Chapter Summaries

You broke free of the Daemons of Tzeentch and rejoined the fight against the wounded Weaver of Fates Carlos as Captain Titus and the Warlord-class Titan Invincible attacked the daemons. The chapter left you and Carlos charging at each other for another clash.

• Weaver of Fates Carlos struck you with scarlet psychic chains while the Psionic Ray continued to burn through his remaining bird head.
• The Warlord-class Titan Invincible began moving again, and Captain Titus led two Ultramarines into battle against the Daemons of Tzeentch.
• You seized the psychic chains, dragged two daemons down, and smashed their bird heads before Carlos struck you across the platform with his Ornate Scepter.
• Captain Titus fought the daemons with support from the Titan, while you recovered, grabbed the Dawnbreaker Warhammer, and charged Carlos.
• Weaver of Fates Carlos launched a countercharge at you as both of you prepared to clash again.

The Primarch and Captain Titus defeated Weaver of Fates Carlos and all eight other Daemons of Tzeentch on the orbital platform. Afterward, as the Primarch struggled to suppress Chaos’s influence, an Ultramarines recruit raised the prospect of an Inquisition investigation and quarantine, provoking the veteran.

• The Primarch used the Dawnbreaker Warhammer and his shadow powers to cripple Weaver of Fates Carlos and smash apart his head, killing him.
• The Primarch rushed to Captain Titus’s aid, and together they destroyed the remaining Daemons of Tzeentch.
• The Primarch suppressed the Chaos whispers and recognized that continued exposure could eventually overwhelm his soul and consciousness.
• Captain Titus and an Ultramarines veteran checked on the Primarch and offered him the Scythe of Blood.
• An Ultramarines recruit said the Primarch and Captain Titus had to undergo Inquisition investigation and quarantine, and the veteran kicked him to the ground.

The Primarch told Captain Titus and the Ultramarines that his corrupted body was only a shell, revealed that Guilliman had returned, and destroyed the shell to escape into the Sea of Souls. The simulation ended and offered three rewards, including a Warlord-class Titan and a chance to obtain the Gloriana-class Battleship Iron Fist.

• The Primarch rebuked the recruit for distrusting his Battle-Brothers and commanders, while an Ultramarines veteran joined in chastising him.
• Captain Titus prepared to strike the recruit, but the Primarch stopped him and explained that his Chaos-corrupted body had to be destroyed because it was only a shell.
• The Primarch asked Captain Titus to consider becoming a Company Commander in his legion and revealed that Guilliman had returned.
• The Primarch told the Ultramarines to keep any weapons or Power Armor left behind, then cut off his own head with the Scythe of Blood and burned the shell with Psychic Flames.
• The Primarch's consciousness left Galia and entered the Sea of Souls, where he glimpsed Doom and Fulgrim before the simulation ended.
• The simulation offered Psychic Calamity, the Warlord-class Titan Invincible, and a chance to obtain the Gloriana-class Battleship Iron Fist as retainable options.

After the simulation, Rorschach considered its rewards and then led the Primarch fleet into a fierce engagement with a Leviathan Hive Fleet. Grieving the losses of his ships and mortal crew, he summoned an enormous five-colored dragon above the fleet and prepared to strike back.

• Fulgrim said he had relived his life on Chemos, while Doom described training with the Grey Knights and dying to a Greater Daemon of Nurgle.
• Rorschach dismissed a dangerous reward, considered using a Warlord-class Titan and its Artificial Intelligence, and postponed choosing the Gloriana-class Battleship.
• The Primarch fleet encountered a Leviathan Hive Fleet, which destroyed numerous escorts and separated Strike Cruisers from the formation.
• Doom used Homeworld teleportation technology to rescue most of the mortal crew, but at least a million crew members and Mortal Servitors died.
• Rorschach raged over the losses and summoned a colossal five-colored dragon above the Primarch fleet to attack the Hive Fleet.

Rorschach and the Primarch fleet escaped a Tyranid ambush with help from the Heavenly Kirin Beast, but they could not safely enter the Warp. Trazyn proposed diverting the pursuing Hive Fleets toward a rival Necron dynasty, leaving the fleet with a risky escape plan.

• Rorschach used the Heavenly Kirin Beast to devastate the Tyranid fleet while the Primarch fleet launched a counterattack and broke free.
• The Navigator leader told Rorschach and Fulgrim that Tyranid psychic interference made a Warp jump too dangerous.
• Fulgrim reported that more than a dozen Hive Fleets were converging on them, and Rorschach suspected the Hive Mind was pursuing the Divine Power.
• Trazyn offered to help and proposed leading the Tyranid Hive Fleets to the nearby Necron dynasty of Karnovok.
• Trazyn said that if Karnovok proved insufficient, he knew the locations of several Ork Empires where the Tyranids could be diverted next.

Rorschach’s fleet escaped the Tyranids by sacrificing the Necron Dynasty of Canoptek, but lost fifteen escort vessels while fleeing through a Warp Storm. The fleet reached Shadow Realm Star, where Rorschach confronted Grey Knights Chief Librarian Kardulon over disobeying the evacuation order.

• Rorschach sent more than a dozen Cobra Destroyers to lure the Hive Fleet toward the Necron Tomb World Batik while the Primarch fleet escaped.
• The Tyranids overwhelmed the Necron Dynasty of Canoptek, buying the Primarch fleet time to flee, but Rorschach had to abandon part of the fleet and lost fifteen escort vessels.
• The Primarch fleet found Shadow Realm Star in the Hive Fleet’s path, so Rorschach and the others ordered it to remain in low orbit to protect the planet’s mortals.
• Rorschach and Fulgrim landed in Rossov, where Rorschach demanded to meet the Ecclesiarchy’s leader and Grey Knights Chief Librarian Kardulon arrived with a Combat Squad.
• Rorschach beat Kardulon for preventing the Planetary Governor’s evacuation despite receiving the fleet’s withdrawal order.

Rorschach confronted Chief Librarian Kardulon for the Grey Knights’ refusal to obey orders, then learned they were guarding a corrupted cache of ancient technology beneath Rossov. With a Tyranid fleet approaching, Rorschach ordered the world evacuated and the Grey Knights pledged to fight for humanity.

• Rorschach caught Kardulon and threatened to execute him for defying the Primarch’s orders, but Fulgrim persuaded him to hear the Librarian’s explanation.
• Kardulon explained that the Grey Knights had remained on Shadow Realm Star to maintain the seal on the Source of the Vortex beneath Rossov, which could unleash a Chaos invasion if it failed.
• Rorschach criticized the Grey Knights for risking the world’s millions of civilians, and Fulgrim estimated that the Hive Fleet would arrive in three to seven solar days.
• Rorschach ordered the immediate evacuation of Shadow Realm Star and directed his fleet to provide more transport vehicles.
• Rorschach asked whether the Grey Knights would fight for the Emperor and humanity, and Kardulon and his squad vowed to atone through battle.

Rorschach prepared to evacuate the Shadow Realm Star and use its Chaos-infested vortex to destroy the planet along with the invading Tyranids. He revealed that he would use a Psychic Calamity energy source to draw out Chaos Daemons before detonating two Bipole Torpedoes, then ordered his brothers to continue preparing for war.

• Rorschach ordered the evacuation of the Shadow Realm Star while mortal forces fortified the elevator towers to lure the Tyranid Swarm into landing.
• Rorschach and Fulgrim went with Chief Librarian Kardulon and a Grey Knights squad to the Source of the Vortex beneath Rossov.
• Rorschach explained that he planned to draw the Tyranids and Chaos Daemons into battle, then detonate two Bipole Torpedoes aimed at the planet's core.
• Fulgrim warned that the plan lacked enough sacrifices to summon the Chaos Daemons after the mortals had been evacuated.
• Rorschach revealed the Psychic Calamity energy source and stored it away after Kardulon warned that its Chaos power seemed inexhaustible.
• Rorschach told his brothers to continue preparing for the coming war.

As the fleet evacuated Shadow Realm Star, Rorschach and Fulgrim stayed behind to face the arriving Tyranid swarm. After the Tyranids destroyed the planet’s orbital defenses and began their ground assault, Fulgrim charged into battle and beheaded a Prime Warrior.

• The fleet departed Shadow Realm Star while Rorschach and Fulgrim remained behind, joined by Grey Knights in Retribution Dread Knights.
• Doom reported that a massive Tyran fleet had reached the edge of the star system, and Rorschach and Fulgrim prepared to fight.
• The Tyran fleet destroyed Shadow Realm Star’s three low-orbit defense platforms and launched Spore Sacs toward the planet.
• Mortal Warriors used artillery and heavy weapons to repel the first Tyranid organisms, but their attacks weakened as more Warriors joined the assault.
• A Prime Warrior charged the Mortal Warriors’ position, and Fulgrim killed it with his Sonic Sword before charging toward more Warriors.

Rorschach destroyed the seals around the Source of the Vortex and used the Psychic Calamity energy source to expand the Warp Portal, summoning the Abomination Quartet and their daemon armies. He taunted the Greater Daemons, then fled into a surveyed Underground Passage as their forces charged him.

• Rorschach watched the Mortal Warriors’ losses mount as the Tyranid Swarm overwhelmed Shadow Realm Star.
• Rorschach shattered the seals around the Source of the Vortex, releasing the Warp Power trapped beneath them.
• Four Greater Daemons emerged, and Rorschach used the Psychic Calamity energy source to widen the Warp Portal and unleash their daemon forces.
• Rorschach rejected the daemons’ attempts to recruit him and declared that he wanted to use their heads for practice.
• As the Khorne and Slaanesh forces charged, Rorschach turned and raced into the Underground Passage.

Rorschach held the rear on Shadow Realm Star while Fulgrim, Doom, and the surviving Imperial forces evacuated as the Tyranid Swarm and Chaos Daemons fought over the collapsing world. The two armies escalated their battle, and the Tyranids began adapting to the daemons’ tactics and inflicting heavier losses.

• A Khorne Greater Daemon and waves of Bloodletters emerged from underground fissures, drawing the Tyranid Swarm into battle as both sides targeted Rorschach.
• Rorschach ordered Fulgrim and Doom to lead the remaining forces off Shadow Realm Star, then flew toward the Tyranid fliers to hold the rear.
• Fulgrim and Doom evacuated the Mortal Warriors, and they and the remaining Grey Knights escaped aboard the Cobra-class Destroyer.
• The Source of the Vortex unleashed more Chaos Daemons as the Abomination Quartet raised a Chaos fortress, while the Hive Mind deployed additional Tyranid forces.
• The Tzeentch and Nurgle daemons turned the battlefield into a mire with a storm of blood and bile, temporarily trapping Tyranids under a daemon counterattack.
• The Tyranids adapted by deploying Burrowing Pythons and Horned Cannon Bugs, causing Chaos Daemon casualties to rise.

Rorschach detonated the Bipole Torpedoes beneath Shadow Realm Star, destroying the planet and trapping its Chaos Daemons and Tyranid forces, but the collapse nearly pulled him to his death. Doom teleported him to safety, where Fulgrim and Doom confirmed the war was won.

• Rorschach escaped the aerial pursuit and reached the edge of Shadow Realm Star's atmosphere.
• Rorschach triggered the Bipole Torpedoes, causing the planet's core to collapse and its surface to break apart.
• The planet's gravitational collapse crushed the Chaos Daemons and Tyranid creatures and pulled the orbiting Cachalot-class Hive Ships toward its destruction.
• Shadow Realm Star's gravity dragged Rorschach back until an azure teleportation barrier carried him to safety.
• Rorschach rejected Doom and Fulgrim's help, and Fulgrim congratulated him on winning the war.

After the fleet celebrated its victory and resumed its voyage into Imperium Nihilus, Doom prepared to test an FTL Engine without psychic power. He and Trazyn began the experiment inside a Blackstone-enclosed warehouse, with the fleets on alert.

• Rorschach held a fleet-wide barbecue after the survivors returned to the flagship, and the Mortal Warrior crewmen and Astartes celebrated together.
• The Primarch fleet resumed its journey toward Imperium Nihilus, continuing its aid operations and Prayer Support missions.
• Doom met Trazyn in a warehouse where Trazyn had built a Spirit-Banishing Death Zone surrounded by Blackstone Obelisks.
• Doom ordered the Destroyer Sentinels to prepare the first non-psychic FTL Engine activation experiment and told Doom Two to alert the fleet.
• Trazyn activated the Spirit-Banishing Death Zone as Doom and he agreed to begin the experiment.

Rorschach captured an Alpha Legion Astartes and discussed the Legion’s surviving Primarch with Fulgrim before approving Doom’s next FTL Engine experiment. As Rorschach and Fulgrim considered visiting Terra, a new Prayer Support request appeared in Golden Flames, signaling that The Emperor had shown himself again.

• Rorschach handed a captured Alpha Legion Astartes to Tyberus for interrogation and ordered him to learn the truth about the Alpha Legion’s Primarchs.
• Rorschach told Fulgrim that Alpharius and Omegon were both Primarchs, though he did not know which one Rogal Dorn had killed, and warned that neither of them should spare the Alpha Legion.
• Doom reported that the FTL Engine prototype worked under psychic suppression but could attract Chaos forces once the Spirit-Banishing Death Zone was withdrawn.
• Rorschach approved Doom’s plan to replace a Cobra-class Destroyer’s Warp Engine with an FTL Engine and promised to protect him from the dangers of the experiment.
• Fulgrim said he wanted to visit Terra, and Rorschach agreed before a Golden Flames Prayer Support request appeared on his Simulator.

Rorschach announced the Legion Fleet’s expedition to reclaim the Disaster Stars, framing it as an Imperial decree while concealing its true purpose: stopping Rotigus from revealing the Second Imperium’s secrets. He began gathering reinforcements and specialists before the fleet reached Macragge, and left to meet the first personnel arriving from his Homeworld.

• Rorschach showed the Astartes commanders a map of the Disaster Stars and declared that the Legion Fleet would launch an expedition to protect Ultramar.
• After the commanders departed, Fulgrim questioned Rorschach’s claim that the Emperor had ordered the expedition, and Rorschach explained that its real purpose was to seal or destroy Rotigus and protect Guilliman’s authority.
• Rorschach told Fulgrim that the fleet needed more Astartes, Grey Knights, and other specialists, and said he would seek recruits from his Homeworld and Ultramar.
• Iron Man David reported that Grey Knights Chief Librarian Kardulon was waiting for an audience and that the first personnel from the Homeworld had arrived aboard the ship.
• Rorschach asked Fulgrim to meet Kardulon and seek Grey Knights support, then left to greet the arriving personnel.

Rorschach discovered that Jessica had brought an unexpected group of reinforcements, including War-rat Saint Jerry and Deadpool’s Legion, to the war zone. He learned that the Legion’s members could suppress psychic power, but Deadpool’s antics quickly irritated him.

• Rorschach confronted Jessica for arriving at the dangerous war without his permission, and she explained that she had been forced to come.
• Jessica told Rorschach that Gamma Radiation had transformed a rat into War-rat Saint Jerry, a devoted Emperor-worshipper whom she and others had judged harmless.
• Jessica explained that Deadpool’s Legion had awakened an Untouchable trait that gave its members a field capable of suppressing psychic power.
• Deadpool interrupted Rorschach’s attempt to describe the Legion, prompting Rorschach to aim the Heart of the Forge at him.
• Deadpool stopped struggling and pretended to sew his mouth shut after Rorschach threatened him.

Rorschach’s fleet continued preparing for war as it made blind Warp jumps toward Imperium Nihilus, while reinforcements arrived from the Homeworld. The chapter ended with Rorschach welcoming Ragnar Blackmane and three hundred Space Wolves aboard the flagship.

• Astartes slaughtered Warp creatures that emerged through a portal in the ceremonial hall, and Great White recruits arrived to replenish their ranks.
• The Great White Fleet expanded to eight full-strength companies, while Rorschach and Fulgrim discussed reinforcements from the Homeworld and the Deadpool Legion.
• Iron Man David told Rorschach that a Space Wolves company had transferred into the fleet, prompting Rorschach and Fulgrim to go to the ceremonial hall.
• Ragnar Blackmane knelt before Rorschach and introduced himself as Wolf Lord of the Blackmane Company, leading three hundred Space Wolves veterans.
• Rorschach welcomed the Space Wolves and introduced Fulgrim as the Emperor Phoenix, returned to the Imperium of Man.

Rorschach’s fleet reached the outskirts of Imperium Nihilus and encountered a small Chaos Fleet, which he ordered destroyed. He boarded a Death Guard ship and fought his way through its defenders, leaving the boarding action ongoing.

• A Warp Portal opened in the Great White Librarians’ ritual hall and unleashed Chaos Demons, which the Silver Skulls and Space Wolves helped destroy.
• Rorschach suspended further support-force transfers until the Warp became more stable, and his fleet eventually reached Imperium Nihilus.
• The fleet engaged a small Chaos Fleet identified as likely Death Guard and destroyed several ships’ void shields and engines.
• Rorschach boarded a Chaos Ship with Great White recruits and smashed a Death Guard who fired on him.
• Rorschach split from the recruits and killed twenty Death Guard and the surrounding Plague Zombies with the Scythe of Blood.
• Rorschach continued deeper into the Chaos Ship, thinking the Death Guard were weaker than before.

Jose led a squad of Great White recruits through a battle against Death Guard forces, relying on coordinated tactics and specialized weapons. After one recruit was exposed to Nurgle’s corruption and killed himself to resist it, Jose ordered the squad onward to avenge him.

• Jose charged and killed a Death Guard warrior, then ordered the squad to use Frost Grenades and Plasma Firearms against an approaching Blightlord Terminator.
• The recruits froze the Blightlord’s lower body, and one recruit shielded the squad from its Blight Grenades, suffering severe damage and viral exposure.
• The squad concentrated plasma fire on the Blightlord Terminator and killed it.
• The wounded recruit reported that the liquid panacea was expelling the viral matter, but then heard whispers and recognized that Chaos was corrupting him.
• The recruit declared his loyalty to the Great White Fleet and the Emperor, then shot himself with his Plasma Firearm to prevent further corruption.
• Jose mourned the recruit, ordered the others to recover uncontaminated weapons and ammunition, and led them onward to avenge their Void Brother.

Rorschach defeated the Death Guard Blightlord Terminators and tortured a survivor until it revealed the 6th Plague Company's plan to spread Daemon Bells across Ultramar. After learning the captive did not know where the main fleet was, Rorschach resumed torturing it.

• Rorschach destroyed the Blightlord Terminators with his Scythe of Blood and captured the last one alive.
• Rorschach used Emperor's Blood and Psychic Flames to torture the captive, letting its wounds heal before continuing.
• The Blightlord Terminator revealed that Mortarion had ordered the Ferrymen to place Daemon Bells on worlds across Ultramar, awakening buried corpses and provoking unrest.
• The captive explained that Mortarion created the Daemon Bells by studying the Hand of Darkness, a gift from Abaddon.
• The Blightlord Terminator said it did not know the main fleet's location, so Rorschach seized its head and burned it with Psychic Flames.