Chapter Summaries

The Emperor apologized to his sons, explained that his humanity had been restored, and sentenced Konrad Curze to eternal imprisonment. On Cadia’s shattered remains, players discovered survivors led by Dorn, who had escaped Khorne’s captivity and kept them alive.

• The Emperor apologized to the Primarchs and explained that the Living Saint had helped restore his humanity.
• The Emperor and the Primarchs reviewed the Heresy and discussed their improved chances against Chaos and the coming return of loyal dead.
• The Emperor judged Konrad Curze guilty and sentenced him to imprisonment in a Tesseract Cube until the universe ended.
• Little Alpaca and other players found human survivors on a Cadia Shard, where repaired Blackstone Pylons protected them from the Warp.
• Dorn told the players that Khorne had imprisoned him for ages, but he escaped and organized the survivors to rebuild defenses and fight daemons.

Dorn returned to the Imperium as it prepared the Aetheric Phase Engine for a massive war against Chaos around Molech. Vulkan emerged from the Old Ones’ relic with control of the Orks, while the T’au mistook the Imperium’s redeployment of forces for a collapse and launched a renewed expansion.

• Dorn’s story spread across the Imperium, and he received a grand welcome before returning to the ruins of Cadia.
• The Imperium confirmed that it would build the Aetheric Phase Engine in the Molech system, drawing Chaos forces into a vast war as both sides deployed extraordinary powers and armies.
• Vashtorr attacked the Demon Hunter Warband and Inquisitor Rostov at the Final Place, but Vulkan emerged from the Old Ones’ relic and hurled him into the Warp.
• Vulkan explained that he had mastered WAAAGH energy, become the mechanism controlling the Orks, and then removed their shackles so they could evolve into Krork.
• Vulkan returned to the Imperium, and Orks joined its forces against Chaos while the Aetheric Phase Engine continued drawing energy from the Warp.
• Shadowsun rallied the T’au for the Sky-Vault Expedition, and the T’au seized Imperial worlds as the Imperium redeployed its forces elsewhere; believing the Imperium was near collapse, T’au high command ordered a rapid expansion.

The T'au Empire expanded rapidly while the Imperium was occupied, but Farsight warned Shadowsun and Aun'Shi that their campaign would provoke disaster. His warning went unheeded, and a Chaos fleet destroyed most of the T'au force before Farsight helped the survivors escape.

• Bu'El'K found that a planet's Imperial rulers submitted without resistance, and the Planetary Governor said the final battle between the Materium and Immaterium had begun.
• Shadowsun led the T'au fleet in conquering resource-rich worlds while avoiding Imperial strongholds, and Aun'Shi celebrated the empire's growing victories.
• Farsight appeared before Shadowsun and Aun'Shi, refused to return, and warned that the T'au Empire's expansion would lead to its destruction.
• Farsight explained that the Imperium was fighting a war against the Immaterium alongside other powerful races, but Shadowsun and Aun'Shi refused to stop their campaign.
• A Chaos warband fleet with an Ark of Omen attacked the T'au, destroying two-thirds of their warships and driving some Auxilia mad.
• Farsight led his fleet in a flanking attack that covered the T'au survivors' retreat from the battlefield.

Farsight urged Shadowsun and Aun'Shi to join humanity against the immaterial realm, but the Ethereals rejected his warning and the T'au Empire was devastated by Chaos and its own rebellious AI. After T'au fell and the survivors retreated to the Farsight Enclaves, Qin Yun entered the Webway with the Laughing God to pursue the last Crone Sword and save Aesha.

• Farsight explained the Warp's threat to Shadowsun and Aun'Shi and urged them to ally with humanity, but both refused to abandon the Ethereals.
• Shadowsun reported the immaterial threat to Aun'Va, who stripped her of command and ordered the truth suppressed; Aun'Shi later discovered that Aun'Va was an AI and destroyed his personality matrix.
• Chaos warbands and the awakened T'au AI devastated the T'au Empire, forcing the Ethereals to release Shadowsun and evacuate their people.
• Farsight returned to shield the fleeing survivors, but Chaos captured T'au, and he led the remaining T'au to retreat to the Farsight Enclaves.
• Qin Yun and his group entered the Webway with the Laughing God to steal the last Crone Sword and save Aesha, while Qin Yun warned the Laughing God against treachery.

Qin Yun and his allies invaded Nurgle’s Garden, rescued Aesha and recovered Sanguinius’s soul fragments before Qin Yun’s attack sparked a battle across the Chaos Gods’ domains. The Wolf King returned with another soul fragment and the Tree of Life, which healed the Emperor enough for him to open his eyes.

• Clara and Odiphus found golden flames purifying their corrupted world, and Clara praised the Emperor before the fire consumed them both.
• Qin Yun led the Bane Legion, Aeldari Spirit Warriors, and players through Nurgle’s Garden, where they fought toward the Daemon Palace.
• Cegorach freed Aesha from her chains while the players recovered Sanguinius’s soul fragments from Nurgle’s palace.
• Qin Yun threw Nurgle’s cauldron into Tzeentch’s domain, then drew Nurgle and Slaanesh into a chaotic pursuit that ended with Qin Yun detonating himself in Khorne’s territory.
• Cegorach stole Sanguinius’s soul and Angron’s humanity during the turmoil, while the Wolf King returned with another fragment of Sanguinius’s soul and the Tree of Life.
• The Tree of Life healed the Emperor’s wounds through the Golden Throne, and the Emperor slowly opened his eyes.

The Emperor awakened on the Golden Throne, collapsed humanity’s timeline into the present, and summoned the dead to join the final battle against Chaos. As the Imperium’s forces deployed across the galaxy, Sanguinius and Horus began their renewed duel.

• The Emperor awoke with Qin Yun anchoring his immense power, while players joked around in the Throne Room.
• The Emperor called across human history, collapsed the timeline into the present, and summoned Malcador and countless dead heroes back to fight.
• The Emperor declared war on Chaos, and the Sol System’s completed Megastructures formed a Beacon that transported Imperial troops to battle.
• Horus charged at the Emperor, but Sanguinius intercepted him and fought him with the Emperor’s blessing and Qin Yun’s equipment.
• Sanguinius and Horus clashed with Worldbreaker and the Talon of Horus, and their battle tore through time and space.

Sanguinius and Leman Russ teamed up against Horus while Vulkan battered Magnus, and Guilliman restored Angron’s humanity long enough for him to choose freedom and charge Khorne. Angron died in the attack, but his sacrifice let the Emperor wound Khorne, while Ynnead and the C’tan drove Slaanesh into retreat.

• Sanguinius blasted Horus back, but Horus renewed his assault with Worldbreaker until Leman Russ stabbed him from behind; Magnus then attacked Russ, and Vulkan knocked Magnus down.
• Vulkan overwhelmed Magnus, repeatedly smashing him despite his attempts to recover, while Guilliman fought Angron and forced his lost humanity back into him.
• Angron heard the gladiators’ words in a vision and chose to fight Khorne rather than remain a slave to the gods or his father.
• Angron charged Khorne and struck him with his battle axe, but Khorne burned away Angron’s soul and body; the opening let the Emperor wound Khorne with his longsword.
• Khorne drove the Emperor back and pulled out the sword, but his power weakened and he became vulnerable to the surrounding attackers.
• Ynnead, aided by the C’tan, hunted Slaanesh and beat the Chaos god into a wretched state.

The Imperium’s forces overwhelmed Chaos at Molech as the Aetheric Phase Engine drained the Warp, while loyalist Primarchs defeated and sealed away their traitor brothers. The battle left Slaanesh retreating to her domain and the Chaos forces facing defeat as the Engine reached full power.

• Ynnead severed Slaanesh’s arm, and Slaanesh fled into her domain after the gods pursued her.
• Qin Yun, Xi Ling, and the Imperium’s heroes destroyed lesser Warp gods while the Emperor dragged Khorne into the Warp to fight.
• The Aetheric Phase Engine reached full power and drained the Warp, weakening the galaxy’s technology and psychic powers.
• The Wolf King and the Archangel killed Horus, while the Wolf King, the Archangel, and Dorn captured Perturabo.
• Guilliman and Ferrus Manus defeated Fulgrim and sealed him in the Dimensional Cube, while Jagatai imprisoned Mortarion.
• Lion El’Jonson defeated and sealed Lorgar with his waste inside the Dimensional Cube.

After defeating Chaos at Molech, the Imperium swept through the Eye of Terror, restored the region, and prepared to expand the player forces for future wars. Erebus escaped Vect’s captivity, only to discover that the Imperium had already crushed Chaos and that Vect was close behind him.

• The Aetheric Phase Engine drained Warp energy, helping the Imperium defeat Chaos at Molech and capture the Daemon Primarchs, who were placed in stasis near the Imperial Palace.
• The Emperor and Qin Yun launched the assault on the Eye of Terror, where Imperial forces destroyed Chaos-held worlds and killed or captured their leaders.
• Eldrad and the other Aeldari gathered Khaine’s fragments and revived him, after which Qin Yun and the Emperor forced the god to submit to the Imperium.
• The Imperium defeated Abaddon, Ahriman, Honsou, and other Chaos forces, then repaired the Eye of Terror and cleansed its Daemon worlds.
• Qin Yun and the Emperor planned a public beta for Warhammer Online and a future campaign against the Extragalactic Old Gods.
• Erebus escaped through the Webway and learned that Chaos had been defeated, but Vect’s voice revealed that his pursuer was nearby.

Erebus escaped Vect and learned that the Imperium had devastated the Warp, while humanity’s open beta unleashed players across the galaxy and into the realms of gods. The chapter ended with players discovering the far more powerful Extragalactic Old Gods beyond the shrinking Warp, leaving Qin Yun and the Emperor wary of the threat ahead.

• Erebus fled Vect into the Warp, summoned a daemon, and learned that the Imperium had conquered the Eye of Terror and driven daemons into hiding.
• Erebus saw Imperial forces hunting daemons in the Warp and decided to seek out the Extragalactic Old Gods instead of relying on the Chaos Gods.
• Warhammer Online entered open beta as Great East provided free game access and living allowances, ushering in an era of abundance while players flooded into the game.
• Players hunted xenos, Tyranids, and Warp creatures; they destroyed T'au'va, and Farsight pledged loyalty to the Imperium, which accepted the T'au as vassals.
• Novice players encountered the Extragalactic Old Gods beyond the Milky Way and were forcibly logged out, while Qin Yun and the Emperor recognized how dangerous those beings were.

Qin Yun and the Emperor defeated the Chaos Gods, reshaped the Warp, and strengthened the Imperium, while preparing for the approaching Extragalactic Old Gods. The chapter ended with humanity entering a new era of conflict and Qin Yun continuing to guide the players.

• The Emperor and Qin Yun let Erebus approach the Extragalactic Old Gods so they could learn about the coming threat while the players gained power from the Warp’s energy.
• With the Chaos Star and their allies, Qin Yun and the Emperor led the Imperium in defeating Slaanesh, Tzeentch, Nurgle, and Khorne, returning each Chaos God to a primordial state.
• Qin Yun and Xi Ling restored the Chaos Star, stopped the Aetheric Phase Engine from draining the Warp, and divided the Immaterium into Heaven and the Abyss.
• The Imperium used the players to purge hostile races and prepare for the Tyranids and other servants of the Extragalactic Old Gods, while devising a plan to learn their weaknesses before counterattacking.
• The Emperor proposed a new plan, prompting everyone to flee, and Von claimed his rise to sector governor had come from recognizing the Living Saint’s potential before Priest Hina exposed his story.
• Qin Yun remained in the universe to guide the players as humanity prepared to face future wars.