Chapter Summaries

Alvin negotiated with Governor Lucien, trading ten million tons of purified water for a regiment of retired Astra Militarum veterans and their equipment. As he left the Governor’s Mansion, someone detonated his hovercar in an apparent assassination attempt.

• Lucien confronted Alvin over his role in the unrest, then dropped the accusations and demanded compensation for her help.
• Alvin offered three hundred thousand tons of purified water, but Lucien insisted on ten million tons.
• Alvin asked to hire a regiment of retired Astra Militarum veterans with their equipment, and Lucien agreed in exchange for the water delivery within a week.
• Lucien warned Alvin that someone might target him, and he acknowledged the danger before leaving the Governor’s Mansion.
• Alvin’s pendant turned scorching hot as he approached his hovercar, which then exploded and sent Elsa diving over him to shield him from the blast.

Alvin survived a bombing thanks to his pendant, then faced a second attack by Dark Eldar assassins outside the Governor's Mansion. The chapter ended with him trapped behind a psychic barrier and surrounded by a Nightmare and dozens of Kabal Warriors.

• Alvin's pendant warned him moments before the hovercar exploded, and Elsa shielded him but was wounded by shrapnel.
• Alvin angrily demanded medical help for Elsa as the guards rushed to extinguish the flames and move them inside.
• A cloaked assassin attacked Alvin, but he blocked the strike and blasted the attacker into a nearby building with psychic power.
• Monofilament wires tightened around Alvin and the guards, slicing the guards apart as Elsa warned him about the threads.
• Alvin identified the attacker as a Dark Eldar Nightmare and spotted dozens of Kabal Warriors surrounding him.

Alvin fought off a Dark Eldar Nightmare while carrying the injured Elsa, then fled toward his residence and encountered a seductive Dark Eldar Succubus. The chapter left him facing the Succubus after she failed to kill him with a poisoned dagger.

• Alvin carried the injured Elsa and refused to abandon her as the Nightmare and Cabal warriors surrounded them.
• Alvin countered the Nightmare’s attack, but the assassin nearly poisoned him with a hidden syringe spike until Elsa deflected it with her shield.
• Alvin blasted the Nightmare and nearby Cabal warriors with psychic power, then escaped with Elsa on his back.
• Alvin avoided the Governor’s Mansion and ran toward his residence, but a charming woman ambushed him at a street corner.
• Alvin resisted the woman’s enchantment, blocked her poisoned dagger with his armor, and recognized her as a Dark Eldar Succubus.

Penny mysteriously entered Hilda’s mansion and compelled her to rescue Alvin, who was being cornered by Dark Eldar assassins. Hilda arrived and declared that she had been chosen to protect him because she was the strongest fighter among the Samhan Ark Eldar.

• Penny wandered into Hilda’s mansion while starving and asked her for food.
• A mysterious voice told Penny that Alvin was being hunted by the Dark Eldar, and she ordered Hilda to help him.
• Alvin tried to bargain with the Succubus Anna, but she and the Incubus continued attacking him as their soldiers surrounded him.
• As Alvin prepared to escape with Elsa, Hilda’s psychic attack crushed dozens of Dark Eldar soldiers and she entered the fight.
• Hilda told Alvin that Samhan had chosen her to protect him because she was its strongest fighter.

Hilda overwhelmed the Dark Aeldari attackers while protecting Alvin, then stopped the fleeing Nightmare and prepared to punish him for nearly ruining her chance to become a Farseer.

• Hilda dismissed the Nightmare’s boast about nearly killing Reroll and caught his sword barehanded.
• Hilda kicked the Succubus away, then used the Spear of Song and Eldar Sword to injure the Nightmare and keep Anna from helping him.
• Hilda dodged the Conspiracy Soldiers’ attacks and destroyed them with the Spear of Song.
• Anna escaped through a Webway gate, and the Nightmare tried to flee after her.
• Hilda dragged the Nightmare back with psychic power and accused him of nearly preventing her from becoming a Farseer.

Alvin learned that Penny, a poor child chosen by the Emperor, had warned Hilda about his assassination and saved his life. After learning Penny’s parents had died seeking food in the Helian District, Alvin was confronted with the human cost of his order and took her in as his little sister, Penny Valshius.

• Alvin met Penny, and Hilda explained that the girl had warned her about Alvin’s assassination by the Dark Eldar.
• Alvin learned that Penny was a follower of the Emperor, whom Hilda called the Fifth Evil God, and thanked her for saving him.
• Penny asked Alvin to take her in, explaining that she could work and needed only a few Energy Bars each week.
• Penny told Alvin that her parents had gone to the Helian District to find food and never returned, making him face the deaths caused by his order.
• Penny comforted Alvin and urged him to keep living, and he named her Penny Valshius and declared her his little sister.

After the assassination attempt left Alvin apparently alive, he pressured Lucien Agamemnon to use the attack and evidence of Xenos infiltration to purge Agamemnon’s political enemies. Lucien pledged her family’s loyalty and promised Alvin half the confiscated assets as she prepared to begin the purge.

• Lucien visited Alvin at the Valshius Residence, where he demanded an explanation for the Dark Eldar attack and accused the Imperial nobility of enabling Xenos infiltration.
• Alvin threatened Lucien with a Bioroid double and suggested she use the assassination as a pretext to eliminate nobles obstructing Agamemnon.
• Alvin gave Lucien a document showing that Genestealers had infiltrated noble families in Alert Star.
• Lucien agreed to use the evidence and assassination attempt to purge her enemies, reclaim Agamemnon’s power, and pledge her family’s loyalty to Alvin.
• Lucien offered Alvin half of the confiscated assets, and he told her to begin the purge the next day.

Lucien used the assassination of the Valshius heir as a pretext to expose Genestealer-infected nobles and seize control of Alert Star. After naming dozens of families for eradication, she ordered Vennidar to destroy them before sunset, and he called in three regiments to use heavy artillery.

• Lucien confronted the nobles gathered at the Agamemnon estate and accused some of them of contacting the Dark Eldar and betraying the Imperium.
• When the nobles demanded evidence, Lucien ordered Astra Militarum troops to strip Kulls, exposing his purple Genestealer-infected skin and a third tentacle.
• Lucien ordered Kulls executed and dismissed Mars’s objections, then named more nobles as heretics and had the Astra Militarum drag them away.
• Lucien ordered Vennidar to wipe out every family on her list before sunset.
• Vennidar, faced with a list of at least a hundred families, summoned the 35th Regiment, the 47th Armored Regiment, and the 103rd Infantry Regiment and ordered them to use heavy artillery without taking prisoners.

Lucien’s purge of Alert Star’s noble houses cemented House Agamemnon’s power, while Alvin directed the seized luxuries toward the poor. After agreeing to rescue Rosales in exchange for rare Space Marine implants, Alvin prepared to travel to Celerus and then the Northern Macro Sector to recover the Gene Seed.

• Vennidar’s Astra Militarum destroyed all 174 targeted noble families, and Lucien warned the surviving nobles to support House Agamemnon before rewarding their loyalty with seized estates and businesses.
• Lucien offered Alvin half the seized assets, but Alvin ordered the nonmilitary goods traded for supplies for the Middle Hive and Underhive commoners.
• Rosales contacted Alvin from hiding on Celerus after the Adeptus Mechanicus discovered his identity, and Alvin agreed to rescue him for ten sets of Primaris Space Marine implants.
• Elsa came to check on Alvin, and he asked her to contact Carroll so they could head to the Northern Macro Sector and recover Rosales’s Gene Seed.

Alvin reviewed the worsening threats on Alert Star and heard Hilda’s prophecy that he would regret going to Celerus, but he remained determined to go. Carroll arrived and reported that the Spartan Program’s first phase had produced ten enhanced warriors, including Tucker.

• Alvin studied reports showing that Styx Eight was holding back the Orks and Genestealers at Celerus, but feared the apparent weakness was a trap aimed at the Warlord-class Titan Dominator Overlord.
• Alvin asked Elsa to arrange for Nelgas to meet Carroll, and Hilda warned Alvin that he would regret going to Celerus, though she could not foresee what would happen.
• Alvin resolved to go to Celerus despite Hilda’s warning, and Carroll arrived to check that Alvin had recovered from the Dark Eldar attack.
• Carroll told Alvin that the Spartan Program’s initial phase had enhanced ten people with Super Soldier Serum and Bio-armor, including Tucker, who had volunteered without Alvin’s knowledge.

Alvin secured Carroll’s help with secretly obtaining Gene Seeds and implants to create Space Marines, then traveled toward the Hongbei Sector to rescue a Dark Adeptus Mechanicus Grand Sage. His Valkyrie encountered Greenskin Orks, who unexpectedly challenged him to a race.

• Carroll agreed to help Alvin acquire the resources for secret Space Marine implantation after Alvin explained that he was preparing for future dangers.
• Alvin and Carroll discussed obtaining Power Armor from the Dark Adeptus Mechanicus, while Alvin also decided to seek a shield device capable of resisting the Valian Sandstorm Vortex.
• Alvin, Elsa, Hilda, and the others flew across Alert Star and passed near the Valian Sandstorm Vortex, where Hilda described humanity’s Dark Age of Technology as a brutal era.
• Greenskin Orks on motorcycles caught up with the Valkyrie, rode past without attacking, and circled back to challenge Alvin to a Speed Waaaaagh race.

Alvin and his companions raced Greenskin Orc speed freaks to Celerus Hive, where they were met by the Mechanicus and placed under close watch. With Tucker eager to fight and the Tech-Priests restricting their movements, Alvin planned to speak with Carroll about raising the price.

• Raman pushed the Valkyrie into a reckless race against Greenskin Orc bikers, and Alvin's team reached Celerus Hive first.
• Alvin ordered Tucker and the others to make a combat drop so Raman could avoid landing and facing their fury.
• Tucker told Alvin he wanted to keep fighting as a Catachan warrior, and Alvin agreed to respect his choice.
• A Tech-Aide welcomed Alvin on behalf of Grand Sage Drakris and escorted the group through Celerus Hive in a Rhino APC because Genestealers had appeared.
• The Tech-Aide assigned Alvin's party quarters under close watch and warned them not to leave, while Alvin decided to negotiate a higher price with Carroll.

Alvin pressured Rosales into promising fifty suits of MK7 Aquila-pattern Power Armor and information about a possible Dark Age of Technology relic in exchange for rescue. Hilda found Rosales in the outer hive, saved him from the Genestealers, and demanded payment before escorting him away.

• Tucker reported that the Diet Guard watched the residence closely, and Alvin warned him that Genestealer tunnels made escape through the pipes too dangerous.
• Alvin told Rosales that surveillance and Genestealers made the rescue too risky, prompting Rosales to offer fifty suits of Power Armor and information about a potential relic.
• Hilda infiltrated the outer hive and followed Alvin's instructions to sector B-32, where she found Genestealers attacking Rosales's hiding place.
• Hilda killed Pal and the other Genestealers, allowing Rosales to emerge from the pipeline.
• Rosales was startled to discover that an Aeldari had rescued him, and Hilda demanded the promised payment while warning him not to deceive her.

Alvin warned Drakris that the Genestealers threatened Celerus, but Drakris dismissed the danger, and Alvin planned to leave once he got the Shield Device. Hilda rescued Rosales, but Orks and Genestealers trapped Celerus behind its shield just as Haarken Worldclaimer announced the Black Legion would conquer Alert Star in eighty days.

• Alvin met Drakris, who agreed to provide a small Shield Device and threatened him against causing trouble on Styx Eight.
• Alvin warned Drakris about the Genestealers, but Drakris dismissed them and claimed his forces would destroy them and the Orks.
• Alvin told Elsa to prepare to leave as soon as the Shield Device arrived, then declined the Navigator System's offer to travel to a newly discovered world.
• Hilda sent Alvin word that Rosales was safe and that she had hidden the Gene Seeds, power armor, and implanted organs in the Webway.
• Hilda reported that Kroda Kar's Orks had surrounded Celerus, its defenses had sealed the Hive behind an Energy Shield, and Genestealers might have infiltrated through ancient pipes.
• A blazing meteor struck outside Celerus, and Haarken Worldclaimer announced over the vox that he would conquer Alert Star for Abaddon in eighty days.

As Chaos attacks Celerus Hive City, Alvin realized the hidden Genestealers posed the greatest threat to the Energy Shield and sent Tucker to warn Iron Father Kardan Stronos. The medal Alvin entrusted to Tucker persuaded Stronos to send three companies of Brass Claws to protect the shield system.

• Chaos Raptors, Warp Talons, and Hell Dragons spread fear over Celerus while Alvin worried that Genestealers could destroy its Energy Shield.
• Alvin gave Tucker a sealed medal and ordered him to warn Kardan Stronos about the Genestealers beneath the Hive City.
• Tucker confronted the Iron Hands guards and persuaded them to let him meet Stronos by insisting Celerus was in danger.
• Tucker warned Stronos that Genestealers had tunneled beneath the city, but Stronos demanded proof.
• Tucker showed Stronos Alvin’s medal, and Stronos ordered three companies of Brass Claws to help protect the Energy Shield system.

Tucker delivered a mysterious rusty box to the Iron Father, who promised to visit Alvin after the Battle of Celerus and sent three Honor Guard to escort Tucker. Meanwhile, Hilda rescued Rosales and Alvin manipulated him into suspecting Amos, leaving Rosales determined to repay Alvin and giving Alvin a potential ally in the Dark Mechanicum.

• The Iron Father told Tucker he would visit Alvin after the Battle of Celerus and ordered three Iron Hands Honor Guard to escort Tucker and protect the box.
• Hilda brought Rosales into Celerus Hive, smashed several Tech-Priests, and used Rosales's Dark Eldar poison and Mechanicus knowledge to disguise the scene.
• Hilda returned Rosales to Alvin, who welcomed him and heard Rosales praise him for arranging his rescue.
• Alvin suggested that Drakris's betrayal might point to Amos, and Rosales became convinced that Amos had tried to eliminate him.
• Alvin urged Rosales to avoid confronting Amos while he was weak, and Rosales vowed to repay Alvin for saving him.
• Rosales mistook Hilda for an Aeldari Alvin had hired and felt guilty that Alvin had spent money and risked discovery to rescue him.

Alvin received Gene Seeds from the Iron Warriors and Night Lords, which suited his plans but risked exposing him as a heretic. Rosales also vowed to steal armor from Amos, leaving Alvin to worry about the Inquisition and plan to ask Lord Carroll how to register the Legions.

• Rosales promised Alvin he would take Terminator Armour and Primaris armor from Amos's warehouse, despite Alvin's attempts to discourage him.
• Rosales opened a case containing fifty Gene Seeds from the First Founding Legions and presented the Iron Warriors Gene Seeds as a bodyguard force for Alvin.
• Alvin worried that the Iron Warriors' Heresy-era history could make their Gene Seeds suspicious, but Rosales assured him they came from loyalists and were free of Chaos taint.
• Rosales warned Alvin never to mention the Fallen Angels, then revealed that the other Gene Seeds he had chosen came from the Night Lords.
• Alvin recognized that both Legions had rebel histories and resolved to ask Lord Carroll how to register them, fearing the Inquisition would discover his collection.

Alvin went to the Biohazard world to begin creating Space Marines after the Navigator System blocked his planned trip to the Marvel Cinematic Universe. He left Arno and a team of guards in Umbrella’s underground laboratory to perform the transformations and returned to wait for the Heavenly Punishment Legion to be born.

• Alvin failed to travel to the Marvel Cinematic Universe because his authority was insufficient, so he chose the Biohazard world and its 3,700 qualified candidates.
• Alvin met Wesker at Umbrella and ordered him to take him to the Hive laboratory, where the candidates were gathered.
• Alvin began the Space Marine surgeries, but the first subject rejected the Gene Seed and died.
• Alvin ordered Arno to continue the procedures, using Carroll’s data to guide the nineteen transformations.
• Alvin left Arno, the Servitor Skull, a Heavy Combat Servitor, and the Tyrant Xenomorph to secure the laboratory, then returned to the Warhammer Universe to wait.

Alvin returned to the Xenomorph Universe to turn it into an industrial base for his Space Marine project, ordering Weyland-Yutani to build factories and asking Vicks to develop advanced biological armor. After setting the universe to a fiftyfold Time Flow Rate, he left its growing industry to prepare resources for his first Space Marine Chapter.

• Alvin returned to Planet Lv-223 and ordered Weyland to build specialized factories from blueprints for Bolters, Chainswords, Nutrient Paste, and other Space Marine supplies.
• Weyland questioned the blueprints but agreed to produce the equipment after Alvin insisted, and Alvin gave him another dose of Infinite Serum.
• Alvin traveled to Paradise Star and gave Vicks Power Armor information so she could develop more advanced warrior-type biological armor.
• Vicks agreed to try to create armor inspired by the designs, estimating she could reproduce about half of their capabilities.
• Alvin returned to the Warhammer Universe and set Alien World’s Time Flow Rate to fiftyfold.

Alvin left Alert Star to search a new world for a way to save Celerus, while Elsa learned that Penny had dreamed of her death. Alvin arrived in Los Angeles amid a fighter-jet battle and wondered what kind of world he had entered.

• Tucker told Alvin that Haarken had breached the Hive City Energy Shield and that two Brass Claws companies had been reassigned to protect the Warlord-class Titan Dominator Overlord.
• Alvin asked Tucker to seek more defenders, then told Elsa he would be unavailable and activated the Navigator to travel to a new world.
• Penny appeared outside Alvin's room and told Elsa she had dreamed Elsa died in Alvin's arms; Elsa asked her to keep the dream secret.
• Alvin arrived in a Los Angeles alley, deflected a Sidewinder Missile into a skyscraper, and watched American fighter jets battle overhead.