Recaps

Lin En faced Mortarion as the Daemon Prince emerged from the Warp, reflecting on how the Primarch had sacrificed himself to Nurgle to save his people but failed to spare them suffering. Lin En ordered his allies to retreat and prepared to fight Mortarion alone, while Gabriel and Sentoyor remained reluctant to leave.

• Lin En recalled Mortarion's revolt against his adoptive father, his resentment of the Emperor, and how Typhon led the Death Guard into Nurgle's trap.
• Mortarion surrendered himself to Nurgle in exchange for relief for his legion, but emerged as a Daemon Prince while the Death Guard remained afflicted.
• Mortarion appeared before the Night Goddess and challenged Lin En by pointing his scythe toward him.
• Lin En ordered Gabriel, Sentoyor, the Flesh Tearers, the Blood Knights, and the Custodes to fall back and secure their ships.
• Gabriel and Sentoyor blocked Lin En's path to the airlock, unwilling to let their commander face Mortarion alone.

Lin En reluctantly allowed the Flesh Tearers and Adeptus Custodes to fight beside him, secretly granting them Thirty Days before confronting Mortarion. He used Demigod-level Purification Aura to burn away Mortarion’s corruption and briefly restore him to his senses, leaving Nurgle’s control thread trembling.

• Gabriel, Sentoyor, and the two Adeptus Custodes asked to accompany Lin En, but he initially refused because he needed his abilities to fight Mortarion.
• Valerian warned that he and the other Custodian would request replacement guards if Lin En prevented them from fulfilling their duty, so Lin En gave in and refreshed his buffs.
• Lin En secretly activated Thirty Days on the assembled warriors, then confronted Mortarion at the boundary between Golden Light and green light.
• Lin En overloaded his Psychic Pool to reach Demigod-level power and used Purification Aura to strike the thread connecting Mortarion to Nurgle.
• The Golden Light burned Mortarion’s Moth Wings and rotting armor, revealed the Aquila beneath his gas mask, and exposed fresh skin as Nurgle’s thread twisted and trembled.

Lin En’s Purification briefly restored Mortarion’s sight and made him confront the corruption of his body and scythe, but Mortarion fled rather than abandon the Death Guard. The warriors watched him retreat and wondered whether Lin En’s power marked him as a new god—or the Emperor’s illegitimate son.

• Lin En’s Purification thinned the green corruption in Mortarion and restored his sight, revealing his rotten body and corrupted scythe.
• Mortarion chose to retreat into Nurgle’s plague fog because he could not leave his sons behind, and Lin En let him go.
• Lin En considered that rescuing the Death Guard would require a decisive advantage and likely Yellow Pelt’s recovery.
• The Astartes and Custodes watched Mortarion flee after Lin En raised his hand and released golden light.
• The warriors questioned how powerful Lin En had become and speculated that he might be the Emperor’s illegitimate son.

Lin En and the loyalist Chapters cleared the daemons and Plague Marines near the Great Rift, then the three rescued Successor Chapter Masters swore their Chapters’ loyalty to him. Lin En welcomed them as family and invited them to sit.

• After Mortarion fled and Lin En’s Psychic Storm dispersed the toxic fog, Gabriel and Sentoyor led the Flesh Tearers and Blood Knights in killing the stranded daemons and Plague Marines.
• The Flesh Tearers, Blood Knights, and Ultramarines completed the encirclement and slaughtered the remaining enemies under Lin En’s Golden Light.
• The Battle Barges and their crews reported safe, with no deaths or serious injuries, and communications and ship systems restored.
• Vadsim, Seprus, and Cordova entered the Night Goddess’s bridge and knelt before Lin En to thank him for saving their Chapters.
• The three Chapter Masters swore that the Star Guardians, Blue Steel Fist, and First Guardian would answer Lin En’s call, and Lin En helped them up and invited them to sit.

Lin En learned that Khorne was besieging Macragge while Nurgle had ambushed three Ultramarines Successor Chapters, and he offered to lead reinforcements. Guilliman accepted his help and asked him to contact Dante as well.

• Vadsim told Lin En that the Star Guardians, the Blue Steel Fist, and the First Guardian had been summoned to reinforce Macragge before Nurgle ambushed them.
• Lin En concluded that Tzeentch had orchestrated the simultaneous attacks and decided to help defend Macragge.
• Lin En contacted Guilliman and reported that he had rescued the three Successor Chapters, which had lost about a quarter of their warriors before his arrival.
• Lin En offered to reinforce Macragge and asked whether he should call Dante; Guilliman agreed and asked him to send Dante a message.

Lin En coordinated reinforcements for Macragge, securing the Blood Angels’ commitment alongside three Ultramarines Successor Chapters. Dante mobilized the Blood Angels, whose company captains volunteered to defend the Ultramarines’ homeworld.

• Lin En ordered the three Successor Chapters to prepare to reinforce Macragge, then contacted Dante for help.
• Dante confirmed Baal was secure and promised to lead a Blood Angels expeditionary force to Macragge.
• Dante summoned the Blood Angels’ company captains and fleet commanders, ordering the warships to stand by.
• Dante told the council that Khorne Army had besieged Macragge and that Lin En was already going to reinforce it.
• The captains of the Blood Angels’ companies volunteered to aid the Ultramarines.

Dante organized the Redemption Expeditionary Force to reinforce Macragge, while Lin En and the Successor Chapters traveled through the Warp toward Ultramar. Lin En remained wary that Khorne’s weak attack might be bait as his fleet reached the heavily defended Macragge System.

• Dante ordered the Blood Angels’ First through Fifth Companies and unassigned Successor Chapters to assemble a force for Macragge and depart in four hours.
• Dante watched Baal’s troops and fleet prepare, then ordered them to move out for the Emperor and Sanguinius.
• Lin En led the Night Goddess and the Successor Chapters’ Battle Barges from the Maelstrom toward Ultramar and learned from Calgar that Macragge’s defenses were holding.
• Lin En suspected Khorne’s weak invasion was a trap but continued the journey, and the fleet crossed the Warp without incident.
• On the fourteenth day, Lin En’s fleet emerged in southern Ultramar and accelerated toward Macragge while requesting permission to enter the system.

Lin En led his fleet through the Khorne blockade at Macragge and used the Psychic Storm to destroy nearby Chaos ships before heading down to Hera Fortress. The chapter leaves him arriving as Ultramarines and Khorne Berserkers battle across the plains before the fortress.

• The Macragge defense commander granted Lin En's fleet entry and directed it to the third approach lane.
• Lin En split a Khorne destroyer with Dimensional Slash and led the fleet through the outer Chaos defenses.
• Lin En unleashed the Psychic Storm across orbit, destroying nearby Chaos Warships and easing pressure on the defense line.
• Lin En ordered the six ships to berth and sent himself, the Chapter Masters, their warriors, and two Adeptus Custodes down to Macragge.
• The Transport Shuttles reached Hera Fortress, where Ultramarines fought Khorne Berserkers across the plains.

Lin En arrived at Hera Fortress and joined the Ultramarines’ defense against Khorne’s assault. He unleashed a vast golden aura that healed and empowered the defenders, then killed the Blood God Greater Daemon with a single Dimensional Slash.

• Calgar told Lin En that a Khorne Greater Daemon and its army were attacking Hera Fortress while the Ultramarines suffered heavy casualties.
• Lin En saw the immense Khorne force besieging the fortress and rushed to help the defenders.
• Lin En, Valerian, Carl, Gabriel, Sentoyor, and the successor forces leaped from the rampart and joined the counterattack.
• Lin En’s golden aura spread across more than half of Macragge, healing and empowering the human warriors.
• Lin En restrained the Khorne Greater Daemon with a Psychic Storm and destroyed it with Dimensional Slash.

Lin En’s Golden Light helped the Ultramarines, Flesh Tearers, and Blood Knights crush the daemonic assault at Hera Fortress. During the counterattack, his fifteen-day draw became available, and he won another gold-tier reward as the chapter ended with him stunned by its brilliant effects.

• Lin En’s Golden Light rallied the Ultramarines, and Calgar ordered a full counterattack from Hera Fortress.
• The Ultramarines, Flesh Tearers, and Blood Knights attacked Khorne’s disorganized forces while Lin En’s Psychic Storm devastated the daemons.
• Calgar prepared to join the fighting, but Invictus blocked him and kept him at his command post.
• Lin En continued leading the counterpush and received notice that his fifteen-day draw had refreshed.
• Lin En spun the draw wheel and received another gold-tier result, whose dazzling effects filled his Consciousness Space.

Lin En gained the legendary No-Fly trait, which forbade living creatures from flying within its domain, just as Angron arrived on the battlefield. The chapter ended with Lin En looking up at the approaching Daemon Prince.

• A golden orb gave Lin En the legendary No-Fly trait, which grounded all living creatures within its domain.
• Lin En questioned why the system had given him three gold cards, and the system said he had drawn them himself.
• A warrior shouted that a Daemon Prince was approaching, and Lin En saw Angron flying toward the battlefield.
• The chapter recounted Angron's enslavement, the Butcher's Nails, his hatred of the Emperor, and his fall to becoming Khorne's Daemon Prince.
• Lin En stood on the plain and watched Angron fly in from the horizon.

Lin En activated No-Fly across the battlefield to stop Daemon Prince Angron from attacking from the air. Angron crashed to the ground and could no longer take off, leaving Lin En ready to attack him while he was grounded.

• Lin En decided to fight Angron without Primarch backup and chose No-Fly so he could keep the melee-focused Daemon Prince out of reach.
• Lin En activated a No-Fly domain covering twenty kilometers and refreshed the warriors' buffs before Angron arrived.
• Angron fell from the sky and crashed into a crater when the domain stopped his wings from carrying him.
• Angron tried to fly again, then flew into a rage and stomped around with his axe as Lin En prepared to attack.

Lin En trapped Angron in a Psychic Storm after reflecting on how Angron and Perturabo had brutalized their sons. Angron broke through the storm with brute force, leaving Lin En to face the Daemon Primarch again.

• Lin En rose out of Angron's reach and considered how the Butcher's Nails had destroyed Angron and the War Hounds.
• Lin En recalled Angron forcing the World Eaters to accept the Nails and Perturabo ordering the Iron Warriors' decimation after a costly victory.
• Lin En used Weapon Enchantment, Emperor's Gaze, and Psychic Storm against Angron.
• Angron's axe struck the storm's golden walls, which cut his arm when he approached.
• Angron unleashed Warp energy and smashed his way out of the Psychic Storm.

Lin En kept Angron occupied with ranged psychic attacks and lured him away from the Ultramarines, since he could neither seriously wound the Daemon Prince nor let him reach his warriors. The fight left Angron rampaging through Khorne’s own lines, scattering his forces.

• Lin En repeatedly struck Angron with Dimensional Slash and Psychic Storm while flying beyond his reach, but Angron’s wounds healed quickly.
• Angron began hurling rocks, armor, Berserkers, and daemon engines at Lin En, though neither fighter could gain the upper hand.
• Angron charged toward the Ultramarines, so Lin En healed the battlefield and drew Angron’s attention back to himself.
• Lin En led Angron away from the Ultramarines and across the plain toward the coastline, then descended behind Khorne’s lines.
• Angron chased Lin En through the Khorne Army, trampling and scattering the daemons as he charged.

Lin En and Hera Fortress’s guns brought Angron down, but Lin En could not permanently destroy him, and Angron returned to the Warp. Exhausted and shaken by his victory, Lin En reflected on how powerless he had once been.

• Lin En lured Angron through the Khorne daemons, using attacks from the air to make Angron trample and kill his own forces.
• Calgar ordered Hera Fortress to bombard Angron while Lin En trapped his legs with a psychic storm.
• Lin En enchanted his attacks and the fortress’s gun mounts, causing the concentrated fire to overwhelm Angron and stop his healing.
• Lin En tried Purification, but it had no effect on the Butcher’s Nails, so he killed Angron with Dimensional Slash; Angron’s body dissolved into the Warp.
• Lin En realized he had defeated a Daemon Primarch alone, then sat down and cried as he thought of Tyrennius and his former helplessness.

After Lin En defeated the Khorne Daemon Prince, Gabriel and Sentoyor gave him space to grieve while the Space Marines finished off the remaining daemons. Lin En recovered, empowered the warriors, and vowed to destroy Khorne’s realm.

• Gabriel and Sentoyor rushed toward Lin En when they saw him fall, then stopped when they realized he was crying.
• Gabriel and Sentoyor ordered the approaching warriors to stand back and let Lin En compose himself.
• The Blood Angels and Ultramarines killed the remaining Khorne daemons after the Greater Daemon and Daemon Prince were defeated.
• Lin En recovered, raised his aura, and enchanted the warriors’ weapons with his Buff.
• Lin En vowed to find Khorne’s Blood and Bone Wastes and smash his Skull Throne and realm.

The Blood Angels arrived at Macragge after the Ultramarines had already defeated the Khorne forces, so Dante and his warriors joined the cleanup instead. After meeting Lin En and Calgar, they stayed to celebrate the victory, and the Chapters agreed to hold a Bonfire Festival in Laphnis Valley.

• The Ultramarines finished clearing the battlefield and shooting the surviving Khorne Berserkers in the sea before the Blood Angels arrived at Hera Fortress.
• Dante and the Blood Angels learned they had missed the battle, accepted the loss of the chance to earn battle honors, and joined the cleanup crews.
• Dante met Lin En and Calgar, and Lin En apologized for the Blood Angels missing the fighting; Dante accepted and agreed to come along next time.
• The Blood Angels and Ultramarines held a victory feast together, and Nuaus proposed a Bonfire Festival in Laphnis Valley.
• Calgar approved the festival after the Third Company Captain said the outdoor celebration would be livelier than a fortress banquet.

The Ultramarines and Blood Angels celebrated their victory together with a lavish bonfire feast on Macragge. At dawn, Lin En’s fleet and Dante’s fleet departed for Bolomite and Baal, respectively.

• The Ultramarines and Blood Angels prepared bonfires, food, and wine in a valley, with the Blood Angels adding Baal’s spices to the meat.
• Calgar gave the Ultramarines permission to celebrate freely, and both Chapters lit the bonfires at dusk, feasted, drank, and danced together.
• Dante toasted Calgar and agreed they would return, while Lin En’s companions drank wine and begged him to stay on Macragge.
• The Ultramarines cleaned the valley after the bonfires burned out, and Calgar saw off Lin En, Dante, and their warriors.
• Lin En’s fleet departed for Bolomite and Dante’s for Baal, with the fleets separating at the edge of the Macragge System.

The fleet returned to Bolomite, where the Chapters built up their homeworld and Echo Star’s farms flourished. Their growing prosperity was interrupted when a report arrived that a Tyranid fleet had been detected outside Echo Star.

• The fleet returned to Bolomite, and Phoros welcomed Lin En, Gabriel, Sentoyor, and the others at the starport.
• Lin En drew Space Adaptation, then later drew Whisper Resistance and set it aside to decide which card to strengthen.
• Lin En, Phoros, Gabriel, Iron Hammer, Cecilia, Valerian, and Carl visited Echo Star and saw its thriving crops and irrigation channels.
• Bolomite’s industrial districts supplied the Chapters with equipment, and the warriors cleared daemons from the Maelstrom’s entrance.
• A report arrived while Lin En was inspecting weapons production that signs of a Tyranid fleet had been detected outside Echo Star.

Lin En learned that a Tyranid fleet was approaching Bolomite after the Orbital Defense Array detected the Shadow in the Warp. He identified the fleet as Hive Fleet Kraken, which was due to arrive in three days, and rallied against the threat.

• Lin En visited Iron Hammer at the industrial district's command tower and teased him while production continued.
• A messenger warned Lin En that the Orbital Defense Array had detected a Tyranid fleet approaching from the Maelstrom, with an estimated arrival in three days.
• A duty officer recognized the radar's signal-free area as a Tyranid bio-ship signature and reported it to the fortress command center.
• Lin En went to the defense center with Phoros, Gabriel, and Sentoyor and identified the incoming fleet as Hive Fleet Kraken.
• Lin En concluded that the Tyranids were heading straight for Bolomite and shouted for the Great Devourer to prepare to die.

Lin En warned the Emperor's Scythes about a possible Kraken attack, but Calgar's surveillance showed no Tyranids near Ultramar, confirming Kraken was targeting Bolomite. Lin En gathered his commanders to prepare for the approaching fleet, whose objectives and direction remained uncertain.

• Lin En ordered Sentoyor to secure Echo Star and evacuate its people to Bolomite if its defenses failed.
• Lin En contacted Calgar and asked him to warn the Emperor's Scythes about a possible Tyranid attack on Sotha.
• Calgar brought Sosila onto the call and showed that Ultramar's border surveillance had detected no Tyranid fleets.
• Lin En concluded that Kraken had bypassed Ultramar and was heading directly toward his territory.
• Lin En summoned the Chapter Masters and company captains to plan for Kraken's attack on Bolomite, Echo Star, or the Maelstrom.

Lin En mobilized Bolomite and its allies to prepare for Kraken’s approaching Tyranid fleet, while civilians and workers rallied to protect the home he had built for them. Bolomite’s defenses and factories were pushed to full capacity as Lin En set out to stop Kraken from escaping.

• The Lamenters, Flesh Tearers, and Blood Knights rushed to fight the Tyranids after Lin En’s meeting was interrupted.
• Bolomite’s citizens launched wartime production and evacuated into fortress shelters, while the Chapters armed and prepared for combat.
• Lin En coordinated planetary defenses and ordered the Orbital Defense Array to track Kraken and relay its changing coordinates to every Chapter.
• Iron Hammer drove the shipyards to maximum output, allocating production to warship components and small spacecraft for Lin En.
• Off-duty workers hand-built crude spacecraft so Bolomite could supply as many ships as possible.

Lin En inspected the shipyard and told Iron Hammer to strip down the unmanned suicide ships to cut costs. He found the workers’ crude iron-box ships suited his needs, and the workers learned that their work would help defend against the Tyranids.

• Lin En told Iron Hammer that Machine Spirit Resonance would let the ships fly without crews, so portholes and control consoles were unnecessary.
• Lin En ordered Iron Hammer to redesign the suicide ships with as few parts and expenses as possible.
• Iron Hammer led Lin En to the shantytown, where workers were welding crude ships and expressing their willingness to give their lives for Lin En.
• Lin En approved the workers’ iron-box ships after Iron Hammer estimated they would cost about seventy percent less than the standard version.
• The workers straightened with relief when they heard Lin En praise their ships as suitable for the coming fight against the Tyranids.

As the Kraken fleet approached Bolomite, Lin En and the Blood Angels completed their preparations to meet it, with Iron Hammer producing a vast fleet of crude iron ships. The chapter ended with the defenders at full battle readiness and determined to keep the Tyranids from leaving alive.

• Iron Hammer converted Bolomite’s production lines to build crude iron ships, producing at least a hundred thousand as the Tyranid fleet neared.
• Lin En warned Dante that Kraken might threaten Baal, but assured him Bolomite had enough forces and firepower to fight without Blood Angels support.
• The orbital defense center confirmed that the Kraken fleet was still heading straight for Bolomite and expected to arrive in twenty-four hours.
• Bolomite’s forces finished distributing ammunition and assigned the Flesh Tearers to defend Bolomite, the Blood Knights to defend Echo Star, and Lin En’s Lamenters fleet to meet the enemy.
• Phoros waited aboard the Night Goddess while Sentoyor inspected Echo Star’s fields, and Bolomite’s forces reached full battle readiness.

Lin En led the Night Goddess's fleet to intercept Hive Fleet Kraken before it reached Bolomite, using his psychic power to devastate the Tyranid vanguard. He then prepared to send expendable ships into the fight while keeping his Astartes warships back, determined to protect the crew he had come to care about.

• Bolomite detected Hive Fleet Kraken approaching, and Lin En led the Night Goddess and the Lamenters' Battle Barge out to meet it.
• The fleet lost long-range communications in the Shadow in the Warp and formed a battle line between Kraken and Bolomite.
• Lin En strengthened the fleet with his aura, then unleashed Psychic Overload and Psychic Storm to destroy a large portion of Kraken's vanguard.
• After his psychic power waned, Lin En used Machine Spirit Resonance to prepare expendable ships to wear down the Tyranid fleet.
• Lin En kept his Astartes warships back and resolved to fight first rather than risk his crew in avoidable deaths.