Chapter Summaries

A Silver-Masked Black Robe and the Iron Blood Brothers seized the Tesseract and attacked Doom, Jessica, and Wanda. Rorschach discovered the Chitauri invasion had begun in New York and mobilized forces to respond.

• The Silver-Masked Black Robe took the Tesseract as the Iron Blood Brothers burst through a Spatial Portal and struck Doom and Jessica.
• Doom held off the Iron Blood Brothers with Hellfire while Jessica carried the unconscious Wanda toward the passage, leaving Doom to protect the Tesseract.
• Iron Man David reported that Doom and the others had lost contact, and Rorschach spotted a massive Spatial Portal forming above Manhattan.
• Rorschach identified the event as a Chitauri invasion and ordered forces from Twin Islands Base and Latveria, Wong, and nearby Superheroes to assemble.
• Rorschach set the Thunderhawk Gunship toward Manhattan and summoned the Scythe of Blood, vowing revenge if the invaders had killed his allies or too many people.

Latveria, Thor, and Tony’s forces mobilized after an alien invasion began, with Doctor Strange arriving to take Tony to Rorschach. The chapter left the heroes preparing to join the battle against the invading armies.

• Imperial Guard forces, Weepers Astartes, and mage troops assembled in Latveria as Major Zemo watched and saluted for humanity and Rorschach.
• Iron Man David alerted Thor to the emergency, and Thor summoned his armor and called the Asgardian Army to battle.
• Tony ordered J.A.R.V.I.S. to deploy the Iron Legion against the alien forces and assigned heroes roles in his team.
• Doctor Strange emerged through a portal and asked Tony to come with him.

Doom, badly injured while fighting the Chitauri in New York, faced two Iron Blood Brothers who demanded he become their slave. After he saved a child from their attack, Rorschach arrived and killed one alien while overwhelming the other.

• Doom fought off Chitauri hovercraft with Hellfire while struggling with injuries worsened by repeated panacea injections.
• Two Iron Blood Brothers confronted Doom and demanded that he submit, displaying the severed heads of Stormtroopers and Astartes.
• Doom pulled a child from an abandoned vehicle and shielded the child from the Iron Blood Brothers, exposing his Power Pack to their attack.
• Rorschach struck the Iron Blood Brothers with his Metal Ten Rings and charged them with his Vibranium Power Armor and Scythe of Blood.
• Rorschach punched one Iron Blood Brother away and cleaved the other in two, then attacked the surviving alien with a Metal Spiral Storm.

The Inquisition’s forces joined the battle against the Chitauri, while Rorschach rescued Doom and learned that an illusionist had summoned the invasion. Rorschach recognized the Silver-Masked Black Robe as an old enemy and vowed to destroy him.

• J.A.R.V.I.S. directed the Iron Legion as Thunderhawk Gunships, Astartes, Imperial Guard, and Weepers Company arrived through Spatial Portals to fight the Chitauri and rescue civilians.
• Tony led the Inquisition’s superpowered members into battle while Doctor Strange stayed behind to protect the Sanctum Sanctorum.
• Strange returned through a portal as Rorschach killed the Iron Blood Brothers with his Metal Ten Rings.
• Rorschach questioned the injured Doom, who said he had stayed behind to cover Jessica and Wanda’s retreat and asked for time to recover before fighting again.
• Doom revealed that a Silver-Masked Black Robe skilled in illusions and mind control had opened the portals, and Rorschach recognized him as an old friend and vowed to tear him apart.

New York’s civilians and newly emerged heroes joined the resistance as the Imperial Guard and Weepers pushed back the Chitauri, but the portal kept sending in reinforcements and Brutes. Thor and the Asgardian Army arrived, and Tony ordered Thor to investigate the portal while the battle continued.

• Civilians, officers, superpowered individuals, and nameless villains helped rescue people and disrupt the Chitauri, though many newcomers died in their first fights.
• Tony sent medical drones to the surviving superpowered fighters and added them to the Inquisition’s command channel as the Imperial Guard narrowed the battlefield and the Weepers cleared aliens from their path.
• The portal continued to bring Chitauri reinforcements and flying behemoths, while Chitauri Brutes forced the defenders to rely on heavy weapons or coordinated attacks.
• The Asgardian Army arrived through the Bifrost, and Thor destroyed three flying behemoths before charging into the battle.
• Tony told Thor to investigate the portal and follow orders; Thor then saved Tony from a Chitauri chariot, and Tony spotted what appeared to be a S.H.I.E.L.D. Quinjet.

Rorschach fought through invisible Chitauri Brutes and confronted Loki, who revealed his allegiance to Thanos and claimed Earth was already doomed. Just as Loki prepared to attack, Thor arrived beside Rorschach and recognized him.

• Rorschach detected and killed several invisible Chitauri Brutes with his Scythe of Blood, Vibranium armor, and Heart of the Forge.
• Rorschach called out Loki, and Loki appeared with mind-controlled Chitauri troops.
• Loki revealed his Uru-metal skull and taunted Rorschach, claiming the Chitauri Fleet would defeat humanity.
• Rorschach insulted Loki for serving Thanos, enraging him as he prepared to command the Chitauri to attack.
• Thor landed beside Rorschach and exclaimed that Loki was still alive.

Thor and Rorschach fought black-robed Loki during the Chitauri invasion, and Thor killed his former brother after Loki warned that more Chitauri fleets were coming for the Infinity Stones. The portal invasion remained unresolved as Thor and Rorschach turned to face the threat.

• Thor and Rorschach charged into the Chitauri forces while black-robed Loki attacked them with illusions and the Mind Scepter.
• Rorschach resisted Loki’s mental attack, found his real body, and split the Mind Scepter and Loki’s body with the Scythe of Blood.
• Thor confronted the wounded Loki, who accused him of pretending to be a hero and revealed that Chitauri fleets were headed to Earth to seize the Infinity Stones for the Mad Titan.
• A plasma blast and Thor’s lightning struck Loki together, vaporizing him completely.
• Thor and Rorschach exchanged a solemn glance after Loki warned that killing him would not end the invasion.

Rorschach and his forces crushed the Chitauri invasion, captured the Mind Stone and Tesseract, and closed the portal. After the battle, Tony announced the Vengeance Inquisition to the world as Rorschach sought to conceal the Imperium’s growing power and avoid a bloody unification war.

• Rorschach retrieved the Mind Stone from the broken Mind Scepter, then joined Thor and led the charge against the Chitauri.
• Rorschach’s Astartes, Imperial Guard, Tony, Thor, and the Thunderhawks overwhelmed the invaders and cleared the area beneath the portal.
• Rorschach questioned Iron Man David about a possible nuclear strike, ordered continued infiltration of the authorities, and destroyed the rune array.
• Rorschach caught the fallen Tesseract and secured the Space Stone after the portal collapsed.
• Iron Man David sent Imperial Heavy Industries to clean up and collect alien technology while Tony announced the Vengeance Inquisition branch to the world.

After the alien invasion of New York, Rorschach gathered the survivors and planned a retaliatory strike against the Chitauri Fleet, which was still traveling toward Earth. With Jessica and Wanda missing and likely taken by Loki, the group considered ways to reach the enemy while protecting the hostages.

• Iron Man David allowed battle footage to spread online, and a video of the Astartes fighting the Xenomorphs became a global sensation.
• Rorschach thanked the surviving Inquisition superhumans, mourned the fallen, and dismissed them after promising rewards for their service.
• Rorschach told Tony, Thor, and Rogers that the Chitauri Fleet was approaching Earth and that Jessica and Wanda had likely been captured by Loki.
• Tony proposed taking the fight to the Chitauri and asked whether the mages could open a portal for a raid, but Rorschach explained that they lacked the fleet's precise location.
• Rogers suggested using alien spacecraft held by S.H.I.E.L.D., but Rorschach warned they could carry few people and stressed the hostages' safety.
• Rorschach proposed using the Space Stone or his Cobra-class Destroyer for the counterattack, while cautioning that the ship's unfamiliar systems could cause catastrophic losses.

Rorschach ordered the team to prepare for another assault, bringing Reed Richards in to help study the Chitauri ship and aiming to capture a vessel intact. Aboard the enemy ship, Jessica and Wanda fought their way through pursuing Chitauri Brutes and continued deeper into the passages.

• Doom told Rorschach that Reed Richards could help study the Cobra-class Destroyer's engine, and Rorschach ordered Reed brought in.
• Rorschach led Tony, Thor, and Rogers to Twin Islands Base, where he ordered Power Armor for Rogers and the Six-armed Terminator for Thor.
• Rorschach prepared to launch a boarding action with the Great Whites and planned to preserve a Chitauri warship to obtain its FTL Engine.
• Jessica cut down Chitauri infantry while Wanda used a Plasma Pistol to cover her flank.
• Jessica carried the injured Wanda farther into the ship and urged her not to give up, while Wanda resolved to keep fighting and reunite with Pietro.
• When more Chitauri Brutes pursued them, Wanda fired down the passage and Jessica charged forward, roaring, “For humanity—”

Rorschach summoned the Great White to prepare for battle against the Chitauri fleet and arranged for Reed Richards and other scientists to study a Cobra-class Destroyer. Reed agreed to help make the ship operational so it could confront the invaders.

• Tyberus and the Great White Chapter's First Company teleported to Twin Islands Base, and Tyberus accepted Rorschach's orders to prepare for battle.
• Rorschach told Tyberus to coordinate the Great White's preparations with the Weepers and Shipborne Machine Spirit Cortana.
• The Great White and Weepers began boarding-tactics training as Twin Islands Base stockpiled weapons and supplies.
• Doom brought Reed Richards to meet Rorschach, and Reed thanked him for protecting Susan and her interns during the invasion.
• Rorschach brought Reed and the scientific team to the Cobra-class Destroyer and explained the limits of Earth's readiness for interstellar war.
• Reed agreed to study the ship with Doom and Tony Stark and promised to get it ready to face the alien fleet.

Rorschach oversaw the Cobra-class Destroyer’s preparations for war as Reed, Tony, and Doom studied its Warp Engine and found a way to boost its sublight speed. He also learned that Raditus had dismantled the Infinity Gauntlet, forcing him to abandon plans to use the Space Stone for mass Astartes teleportation.

• Auto-Servitor Robots loaded the Great White Chapter’s assault boats and boarding torpedoes onto the Cobra-class Destroyer while Raditus prepared its hull and weapons.
• Reed, Tony, and Doom studied the Warp Engine and determined that its wormhole mode was too risky, but Antarctic Vibranium could raise the ship’s sublight speed to 99.9 percent of light speed.
• Rorschach approved the engine modification so the destroyer could face the Chitauri Fleet within the Solar System.
• Rorschach asked Raditus for the Infinity Gauntlet and learned that Raditus had accidentally dismantled it into eight pieces, damaging its internal runes and energy conduits.
• Raditus offered to recreate the Gauntlet or have the Dwarves of Nidavellir reforge it, but Rorschach concluded that neither option would help in time for the war.
• Rorschach abandoned his plan to use the Space Stone for mass Astartes teleportation and left Raditus, intending to rely on the Astartes against the Homeworld’s Alien Xenomorphs.

Rorschach led the Cobra-class Destroyer out of Earth orbit to confront a Chitauri fleet near Mars, where the ship’s defenses and weapons overwhelmed the aliens. Great White and Weepers Terminators boarded the surviving ships, leaving the Chitauri fleet on the verge of annihilation.

• Iron Man David piloted the Cobra-class Destroyer from Antarctica into Earth orbit, where its sensors detected a Chitauri Mother Ship and five alien warships approaching the Solar System.
• Rorschach ordered Iron Man David to take the destroyer deep into the Solar System to engage the enemy fleet.
• Near Mars, the Cobra-class Destroyer endured the aliens’ attacks with its void shields and armor while Iron Man David destroyed two enemy ships with the Lance Turrets.
• The destroyer passed through the alien formation and launched boarding torpedoes and Power Fist Assault Boats carrying Great White and Weepers Terminators.
• Ten Power Fist Assault Boats breached the Chitauri Mother Ship, putting the remaining alien fleet at risk of annihilation.

Rorschach and the Astartes stormed the Xenomorph ships, slaughtering their crews as they advanced. He reached Jessica and Wanda’s position, stopped Jessica’s attack, and promised to help her kill the remaining Xenomorphs.

• Tyberus and Rorschach led Terminator squads through the Chitauri Mother Ship, cutting down Chitauri infantry and Xenomorphs.
• Thor, Rogers, and Tony led attacks aboard other Xenomorph vessels, clearing their corridors with their allies.
• The Chitauri hive mind gathered its dwindling forces to defend the Mother Ship’s bridge as Tyberus continued the slaughter.
• Rorschach followed Jessica and Wanda’s faint life signals through the ship toward a dead end where they were holding out.
• Jessica swung her scythe at Rorschach, but he caught the blade and called her back to her senses.
• Jessica recognized Rorschach, and he comforted her before offering to lead her in killing the remaining Xenomorphs.

Rorschach and the Terminators destroyed the Chitauri hive mind aboard the Mother Ship, ending the invasion but bringing Earth into direct conflict with the Mad Titan. The surviving forces chose to take the Mother Ship back to Earth and leave the other captured ships in Martian orbit.

• Tyberus, the Terminators, Rorschach, Jessica, and Wanda cleared the Mother Ship of its remaining Chitauri Xenomorphs.
• Tyberus broke through the bridge doors, and Rorschach entered with the Terminator Squads to find the Chitauri hive mind inside a mechanical construct.
• Rorschach destroyed the hive mind with Heart of the Forge, ending the invasion and cementing humanity’s conflict with the Mad Titan.
• Iron Man David reported that the boarding forces had suffered few serious casualties, and the survivors discussed how to transport the captured ships.
• Rorschach ordered the Chitauri Mother Ship returned to Earth while the other three ships were left in Martian orbit for future research.
• Iron Man David transferred the Auto-Servitor Robots to the Mother Ship, and the Cobra-class Destroyer began its journey back to Earth with the captured vessel.

Thanos revealed that he was preparing to fight five invading gods in an Eternal War and planned to sacrifice inhabited worlds for the universe’s survival. Meanwhile, Rorschach’s group returned to Earth and assigned the Cobra-class Destroyer to defend the Solar System.

• Thanos told Ebony Maw that recovering the Infinity Stones and conquering Earth did not matter as much as winning the Eternal War.
• Thanos said Death had ordered him to stop preserving balance on the habitable planets they encountered and revealed that Annihilation had given him the location of a Cosmic Cube.
• Ebony Maw suffered supernatural agony after hearing forbidden words and collapsed as Thanos declared himself the universe’s potential protector.
• After more than ten days of travel, Rorschach and his companions brought two warships near Earth and decided to dock the Chitauri Mother Ship in lunar orbit.
• Iron Man David returned the Cobra-class Destroyer to Earth’s low orbit, where it became a temporary space fortress for the Terra Astartes Legion.

Rorschach arranged for Asia to help build a Solar System reconnaissance network while Tony and Rogers took on their postwar responsibilities. As Rorschach prepared to return to the Warhammer Universe, Raditus revealed a golden, winged suit of Power Armor as a gift for him.

• Rogers returned to lead S.H.I.E.L.D., while Tony began building the Vengeance Inquisition and planning the Solar System’s defenses.
• Rorschach had Iron Man David inform Zheng Xian about the alien invasion, and Zheng Xian secured authority for Asia to manufacture reconnaissance arrays with a Tech-Priest’s blueprints.
• Thor departed Twin Islands, and Rorschach sent him supplies and money after learning that Thor had nearly exhausted his treasury supporting the Asgardian Army.
• Raditus summoned Rorschach to the Forge Factory and unveiled an ornate golden Power Armor with feathered wings, prayer engravings, and a skull-shaped helmet as his gift.

Raditus explained the pale-gold Spark of Glory Power Armor’s abilities, and Rorschach tried it on before traveling to the Great White Chapter’s flagship. Settled on Tyberus’s throne, Rorschach prepared to use the Simulator while carrying the Mind Stone.

• Raditus described Spark of Glory’s kinetic-energy-storing Vibranium, enhanced strength, controllable wings, short-distance flight, and retractable Skull Helmet.
• Rorschach approved Raditus’s name for the armor and had the Auto-Servitor Robots remove his old Power Armor so he could wear it.
• Rorschach arrived aboard the Water Monster with the Scythe of Blood and Dawnbreaker Warhammer, which Terminator veterans carried away after he set it down.
• Rorschach spoke briefly with Chief Librarian Kahurangi and the others, then sat on Tyberus’s Metal Throne and took out the Mind Stone.
• Rorschach opened the Simulator and tossed a Throne Gelt into the air to begin another simulation.

The narrator arrived on Damhar during a battle between the Sons of Medusa, Mordian Iron Guard, and xenos wielding a deadly time field. After helping the survivors escape, he faced the Sons of Medusa, who demanded his identity and threatened to execute him.

• The narrator crash-landed between the Sons of Medusa and the xenos, and the Astartes mistook his unfamiliar armor insignia for signs of Chaos.
• The xenos unleashed a time field that aged many Mordian Iron Guard into ash, so the narrator warned the soldiers and Astartes to retreat.
• The narrator fought the xenos with his armor’s metal wings, then cleared a path and threw the surviving Astartes out of the encirclement.
• The narrator flew to a secluded hill, where ten surviving Sons of Medusa and a few Mordian Iron Guard regrouped with him.
• A Terminator veteran identified his force as the Sons of Medusa, demanded the narrator reveal his identity, and ordered the squad to aim their Bolters at him.

You revealed yourself as the Imperium’s twenty-second Loyalist Primarch, and Captain Slaire and the survivors accepted your identity. After learning that a migrating Herud tribe’s time-accelerating entropy energy had trapped them on the Holy World, you prepared to lead the survivors across Death City to reach a Thunderhawk and request reinforcements.

• You revealed your bronze face and claimed to be the Emperor’s twenty-second Loyalist Primarch.
• Captain Slaire assessed your identity and combat ability, then knelt and led the Sons of Medusa in paying respects to you.
• Captain Slaire explained that the Herud were Space Rats whose entropy energy accelerated time and grew stronger when they gathered in large numbers.
• You concluded that the strike team could not defeat the Herud tribe alone and asked how they could contact their ship in orbit.
• Captain Slaire said interference prevented reliable communication, so the survivors would need to cross Death City and reach an abandoned Thunderhawk.
• You covered your face with the skull mask and declared that you would carve a path to survival for the survivors.