Recaps

After the Doctor and the Primarchs resolved the Seaborn crisis, they learned more about Terra’s past and set out to unite its nations against the Demons. In Kazimierz, Leman Russ and Magnus forced the leadership into an alliance through violence, terror, and conscription.

• Leman Russ and Magnus helped the Doctor and Rhodes Island stop Skadi from becoming the Sea Gods’ vessel, then traced the Seaborn to their creators’ ruins and withdrew them from Iberia.
• Kal'tsit explained that the Doctor was the last survivor of the previous civilization and that Originium contained its consciousness, while Magnus and Leman Russ concluded that the Doctor could not bear the burden of reviving it.
• Magnus and Leman Russ chose to visit Terra’s nations and demand their cooperation, sending duplicates alongside Rhodes Island teams with an ultimatum to obey or die.
• In Kazimierz, Leman Russ entered the knight competition and defeated the knights who challenged him, while Magnus threatened the Commercial Union’s leaders and forced them to arrange a meeting with the Adeptus Sprawiedliwości.
• Russell confronted Magnus at the arena, and when the Silverlance Pegasi attacked, Leman Russ killed dozens of them despite Margaret Nearl and Blemishine trying to stop him.
• Magnus restored the knights and showed Russell the Demons’ devastation, and Russell agreed to represent Kazimierz in an alliance against them.
• The Commercial Union and the Adeptus Sprawiedliwości suppressed resistance and bound Kazimierz to the mutual defense alliance, while the Primarchs imposed conscription and resource plans across the city.

Magnus and Leman Russ brought their campaign against Siracusa’s Families while the Space Wolves and Imperial forces were drawn through a portal into Nazarick’s world. The battle left Ragnar captured, the Imperial forces devastated, and Leman Russ at the portal seeking answers.

• Magnus led the operators into Siracusa and attacked a Family tavern, then burned the Infected Felod sent against them.
• Tommy’s yellow dog died protecting him and his sister, and Tommy killed the thugs responsible before carrying the dog into Vrasas.
• Captain Anke and his Space Wolves entered Ainz’s world, rescued refugees from Death Knights, and were captured by Nazarick’s Guardians.
• Hais’s reconnaissance squad and Captain Rocky’s force were destroyed as Ainz and Demiurge defended the portal against Imperial troops.
• Colonel Dofrank’s forces sent tanks through the portal, but Mare and Demiurge halted their advance until Ragnar led Space Wolves into the battle.
• Ragnar killed Demiurge and drove his Space Wolves through Nazarick’s forces, while Ainz’s Fallen Down devastated the battlefield and Mare captured Ragnar.
• Mare attacked Ragnar over Aura’s injuries, but Albedo kept him alive for interrogation as Pandora’s Actor ordered a new defensive line.
• Priest Ohm reported that the Space Wolves’ deaths had expanded the portal, and Leman Russ arrived and asked whether people could pass through it both ways.

The Imperium of Man crossed the portal and crushed Nazarick’s defenses, driving Ainz to seek an alliance with the Platinum Dragon Lord and a way to use souls against the invaders. As Leman Russ conquered the western nations, ancient seals failed and the Imperium’s leaders began investigating Wild Magic.

• Leman Russ reported the portal to the Emperor, who summoned Magnus and Lion El’Jonson and prepared to investigate the other world.
• Beyenard sent troops through the shrinking portal, and Ainz’s forces met the Yad 227th Infantry Regiment and the Emperor’s Doomblades in battle.
• The Emperor’s forces destroyed Nazarick’s Guardians, and Ainz moved the Great Tomb beneath the mountains before deciding to stand with his followers and fight for their survival.
• Leman Russ crossed into the New World, killed Demiurge, and led the Imperium’s campaign against the Sorcerer Kingdom and the western nations.
• The Imperium captured E-Rantel and razed Carne Village, while Ainz enlisted the Platinum Dragon Lord by proposing a war to gather souls for Wild Magic.
• Leman Russ killed Princess Lana and Climb, took control of the human nations, and ordered Jircniv and Fluder punished.
• Ancient seals failed and released monsters and demons, giving the Platinum Dragon Lord time to prepare while he sought the True Dragon Lords and the Dragon Emperor.
• Magnus questioned Draudillon about Wild Magic, and the Emperor demanded to know if it consumed souls.

The Imperium resurrected Angron and pushed east against Ainz’s forces, while the enemy gathered souls and unleashed undead attacks. After Angron killed Demiurge, Leman Russ led a massive assault toward the enemy’s heart, and Ainz resurrected Demiurge.

• The Emperor killed Angron and sent his body through the portal, where Draudillon resurrected him without the Butcher’s Nails.
• Angron reorganized the occupied territories and entrusted his sons to Leman Russ as the Imperium advanced against Ainz’s forces.
• Ainz and the Dragon Emperor formed an alliance, and Leman Russ’s armies began campaigns against the Orks and the Argland Council State.
• Demiurge empowered revenge-driven undead and used parasites to keep enemy forces fighting, while Magnus joined Leman Russ to investigate the missing souls.
• Tzeentch realized that the Emperor had disrupted the Chaos Gods’ plans, while Demiurge prepared a second battlefield behind the Imperium’s front.
• Demiurge attacked Angron’s city with undead and monsters, but Angron revealed his power and killed him after learning that the enemy was preparing a plan in the Far East.
• Leman Russ assembled twenty thousand Space Marines and five hundred thousand auxiliaries for a rapid assault east, while Ainz resurrected Demiurge.