Chapter Summaries

Rorschach, Orion, and Cyrus followed a distress signal to an abandoned garrison, where they rescued Tech Sergeant Mattheus from a Bloodletter ambush. After Mattheus warned them that Chaos forces were using the Blood Ravens’ communications to lure rescuers, Rorschach had him begin repairing his Vibranium Power Armor and learned why Cyrus had chosen to remain a Scout Sergeant.

• Rorschach shared food with Orion and Cyrus, then led them through the blizzard to gather surviving Blood Ravens and eliminate the Chaos enemies.
• Cyrus tracked a garbled distress signal to an abandoned garrison, where Rorschach and Orion charged into battle against the Bloodletters while Cyrus provided sniper support.
• After the Bloodletters were defeated, Orion found the wounded Tech Sergeant Mattheus alive among the corpses, and Rorschach gave him a panacea.
• Mattheus warned them that Chaos Demons were using the Blood Ravens’ communications channel to lure Astartes into traps, confirming that traitors existed within the Chapter.
• Rorschach asked Mattheus to repair his Vibranium Power Armor, then asked Cyrus why he still wore Scout Armor.
• Cyrus explained that he trained new recruits, had served in the Deathwatch, and stayed a Scout Sergeant to spread his unconventional tactics throughout the Blood Ravens.

Rorschach welcomed Gabriel Angelos and ten Blood Ravens, who had followed a distress signal after fighting the Black Legion Chaos Lord Alarast. As Rorschach prepared the group for battle, Mattheus repaired much of his Vibranium Power Armor, and Rorschach led the Blood Ravens out to confront their enemies.

• Rorschach detected approaching Astartes and sent Cyrus to identify them, then emerged when Cyrus confirmed they were friendly.
• Gabriel Angelos introduced himself and his squad to Rorschach, then reported his clash with Alarast and his suspicions of traitors within the Blood Ravens Chapter.
• Rorschach agreed that the Chapter had traitors but said eliminating Alarast was their immediate priority, and he equipped the Blood Ravens with heavy weapons.
• Orion advised Rorschach to save the Volcano Cannon for a critical moment, while Mattheus reported that he had repaired more than half of Rorschach's Vibranium Power Armor.
• Rorschach donned the repaired armor, promised to lead the Blood Ravens from the front, and rallied them to fight for the Emperor.

Rorschach led the Blood Ravens toward the former Monastery Fortress to kill Marauder Lord Alarast, while growing suspicious that Chapter Master Khorvas had fallen to corruption. After Cyrus discovered a large Chaos force inside, Rorschach prepared an ambush and launched a massive Whirlwind missile barrage, leaving the fortress under attack.

• Rorschach split the Blood Ravens into fire-support and assault squads, but Khorvas ordered them to abandon their mission before cutting communications when Orion mentioned the Primarch’s presence.
• Rorschach and the Blood Ravens traveled to the ruined Monastery Fortress, where Orion explained its history and Rorschach sent Cyrus to scout ahead.
• Cyrus reported that the fortress held over a thousand Chaos Cultists, many daemons, and several Black Legion squads, making a swift strike against Alarast essential.
• Gabriel urged the Blood Ravens to use their long-range firepower, and Rorschach produced hundreds of Whirlwind Missile Launchers for the attack.
• Cyrus and Tech Sergeant Gatles linked the launchers for remote firing, and Rorschach ordered a huge missile barrage that engulfed the fortress in explosions.

Rorschach and the Blood Raven Boys bombarded the fortress-monastery before emerging to attack its surviving Chaos forces. As the battle intensified, the Khorne champion Alarast challenged Rorschach, and the two charged toward each other.

• Rorschach and the Blood Raven Boys sheltered in a cave while Whirlwind Missiles devastated the monastery and killed Chaos Demons and Cultists.
• After the bombardment ended, Rorschach led the Blood Raven Astartes out of the cave and into the monastery ruins.
• Rorschach, Chief Librarian Orion, and Gabriel struck down several Chaos Astartes as the Blood Ravens advanced under heavy bolt fire.
• Rorschach ordered his brothers to take cover and advance carefully after several Blood Ravens were killed.
• Alarast knocked aside Rorschach's Metal Ten Rings, declared himself Khorne's champion, and charged at him.
• Rorschach activated his Vibranium Power Armor and charged directly at Alarast.

Rorschach fought Alarast, a Khorne Champion who used psychic sorcery, and overcame his weapons and powers with repeated Shadow Steps and hammer strikes. The battle ended with Rorschach smashing Alarast's head.

• Rorschach wounded Alarast with the Scythe of Blood, but Alarast countered with his greatsword and combi-flamer.
• Rorschach used Shadow Step to evade the flames, then deflected Alarast's psychic fireball with the Forgebreaker Warhammer.
• Alarast ripped the Scythe of Blood from his body, healed, and equipped a pair of Lightning Claws.
• Rorschach mocked Alarast for secretly using psychic sorcery, but Alarast charged him with the Lightning Claws.
• Rorschach used Shadow Step to strike Alarast repeatedly with the Forgebreaker Warhammer, crushing his armor and body.
• Rorschach finished Alarast by smashing apart his head with the Forgebreaker Warhammer.

After the Blood Ravens defeated Alarast’s forces, Alarast’s adjutant summoned U'khel, a Great Unclean One of Nurgle. Rorschach confronted the daemon and leaves it pierced by a Warlord-type Volcano Cannon beam.

• Rorschach and the Blood Ravens pursued and killed the retreating Chaos Astartes after Alarast fell.
• Alarast’s dying adjutant summoned U'khel by sacrificing himself and the blood and flesh absorbed into the ground.
• U'khel emerged from the gathered flesh and blasted Rorschach and the Blood Ravens backward with a crimson gale.
• U'khel offered Rorschach a place in Nurgle’s family, but Rorschach rejected him and summoned a Warlord-type Volcano Cannon.
• Rorschach fired the cannon, piercing U'khel with its blazing beam.

Rorschach and the Blood Ravens survived the battle against U'khel and planned to confront Chapter Master Khorvas, whom they believed had fallen to Chaos. After seizing three Thunderhawk Gunships, they split up to rally loyal Battle Brothers, monitor Khorvas, and seek the support of Apollo Diomedes.

• Rorschach destroyed the Great Unclean One U'khel with the Volcano Cannon, then ordered Cyrus and Orion to search the battlefield for surviving Chaos forces.
• Rorschach proposed using his Primarch status to override Khorvas's orders and rally loyal Blood Ravens, and the others agreed.
• Cyrus intercepted communications revealing that Khorvas had branded Gabriel, Orion, and their allies as traitors.
• Rorschach and the Blood Ravens seized three Thunderhawk Gunships, and the guards joined Rorschach's side after hearing of Khorvas's corruption.
• Gabriel flew toward his company's Strike Cruiser to expose Khorvas, while Cyrus and Mattheus planned to monitor the Battle Barge All-Knowing Mystery.
• Orion took Rorschach toward the Space Hulk Corpse Judgment to find Apollo Diomedes and determine whether he would support them.

Rorschach met Honor Guard Captain Diomedes on the Space Hulk and persuaded him that Chapter Master Khorvas had fallen to Chaos. After learning Khorvas planned to exploit an Inquisition fleet’s sector-wide Exterminatus for a massive sacrifice, Rorschach prepared a swift strike against the Blood Ravens flagship.

• Diomedes recognized Rorschach as a Primarch because he had seen him as a child on his homeworld and pledged his loyalty.
• Rorschach told Diomedes that Khorvas had been corrupted by Chaos, and Diomedes agreed to help him and Orion.
• Orion received intelligence that Khorvas had lured an Inquisitor to the sector and planned to use a possible Exterminatus as a sacrifice to the Chaos Gods.
• Rorschach called for an immediate decapitation strike against Khorvas, and Diomedes and more than thirty Terminator veterans volunteered to join him.
• Rorschach ordered Orion to broadcast across the sector that a Lost Primarch had arrived and demand that his enemies submit or face him.

Rorschach led an assault on the Blood Ravens’ Battle Barge to stop Chapter Master Khorvas from escaping and completing his Chaos plan. He reached Khorvas and struck him down as Orion and Gabriel fought to hold him off.

• Rorschach and the Loyalist fleet attacked the Battle Barge All-Knowing Mystery, and Terminator veterans led by Diomedes boarded it.
• Rorschach and the Terminators fought through the ship, killing Blood Ravens corrupted by Khorvas.
• Cerys told Rorschach that Khorvas was trying to open a Warp Portal but Loyalist boarding squads had trapped him inside.
• Khorvas explained that he intended to use the Warp Storm and an Exterminatus to sacrifice the Aurelia System and become a Daemon Prince of the Blood God.
• Rorschach arrived as Khorvas attacked the wounded Orion and Gabriel, then dismembered him with the Scythe of Blood and struck his head with the Forgebreaker Warhammer.

Rorschach killed the corrupted Chapter Master Khorvas and took command of the Blood Ravens, then negotiated with the Inquisition and prepared the Chapter to follow him to a future battlefield. After discovering the Blood Ravens’ dangerous collection of Chaos relics and psychic knowledge, he ordered them moved to sealed storage and considered how to transport the fleet through his Warp Portal.

• Rorschach killed Khorvas, then led Orion and Gabriel in wiping out the remaining resistance aboard the Battle Barge.
• The Blood Ravens survivors pledged loyalty to Rorschach, who negotiated with the Inquisitor and secured a delay to the Chapter’s required penitent crusade.
• Rorschach appointed Gabriel as the new Chapter Master and offered to lead the Blood Ravens fleet to a future battlefield, which the Astartes accepted.
• Rorschach discovered the Blood Ravens’ vast collection of Daemon Weapons and taboo psychic knowledge and ordered the Chaos-related items transferred to a sealed Transport Ship.
• Rorschach wondered whether his Warp Portal could safely transport the entire Blood Ravens fleet.

Rorschach expanded a Warp Portal and led the Blood Ravens Fleet back into normal time, where the Great White Fleet and Triple Fahl were divided over his absence. His return ended their standoff as he announced himself to the fleet.

• Rorschach learned that he could spend multiple Throne Gelt coins to enlarge a Warp Portal and left the ancient hall to meet Gabriel, Orion, and the others.
• Rorschach ordered the Blood Ravens Fleet to form up and sail together through an expanded Warp Portal.
• The Great White Fleet remained in orbit around Triple Fahl, split between Tyberus's faction demanding an attack, Raditus's faction seeking peace, and divided Raven Guard companies.
• A massive Warp Portal appeared near the Omen Ark, and vessels from unfamiliar Astartes Chapters emerged as the fleets prepared for a possible attack.
• Rorschach broadcast that he had returned to normal time with the Blood Ravens, ending the uncertainty over his absence.

Rorschach returned to the Forging world and proposed organizing the Chapters under his command into a new 22nd Legion. The Blood Ravens, Great White Chapter, Raven Guard, and other Chapters pledged to follow his plan.

• Rorschach landed on the Forging world, where Tyberus and the Terminator Guard knelt to welcome him before he dismissed their apologies.
• At the Private Palace, Raditus reported what had happened during Rorschach's absence, including the near-conflict among the Chapters.
• Rorschach reprimanded the Great White Chapter for its rashness and ordered two radical Raven Guard Company Commanders to serve under David as a warning.
• Rorschach proposed making every Chapter under his command part of the 22nd Legion, with its Chapter Masters becoming Company Commanders while each Chapter preserved its customs and internal structure.
• Gabriel pledged the Blood Ravens to Rorschach's Legion, and Tyberus, the Raven Guard, the Weepers, and the Black Templars also voiced their willingness to obey.

Rorschach established the Primarch Legion’s company structure and planned how its Astartes could recruit and create new warriors. He proposed a layered training and augmentation process on the Homeworld, then received no response from Raditus.

• Rorschach appointed Tyberus, Gabriel, and Sulari to lead the Great White, Blood Ravens, and Raven Guard companies, while the Weepers formed the only other company-sized group.
• Rorschach and Raditus assessed each group’s Gene-seed, Apothecaries, and recruiting prospects, deciding that the smaller groups should reinforce the Terminator Guard.
• Tech-Priests on Triple Fahl noticed that the Astartes Chapters had adopted a shared, unfamiliar emblem, but they accepted the Primarch’s authority.
• Rorschach discussed recruiting Superheroes, mages, and Mortal Berserkers from the Homeworld, as well as selecting Imperial Guard elites for Stormtrooper training and genetic augmentation.
• Rorschach asked Raditus what he thought of the proposed recruitment process, but Raditus did not answer.

Rorschach confronted Raditus about its melancholy and learned that its memories may have been erased and its former self may have opposed the Adeptus Mechanicus of Mars. He reassured Raditus that he would protect it and promised to take it to Mars to become an Archmagos.

• Rorschach noticed Raditus was unusually distracted and pressed it to explain what was troubling it.
• Raditus admitted to dismantling Rorschach's hoverbike and confessed to its ambiguous relationship with Forge Master Wesley, but neither was the real cause of its distress.
• Raditus revealed that Wesley had deleted some of its memory modules and that its past identity might differ from what it remembered.
• Raditus suspected it had once hated the Adeptus Mechanicus and possibly belonged to the rebels, making it fear that its identity could endanger Rorschach's Legion Fleet.
• Rorschach dismissed Raditus's fears, said The Emperor and his allies would protect them, and promised to take it to Mars to claim the title of Archmagos.

After the Primarch Fleet departed Triple Fahl, Rorschach set course for the Eastern Fringe and launched its first major operation against Orks on an Agri-world. As Rorschach monitored the battle from his flagship, his Black Bracelet flashed with an urgent signal from one of his simulated bodies.

• Raditus recovered its spirits, agreed to keep its identity secret, and asked Rorschach to take it along on any future mission to Mars.
• The fleet loaded supplies and weapons at Triple Fahl, while Rorschach left a Blood Ravens Librarian squad and a Raven Guard Combat Squad behind to relay intelligence and keep watch over the world.
• Rorschach led the Primarch Fleet toward Ultramar, intending to suppress threats in the Eastern Fringe before seeking Astartes and Primaris technology.
• The fleet began responding to psychic distress signals, and Tyberus led the Great White Fleet Company and Blood Ravens Librarians in an assault on an Ork-invaded Agri-world.
• Rorschach watched battle reports from the Battle Barge as his Black Bracelet flashed with an urgent signal.

Primarch Rorschach activated the Black Bracelet and was joined by Cypher Rorschach and two Fallen Angels, who sought his help. Cypher revealed that the wolf cub was trapped at the entrance to the Eye of Terror by Daemon Primarch Magnus, prompting Rorschach to consider sending reinforcements.

• Primarch Rorschach channeled psychic power into the Black Bracelet, opening a Webway portal in the ancient hall.
• Cypher Rorschach emerged with two Fallen Angels, and he greeted Primarch Rorschach before explaining that the Fallen were loyal descendants of Lion El'Jonson.
• The two Fallen Angels knelt before Primarch Rorschach, who told them they would have to endure hardship until their Primarch returned.
• Cypher told Primarch Rorschach that he had searched the Rock Fortress for Lion El'Jonson but learned from the Dark Watchers that the Emperor had moved the Lion's resting place.
• Primarch Rorschach asked what had happened to the wolf cub, and Cypher revealed that Daemon Primarch Magnus had blocked the wolf cub and his werewolf companies at the entrance to the Eye of Terror.

Primarch Rorschach and Cypher Rorschach assembled a small rescue team and entered the Eye of Terror to save Wolf Rorschach. Wolf Rorschach, still wounded and fleeing Magnus with the surviving members of the Thirteenth Great Company, was surrounded by Thousand Sons and Tzeentch’s forces.

• Primarch Rorschach ended the Ork invasion with orbital bombardments and the Great White Fleet’s ground forces, after Tyberus killed the Ork Warlord.
• Cypher Rorschach and Primarch Rorschach decided to leave the fleet out of the Eye of Terror and formed a rescue team of about one hundred Astartes and Fallen Angels.
• Primarch Rorschach instructed Gabriel, Orion, Tyberus, Kahurangi, Raditus, and the others to keep the fleet on its established mission and prevent old divisions from returning.
• Primarch Rorschach and Cypher Rorschach entered a Webway portal to begin the rescue operation.
• Wolf Rorschach woke wounded on an unnamed planet and told a Wolf Brother to prepare the survivors to move while they evaded Magnus.
• Thousand Sons warriors, Tzeentch’s Abhuman followers, and Chaos Beasts suddenly appeared around Wolf Rorschach and his remaining brothers.

Wolf Rorschach and the Thirteenth Great Company attacked Magnus’s Red Scars Warriors, but Magnus revived the fallen puppets and forced Rorschach to order a retreat. As Rorschach covered the wolf-brothers’ escape, sorcery chains bound him.

• Wolf Rorschach and over a hundred wolf-brothers sprang from hiding and charged the Chaos Beasts and Red Scars Warriors.
• Wolf Rorschach cleaved through enemy warriors while the wolf-brothers tore into the Chaos Beasts and endured psychic attacks.
• Wolf Rorschach broke through the Red Scars Warriors’ ranks, but Magnus’s sorcery restored the fallen warriors and their armor.
• Wolf Rorschach ordered the wolf-brothers to retreat and fought to hold back their pursuers.
• Sorcery chains rose from the ground and bound Wolf Rorschach as he covered the retreat.

Red Demon Magnus restrained Wolf Rorschach and threatened to torment him while killing the Space Wolves, but Primarch Rorschach and Cypher Rorschach arrived through a Webway portal and launched a counterattack. The chapter left the three Rorschachs charging Magnus as Cypher Rorschach’s temporal force fields slowed him and his sorcery.

• Red Demon Magnus immobilized Wolf Rorschach, crushed several Space Wolves with earthen hands, and taunted Wolf Rorschach over the burning of Prospero and the deaths of the Thousand Sons.
• Red Demon Magnus lifted Wolf Rorschach and revealed his plan to extract the soul fragment and use it as a cursed gift for his Primarch Brother.
• Primarch Rorschach and Cypher Rorschach entered through a Webway portal, drawing Red Demon Magnus’s attention and prompting him to attack with Chaos Sorcery.
• Primarch Rorschach’s Metal Ten Rings shielded the Webway portal while Terminator Guard followed the newcomers into battle.
• Cypher Rorschach activated a vast Bullet Time that slowed Red Demon Magnus and froze the nearby Chaos Sorcery.
• Wolf Rorschach broke free of the Sorcery Chains, and he charged Magnus alongside Cypher Rorschach and Primarch Rorschach.

Primarch Rorschach, Cypher Rorschach, and Wolf Rorschach badly wounded Red Demon Magnus before Primarch Rorschach detonated a field of Melta Bombs beneath him. Unsure whether the blast had banished Magnus, Primarch Rorschach ordered everyone to retreat toward the Webway portal.

• Primarch Rorschach, Cypher Rorschach, and Wolf Rorschach attacked Red Demon Magnus during the slowed-down Time Field, striking his body with their weapons.
• Cypher Rorschach warned that his Bullet Time was failing, and Red Demon Magnus unleashed a psychic storm that hurled Wolf Rorschach and Primarch Rorschach away.
• Primarch Rorschach revealed that he had planted Melta Bombs beneath Red Demon Magnus and detonated them as Magnus raised a Psychic Shield.
• Cypher Rorschach climbed out of the loose earth and asked whether the explosion had banished Red Demon Magnus.
• Primarch Rorschach told Safer to order all units to stop fighting the Red Scars Warriors and retreat toward the Webway portal.