Chapter Summaries

Rorschach formed an alliance with Magneto and the mutant nation, trading technology and support while placing mutant forces under his command. After returning to base, he learned Natasha had become a mindless Blue Giant and Colossus had been sent for experimental treatment; as Rorschach slept, the Chaos God Blessing page appeared and its numbers shifted in an unexpected contest.

• Rorschach and Magneto spent the night negotiating, then signed an open alliance treaty between the Terra Astartes Legion and the mutant nation.
• Rorschach arranged for Iron Man David to give the mutants advanced technology, assigned them construction work, and required their selected fighters to train under the Stormtroopers.
• Rorschach gave Magneto Panacea, which rejuvenated him and turned his white hair black.
• Iron Man David reported that Dr. Banner had subdued the gamma-mutated Natasha and that Colossus had been taken to Raditus's Forge Factory for experimental treatment.
• Rorschach ordered his allies to try to restore Natasha's sanity and allowed Raditus to conduct careful human experiments on Colossus, with a quick death if he could not be saved.
• While Rorschach slept, the Chaos God Blessing page appeared: Tzeentch's number perished with Nurgle's, the Emperor's Golden Throne struck Slaanesh's number back to its initial stage, and Khorne's number began ticking down toward zero.

Rorschach found no sign of a Chaos Invasion after his blessing counters restarted, then discovered he had grown taller and decided to test whether Iron Man David could use Throne Gelt to enter the Emperor's trials. The chapter ended as Rorschach and David tossed their coins into the air together.

• Rorschach woke after a full day of rest, saw the Chaos Blessing counters counting down, and ordered Iron Man David to search for a Chaos Invasion.
• Rorschach and his allies searched Terra and the Solar System without finding any trace of Chaos, and his prayers before the Emperor Statue brought no response.
• Rorschach realized he had grown about half a meter taller and was no longer the shortest Primarch.
• Rorschach asked Iron Man David to help test whether Throne Gelt could send them into trials in the Warhammer Universe, and David agreed.
• Rorschach gave David a Throne Gelt, told him to pray to the Emperor, and they tossed their coins into the air together.

Rorschach descended into the body of Test Subject Eleven, an enormous figure imprisoned in the Shadow Prison beneath the Imperial Palace on Terra. After breaking out of his sarcophagus and fighting a Custodian, he prepared to unleash more of his strength as the battle continued.

• Rorschach awoke inside an adamantium sarcophagus and used his immense strength to break free of its chains and lid.
• Rorschach wrapped broken adamantium chains around his gauntlet, smashed through the chamber’s adamantium gate, and noticed it was marked “Test Subject Eleven.”
• Rorschach recognized the corridor as part of the Shadow Prison beneath the Imperial Palace when a Custodian confronted him.
• Rorschach blocked the Custodian’s Relic Spear and struck his armor, but the Custodian recovered and attacked again.
• Rorschach stomped the metal floor and began countering with speed and strength far beyond the Custodian’s.

The narrator defeated a Shadow Prison Custodian, then met Iron Man David, who used a Nanite Swarm to incapacitate five more Custodians. The pair continued through Terra’s underground Shadow Prison and reached a cavern, passing confined and escaped forbidden objects along the way.

• The narrator beat the Shadow Prison Custodian unconscious, took his Relic Spear, and continued down the corridor.
• A five-man Shadow Prison Custodian squad attacked the narrator with a Storm Bolter, but Iron Man David’s Nanite Swarm disarmed and incapacitated them.
• Iron Man David revealed that he had descended as a combat-type Iron Man general from the era of the Iron Man Rebellion and explained that his Nanite Swarm attack required a cooldown.
• The narrator and Iron Man David traveled through the Shadow Prison, passing confined forbidden objects, escaped prisoners, and Chaos Daemons.
• The narrator and Iron Man David reached a mysterious cavern beneath the prison.

You and Iron Man David discovered a hidden palace complex beneath Terra and found Magnus attacking a black-robed old man. After you attacked Magnus, his psychic power mutated your body, and you prepared to fight him.

• You and Iron Man David followed an underground stream to a complex of twenty-one palaces that you believed The Emperor had built for the Primarchs.
• You and Iron Man David rushed toward the palace complex's depths after powerful psychic energy and spreading frost erupted there.
• You found Magnus holding a black-robed old man by the throat while four Thousand Sons Astartes confronted an unfamiliar woman.
• You hurled your Relic Spear at Magnus, but he destroyed it with Chaos Psychic Energy and recognized you as the brother he despised.
• Magnus unleashed a psychic shockwave that flung the others away and transformed your body with multicolored Bone Scales, spikes, and a tentacle-like arm.
• You told Magnus to prepare to die.

The narrator fought Magnus in close combat, adapting to psychic attacks as his Bone Scales hardened and his mutated limbs changed. Magnus lost an arm and the Crimson Spear after Iron Man David killed a Thousand Son and distracted him.

• The narrator charged Magnus, endured his psychic attacks, and watched his Bone Scales turn azure and grow more resistant.
• Magnus charged with a Crimson Spear, and the narrator’s tentacle arm pulled him close so the Iron Fist could pierce his ribs.
• Magnus struck the narrator’s head with a heavy Tome of Sorcery, while the narrator slammed him into the ground and Magnus severed the tentacle arm.
• The narrator reshaped the severed arm into a scythe and clashed with Magnus as he rose and fought back with the Crimson Spear.
• Iron Man David killed a Thousand Son, drawing Magnus’s attention and letting the narrator cut off Magnus’s arm and the hand holding the spear.

Magnus escaped after you severed his arm, and you reunited with Malcador, who explained the monstrous origins and hidden nature of the shell called Eleven. Malcador said the Imperium’s final struggle was approaching, while hinting that you still had a part to play beyond his own endgame.

• Magnus used psychic power to teleport away with three wounded Thousand Sons after you charged him.
• You and Iron Man David knelt before Malcador, who welcomed you and praised David as a Loyalist Iron Man.
• Iron Man David went to help the motionless mortal woman while Malcador stood up without assistance.
• You asked Malcador about the Primarch-level shell, and he explained that its former owner transformed after discovering Old Ones gene-crafting ruins.
• Malcador said you could unleash the shell’s hidden madness by consuming battlefield flesh, but warned you would bear the consequences.
• Malcador described the coming conflict as his and the Emperor’s endgame, while you realized it was not yours.

The Lost Loyalist Primarch reached the Imperial Palace walls with Iron Man David and helped defend them from the rebels and Chaos forces. He rescued Imperial defenders and revealed his identity to Sigismund, leaving the battle still raging.

• The Primarch and Iron Man David emerged from a hidden passage onto the palace walls as the siege raged outside the Aegis of Zeus.
• Iron Man David destroyed a teleporting Iron Warriors Terminator Squad, and the Primarch encouraged the Mortal Warriors before asking where Rogal Dorn was.
• The Primarch and Iron Man David advanced along the walls, rescuing survivors and protecting defensive positions from rebels and Chaos Demons.
• The Primarch intervened in a battle between a World Eater and an Imperial Fist, killing the World Eater with his fleshly axe-arms.
• The Imperial Fist, Sigismund, demanded the Primarch's name, and the Primarch identified himself as Rogal Dorn's brother and a Lost Loyalist Primarch.

The narrator met Sigismund and persuaded him to lead the way to Rogal Dorn, but Fulgrim intercepted them beneath the wall. The narrator charged Fulgrim and began adapting to his attacks, while Sigismund was sent to find Dorn.

• Sigismund cautiously agreed to lead the narrator to Rogal Dorn without revealing his whereabouts.
• The narrator summoned Iron Man David's Nanite Swarm to defend the wall, then followed Sigismund through the passages beneath it.
• Fulgrim appeared on the palace road, and his words confirmed the narrator's identity as a Lost Primarch to Sigismund.
• The narrator told Sigismund to find Dorn, then charged Fulgrim as Fulgrim attacked with the Laer Blade.
• Fulgrim's sword strikes tore through the narrator's armor and scales, but the narrator's body adapted by forming Deep Blue Heavy Bone Armor and channeling its blood as energy.

The narrator and Fulgrim fought brutally as both healed from their injuries, until Rogal Dorn joined the attack and the Emperor’s psychic power forced Fulgrim back into The Warp. The narrator and Dorn were left striking Fulgrim as his daemonic ascension was cut short.

• The narrator transformed into a towering, bone-armored form and exchanged devastating blows with Fulgrim.
• The narrator seized Fulgrim, smashed his face, and was kicked away, but both fighters rapidly healed.
• The narrator formed a scythe and bone Warhammer and charged Fulgrim again.
• Rogal Dorn emerged from a hidden passage and attacked Fulgrim from the flank as the narrator struck his head and shoulder.
• The Emperor’s psychic might drove Fulgrim back into The Warp as he began to ascend.

After driving Fulgrim away, the transformed narrator struggled to control his hunger and followed Rogal Dorn to Terra’s command center, where food and nutrient solution stabilized his body. He told Dorn the siege was a trial orchestrated by Chaos and proposed trading his life for the Traitor Primarchs, beginning with Perturabo.

• Rogal Dorn criticized the narrator’s monstrous appearance, and the narrator demanded energy-rich food before his body lost control.
• Dorn escorted the narrator to the Bhab Bastion and stopped the Custodes from attacking him.
• The narrator consumed Grox meat and nutrient solution, stabilizing his body, and confirmed that the battlefield Nanite Swarm was his doing.
• The narrator told Dorn that Chaos had engineered the siege, Terra was trapped in the Warp, and Guilliman would remain nine hours away.
• The narrator urged Dorn to continue the siege’s defenses and declared his intention to trade one-for-one with Traitor Primarchs, starting with Perturabo.

The narrator wore Rogal Dorn’s Golden Plate and led an Imperial Fists strike team into the Iron Warriors’ lines to lure Perturabo into battle. The raid began successfully, but Perturabo had yet to appear.

• Perturabo’s forces and Chaos reinforcements pushed the Loyalist Titan Legions toward defeat, prompting twenty-five Psykana Titans to join the battle.
• The narrator disguised himself as Rogal Dorn and led two Combat Squads of Imperial Fists into enemy territory to draw Perturabo out.
• The narrator leapt from a ruined trench and attacked an Iron Warriors squad with his shield and blade.
• The Imperial Fists stormed the fortifications, then used guerilla tactics to raid the Iron Warriors’ battle line.

The twenty-second Primarch fought alongside the Imperial Fists until Perturabo arrived with six Iron Ring Robots. After revealing that he was not Dorn, he ignored Perturabo’s threats and launched an attack while David’s Nanite Swarm absorbed the artillery barrage.

• The twenty-second Primarch and the Imperial Fists inflicted heavy casualties on the Iron Warriors as Thunderhawk Gunships brought in six Iron Ring Robots and Perturabo.
• Perturabo mistook the twenty-second Primarch for Dorn until he removed his helmet, then rejected him as a counterfeit Primarch and threatened Terra.
• The twenty-second Primarch mocked Perturabo’s ravings and ordered David to move as Perturabo’s artillery opened fire.
• David transformed into a Nanite Swarm and absorbed the physical shells while the twenty-second Primarch leapt toward Perturabo to attack.

The narrator charged Perturabo through Iron Ring Robot defenses, enduring melta fire and using mutated flesh weapons to fight back. After impaling Perturabo and activating a Melta Bomb in his mouth, the narrator was engulfed with him in a blast as a Teleport Beacon flared, leaving their fate uncertain.

• The narrator attacked Perturabo while Iron Man David's Nanite Swarm devoured Iron Ring Robots, but Perturabo's melta fire forced the narrator to grow a protective bony shell.
• The narrator dodged Perturabo's Stasis Fields and charged as Perturabo took up the Forgebreaker Warhammer to meet him.
• Perturabo struck and nearly severed the narrator's arm, while the narrator slashed Perturabo's neck and pierced his body with four bony limbs.
• Perturabo blasted the narrator's chest with Melta Gauntlets, but the narrator healed and drove a bone spike through Perturabo's heart.
• The narrator revealed and activated a Melta Bomb in his mouth as Perturabo's Teleport Beacon flared, and an explosion engulfed them both.

After the simulation ended, Rorschach selected Rogal Dorn's Devotion and discovered its sulfuric saliva could corrode Plasteel. He also realized Iron Man David's presence had earned him an additional reward, and claimed Forgebreaker.

• Rorschach and Iron Man David returned from the simulation, and David said it could not see any reward of its own.
• Rorschach chose Rogal Dorn's Devotion from the Simulator's reward options.
• Rorschach spat sulfuric saliva onto the metal table, corroding a hole roughly half a meter across.
• Rorschach noticed the reward interface remained available and summoned Forgebreaker into his hand.
• Rorschach told Iron Man David that bringing it into the trial had earned him the extra reward, and David said it deserved the reward after enduring the trials.

Rorschach trained against the Abominants, managed Homeworld affairs, and prepared to return to the Great White Fleet. At the Forge Factory, Raditus revealed that it had modified Rorschach’s Power Armor helmet to use the Mind Stone to fire a destructive energy blast called a Psionic Ray.

• Rorschach battered the Abominants with his weapons and Sulfuric Saliva before leaving the Training Ground.
• Rorschach handled Iron Man David’s business and delayed responding to Zheng Xian’s invitation to deepen Cooperation until the mutant nation made progress on its Mobile Hive City.
• Rorschach prepared to return to the Great White Fleet and went to the Forge Factory to inspect his Power Armor.
• Raditus explained that it had inscribed Rune Script into the Mind Stone’s helmet setting, allowing Rorschach to draw and fire destructive energy as a Psionic Ray.
• Rorschach learned that the Mind Stone’s energy could not control minds and had not yet been field-tested.

Rorschach returned to the Great White Fleet with Raditus and its new Psionic Ray, only to find the fleet racing through realspace to escape a Warp Storm. As the crimson storm closed in and Triple Fahl remained just within sight, Tyberus warned that the fleet could be lost if it was engulfed.

• Rorschach tested the Mind Stone's Psionic Ray in the Starfire Glory Power Armor and found it powerful enough to rival a melta weapon and gradually melt vibranium.
• Raditus asked to accompany Rorschach to the Warhammer Universe to meet other Tech-Priests and Mechanical Sages, and Rorschach agreed on condition that it use a miniature Knight Titan as its body.
• Rorschach, Raditus, and the Raven Guard officers prepared to return to the Great White Fleet, and Ukari opened a spatial rift for them.
• After Rorschach emerged aboard the fleet, he learned from Kahurangi that the ships were accelerating through realspace to evade a pursuing Warp Storm.
• Rorschach reached the bridge and asked Tyberus about their distance from Triple Fahl, and Tyberus warned that the fleet might be lost if the storm engulfed it.

As the Great White Fleet fled a crimson Warp storm, Tyberus ordered vulnerable transports and agricultural ships to sacrifice themselves to buy the warships time. Rorschach accepted the order, then formed a desperate plan and stepped into the void to summon the Heavenly Kirin Beast.

• Tyberus ordered every ship to activate its Gellar Field and told vulnerable vessels to make room for the warships, even if it meant sacrificing their crews.
• Rorschach saw an Adeptus Mechanicus mining vessel disappear into the Warp storm and did not stop Tyberus's order.
• Rorschach remembered a possible solution and ordered the fleet to form a tight arrowhead formation while maintaining maximum acceleration.
• Rorschach entered an airlock, vented its oxygen, and stepped into the cold void.
• Rorschach raised his hand toward the storm and called for the Heavenly Kirin Beast.

Rorschach used the Heavenly Kirin Beast to hold back the Warp Storm until the Great White Fleet reached Triple Fahl, then collapsed from exhaustion. After waking, he learned the fleet and rescued civilian and mining ships were safe, while Triple Fahl’s Adeptus Mechanicus prepared to visit the Water Monster after discovering a Primarch was aboard.

• Rorschach projected his consciousness into the Heavenly Kirin Beast and repeatedly attacked the Warp Storm to buy the fleet time.
• The Great White Fleet reached Triple Fahl’s starport orbit without losing any ships, and Rorschach collapsed as the Heavenly Kirin Beast dissipated.
• Rorschach woke several hours later, stopped Servitor Skull Raditus from cursing the assembled Astartes, and heard Tyberus report the fleet’s safe arrival.
• Tyberus told Rorschach that the fleet had also saved civilian vessels and Triple Fahl mining ships, and that the Forge World’s Adeptus Mechanicus had responded cautiously but respectfully.
• After learning that a Primarch was aboard the Water Monster, an Archmagos and commanders of the Titan Legion "Victor" traveled to the flagship.

Rorschach welcomed the Adeptus Mechanicus and Titan Legion on Triple Fahl while Raditus negotiated a lucrative exchange using the Primarch’s prestige. Rorschach then traveled to the planet’s central hub to meet its Forge Master and discuss bringing Triple Fahl under his control.

• Raditus guided Mechanical Sages and Titan Legion commanders to visit Rorschach, then arranged an exchange of Ash Tithe supplies for basic resources and ship repairs.
• Raditus told Chapter Master Tyberus that Triple Fahl’s Mechanicus had skimmed supplies from earlier trades and warned him not to disrupt Rorschach’s plans.
• Tyberus lowered his Lightning Claws but vowed to seek permission to fight if Triple Fahl’s Forge Master refused to submit.
• As the Warp Storm continued, the Great White Fleet moved toward Triple Fahl’s shipyards, while Rorschach, Raditus, and the Terminator Guard went to the planet’s surface.
• Archmagos and Adepta Sororitas welcomed Rorschach and guided him toward the central hub to meet the Forge Master, whose immense size prevented him from visiting the flagship.