Chapter Summaries

Rowan used his reality-warping ability to rescue Isha from Nurgle’s Garden and bring her to the Black Library. Isha awoke bewildered, while Cegorach struggled to understand how Rowan had found her; Rowan then asked to borrow something from her.

• Cegorach showed Rowan the devastation in Nurgle’s Garden and explained that Isha had been hidden away in Nurgle’s mansion.
• Isha awoke in the darkness as Nurgle roared in fury, and cracks revealed that fear had entered the Garden.
• Isha suddenly appeared in the Black Library, leaving her and Cegorach stunned.
• Cegorach questioned how Rowan had rescued Isha, and Rowan said he had simply decided it would work.
• Rowan told Isha she could catch up with her younger brother and asked to borrow something from her.

Lion El'Jonson joined the White Scars and Shadowsun in the Webway, heard their intelligence, and identified his traitorous brother Lorgar Aurelian as their next enemy. He led the warriors through the forest to a heavily guarded Word Bearers stronghold and prepared to attack.

• Lion El'Jonson met Qin Xia, Kor'sarro Khan, Shadowsun, and the White Scars in the Webway, and asked for intelligence about the traitors and his missing brothers.
• Shadowsun questioned why humanity worshipped the Primarchs and the Emperor, and Lion explained that the Emperor had once denied being a god and upheld the Imperial Truth.
• After hearing Qin Xia's report, Lion concluded that Lorgar Aurelian was behind the enemy's schemes and requested a Webway route map.
• Lion used a mysterious mist to guide the gathered warriors through a forest to a vast Word Bearers monastery guarded by elite Chaos Astartes.
• Lion drew the Loyalty Sword and ordered the warriors forward as battle approached.

Lion El'Jonson led the White Scars and T'au in an assault on Erebus's camp, teleporting the Redeemed Angels into its heart and cutting through the Word Bearers. Erebus sent his captains to fight the Lion, then fled through a secret passage.

• Corswain gave Lion El'Jonson a pouch containing the Dark Angels' forbidden arsenal, including the Excindio.
• Lion El'Jonson ordered the White Scars to harass the camp while he led the Redeemed Angels in a teleportation strike.
• The White Scars and Shadowsun's T'au attacked the camp's defenses as Lion El'Jonson and the Redeemed Angels teleported inside.
• Lion El'Jonson and the Redeemed Angels killed the Word Bearers in their path and advanced toward the camp's heart.
• Erebus sent his Word Bearers captains to confront Lion El'Jonson, then escaped through a hidden passage.