Chapter Summaries

Primarch Rorschach and Wolf Rorschach held off Magnus with heavy weapons while Cypher Rorschach and the other forces evacuated through the Webway portal. A Warp storm tore the portal apart and flung the three Rorschachs into a snowy place that Cypher Rorschach recognized as familiar.

• Primarch Rorschach warned that Magnus would soon reappear and brought out a Volcano Cannon and Hellfire Missiles to delay him.
• Wolf Rorschach fired the Hellfire Missiles while Primarch Rorschach bombarded the explosion site with the Volcano Cannon, blasting Magnus into fragments.
• Cypher Rorschach killed the last moving Red Scars Warrior as the Terminator Guard, Wolf Brothers, Blood Ravens, and Raven Guard evacuated through the Webway portal.
• A Warp storm engulfed the planet, and a psychic fluctuation tore the portal apart, throwing the three Rorschachs into the Warp.
• The three Rorschachs tumbled onto snowy ground, where Wolf Rorschach vomited and Cypher Rorschach asked if the place looked familiar.

Wolf Rorschach, Primarch Rorschach, and Cypher Rorschach arrived on Fenris and made their way to Fang Castle, where they reunited with the Space Wolves and met Old Claws Bjorn. Bjorn welcomed them and reflected that even old beliefs like the Imperial Truth might need to change.

• Wolf Rorschach recognized Fenris as the Space Wolves' homeland, and the three Rorschachs set out on foot for Fang Castle.
• Wolf Rorschach hunted Fenrisian Elk and gained the trust of a pack of Fenrisian Wolves, which helped guide the group to a Space Wolves recruit trial.
• Two Astartes instructors recognized Primarch Rorschach and summoned a Thunderhawk Gunship to take the three Rorschachs to Fang Castle.
• At Fang Castle, Wolf Rorschach and Cypher Rorschach bowed to Old Claws Bjorn, while Bjorn stopped Primarch Rorschach from bowing to him.
• Cypher Rorschach explained the three Rorschachs' connections to Bjorn, who welcomed them and questioned whether the Imperial Truth should be abandoned.

The three Rorschachs reached Fang Castle and joined the Sons of Fenris for a lavish welcome feast before settling into their palace quarters. After repairing Wolf Rorschach’s armor, Primarch Rorschach proposed that the three of them begin a simulated training session together.

• Old Claws Bjorn welcomed the three Rorschachs to Fang Castle, where the Sons of Fenris hosted them at a great feast.
• Wolf Rorschach traded blows with Lucas, Cypher Rorschach examined a sea-monster-tooth dagger with Wolf Priest Ullrich and Rune Priest Naga the Windcaller, and Primarch Rorschach spoke with Old Claws Bjorn.
• The Sons of Fenris arranged palace quarters for the three Rorschachs, and Primarch Rorschach declined to sleep in Wolf King Leman Russ’s former bedchamber.
• After waking, Primarch Rorschach joined Cypher Rorschach in repairing Wolf Rorschach’s Master-crafted Power Armor.
• Primarch Rorschach gave his brothers Throne Gelt coins and proposed they enter simulated training together, while Cypher Rorschach suggested taking Blackheart Huron’s Blackstone Fortress as a base.

The Human Primarch encountered Trazyn at the Cadian Gate and renewed their deal, agreeing to seek a way to restore the Necrons’ bodies while gaining Trazyn and his forces as allies. Trazyn revealed that they were on Cadia, which Abaddon had surrounded during the Thirteenth Black Crusade.

• Trazyn confronted the Human Primarch over the damage he had caused to Trazyn’s collection and asked whether their old agreement still stood.
• The Human Primarch showed Trazyn the Mind Stone and explained that it was one of six Infinity Stones from another universe.
• Trazyn agreed to join the Human Primarch’s faction as a Xenomorph Advisor, while the Human Primarch took responsibility for finding a way to restore Necron bodies.
• The Human Primarch asked where they were and whether Trazyn had seen other Astartes like him.
• Trazyn identified the location as Cadia and said Abaddon had surrounded the Imperium during the Thirteenth Black Crusade.

You gathered Custodians, Salamanders, Ultramarines, Inquisitor Greyfax, and her Eagle Legion to fight for Cadian after Trazyn released them from his Hypercube Labyrinths. As Trazyn left to help Belisarius Cawl activate the Blackstone Obelisks, you rallied the assembled forces and led them toward the battle.

• You asked Trazyn for reinforcements, and he led you into a vast underground cavern and released a Custodian and more than a dozen Salamanders from his Hypercube Labyrinths.
• The Custodian attacked you, but you blasted him away with the Metal Ten Rings, then convinced the Salamanders and a company of Horus Heresy-era Ultramarines that you were a Primarch.
• Trazyn released Inquisitor Greyfax and her Eagle Legion, and you explained the situation to them until Greyfax lowered her Bolter Pistol.
• Trazyn left to help Belisarius Cawl activate Cadian's Blackstone Obelisks as Abaddon renewed his assault on the planet.
• You distributed weapons and ammunition, rallied the assembled forces to save the Cadian Gate, and proved your identity by spilling your golden blood onto the Emperor's banner.
• The Custodian knelt in acknowledgment, and you raised the blazing Banner of the Emperor's Blood and called everyone to save Cadian.

Guilliman emerged onto a vast battlefield and led newly arrived Imperial reinforcements into a desperate fight against Chaos. The Chaos forces redirected their demons toward him, while Imperial Space Marine forces began fighting their way toward his position.

• Guilliman strapped the burning Banner of the Emperor's Blood to his Power Pack and led his group out of the cavern onto the battlefield.
• Guilliman summoned thirty Leman Russ Tanks and five Land Raiders, and Inquisitor Greyfax sent Eagle Legion Stormtroopers to crew them.
• Guilliman and a Custodian charged the advancing Chaos forces as Imperial troops and vehicles opened fire.
• Guilliman cut down demons and Iron Warriors with his weapons, Metal Ten Rings, and a Psionic Ray from the Mind Stone.
• The Chaos demons abandoned their other battles and swarmed toward Guilliman, while the Ironwolf Great Company, Bloodhowl Great Company, and Black Templars advanced toward him.

The Primarch and his battered forces fought through the Chaos Demon tide, joined by Black Templars and Space Wolves who rallied around him and gained strength from the Burning Emperor's Blood Banner. As the assault formation turned toward Imperial lines, the Primarch spotted Daemon Prince Destroyer Lord Ulkrasos and charged him.

• The Primarch and the Custodian held back the demon horde as the Ultramarines, Salamanders, Greyfax's Eagle Legion, and heavy vehicles suffered mounting casualties.
• Marshal Amarech led the Black Templars through the encirclement, and the Primarch joined their charge as Golden Flames empowered their weapons.
• Inquisitor Greyfax directed the surviving heavy vehicles to circle the assault formation and fend off attacks.
• The Bloodhowl Great Company and Ironwolf Great Company broke through the demons and joined the assault, boosting the formation's strength and morale.
• The formation broke through the encirclement and turned toward Imperial lines, but the Primarch spotted Destroyer Lord Ulkrasos and launched himself at the Daemon Prince.

The Imperium shattered the Black Legion’s fleet and pressed its counterattack across Cadian as the narrator helped defeat Daemon Prince Ulkrathos. With Kravlenburg under threat, the narrator spotted Saint Celestine arriving with a force of Battle Sisters.

• The Imperial Fists' Mount Array and Archmagos Belisarius Cawl's Adepta Sororitas fleet destroyed the Blackstone Fortress Eternal Will and many Black Legion ships.
• The Imperial Fists' Third Company and the Cursed Legion teleported onto Cadian, where Khorne's Daemons turned on nearby Chaos forces as the Frost Axe wielder charged.
• The Dark Angels' Fourth Company received support from Battle Sisters while a white-hooded figure with a greatsword slipped away through the battlefield.
• The narrator and a Custodian struck Daemon Prince Ulkrathos together, and the narrator finished him with the Scythe of Blood and Forgebreaker Warhammer.
• Chaos forces breached a wall at Kravlenburg and destroyed defenders, but Cadian White Shield troops and Kasrkin halted their advance.
• The narrator saw a Warp Portal open and Saint Celestine arrive with roughly five companies of Battle Sisters.

During the battle on Cadian, the Primarch fought the Lords of Skulls until a daemon-blood blast nearly killed him, and Celestine saved and healed him. She gave him a rose rosary as a belated gift from someone he remembered, then urged him to rise and lead the Imperium onward.

• Celestine descended onto the battlefield, inspiring the Imperium’s warriors, while the Primarch recognized her familiar violet eyes.
• The Primarch sent Marshal Amarech and the others to support the Imperium’s positions, then joined the Battle Sisters against the Lords of Skulls.
• The Primarch destroyed one Lord of Skulls with the Forgebreaker Warhammer and the Scythe of Blood, but another engine’s daemon-blood cannon struck him in midair.
• Celestine caught and healed the Primarch, then placed a Rose Rosary on his arm as a gift entrusted to her.
• Celestine told the Primarch that the woman who sent the gift was well and urged him to rise and lead the battle for the Imperium of Man.

Guilliman destroyed two Lords of Skulls and bolstered Imperial forces alongside Living Saint Saint Celestine, but a psychic pressure field weakened her during Abaddon’s assault. After Abaddon pierced Celestine with the Claw of Horus, Guilliman charged him in fury.

• Guilliman dropped Melta Bombs around the immobilized Lords of Skulls and detonated them, while the Battle Sisters took cover from the explosions.
• Guilliman and Living Saint Saint Celestine rallied Imperial troops across the battlefield with their aerial support and powerful enhancements.
• Chaos Warmaster Abaddon teleported into the Imperial defenses with his Despair Emissary Guard as Black Legion forces launched a final assault on Kravlenburg.
• Saint Celestine attacked Abaddon and saved the wounded Castellan Creed, while a Cursed Legion leader offered to join Guilliman in a strike against Abaddon.
• Invisible psychic pressure weakened the Cursed Legion, the Chaos Demons, and Saint Celestine, allowing Abaddon to pierce her chest with the Claw of Horus.
• Guilliman roared and charged Abaddon with a blazing, potentially fatal attack.

Rorschach and his allies nearly brought down Chaos Warmaster Abaddon, but Abaddon escaped by detonating Melta Bombs. Rorschach shielded Saint Celestine from the blast with his armor and protective relics, leaving their fate uncertain.

• Rorschach and Abaddon fought in a melee, with Rorschach using the Mind Stone to blast part of Abaddon's head and armor.
• Wolf cub attacked Abaddon with a Frost Axe, while Saint Celestine stabbed him through the breastplate with a blazing sword.
• Abaddon conjured Melta Bombs inside the Claw of Horus, so Rorschach rammed him away and grabbed Saint Celestine.
• Abaddon teleported away as the Melta Bombs exploded, and the blast hurled Wolf cub backward and engulfed Rorschach and Saint Celestine.
• The Burning Emperor's Blood Banner's remaining flames formed a fragile shield around Rorschach and Saint Celestine, while the Rose Rosary produced an Energy Field to resist the heat.

Guilliman ordered an evacuation from Cadia after concluding its destruction was inevitable, despite Celestine’s protest. As Imperial forces fled through Webway portals under Eldar and Astartes cover, Guilliman made one last attempt to save the planet by awakening the Heavenly Kirin Beast.

• Guilliman told Celestine that Abaddon could not be killed permanently and ordered all Imperial forces to retreat from Cadia.
• Lord Cypher reported that Eldrad, Ephrenni’s Death Korps, Archmagos Cawl, and Figure King Talasyn were supporting the evacuation, and Guilliman ordered him to spread the retreat command.
• The Blackstone Fortress wreckage and Planet Killer bombardment struck Cadia as its Blackstone Obelisks began to collapse, convincing Celestine to relay the evacuation order.
• Guilliman gave healing capsules to Castellan Creed and took up the rear guard with Wolf cub while Imperial forces withdrew through Webway portals.
• Thousand Faces led Death Korps Eldar warriors through the portals to help the retreating Imperials fight off Chaos forces.
• Guilliman raised a pillar of multicolored light from Cadia and called for the Heavenly Kirin Beast to awaken.

The summoned Heavenly Kirin Beast helped Imperial forces escape Cadia, but it could not stop the planet’s destruction, and the exhausted protagonist fled through the Webway. Among the survivors, Saint Celestine relayed the Emperor’s order to travel to Ultramar and awaken Guilliman.

• The protagonist summoned and controlled the Heavenly Kirin Beast, which crushed Chaos forces and destroyed Blackstone Fortress fragments while the Imperials evacuated.
• Cadia broke apart under the falling fragments, and the protagonist exhausted the beast’s divine power while making one final attack.
• Wolf Cub and Lord Cypher carried the immobile protagonist through the Webway portal, where the armor’s life-support system helped restore him.
• The protagonist joined Saint Celestine among the survivors and thanked the Aeldari for their rescue.
• Saint Celestine relayed the Emperor’s order to go to Ultramar and seek the Lord of Macragge, while Archmagos Cawl’s gesture suggested he knew the mission.
• The protagonist realized they were going to awaken Guilliman from his Stasis Field.

The Lost Primarch led Imperial reinforcements through the Webway to help the Ultramarines defeat Chaos forces besieging a fortress, then set course for Macragge. During the voyage, he discovered Belisarius Cawl wanted his blood to create Firstborn Astartes from forbidden gene-lines and offered him support in exchange for loyalty.

• The Lost Primarch, Wolf cub, Lord Cypher, and other Imperial forces emerged from the Webway and attacked the Chaos Astartes besieging an Ultramarines fortress.
• The Lost Primarch and the reinforcements helped the Ultramarines wipe out the Chaos forces, and Ultramarines officers revealed that Calgar had disclosed the Lost Primarch's existence to the Chapter.
• The Lost Primarch ordered some forces to join him in supporting Macragge, then boarded a Strike Cruiser and traveled toward the besieged capital.
• Belisarius Cawl repaired the Lost Primarch's Vibranium Power Armor and introduced the Armor of Fate intended for Honored Guilliman.
• Cawl secretly asked for the Lost Primarch's blood and indicated he wanted to research the Second and Eleventh Legions; the Lost Primarch permitted limited work on forbidden gene-lines and offered broader technological support if Cawl joined his side.

A Lost Primarch and his allies broke through the Chaos siege of Macragge and fought their way to Fortress Hera, where he reunited with Marius Calgar. Calgar privately questioned why the Primarch had brought Aeldari allies with him.

• The Strike Cruiser broke through the Chaos blockade and brought the rescue party to Macragge despite losing several escort vessels.
• The Lost Primarch and Saint Celestine joined the battle on the planet, helping the defenders defeat Chaos forces.
• The Primarch and his allies advanced to Fortress Hera and escorted Archmagos Cawl, Ephrenni, and the others inside.
• The Primarch stopped the Ultramarines from kneeling and reminded Calgar that he disliked such gestures.
• Calgar greeted the Primarch and privately asked why he had brought the Aeldari with him.

You and Calgar revealed the plan to revive Guilliman, won the Ultramarines’ support, and led a force from Fortress Hera through the Black Legion’s siege. The chapter ended as you reached the shrine and saw Guilliman still suspended in the Stasis Field.

• You used the agreed passphrase to confirm your secret plan with Calgar, who explained it to the Ultramarines.
• You and Saint Celestine promised to do everything possible to awaken Guilliman, while Archmagos Cawl showed the Armor of Fate and revealed his agreement with Guilliman.
• The Ultramarines mobilized to protect Cawl and the Armor of Fate as you, Wolf cub, Lord Cypher, and the Black Templars formed an escort.
• Calgar and Sicarius led the force out of Fortress Hera, and the group fought through the Black Legion siege toward Guilliman’s shrine as Chaos forces prepared more drop pods.
• You reached the shrine after many Ultramarines sacrificed themselves and saw Robert Guilliman motionless within the Stasis Field.

Chaos veterans broke into the shrine while Archmagos Cawl prepared to revive Primarch Guilliman, and the defenders fought to protect the ritual. Guilliman awakened in the Armor of Fate, but a Chaos veteran immediately charged him.

• Chaos veterans breached the shrine as the narrator, the Wolf cub, and Lord Cypher formed a defensive line and fought them.
• The narrator warned the allied forces to fight in groups while Calgar, Saint Celestine, and other defenders battled the Chaos attackers.
• Archmagos Cawl enclosed Guilliman in the hovering container, and Ephrenni severed the Stasis Field's energy cables with the Old Woman's Sword.
• The Armor of Fate restored Guilliman's breathing, and he opened his eyes and looked at the narrator.
• A Chaos veteran charged toward the newly awakened Guilliman.

After Guilliman awakened, he helped rout the Chaos forces on Macragge and took command of the Ultramarines and the planet’s surface forces. The Black Legion fleet retreated, and Guilliman formally announced his return and victory.

• Guilliman charged into the shrine and killed the Chaos veterans, inspiring the Ultramarines and Cadian survivors to fight back.
• Calgar, Agman, Sicarius, and the surviving Ultramarines knelt before Guilliman, who ordered them to rise.
• The narrator told Guilliman that Abaddon led the Black Legion fleet besieging Macragge and urged him to address the ongoing battle first.
• Guilliman took command of the Ultramarines and Macragge’s surface forces, then used the narrator, Wolf cub, Lord Cypher, and others to break the Chaos defenses.
• The Guard Fleet’s attacks and Guilliman’s return forced the Black Legion fleet to retreat, while Ultramar’s forces cleared the remaining Chaos Astartes.
• Guilliman announced his return and victory to the survivors on Macragge.

After learning the truth about the Imperium, Guilliman despaired over what humanity had become and blamed himself and the Emperor for their failures. His younger brother reminded him of humanity's courage and hope, and Guilliman resolved to keep fighting for a better future.

• Guilliman held a restoration ceremony on Macragge and then met with those who had helped awaken and support him.
• Several days later, Guilliman's younger brother was brought to his private meditation chamber for their first formal meeting.
• Guilliman lamented that humanity had fallen into ignorance, suffering, and decadence, and cried out that he would rather have died during the Heresy than witness the Imperium's decline.
• Guilliman's brother recalled the ordinary people and comrades whose kindness had kept him fighting, and urged Guilliman to guide humanity toward a better path.
• Guilliman regained his resolve, declared that humanity still had the potential to rise again, and thanked his brother for standing beside him.

The narrator discussed the Homeworld and a planned journey to Terra with Guilliman, then gave Saint Celestine the last Higanbana from Holy Terra and asked her to pass along a message. As the narrator left Macragge, two hidden figures watched before disappearing into the city.

• The narrator told Guilliman about the Homeworld, past encounters with Primarchs, and the planned trip to Terra, and Guilliman offered to prepare a development plan.
• The narrator warned Guilliman about traitors on Terra and the coming bloodbath, while Guilliman advised him to use political methods rather than rely on killing.
• The narrator took the last Higanbana from Guilliman's collection and brought it to Saint Celestine in Macragge.
• The narrator gave Saint Celestine the flower and asked her to tell someone that he had never forgotten her.
• A tall dark-green figure and a tall black figure watched from nearby buildings, then disappeared into the shadows.