora ordered his forces to kill every remaining enemy, then learned the dead prisoners could not provide information about Vashtorr’s key fragments.

After Dora found an ancient object with Xi Ling’s help, Qin Yun released an expansion pack to stop Abaddon from gathering fragments for Vashtorr’s plan. Abaddon nevertheless collected the fragments and the Tuchulcha Engine, then learned that the Unholy Engine could pierce the Webway as he prepared to assemble it.

• Dora’s forces defeated the Chaos warband on Cortosa III, and Xi Ling guided him to an ancient object buried beneath the Hive City.
• Qin Yun let players teleport to Dora and beat him for showing off, then released an expansion pack directing players to stop Abaddon from collecting the fragments.
• The players attacked Abaddon’s forces but failed to prevent them from gathering enough fragments, so they joined forces to head for the ruins of Caliban.
• An Alpha Legion warband called Zuowangdao delivered the Tuchulcha Engine to Abaddon and asked to watch the fragments being assembled.
• Vashtorr told Abaddon that the Unholy Engine had supported the Old Ones’ Webway and could pierce the Warp and the mortal realm, and Abaddon eagerly ordered the plan to proceed.

Vashtorr completed the Unholy Engine on Dragonwood Star while the Imperium and Chaos fought over the world. Red Dragon and the Alpha Legion seized the Engine and teleported away with it, leaving Abaddon furious and Vashtorr defeated.

• Vashtorr fused the three divine artifacts with the Heart of Dragonwood, restoring Dragonwood Star and completing the Webway Shielding Machine.
• The Dark Angels and summoned players joined the Imperial fleet against Abaddon's Chaos forces, and their strange, powerful fleets pushed the Arks of Omen back.
• Angron arrived with Khorne's army and attacked the Imperial warships, so Lion El'Jonson confronted him and moved their battle to Dragonwood Star.
• Vashtorr finished activating the Unholy Engine, but Red Dragon and the Alpha Legion revealed their deception, suppressed Vashtorr with a Soulless Spear, and took control of the Engine.
• The Unholy Engine opened a path between reality and the Warp and carried Dragonwood Star away, leaving Abaddon shouting in disbelief.

The Imperium defeated Abaddon's forces at Dragonwood Star, while Zuowangdao tricked Vashtorr into returning to Abaddon with misleading footage that sparked a violent fight between them. Elsewhere, the T'au conquered Algrey's world, and Ten-Timer's Castigator Titans emerged from the Warp in response to a distress call.

• Abaddon ordered a retreat after the Imperium destroyed Chaos ships and daemons, and Red Dragon let Vashtorr escape after persuading him to pretend to be humanity's friend.
• Zuowangdao arranged for secret footage of Vashtorr agreeing to help the Imperium to reach Abaddon, who then attacked Vashtorr aboard the Vengeful Spirit.
• Lion El'Jonson used the industrial battlefield's fog and a hidden iron-plate trap to impale Angron, then beheaded him and smashed his head with Emperor's Shield.
• Colinster and The Orator failed to persuade Algrey's Planetary Governor to join the Greater Good, so the T'au invaded, defeated the defenders, and arrested the Governor.
• Ten-Timer, Wrist Bro, and the Warmaster emerged from the Immaterium aboard their Castigator Titans after receiving a distress call.

Colinster helped the T'au suppress resistance on Algrey World, convinced that the T'au Empire would defeat the Imperium through superior civilization. The Emperor's Cattle Warband arrived, destroyed the T'au fleet, and began a ground assault that left Colinster and the Auxilia stunned by the Imperium soldiers' equipment.

• Ka'va's forces stormed a resistance hideout, and Colinster killed a wounded fighter despite Ka'va's orders to show mercy.
• The Emperor's Cattle Warband, led by Warmaster, rejected the T'au fleet's request to talk and destroyed the fleet with the Castigator Titans.
• The T'au commanders prepared Algrey World for a ground battle, while Colinster rallied the Auxilia and declared that civilization would defeat barbarism.
• The Imperium began its assault with saturation orbital bombardment and a mass landing, and the Auxilia charged out to meet its soldiers.
• Colinster and the Auxilia were dumbfounded when they saw the equipment carried by the Imperium's ordinary soldiers.

The Imperium’s reinforcements crushed the T’au forces on Algrey World, captured Colinster, and rescued the Planetary Governor. After Colinster was executed, the Emperor’s Cattle Warband moved on to confront the T’au Empire’s Sky-Vault Expedition.

• Imperium troops and mechs overwhelmed the T’au defenses, forcing Colinster and Ka’va’s forces to retreat as their communications and drones were compromised.
• Wrist Bro and the Space Marines attacked Ka’va’s position, killing Ka’va and slaughtering the Fire Caste warriors and Kroot.
• The Imperium surrounded the T’au fortress, broke its shields, and captured Colinster while resistance fighters rescued the Planetary Governor.
• The Planetary Governor argued that humanity needed the Emperor’s protection against the Warp, but Colinster rejected his claims and was later executed, suffering in the Warp after death.
• Emperor’s Cattle Warband submitted its mission after retaking Algrey World and continued toward the next world to oppose the T’au Empire’s Sky-Vault Expedition.

Inquisitor Dragus led an investigation fleet into the silent Nephilim Sector, where the Warp suppressed psychic powers and caused exhaustion. After reaching Redes World and finding the missing Battle Barge Eternal Fire in orbit, he ordered his team to board it and search for clues.

• Dragus woke from a nightmare of darkness swallowing stars and souls, then learned the fleet was nearing the Nephilim Sector.
• Dragus found the God Chosen brawling on the bridge and learned that Warp suppression had weakened the ship’s engines.
• Dragus ordered the fleet to continue to Redes World despite the increased travel time and danger.
• The fleet entered the Silent Domain, where psychic powers were suppressed and the Geller Field collapsed, but no daemons attacked.
• Dragus’s fleet reached Redes World and spotted the missing Eternal Fire in orbit.
• Dragus ordered his crew to board the Eternal Fire, and Little Alpaca joined the search.