Chapter Summaries

Tony and the Iron Legion attacked the Death Guard in Lucknow, where Nurgle's corruption had overwhelmed the city. The Iron Legion suffered heavy losses, and more Death Guard emerged as Tony's forces managed to destroy only a few.

• Tony and J.A.R.V.I.S. discussed artificial intelligence and free will as they flew toward Lucknow.
• Tony saw that rotting flesh and Nurgle zombies covered the city, then evaded an attack that destroyed one Iron Legion armor.
• Tony and J.A.R.V.I.S. identified the Death Guard and launched the Iron Legion against them.
• The Death Guard cut down Iron Legion armors with their Power Scythes while Tony ordered the remaining units to fire repulsor beams and overload their reactors.
• The repulsor beams destroyed several Death Guard, but more emerged from the buildings around Tony.

Tony escaped Lucknow after the Iron Legion was overwhelmed and reunited with Rorschach, Thor, and Professor Hulk. Rorschach’s planned bombardment failed when the local troops ran out of ammunition, leaving his force to charge the Death Guard and Plague Walkers.

• Tony sacrificed Iron Legion suits to destroy Death Guard and Plague Walkers, then fled the city as a towering Death Guard leader emerged from a Flesh Forge Factory.
• Tony sent intelligence to David, reunited with Rorschach and the others, and urged J.A.R.V.I.S. to upgrade his armor for fighting Astartes.
• Rorschach sent orders for the Stormtroopers and Imperial Guard to advance and requested a bombardment of Lucknow.
• The bombardment stopped when the local troops exhausted their ammunition, and Rorschach chose to attack with the two Weepers companies and the superheroes rather than wait for supplies.
• Rorschach raised the Scythe of Blood and ordered the convoy to charge the Plague Walkers outside Lucknow.

Rorschach and the Weepers fought their way through the Nurgle horde toward the city’s edge, with Tony, Thor, and Hulk helping clear a path. Rorschach battled the Death Guard, then recognized the arrival of Lord of the Blight Hive Typhonus just as the enemy charged at him.

• Rorschach led the Weepers’ assault convoy through the Nurgle Plague Walkers while Tony, Thor, and Hulk alternated attacks to clear the route.
• The convoy reached the city’s edge, where the Death Guard opened fire on Rorschach and he counterattacked with his Metal Ten Rings and Scythe of Blood.
• Rorschach charged into the Death Guard, cut down more than a dozen attackers, and used the Heart of the Forge to stop their wounds from healing.
• Rorschach spotted swarms of Plague Flies Swarm and realized Lord of the Blight Hive Typhonus had arrived.
• Typhonus charged Rorschach and swung an enormous Power Scythe at his neck.

Rorschach and Typhonus fought fiercely amid the battle against the Plague Walkers, with Tony, Thor, and Hulk joining in. Their combined assault split Typhonus apart, and Rorschach crushed his head, leaving the Death Guard commander temporarily fallen.

• Rorschach battled Typhonus with the Scythe of Blood and Metal Ten Rings, then continued the fight with his Vibranium Iron Fists after their weapons were destroyed.
• Tony, Thor, and Hulk joined the attack as Typhonus’s armor and helmet were battered apart.
• Tony blasted Typhonus, Thor struck him with lightning, and Hulk charged in with a powerful punch.
• Rorschach pulled the Scythe of Blood from Typhonus as Hulk’s punch sent him flying and split his body in two.
• Typhonus survived long enough to roar at Rorschach, who mocked him and invoked The Emperor before crushing his head with a Mag-boot.

Typhonus reported to Nurgle that a fragment of his soul remained in a special dimension, while Rorschach and the Weepers continued fighting the Death Guard and Nurgle’s demons. As reinforcements arrived over the battlefield, Rorschach ordered all forces to attack.

• Typhonus knelt before Nurgle and said that a fragment of his soul consciousness had remained in a special dimension after its vessel died.
• Rorschach and the Weepers fought through the remaining Death Guard and Plague Walkers, suffering thirteen Battle Brother casualties before killing Typhonus and the last Death Guard.
• Rorschach prepared to summon the Heavenly Kirin Beast to clear the battlefield when Whirlwind Missiles began striking the Nurgle forces.
• Raditus announced that the Intelligent controlled legion had arrived, while Gao Qi, the Latveria Imperial Guard, and Thunderhawk Gunships reported their forces ready to join the battle.
• Rorschach ordered all forces to attack for humanity.

Rorschach's forces annihilated the Nurgle corpse tide and burned through Uttar Pradesh to prevent the plague from surviving, bringing the First Plague War to an end at a cost of hundreds of millions of lives. Leaked war footage shifted public opinion about the Terra Astartes Legion, while Rorschach focused on the casualties and the Legion’s next concerns.

• The Intelligent controlled legion, Stormtroopers, Imperial Guard, and Thunderhawk Gunships attacked the Nurgle corpse tide for twelve hours as the Weepers company and Rorschach's group withdrew from the city.
• Thunderhawk Gunships carrying Firestorm catalysts engulfed Lucknow in blue flames, ending the Homeworld's first Plague War against Chaos.
• Rorschach's forces remained in Uttar Pradesh to sweep and burn the land, despite protests from local Official Departments.
• Authentic videos leaked under Rorschach's instructions showed the horrors of the battle and shifted public opinion, while an untraceable memorandum about the Mexico Slums incident further improved the Terra Astartes Legion's reputation.
• Iron Man David reported that the Weepers had lost twenty-five Battle Brothers and about fifty infected Imperial Guard had been executed; Rorschach considered the losses and the Astartes' sacrifice.

Rorschach negotiated with Zheng Xian over sharing Terra Astartes technology in exchange for the Divine Spears Bureau’s support. They reached an agreement to cooperate in future threats, and Servitor Skull Raditus arrived to handle the exchange of technical data.

• Rorschach met Zheng Xian in the temporary command center after quarantine measures kept several Terra Astartes forces in Uttar Pradesh.
• Zheng Xian asked to borrow the manufacturing technology for Carapace Armor to better protect the Divine Spears Bureau’s agents.
• Rorschach agreed to provide Carapace Armor and low-end Lasgun manufacturing technology, explaining that Earth needed forces capable of defending itself without relying on him alone.
• Zheng Xian promised that his side would support Rorschach’s forces in future wars threatening Asia or Earth, and they shook hands on the agreement.
• Servitor Skull Raditus arrived to exchange technical data, including Carapace Armor and Hydra Energy Rifle technology.

Pietro survived the plague quarantine and learned that the Emperor had manifested through him, making him a Living Saint. Rorschach appointed him the first Pope of the Homeworld Church and assigned him religious training and tests to develop his abilities.

• Pietro woke on the thirteenth day of quarantine and expected execution, but a Stormtrooper told him he had survived the plague and that Rorschach wanted to see him.
• Pietro met Rorschach at the temporary command center and introduced himself as a dispatch corporal in the Homeland Defense Force.
• Rorschach explained that he had sensed a psychic fluctuation from the quarantine zone and told Pietro he might have become a Living Saint.
• Rorschach assigned a Weepers chaplain to teach Pietro scriptures and prayer, and said the Forge Factory would create Power Armor suited to his speed.
• Rorschach told Pietro that the Emperor had manifested through him and declared him the first Pope of the Homeworld Church.

Rorschach planned to avoid Chaos disruptions by spending more time in the Warhammer Universe, where the Chaos countdown stopped, and prepared to resume contact with the Great White Chapter. The chapter ended with Librarian Ukari arriving at Twin Islands Base and reporting the Chapter’s prosperity to Rorschach.

• Rorschach assigned Pietro to build an Imperial Cult and arranged for Doom to teach Wanda, a powerful psyker.
• Tony and Thor left Uttar Pradesh, while Dr. Banner joined Rorschach’s team after receiving an offer of unlimited research resources.
• Rorschach examined the Simulator and planned to delay the Chaos countdown by spending less time in the Homeworld and more time in the Imperium of Man.
• Rorschach told Iron Man David part of his plan, gained his support, and waited daily for a response from the Great White Chapter.
• Librarian Ukari arrived at Twin Islands Base, reported that the Great White Chapter was thriving, and pledged to maintain communications with Rorschach.

Rorschach arrived aboard the Great White Chapter’s Battle Barge Sea Serpent and heard Tyberus’s report on the Chapter’s growth and losses. Their discussion was interrupted when Pale Nomad warned that Rorschach’s Terminator Guard had begun fighting the Great Whites’ Void Brothers.

• Pale Nomad and the Librarians opened a Warp rift, through which Rorschach and his twenty-five Sanguinary Chapter Terminators arrived aboard the Sea Serpent.
• Pale Nomad greeted Rorschach as an honored Primarch, and Rorschach introduced his Terminator Guard to Tyberus and asked him to arrange for them.
• Tyberus told Rorschach that only eight of the twenty Stormtroopers sent to the Chapter had survived, while the Great White Chapter had expanded to six companies and now lacked Gene-seed for further growth.
• Pale Nomad interrupted Rorschach and Tyberus to warn that Rorschach’s Terminator Guard had started fighting the Great Whites’ Void Brothers.

Rorschach and Tyberus stopped a fight between the Weepers and the Great Whites, then learned it had begun after Great White Astartes abused an Auxiliary Trooper who asked the Weepers for help. Tyberus admitted his Chapter’s failings, and Rorschach ordered the humans across the fleet inspected before reminding the Great Whites whom they were meant to protect.

• Rorschach and Tyberus charged into the Crab Hall and quickly ended the fight between the Weepers and the Great Whites.
• The Weepers explained that the Great Whites had badly mistreated Mortal Servitors and beaten an Auxiliary Trooper who sought their aid.
• Tyberus admitted that ration shortages during a Tyranid siege had led to a failed rebellion and worsened the Great Whites’ treatment of ordinary humans.
• Rorschach gave the Weepers panacea capsules to treat the injured and ordered them to inspect every Mortal Servitor and Auxiliary Troop aboard the fleet.
• Rorschach urged the Great Whites to remember they fought for ordinary humans, and the Astartes knelt and pledged their allegiance to him.

Rorschach began a simulation in the Warhammer Universe and arrived on the Necron museum world Solemnace, where a bell shattered the stasis fields holding countless xenos. Armed only with the Scythe of Blood and his Vibranium Power Armor, he fought through the awakening creatures and prepared to face a Hive Tyrant and several Thallax.

• Rorschach dismissed his thoughts about Astartes and mortal relations, then started a new simulation by flipping a Throne Gelt.
• Rorschach arrived on Solemnace and decapitated a Cryptek that had noticed his sudden appearance.
• A piercing bell rang, and collapsing Stasis Fields released countless imprisoned xenos across the museum world.
• Rorschach charged into the awakening xenos with the Scythe of Blood, discovering that the simulation had not given him his Metal Ten Rings.
• Rorschach fought off Thallax, a Rak'Gol, and Tyranid Warriors before spotting a recovering Hive Tyrant and more Thallax.
• Rorschach pulled a Melta Bomb from beneath his Power Pack as the xenos turned toward him.

The narrator nearly died fighting the Xenomorph horde, but Fulgrim arrived and helped him defeat a Hive Tyrant and fight their way through the aliens. In a quiet corridor, the narrator realized Fulgrim was likely a clone created by Fabius Bile, who said he wanted to escape and confront the traitor Fulgrim.

• As the narrator prepared to detonate a Melta Bomb, Fulgrim arrived and warned him against treating Xenomorph weapons as treasures.
• Fulgrim charged into the horde and cut down Xenomorphs and Thallax with his Power Sword while the narrator supported him against a Hive Tyrant.
• The narrator and Fulgrim killed the Hive Tyrant, then agreed to fight their way out through the remaining Xenomorphs.
• After escaping into a lifeless corridor, the narrator guessed that Fulgrim was a replica accidentally cloned by Fabius Bile.
• Fulgrim called himself a reflection and declared that he wanted to escape and confront the traitor Fulgrim about betraying his brother and disappointing the Emperor.

You and Fulgrim escaped their stasis and fought through a Necron force, using a metal catalog’s map to navigate toward the outskirts of the xenos collection area. They found Eldar Harlequins battling Black Legion Terminators, but the Harlequins attacked them, and one dying Harlequin urged you to turn falsehood into truth for final liberation.

• You and Fulgrim agreed to search for allies and an escape route through the metal corridors.
• You and Fulgrim defeated a Necron force led by a Cryptek, and you found a partial map in a metal catalog.
• You and Fulgrim followed the map out of the corridors and into ancient palaces that Fulgrim thought were Eldar in style.
• You and Fulgrim discovered Eldar Harlequins fighting five Black Legion Terminators and prepared to leave unnoticed.
• The Harlequins attacked you and Fulgrim, who fought back; a mortally wounded Harlequin told you to turn falsehood into truth before dying.

You and Fulgrim defeated the Black Legion Terminators, only to face Necron Overlord Trazyn, who planned to capture them. The scene then reset to another round, where you killed a Cryptek and vaguely remembered having done so before.

• You and Fulgrim watched the Black Legion Terminators wipe out the Eldar Harlequins before charging into battle against the five surviving Chaos Astartes.
• You and Fulgrim killed four Terminators and cornered the last one, but a Necron appeared and identified himself as Trazyn.
• You warned Fulgrim that Trazyn might send them back to a Stasis Field and promised to help him escape if the fight went badly.
• You and Fulgrim declared they would fight together for The Emperor as the next battle with Trazyn began.
• You opened your eyes in Round N, killed a Cryptek with the Scythe of Blood, and wondered why you had thought it had died beneath your scythe once again.

You and Fulgrim fought through the alien maze and joined forces with the Eldar Harlequins to kill five Black Legion Terminators. After the Harlequins killed themselves and cryptically warned that you had come too early, Trazyn appeared behind you.

• You and Fulgrim fought side by side through the alien hordes and escaped the maze-like area.
• You and Fulgrim found five Black Legion Terminators under attack by Eldar Harlequins, and Fulgrim recalled seeing their commander before.
• You and Fulgrim attacked the Black Legion Terminators, and the Eldar Harlequins joined you in killing all five.
• You asked the Eldar Harlequins how to leave, and their leader warned that you had come too early before the Harlequins all severed their own heads.
• You and Fulgrim turned toward the applause and saw Trazyn approaching with a scepter.

The narrator and Fulgrim fought through waves of xenomorphs and Necrons inside Talasyn’s spacetime trap, then charged the Necron Overlord. Talasyn’s Empathic Obliterator Staff severely wounded them both, but the narrator hinted that Talasyn had overlooked something.

• The narrator examined a metal catalog and realized Talasyn had trapped them in a spacetime loop.
• Fulgrim arrived, and the narrator explained the repeated encounters and Talasyn’s trap; they decided to stay together and test the loop.
• The narrator and Fulgrim fought waves of xenomorphs, then battled Necrons as Talasyn appeared and offered to keep them as collectibles.
• Talasyn used the Empathic Obliterator Staff to shatter Fulgrim’s Power Sword and injure both Fulgrim and the narrator through their shared purpose.
• The narrator asked Talasyn whether he had forgotten something.

You and Fulgrim destroyed one of Trazyn’s doubles, but the Hypercube Labyrinth vanished before they could find the true way out. They returned to a Necron containment area, where the Necrons surrounded them and demanded Trazyn’s staff.

• You seized control of the Metal Ten Rings and threw the Scythe of Blood to Fulgrim, who charged Trazyn.
• You grabbed Trazyn’s Empathic Obliterator Staff and kicked him, leaving Fulgrim to dismember his body with the Scythe of Blood.
• You and Fulgrim realized that destroying Trazyn’s double had not triggered another time loop.
• The Hypercube Labyrinth’s barriers disappeared, returning you and Fulgrim to a Xenomorph containment area.
• The Necrons surrounding you roared for Trazyn’s staff.

You and Fulgrim fought through Trazyn’s Necrons with the Empathic Obliterator Staff and the Scythe of Blood, but heavy weapons and illusions made escape difficult. They decided to recruit other captives from the museum’s collections and form an alliance against Trazyn.

• Fulgrim suggested returning the staff, but you urged him to run and charged the Necrons with the Empathic Obliterator Staff.
• You and Fulgrim cut through the Necron warriors, with the staff’s power blasting enemies aside and the Scythe of Blood deflecting some gauss beams.
• A Necron Gauss Cannon destroyed a cluster of stasis-field bases, and you warned Fulgrim to dodge the heavy weapons.
• You discovered the staff’s apparent beams were an illusion, then sent the Metal Ten Rings against the Necron fire support units to help you and Fulgrim escape the main force.
• At a fork in the corridors, you proposed recruiting communicative captives from Trazyn’s collection, and Fulgrim agreed to help form an alliance against the Necron Overlord.

The narrator and Fulgrim freed Deathwatch Astartes and other captives from the Necrons’ stasis fields, building a force to liberate more museum exhibits. When a Necron heavy unit ambushed them, the narrator stayed behind to hold it off and destroyed many enemies with a Melta Bomb before pressing on after the others.

• The narrator and Fulgrim freed a Deathwatch squad, whose members killed an Ork Warlord and pledged themselves to the two Primarchs.
• A Deathwatch Black Shield revealed himself as a Son of the Emperor, and Fulgrim asked him to fight at his side again.
• The narrator and Fulgrim teamed up with Greenskins, then freed more exhibits while the Orks fought the Necrons.
• A Necron heavy unit attacked the newly freed Ultramarines, and the narrator told Fulgrim to lead the others toward the heavy firepower units while he held the enemy back.
• The narrator fought off Deathmark and Scorpion Destroyers, detonated a Melta Bomb that melted nearby Necrons, and continued after the retreating group.