Recaps

Lin En mobilized the Lamenters to reinforce Baal and led them through the Warp toward the Red Scar Sector. The fleet reached the region near Baal, where Lin En awaited his next draw.

• Guilliman arranged Imperial reinforcements for Baal and urged Lin En to tell Dante to evacuate if the defense became hopeless.
• Lin En ordered Phoros to leave a squad guarding Bolomite and bring the rest of the Lamenters aboard the Mother of Tears and the Night Goddess.
• Lin En led the two ships toward Baal, and he and Phoros discussed establishing Bolomite as a protected Maelstrom Warp-entry toll station.
• The Lamenters traveled safely through the Warp while Lin En deterred daemons and the ships outran a Chaos fleet.
• Around the tenth day, Phoros informed Lin En that they had reached the Red Scar Sector, less than a day before Lin En's next draw.

As the Mother of Tears and the Night Goddess traveled toward Baal, Lin En agreed to speak psychically with a seer from the Salien Craftworld. The seer told Lin En that humanity would rise because of him.

• Phoros watched the fleet enter the desolate Red Scar Sector as it continued toward Baal.
• Phoros spotted a small Aeldari Craftworld, and Lin En told the crew to leave it alone and stay on course.
• A seer from the Salien Craftworld invited Lin En to communicate psychically, and Lin En accepted despite his suspicions about Aeldari prophecies.
• Lin En met the seer in an illusion of a beautiful former Crone World.
• The seer told Lin En that humanity would rise because of him, and Lin En thanked him uncertainly.

Lin En killed an Aeldari seer who attacked him through a psychic illusion, then ordered the Lamenters to attack the fleeing Craftworlds. The human fleet and Space Marines overwhelmed the Craftworld’s defenses as the Aeldari realized their seer had been slain.

• An Aeldari seer attacked Lin En with psychic powers, but Lin En’s Psychic Paradox nullified the attacks and he killed the seer with Dimensional Slash.
• Lin En returned to reality and told Phoros that the seer had attacked him, ordering the fleet to destroy the fleeing Craftworlds.
• Phoros ordered the ships to fire, and the Mother of Tears and Night Goddess damaged the Craftworlds with their main guns.
• The Aeldari discovered that their seer had died after his consciousness was erased during his encounter with Lin En.
• The human fleet bombarded the Craftworlds, while bombers and Space Marine drop pods attacked and shattered their psychic shields.

Lin En’s forces captured an Aeldari Craftworld and killed its crew after learning they had conspired to attack him. He then drew the Rainbow-rank Psychic Limit trait, which raised his psychic power to the human species limit and expanded his aura to nine kilometers.

• Human aircraft and Space Marines breached the Craftworld, while Lin En’s aura made the Lamenters immune to Aeldari psychic attacks.
• Phoros reported that the Craftworld held only soldiers, then identified its captured deputy priest as the second-in-command beneath the Farseer.
• Lin En learned the crew had known about the Farseer’s plan to trap and kill him, ordered them all dealt with, and Phoros killed the deputy priest.
• Lin En used his available draw and obtained the Rainbow-rank Psychic Limit trait, raising his psychic power to 240 and his aura’s radius to nine kilometers.

After the Lamenters captured an Aeldari Craftworld, Lin En decided to tow it to Baal as a greeting gift for Dante. Guilliman approved, and the ships set off with the Craftworld in tow.

• Lin En reconsidered destroying the captured Craftworld and decided to give it to Dante as an ornament above Baal.
• Lin En called Guilliman, explained how the Aeldari had attacked first, and received approval to claim the Craftworld.
• Lin En ordered Phoros to stop damaging the vessel and told the Lamenters to prepare it for towing.
• The Techmarines found that the Craftworld could still fly despite damage to part of its propulsion system.
• Mother of Tears and Night Goddess attached towing cables to the Craftworld and headed toward Baal.

Lin En reached the Hades System while towing an Aeldari Craftworld toward Baal and resolved to change the planets’ fate. Across the system, officials were stunned by the sight and ultimately chose to report the ships to Baal rather than intercept them.

• Phoros told Lin En that the fleet had reached the Hades System, where Lin En surveyed the planets threatened in the original invasion.
• Lin En resolved to turn the route to Baal into a front line and prevent the Tyranids from reaching the planet.
• Garrison monitors across the Hades System spotted two Imperial warships towing an Aeldari Craftworld and urgently reported the sighting up their chains of command.
• The Governor watched the footage and refused to intercept the Astartes ships, ordering his subordinates to notify Baal and await the Blood Angels’ decision.

Lin En returned to Baal with the Lamenters, towing a captured Aeldari Craftworld as a gift for the Blood Angels. As their shuttle descended toward Arx Angelicum, the Lamenters prepared to meet their Baal-born brothers for the first time.

• Lin En introduced the Lamenters to Pollia and Mezoa as the ships approached Baal.
• Baal's defenses learned that two warships were towing an Aeldari Craftworld as a "pretty ornament" for Dante and let them pass.
• Lin En ordered the Mother of Tears and the Night Goddess to dock in Baal's orbit while the Blood Angels watched the enormous white Craftworld arrive.
• Lin En and the Lamenters boarded a shuttle for Baal, where the Lamenters nervously prepared to meet their brothers.
• The shuttle descended through Baal's red atmosphere, bringing Arx Angelicum into view as Lin En welcomed the familiar sight.

Lin En and the Lamenters arrived at Baal, where Dante welcomed them and thanked Lin En for warning the Blood Angels about the Tyranids and providing Purified Crystals. The reunion between Dante and Phoros brought the Lamenters the reassurance that their parent Chapter cared for them, while Lin En left an unknown gift in orbit around Baal.

• Lin En landed outside Arx Angelicum with Valerian, Carl, and the Lamenters, where Dante and the Blood Angels welcomed them.
• Dante thanked Lin En for alerting the Blood Angels to the Tyranid vanguard and supplying Purified Crystals, and Lin En exchanged compliments with him.
• Lin En introduced Phoros to Dante, who recognized how much Phoros resembled their father, Sanguinius.
• Dante thanked Phoros and the Lamenters for returning to reinforce Baal, and the Lamenters realized that their parent Chapter had not rejected them.
• Lin En told Dante that he had left a gift in orbit, prompting newly arriving Blood Angels to cry out at the sight of a large white object.
• Dante invited Lin En, Phoros, and the others into Arx Angelicum to rest.

Lin En returned to Arx Angelicum with the Lamenters and told Dante about Tyrennius, the Blood Angels warrior who had once saved him and now rested in the Heroes' Mausoleum. Dante welcomed them and led Lin En toward the council chamber, where the Blood Angels' successor Chapter Masters were waiting.

• Dante led Lin En and the Lamenters through Arx Angelicum, where the Lamenters nervously looked around their ancestral home.
• Lin En planned to visit Tyrennius in the Heroes' Mausoleum and told Dante how the Fifth Company warrior had saved him and become his brother.
• Dante admitted he did not remember Tyrennius, but vowed that he would remember his name from then on.
• Dante apologized for the Blood Angels' inability to publicly defend or bring back the Lamenters, and Lin En told him there was no need to blame himself.
• Lin En thought angrily about Huron's betrayal and the losses suffered by the Lamenters and Mantis Warriors, then suppressed his emotions.
• Dante led Lin En toward the main hall's council chamber, where the successor Chapter Masters were waiting.

Lin En met the Blood Angels’ Successor Chapter Masters before the council assigned defenses against the Tyranid invasion. The Lamenters, Blood Knights, and Flesh Tearers were sent to defend Asphodex, and Lin En went to visit Tyrennius before departing.

• Dante introduced Lin En to the gathered Successor Chapter Masters, who thanked him for his aid and asked about his abilities.
• Gabriel Seth and Sentoyor arrived, and Lin En welcomed them without criticizing the Blood Knights’ appearance or Red Thirst.
• Phoros greeted Gabriel and Yor as brothers and reassured them that Lin En was a good man.
• The final Chapter Master arrived, and Dante’s council assigned the Lamenters, Blood Knights, and Flesh Tearers to defend Asphodex while the other forces took positions in the Hades System.
• Lin En led the three Chapters toward Asphodex and stopped at the Heroes’ Mausoleum to visit Tyrennius.

Lin En visited Tyrennius's coffin in the Heroes' Mausoleum and used Matter Reassembly to create a bouquet of Red Velvet Gladiolus for him. He then led the Lamenters, Blood Knights, and Flesh Tearers to Asphodex, where their four warships prepared to land.

• Lin En left Valerian and Carl at the Heroes' Mausoleum entrance and went alone to Tyrennius's coffin.
• Lin En paid his respects to the Blood Angels interred nearby and created a bouquet of Red Velvet Gladiolus with Matter Reassembly.
• Lin En placed the flowers on Tyrennius's coffin and promised to return with his Sister and Iron Hammer after the battle against the bugs.
• Lin En arrived above Asphodex with the Lamenters, Blood Knights, and Flesh Tearers aboard four battle barges.
• Phoros asked whether they should land, and Lin En ordered the fleet to land.

Lin En reunited with Cecilia and Iron Hammer on Asphodex, then inspected the planet’s defenses against Hive Fleet Leviathan. After contacting Dante, he proposed switching assignments so he could intercept the Tyranids in deep space and keep Baal’s people from facing them on the ground.

• Lin En rushed off the Transport Shuttle to embrace Cecilia and reunite with Iron Hammer, while Phoros and the others watched in surprise.
• Lin En rode with Cecilia and Iron Hammer to the military base, where he tried to stop Iron Hammer from asking about Valerian and Carl’s Custodes armor.
• Lin En surveyed Asphodex’s extensive preparations against Hive Fleet Leviathan and apologized after nearly colliding with a squad of Guardsmen.
• Cecilia gave Lin En a pair of round sunglasses she had found in an ancient ruin, and he wore them as he went to contact Dante.
• Lin En asked Dante to switch their assignments so he could take his company into deep space and intercept Hive Fleet Leviathan instead of remaining on Asphodex.

Lin En persuaded Dante to let his forces intercept the Tyranids while the Blood Angels stayed in reserve, promising to call for reinforcements if needed. He then left Baal with the Lamenters, Flesh Tearers, and Blood Knights to confront the Leviathan Hive Fleet.

• Dante worried that Lin En would bear the danger of defending Baal, but Lin En reassured him that he valued his life and had divine backing.
• Dante agreed to Lin En's deployment plan and promised that the Blood Angels would reinforce him if the front needed help.
• Lin En returned to the Night Goddess with the three Chapter Masters and prepared the fleet to depart.
• Lin En ordered the Night Goddess, Mother of Tears, Conqueror, and Knight to set out with unmanned spacecraft.
• Lin En led the fleet into space to intercept the Leviathan Hive Fleet before it reached Baal.

Lin En positioned three Chapters outside Vitellia to intercept the Leviathan Hive Fleet before it could enter the Hades System, while Calgar’s Ultramarines harassed the swarm and drove it forward. After Lin En drew two useless green skills, Phoros reported that the Hive Fleet had arrived nearly a month and a half early.

• Lin En deployed four warships and two hundred explosive-laden unmanned craft in interception positions outside Vitellia.
• Calgar’s Ultramarines pursued the Leviathan Hive Fleet with repeated hit-and-run attacks, accelerating its advance toward Baal.
• Lin En’s first draw produced the green skill [Short Dash].
• Lin En’s second draw produced the green skill [Night Vision].
• Phoros reported massive Warp disturbances and the Leviathan Hive Fleet’s unexpectedly early arrival.

Lin En and the assembled Space Marines met the Leviathan Hive Fleet in space, where his golden halo pushed back the Shadow in the Warp. The battle began with unmanned fighters colliding with the Tyranid vanguard as the defenders fought to keep the swarm from reaching Baal.

• The Leviathan Hive Fleet arrived at Vitellia and its Shadow in the Warp severed Astropathic Communication and blocked Warp jumps.
• Lin En expanded his golden halo across eighteen kilometers, easing the psychic pressure and holding the Hive Fleet's shadow at bay.
• The Successor Chapters assembled around Lin En's fleet, while the Blood Angels deployed across Baal to face the Tyranids and the infiltrated Genestealers.
• The Hive Overlord identified Lin En's light as a threat and ordered the Bio-ships to advance toward Baal and devour the defenders.
• Lin En boosted his warriors and awakened the Machine Spirits of unmanned fighters, sending the craft to meet the Tyranid vanguard.
• The fighters collided with escort Bio-ships as Lin En led the Lamenters, Blood Knights, and Flesh Tearers into battle to defend Baal.

Dante prepared reinforcements after hearing that Lin En and three understrength Successor Chapters had confronted the main Tyranid force, then learned they had stopped it with devastating enemy losses and few casualties. Ultramarines reinforcements arrived, but First Company Captain Invictus and Third Company Captain Fabian immediately rushed to the front line to support Lin En.

• Dante ordered the available Successor Chapters to assemble and reinforce Lin En at Vitellia.
• A messenger reported that Lin En's three Chapters had blocked the Hive Fleet outside the Hades System, suffering no obvious casualties while inflicting devastating losses.
• Dante stopped the Successor Chapter Masters from considering whether embracing the curse would make them as powerful as Lin En's forces.
• Ultramarines First, Third, and Fifth Companies arrived at Asphodex, led by First Company Captain Invictus and Third Company Captain Fabian.
• After Dante told them Lin En was on the front line, Fabian hurried back to the ships and Invictus followed, sending the Ultramarines straight to support him.

Lin En led the Flesh Tearers and Blood Knights in a charge against Leviathan’s Tyranid swarm, keeping the warriors alive with his golden aura as the battle reached a stalemate. Ultramarines reinforcements arrived, and Lin En connected with their captains as they prepared to join the fight.

• Lin En ignored Sentoyor’s pleas to fall back and drove the Night Goddess through the Tyranid swarm, using his abilities to protect the fleet and cut down enemies.
• Gabriel and Sentoyor joined Lin En’s advance, inspiring the Flesh Tearers and Blood Knights to charge alongside him.
• The three Chapters fought through wave after wave of Tyranids, but the swarm’s numbers left both sides locked in a stalemate.
• Lin En received a short-range call from the arriving Ultramarines fleet and learned that Invictus, the First Company, and the Third and Fifth Companies had reached the battlefield.
• Lin En spoke with Invictus and then greeted the Third Company Captain as the Ultramarines formed up to attack.

Lin En coordinated the Ultramarines’ arrival to reinforce the battle against the Tyranids near Baal, easing the pressure on the allied fleets. As the fight continued, the Lamenters grew suspicious that the Ultramarines had come to reclaim Lin En, and Phoros angrily resented them.

• Fabian urged Lin En to leave Baal with the Ultramarines, but Lin En refused to abandon the fight against the Tyranids.
• Lin En ordered the allied fleets to make room as Fabian and Invictus brought the Ultramarines into position.
• The Ultramarines opened fire on the Tyranid swarm, and the combined fleets’ attacks stalled the swarm and destroyed its ships.
• The Lamenters speculated that the Ultramarines were Lin En’s former superiors and feared they meant to take him away.
• Lin En told the Lamenters to stop whispering and focus on fighting, while Phoros privately vowed to hate the Ultramarines.

Lin En and the human fleet fought Leviathan's Tyranid swarm for fifteen days, first pinning it back and then meeting its all-out assault head-on. With both sides locked in a stalemate and supplies running low, Lin En refused to weaken Baal's defenses and insisted he could still hold the line.

• Lin En led the Ultramarines and allied chapters in a fifteen-day battle, using psychic powers, warships, and unmanned ships to pin Leviathan's fleet outside Vitellia.
• The human fleet split the Tyranids into isolated groups and destroyed them, while Lin En ordered that none be allowed to escape toward Baal or Vitellia.
• The Hive Overlord reported the human fleet and its golden core to the Hive Mind, which ordered it to press on toward Baal for the planet's genes.
• Lin En and the Hive Overlord committed their forces to an all-out attack, leaving both fleets locked in a fierce stalemate.
• Phoros warned Lin En that ammunition and energy were running low, but Lin En refused to request support from Dante because Baal's rear defenses could not be weakened.
• Lin En joked that he still had tricks to use, and Phoros began asking him, "Have you ever considered--"

Lin En’s exhausted fleet was reinforced by Dante and the Blood Angels, turning the battle against the Leviathan Hive Fleet in humanity’s favor. After receiving the gold trait Psychic Storm in his regular draw, Lin En prepared to unleash it on the gathered Tyranids.

• Dante arrived with the Blood Angels fleet and apologized to Lin En for arriving late.
• Lin En ordered the Blood Angels to attack the Hive Fleet’s rear flank alongside the Ultramarines.
• The rested Blood Angels joined the battle, and humanity regained the initiative against the weakened Tyranids.
• Lin En handed command to Phoros and tried to rest, but the system reminded him that it was time for his regular draw.
• Lin En drew the gold trait Psychic Storm, which could unleash a devastating psychic hurricane.
• Lin En focused his psychic power and prepared to unleash the storm on the densely packed Tyranid swarm.

Lin En unleashed a Psychic Storm that engulfed the Tyranid Leviathan Hive Fleet and turned the battle outside Vitellia in humanity’s favor. The fleet destroyed the surviving bio-ships, the Warp shadow dispersed, and astropathic communications across the Imperium returned.

• Lin En combined Psychic Storm with Machine Spirit Resonance and released a vast Golden Vortex into the Tyranid swarm.
• The storm dragged in and tore apart Escort Frigates, Spore Hive Ships, and larger bio-ships, leaving the human fleet and Astartes stunned.
• The Hive Overlord’s ships tried to flee, but the storm stripped the central hive ship’s carapace as the Overlord shrieked in pain.
• Lin En ordered the fleet to cut down every survivor, and Dante, Phoros, Gabriel, Sentoyor, the Ultramarines, and more than a thousand cruisers destroyed the remaining Tyranid ships.
• The Psychic Storm tore open and dispersed the Warp shadow, restoring astropathic channels and beacons across Vitellia, Asphodex, and Baal.

Lin En and the allied fleets annihilated the Tyranid Leviathan Hive Fleet, saving Baal with almost no casualties. As Baal celebrated the fleet’s return, Lin En used his power to make real Blood Roses bloom along the city streets, leaving the planet transformed by flowers.

• Lin En confirmed that the Tyranid swarm had been destroyed and announced the victory to the fleet, prompting its crews to celebrate Baal’s survival.
• Dante proposed returning the fleet to Baal, and Lin En and Invictus agreed.
• The fleet returned to Baal, where broadcasts announced the Leviathan Hive Fleet’s annihilation and crowds welcomed the warriors with a victory procession.
• Dante put Lin En at the front of the procession, where residents presented him with gold-and-ruby Blood Roses.
• Lin En used Matter Reassembly to make real red roses bloom along Baal’s streets, astonishing the residents and turning the procession into a celebration of the planet’s new flowers.

After visiting Tyrennius’s tomb, Lin En joined Baal’s victory celebration with Cecilia and Iron Hammer, carrying a flower for his fallen friend. The feast ended with Lin En promising the Blood Angels he would bring sweeter grape varieties to Baal if he ever returned to his homeland.

• Lin En, Cecilia, and Iron Hammer visited Tyrennius’s coffin and told him about their recent achievements, including Lin En becoming the Emperor’s envoy and commander of three Sons of Sanguinius Chapters.
• A Blood Angel invited them to Dante’s victory celebration, and Lin En took a Red Gladiolus from Tyrennius’s bouquet to bring his friend along in spirit.
• Lin En joined the Bonfire Festival, shared roasted lamb with Iron Hammer, and waved to Dante as the Blood Angels and Baal’s people celebrated together.
• Lin En tasted Baal’s sour wine and promised the Blood Angels he would send them sweeter grape varieties from his homeland if he got the chance to return.

Lin En burned a Red Gladiolus for Tyrennius during Baal’s celebration, and the flower reached the Legion of the Damned. Tyrennius received it, and an angel asked why no one had burned fruit for him.

• Lin En wondered whether Tyrennius had joined the Legion of the Damned and tossed the Red Gladiolus into the bonfire as an offering.
• The flower appeared in Tyrennius’s flame-wreathed hand on the dark battlefield between the Warp and reality, drawing the attention of the Legion of the Damned.
• A towering warrior and a winged angel approached the gathered warriors.
• Tyrennius revealed his face, smiled at the winged angel, and said the flower might have drifted over from Baal’s celebration.
• The angel admired the flower and asked why no one had burned a plate of fruit for him.

After recovering from an exhausting two-day sleep, Lin En prepared to leave Baal with the other Chapters. Gabriel revealed that Cretacia had gone silent, so the three Chapters decided to investigate together, and Lin En asked Dante to lend him two people before they departed.

• Lin En woke after two days of deep sleep, and Dante and the others reassured themselves that he was well.
• Lin En learned that the other Successor Chapters and the Ultramarines had left Baal and said his group should depart too.
• Gabriel reported that the Flesh Tearers' homeworld, Cretacia, had lost all contact with the outside world, prompting the three Chapters to change course and travel there together.
• Dante offered Blood Angels forces to help, but Lin En declined and urged Dante to secure Baal against any remaining Genestealers.
• Lin En told Dante he wanted to poach two people before the group left.