Chapter Summaries

Nimrod and Magnus forged an alliance to fight the Soul-Eater Bees and exchanged knowledge about psychic disciplines, geometry, and Mindset. After spending a month on Prospero, Nimrod departed aboard the Shadow of the Throne to divine Calth’s future.

• Nimrod agreed to help Magnus and the Thousand Sons clear the Soul-Eater Bees, and Magnus promised the Shadow of Order access to Prospero’s knowledge.
• Magnus recounted how patterns formed from a fallen stone bird awakened psychic powers among him and his followers, leading to the five great cults.
• Magnus gave Nimrod his grimoire of geometric patterns, and the two discussed the cults’ techniques and compared their abilities.
• Nimrod and Magnus exchanged Mindset techniques, with Nimrod learning Magnus’s first three lower levels and understanding the three middle levels.
• After staying on Prospero for a month, Nimrod left aboard the Shadow of the Throne and went to the Kingdom of Disorder to divine Calth.

Nimrod used divination to inspect Calth and devised a plan to develop the Veridian System, hoping to attract Ollanius Persson and learn Enuncia. He ordered Sanchez to colonize and industrialize its worlds, then turned his attention to the war on Mitu.

• Nimrod divined the route to the Veridian System and shared it with Machine John, whose dream revealed Calth as a sparsely populated world inhabited by primitive humans.
• Nimrod recalled that Ollanius Persson had once retired on Calth and wondered whether he could meet him and learn Enuncia.
• Nimrod summoned Sanchez and ordered him to develop Calth, Alamasta, Ramane, Veridian Prime, Lavisol, and Isara according to their resources and suitability.
• Nimrod planned to ask Malcador to offer land on Calth to meritorious Auxilia soldiers, hoping Persson would settle there again.
• Nimrod summoned Arsena Dunn and Diana Pauline to discuss the war on Mitu.

Nimrod approved the Aquila Shuttle’s production and chose where to deploy the unfinished Ramillies-class Star Fortresses against the Mitu. He then assigned forces to attack the Grail Abyss, the Cyclops Cluster, and Zavarich as the campaign began.

• Arsena Dunn reported that Cypra Mundi’s Artisans had restored an STC design for a shuttle, and Nimrod named it the Aquila Shuttle and ordered its technical data shared for production, including on Necromunda.
• Diana Pauline recommended deploying one fortress at Manache and the other at Dametus, but Nimrod selected Mezoa as the second target because its need for defenses could win its interest and friendship.
• Nimrod assigned the First Legion to attack the Grail Abyss and said he would lead the Sixth, Tenth, and Eleventh Chapters, along with participating forces from the First and Twelfth Chapters, against the Cyclops Cluster.
• Nimrod requested that Lucius send its Void Walker Titan Legions and Skitarii to the campaign.
• Nimrod ordered the XIV Legion to follow his forces, then advance on Zavarich after the Shadow of Order took Laskar, cutting off the Mitu’s food supply.

Urian Bendreg led the First Legion into a costly void battle against the Mitu in the Grail Abyss, while Nimrod coordinated the Eleventh Legion’s campaign and kept its falsified-reading technology secret. The chapter ended with Barasin ordered to take the XIV Legion fleet to Zavarich and destroy the Mitu granaries.

• Urian Bendreg commanded ninety-nine First Legion warships as they fought the Mitu fleet in the Grail Abyss, suffering heavy losses while damaging enemy ships.
• A Mitu seer on Laskar detected a vast fleet and used human captives to send an alarm to Manache.
• Diana Pauline scanned the battle and requested permission from Nimrod to test falsified-reading technology, but he forbade the test while allied XIV Legion ships were present.
• Diana redeployed the XIV Legion fleet to attack a Mitu sub-fleet, and Barasin led the assault with the fleet’s heavy guns.
• Nimrod ordered Barasin to sail to Zavarich and destroy the Mitu granaries.

After the Shadow of the Throne won the battle over Laskar IV, Nimrod used Magnus's Mindset to expose and kill the hidden Mitu, then learned that Arcane Prism came from the Rock of Ghana. He ordered Thomas, who was attacking the Rock, to organize its excavation, and then saw Hathor Maat studying Pavoni techniques.

• The Shadow of the Throne defeated the Mitu defenses over Laskar IV, and Nimrod led the planetfall.
• Nimrod used the Third Mindset to spot Mitu hidden among the ruins and the Second Mindset to share their positions with the Honor Guard.
• Nimrod and the Honor Guard killed the Mitu attackers, and Nimrod read their minds to learn that Arcane Prism came from the Rock of Ghana.
• Nimrod summoned Thomas to the Kingdom of Disorder and ordered him to organize Arcane Prism excavation after occupying the Rock of Ghana.
• Nimrod entered the Fifth Layer Space and saw Hathor Maat studying the techniques of Pavoni.

Thomas led the 12th Chapter’s assault on the Mitu beneath the Rock of Ghana, while Ramsey coordinated the forces through his new Astropathic abilities. After an explosion dropped Thomas into a cavern, he defeated a Mitu in close combat and realized he had become a true Fight Scholar.

• Marquinius told Thomas that the Mitu were hidden underground and interfered with Imperial signals, so Thomas ordered a landing assault and provided Astropathic Officers for support.
• Ramsey accompanied Marquinius into the Kumasi Mountains, where Mitu attacked; Ramsey used Biochemical Psionic Power to incapacitate them and sent a warning to the guard.
• Thomas led the First Company into Odumas and attacked a Mitu facility, where an explosion destroyed the sphere of light and collapsed the ground beneath them.
• Thomas fell into a cavern with a Mitu and fought its relentless attack, identifying a weakness in the creature’s coordinated tentacles.
• Thomas snapped off the tentacle holding the Mitu’s greatsword and crushed its head with a punch, realizing he had become a true Fight Scholar.

Nimrod ordered the campaign against the Mitu to continue as the XIV Legion attacked Zavarich to draw the xenos into battle. On Mezoa, the Council of Five Patriarchs faced the Mitu’s continued occupation until the Fifth Patriarch reported that a vast fleet had emerged from the Warp.

• Nimrod ordered the legions to keep purging the Mitu from the Cyclops Cluster and sent the Second and 5th Legions into the campaign.
• Barasin sent Theseus and the Dusk Raiders to attack Zavarich, the Mitu’s granary, drawing the xenos into a major battle.
• Nathaniel Garro fought through the Mitu lines and later realized the Dusk Raiders had been fighting over a food-processing plant.
• The Council of Five Patriarchs discussed the Mitu’s ongoing purge of Mezoa and lamented that the forge world had no Titan Legion.
• The Fifth Patriarch reported that a vast fleet had appeared in the Warp, prompting the council to question whether it was Mitu or an enemy of the Mitu.

The Eleventh Legion arrived at Mezoa and helped the forge world drive the Mitu fleet away. Nimrod offered the Magos Council Ramillies-class Star Fortress technology in exchange for binding Mezoa to the Shadow of Order, and the two sides signed an alliance treaty.

• Nimrod sent the Eleventh Legion to Mezoa, where the Ramillies-class Star Fortress and the rest of the fleet devastated the Mitu warships.
• The Magos Council accepted a data exchange with the Eleventh Legion, learned about Nimrod and his forces, and authorized Mezoa’s counterattack.
• Mezoa’s forty-nine warships joined the Shadow of Order fleet, and the Mitu commander ordered a retreat.
• The Second Magos welcomed Nimrod at the void port, and Nimrod offered the Magi Ramillies-class Star Fortress construction technology in return for fifteen demands.
• After three standard weeks of negotiations led by the Second Magos and Arsena Dunn, Nimrod and the Magos Council signed an alliance treaty.

Santiago Bergkamp joined psychic training aboard the Shadow of the Throne as the legion sailed toward the Dametus System, where the Heart-Forged Staffs were tested. Miguel Questa awakened one of the staffs and was appointed to the Honor Guard, while Santiago advanced to Sequence 8 under Nimrod's guidance.

• Santiago Bergkamp arrived at the Librarium and joined ninety-two Shadow of Order warriors selected for psychic training during the journey to the Dametus System.
• Santiago and Miguel Questa mastered the first level of the Mindset, and Miguel awakened a Heart-Forged Staff while Santiago's staff remained dormant.
• Nimrod gave Santiago the Trickster potion, advancing him to Sequence 8, and Santiago thanked him before promising to use his new power against the Mitu.
• Miguel demonstrated the Heart-Forged Staff's power to Nimrod, who recognized his potential as a technology-type Psyker.
• Nimrod appointed Miguel to the Honor Guard, and Miguel accepted.

High King Jaque Veroni led the last battered knights of House Veroni into a desperate charge against the Mitu, determined to die fighting. Nimrod arrived and rescued the knights from the encircling xenos, then turned toward Miguel Questa with the Heart-Forged Staff.

• Jaque recalled House Veroni’s long history of resisting invaders and urged the remaining knights to defend their people as their supplies and forces dwindled.
• Jaque charged The Solitary into the Mitu ranks, destroying chariots and crushing xenos despite the Knight Mech’s failing power and defenses.
• Mitu aircraft appeared, but their autocannons struck the Mitu vehicles and anemone-like creatures instead of the Veroni knights.
• Nimrod recognized House Veroni’s banner and used his psychic power to spin Mitu chariots into one another, destroying more than half of those surrounding the knights.
• The Veroni knights watched in shock as Nimrod descended, and he turned toward Miguel Questa as Miguel raised the Heart-Forged Staff.

Nimrod and his warriors rescued the Veroni Knights from the Mitu, and Jaque and Gios learned that humanity had survived beyond Dametus. Nimrod secured Mezoa's aid for Veroni and arranged to keep Gios at his side, leaving the House to recover and prepare to fight alongside his Legion.

• Miguel Questa used the Heart-Forged Staff to destroy a Mitu Chariot and hundreds of nearby Mitu, earning Nimrod's approval.
• Nimrod arrived at Dametus III's Moon II and met Jaque Veroni and Gios after defeating the Mitu attacking Cloud-Evil Fortress.
• Jaque and Gios thanked Nimrod and learned that humanity had risen again from the Old Night, with Nimrod leading the Eleventh Legion.
• Jaque refused aid from a forge world, wary that it would demand Dametus's knowledge and resources.
• Nimrod promised that Mezoa would provide Knight Mechs without asking a price, and Jaque accepted his offer.
• Nimrod told Gios to stay with him so he could teach him to adapt to a new transformation.

Santiago Bergkamp led the 5th Chapter against monsters in Dametus’s forests, using his Trickster abilities to defeat Nords and a Mitu xeno. After Nimrod requested that the Shadows of Order collect Nord lips, Santiago learned that the captain had been killed in a surprise attack and took charge of the company.

• Santiago’s squads ambushed and killed Nords hiding in rotten trees, then collected their lips as unusual specimens for Nimrod.
• Santiago sacrificed two pairs of Nord lips to the Black Emperor, and Nimrod recognized them as an ingredient for the Sequence 9 Praying Seeker potion and asked for more to be collected.
• In a swamp, Santiago resisted a giant Nord’s psychic command, exploited its old wound, and killed it with Electric Shock.
• A guardsman told Santiago that the captain had died in a Mitu surprise attack, and Santiago led his squads to avenge him.
• Santiago used wind, mist, and a slick patch to disrupt a Mitu xeno’s attacks, then killed it with a psychic bullet.
• Another adjutant proposed that Santiago become commander because he had avenged the captain and was valued by Father.

Urian Bendreg led the First Legion to victory over the Mitu on Holy Grail Star, while Per Koschelny attacked Moab and successfully tested warships that falsified enemy readings. Per’s forces seized the voidport, and Per reached the Mitu commander after its energy barrier abruptly disappeared.

• Urian Bendreg led the 8th Legion’s assault on Holy Grail Star and killed the Mitu High Priest in a sword duel.
• Per Koschelny led the 11th Chapter’s fleet to Moab and defeated the Mitu in the void battle.
• Per tested twelve warships equipped with false-reading technology, and the Mitu failed to detect or attack them.
• Per led a Drop Pod assault on Moab’s voidport and drove through the Mitu defenders with his guard.
• The Mitu commander’s energy barrier vanished, and Per appeared before him and cleaved into his anemone body.

After conquering Moab, Nimrod assigned Per Koschelny to capture Judang Star and rewarded Lewis Von Valancius with four worlds for his service. Lewis and Gios Veroni joined the planned Manache campaign, and the Eleventh Legion fleet set sail for Manache.

• Per Koschelny reported the Eleventh Legion's losses on Moab and confirmed that its disguise technology could fool the Mitu.
• Nimrod tasked Per Koschelny with taking Judang Star and accepted five Sun-Feathered Chickens he had brought from Moab.
• Nimrod granted Lewis Von Valancius three undeveloped worlds and Zavarich, then approved his request to join the Manache campaign.
• Nimrod sent Lewis Von Valancius to his private armory, where Arsena Dunn gave him seven Protective Orbs and seven Ring Weapons.
• Gios Veroni requested to join the Manache battle with his repaired Bitter Bamboo, and Nimrod encouraged him.
• The Eleventh Legion fleet departed for the Manache star system in the fifth month of 842.

Flamini led his dwindling followers toward the place from his visions, believing it held hope, as the Eleventh Legion began its assault on Manachia. Lewis Von Valancius joined the ground attack, captured an Arcane Factory, and survived an elite Mitu Warrior's assault with his Protective Orb and ring weapon, while Flamini's group was discovered by Mitu Warriors.

• Flamini saw a shadow over the Mitu's blood-colored orb and a vision of the ruined building where he had lived as a child, then led his followers toward it in search of hope.
• The Eleventh Legion's fleet arrived in the Manache System, fought the Mitu fleet, and bombarded Manachia for a stellar month before launching ground assaults.
• Lewis Von Valancius and Chief Warrior Slawomir Kawuszynski led their forces through the city and chose to attack the Mitu's Arcane Factory.
• Lewis used his ring weapon to pierce an elite Mitu Warrior's shield, then relied on the Protective Orb to block its counterattack before finishing it with icicles.
• Flamini's group advanced five kilometers through the city before Mitu Warriors discovered them.

Flamini led his followers through the Mitu assault to the place revealed by his foresight, where he learned his parents were dead before Nimrod arrived and saved him. Nimrod destroyed the Mitu council’s human-fueled ritual, killed the nineteen Archons, and rescued the captives.

• Flamini guided his dwindling followers toward the building from his vision, firing on the Mitu as they advanced.
• Flamini recognized his parents’ corpses inside the building and despaired as Mitu warriors surrounded his group.
• Nimrod arrived in a blaze of fire, sensed that Flamini was a powerful Psyker, and ordered Ramsey to help him.
• Nimrod discovered the Archons were using humans as fuel and smashed his way into the Council Palace.
• Nimrod pierced the energy dome and used Distortion to turn the Mitu’s arcane energy into warp power, then tore apart the nineteen Archons with the Destruction Vortex.
• Nimrod released the dome’s seal, freeing the surviving humans, while the Crimson Chain replenished his spirituality.

Nimrod arranged the development and defenses of the Coronid Abyss, gave Lewis von Valancius the Lawyer potion, and advanced Ramsey along the Hanged Man pathway. After hearing Flamini’s account and accepting his wish to serve, Nimrod agreed that he would join the Sixth Legion as a Shadow of Order.

• Nimrod gave Lewis von Valancius the Lawyer potion and directed Arsena to arrange Mezoa’s help in developing his territory.
• Nimrod designated Judang Star as an industrial world and Abyss Port as the region’s hub, and ordered star fortresses and Warp Gates built at key locations.
• Nimrod assigned Miguel Questa to study Mitu arcane biotechnology and prepared a Praying Seeker potion for Ramsey.
• Nimrod welcomed Flamini, heard how he had awakened his psychic power and escaped the Mitu, and accepted his request to serve.
• Flamini insisted he wanted to join the Sixth Legion as a Shadow of Order rather than become a Librarian, and Nimrod agreed.

In 843, Nimrod reviewed the costly victory over the Mitu and attended a new War Council, where Sanguinius joined the debate over psychic power. Hannibal revealed that his fleet was heading east, prompting Nimrod to suspect he might discover the Jormungandr Star Monolith.

• Arsena Dunn reported that the war against the Mitu had cost the participating forces 10,480 lives, with the 11th Chapter suffering the heaviest losses.
• Nimrod traveled to Terra for the War Council and welcomed Sanguinius, who supported the use of psychic power alongside Magnus.
• Russ taunted Nimrod's psychic warriors, while Dorn urged caution and Malcador said caution matched The Emperor's will.
• Hannibal told Nimrod that his fleet was heading east to aid human worlds facing xenos attacks.
• Nimrod suspected Hannibal might discover the Jormungandr Star Monolith, a Necron artifact, and considered divining it.
• The Old Man in Yellow and Constantin Valdor appeared at the War Council.

The Old Man in Yellow rewarded Nimrod for defeating the Mitu by granting him the Carium Gate, which Nimrod planned to restore and combine with his Warp Gate network. Nimrod ordered Santiago Bergkamp and the 5th Legion to seize the gate, then prepared to use the Dice of Prophecy to investigate the Attila system and its Jormungandr Star Monolith.

• Nimrod reported that the war with the Mitu was largely over and that sixty-three human worlds and two Imperial worlds had reestablished contact with the Imperium.
• The Old Man in Yellow rewarded Nimrod with the Carium Gate, and Nimrod recognized its value for connecting his scattered territories and speeding fleet travel.
• Nimrod accepted the costly task of restoring the Carium Gate and considered combining it with Warp Gates and star-fortress defenses.
• Nimrod chose Santiago Bergkamp and the 5th Legion to take possession of the Carium Gate and try to activate it.
• Nimrod decided to use the Dice of Prophecy to investigate the Attila system and uncover the secrets of the Jormungandr Star Monolith, which he believed was a Necron artifact.

Nimrod ordered Sanchez and Gabriel to lead forces to Attila and take control of the system while warning them not to explore its other planets. He also assigned the 5th Legion to garrison Carium Gate, where Carlo found the handover from the First Legion unexpectedly smooth.

• Nimrod summoned Sanchez and Gabriel, reviewed Veridian's development and research progress, and ordered Sanchez to take a fleet to Attila while Gabriel joined him.
• Nimrod ordered the 5th Legion to garrison Carium Gate and directed Arsena Dunn to have the Craftworld fragment towed to Catachan for Malena Scala.
• The 5th Legion fleet reached Carium Gate, and Santiago Bergkamp sensed hidden power within the station network.
• Carlo arrived at the station and met Prik of the First Legion, who handed Carium Gate over without resistance.
• Carlo realized the First Legion's smooth departure was likely because Nimrod had given them a chance to gain honor fighting the Mitu.