Recaps

Lin En and his allies stormed Zeras’s tomb, where the Tyranid swarm overwhelmed the Necron guards and left Zeras crippled. Lin En killed him and threatened to destroy his memories with repeated deaths, so Zeras hid in his coffin and chose to sleep rather than resurrect.

• Lin En broke off negotiations and led the soldiers, Space Marines, and Tyranid swarm through the Necron defenses and into the tomb.
• The swarm overwhelmed Zeras’s guards and tore off Zeras’s limbs, leaving his torso and head intact.
• Lin En struck Zeras with his Bolter, then warned that he would kill him every time he resurrected until his Memory Engram was worn away.
• Lin En emptied a magazine into Zeras’s eye socket, extinguishing the green light in his eyes.
• Zeras hid inside his coffin and fell into slumber rather than resurrect.

Lin En had the Tyranids destroy the Necrons’ Memory Engrams and ordered the tomb sealed, leaving the Necrons to resurrect without their memories. He then confronted commenters who criticized his approach, defending the hope and heroism in Warhammer before blocking the comments again.

• Lin En used the system’s markings to locate the Necrons’ Memory Engrams, including Zeras’s engram in the ceiling.
• Lin En ordered the Tyranids to dig up and eat every engram, destroying the Necrons’ stored memories.
• Lin En told Phoros to have the tomb entrance sealed with reinforced barriers and vibration-triggered explosives.
• Lin En read the comments and challenged viewers who complained that his actions removed Warhammer’s darkness and despair.
• Lin En defended Warhammer’s moments of hope and threatened to pull the critics into its universe, silencing them before he blocked the comments again.

Lin En led the swarm and human forces in an assault on Mesmoke, the Nihilakh Dynasty's largest Blackstone node. The defenders and their Obelisks were overwhelmed, and the attack left the force advancing on the psychic spire.

• Lin En's fleet descended on Mesmoke, where the Tyranid swarm landed first and spread across the planet.
• The swarm ambushed the Nihilakh defenders near the tower and rapidly swept through their positions.
• Lin En ordered Phoros and the Space Marines to eliminate the surviving Necrons while human soldiers followed.
• Lin En supported the advancing forces with Dimensional Slash as they fought through the ruins toward the psychic spire.
• The swarm climbed the spire and attacked its upper defenders through the vents.
• Humans and Tyranids shattered Blackstone Obelisks one by one.

Lin En led the assault on Mesmoke’s Necron defenses and discovered the Nihilakh Dynasty’s underground tomb. He reached the largest coffin in the resurrection chamber and prepared to find out who was inside.

• Lin En’s forces destroyed Mesmoke’s Obelisks and Blackstone Arrays, weakening the Pariah Nexus, while Phoros reported that they had found the tomb entrance.
• Lin En ordered the troops to invade the tomb through a 2,300-meter shaft protected by Necron defenses.
• Lin En and the swarm descended into the underground plaza, where the creatures and Space Marines split up to clear the burial passages.
• Lin En followed the main passage to a vast resurrection chamber filled with coffins and found the largest one beneath the Nihilakh Dynasty’s crest.
• Lin En told Phoros to wait before sealing the coffins and examined the largest coffin to see who was inside.

Lin En’s swarm destroyed the Necron forces on Mesmoke and the two remaining Necron nodes in the Napheli Sector, weakening the Pariah Nexus until the Imperial Navy could enter without psychic protection. Trazyn the Infinite then discovered that his army and commander at Mesmoke could no longer be contacted.

• Lin En ordered the bugs to consume the Necrons’ engrams, leaving the Necron Overlord and the other tomb inhabitants unable to reassemble.
• Lin En had the tomb entrances sealed with steel, concrete, sound-absorbing material, molten iron, and explosives before leaving Mesmoke with Phoros and the others.
• Lin En learned that two Necron nodes remained in the Napheli Sector and ordered the fleet to destroy them as well.
• Lin En’s swarm destroyed both remaining nodes, causing the Napheli Sector’s Blackstone network to collapse and greatly weakening the Pariah Nexus.
• Trazyn the Infinite tried repeatedly to contact his army and commander at Mesmoke, then saw the star chart report that communications had been lost.

After losing contact with Mesmoke, Trazyn the Infinite concluded that his army and trusted commander had likely been destroyed and blamed the Aeldari Farseer and the Silent King. He withdrew the Nihilakh Dynasty from the Silent King's project and ordered it to turn inward, warning the other Phaerons about Lin En.

• A Cryptek reported that Mesmoke's defenses and Blackstone Node were destroyed and that no one in the garrison or orbital patrol could be reached.
• Trazyn the Infinite concluded that his army and commander were probably gone, then smashed a table and berated the Aeldari Farseer's head for its failed predictions.
• The other Phaerons contacted Trazyn for an explanation, and Phaeron Amenhotep identified Lin En as the human Emperor's Envoy who could control Tyranids.
• Trazyn the Infinite vowed to kill Aeldari found in Nihilakh territory and demanded that the Silent King answer for the disaster.
• Trazyn the Infinite ended Nihilakh's participation in the Blackstone project, declared a defensive posture, and warned the other Phaerons that Lin En could threaten them next.

The Silent King learned that four Blackstone Network nodes in the Napheli Sector had gone dark and wondered how humans and Tyranids had defeated the Necrons. Lin En’s forces reached Kapinos and Abydos, but the Necron armies escaped through the Webway, leaving Lin En furious and ready to confront every dynasty.

• The Phaerons failed to reach Trazyn, Zeras, or the Silent King, who studied the damaged Blackstone Network and considered the Necron defeats.
• The Silent King recalled that he had built the Pariah Nexus to suppress the Warp, protect the galaxy from Tyranids, and support research into reversing biotransference.
• Lin En split his fleet, taking the larger force to Kapinos while Phoros led the smaller force toward Abydos.
• At Kapinos, Lin En saw the Necrons evacuating through a green Webway portal as Tyranids attacked the Blackstone installations.
• Phoros reported that the Necrons on Abydos had also escaped through the Webway, and Lin En’s swarms could not follow them.
• Lin En used the system to send a video of himself directly to the Phaerons of every Necron Dynasty.

Lin En hijacked the Necron communication network to warn the Phaerons that he would destroy any dynasty that attacked humanity. Most dynasties withdrew from the Human Extermination Plan, while the Silent King realized Lin En knew every Phaeron’s identity and details.

• Lin En broadcast a threat to the Necron Phaerons and challenged them to attack humanity if they dared.
• Lin En erased the Necrons’ communications and left the message, “Try it and die.”
• The Phaerons considered Lin En’s power and the risks of fighting him, then many withdrew from the Human Extermination Plan and sealed their tombs.
• The Silent King watched Lin En’s recording as the Cryptek reported that thirteen dynasties had formally withdrawn and the other Phaerons could no longer be commanded.
• The Silent King told the Technician that Lin En’s breach meant he knew the number and particulars of every Necron Phaeron.

The Necron dynasties abandoned the Pariah Nexus as Lin En’s forces restored Imperial control over the Napheli Sector. Lin En shut off his livestream and sent two confiscated Necron doors to Guilliman on Terra as a gift.

• The Silent King ordered an investigation into Lin En and allowed the remaining dynasties to withdraw after Zeras’s death ended the Pariah Nexus project’s purpose.
• Over three days, the minor dynasties dismantled their Blackstone Arrays and Obelisks and returned to dormancy as Lin En’s fleet watched them.
• The Imperial Navy entered the Napheli Sector, established outposts, and received Lin En’s warnings about buried Necrons.
• Guilliman heard the news on Terra and continued approving documents, reassured that hope remained.
• Lin En read his viewers’ comments, shut off the livestream, and thought about returning home after killing four enemies.
• Lin En ordered Phoros to deliver Zeras’s skull-adorned iron doors to Guilliman for the entrance to his office.

Lin En and his forces cleared hostile factions across the galaxy, leaving most of the Milky Way quiet. With the galaxy nearly pacified, Lin En decided to launch a Great Crusade into the Warp.

• Lin En cleared the remaining Blackstone Network, then led his forces in attacking hostile races across the galaxy and showed no mercy to the Drukhari.
• Lin En drew the [Guardian] card and reflected on how he could have saved Tyrennius in the past, before Phoros delivered Guilliman's message and Lin En declined more Adeptus Custodes.
• Lin En led the swarm in exterminating the remaining Tyranid splinters, while the Necrons, Drukhari, Greenskins, Aeldari, and Chaos became less active.
• Lin En found that the T'au had evacuated their colony worlds, had their abandoned defenses dismantled, and wondered whether they would encounter the Great Devourer beyond the galaxy.
• Lin En decided to take his forces into the Great Rift on a Great Crusade once the Milky Way was mostly cleared.

Lin En learned that Chaos had united for an all-out assault on Terra while Ulthwé assembled the Necrons, T'au, and Orks to exploit the conflict. He ordered Phoros, Gabriel, and Sentoyor to prepare a fleet to reinforce Terra, leaving the Aeldari alliance for later.

• The system warned Lin En that Chaos was preparing its final invasion of Terra and that Ulthwé had united several Xenos factions to attack humanity and Chaos alike.
• Lin En summoned Phoros, Gabriel, and Sentoyor to Bolomite's command center and explained the threats.
• Phoros offered to attack Ulthwé, but Lin En said defending Terra was more urgent because the Four Gods and Chaos Primarchs were launching an all-out assault.
• Lin En ordered Phoros, Gabriel, and Sentoyor to assemble the fleet and prepare to reinforce Terra.

Lin En received Guilliman’s order to reinforce Terra and departed Bolomite with three Chapters, warning Dante and Calgar about the Aeldari alliance. He rendezvoused with Dante’s Blood Angels near the Solar System, while Calgar’s Ultramarines were expected in three days as Chaos approached.

• A messenger delivered Guilliman’s Golden Throne decree ordering Lin En to assemble his forces and defend Terra against Chaos.
• Lin En coordinated with Dante and Calgar; Dante and Lin En planned to meet near the Solar System, and Lin En warned them about the Aeldari-led alliance with the Necrons, T'au, and Greenskins.
• Lin En departed Bolomite with three Chapters after Cecilia saw them off, reassuring Phoros that they would win.
• On the fleet’s fourth night, Lin En’s forces emerged from the Warp near the Solar System and detected Dante’s Blood Angels fleet.
• Dante told Lin En that six Blood Angels Successor Chapters had arrived and Calgar’s Ultramarines would arrive in three days, asking them to hold out until then.

Lin En reviewed Terra’s defenses and his combined forces with Dante as they prepared for Abaddon’s assault. Confident in their strength, he led the joint fleet toward the Solar Fleet’s rendezvous point and ordered it to advance.

• Lin En assessed Terra’s layered defenses and considered how Abaddon might divide his attacks among multiple translation points.
• Lin En and Dante counted their forces: roughly six thousand Space Marines, more than fifty warships, and Lin En’s twelve Tyranid motherships.
• Lin En decided to build up the Purple Carapace Chapter’s forces rather than retrieve those lost in battle.
• Lin En and Dante led their combined fleet toward the Solar Fleet’s rendezvous point inside the Solar System.
• Lin En assured Dante that their side would win, then ordered the fleet to advance toward the Solar System’s perimeter defenses.

Lin En reviewed the enormous coalition gathering against them as his fleet reached the Solar System’s starport. He met Admiral Aurelian, learned that the reinforcements would be organized and supplied before deployment, and waited for orders to the outer defense line.

• Lin En viewed the battlefield map and saw Chaos, Dark Mechanicum, Aeldari, Necrons, T'au, and Ork forces encircling the Solar System in overwhelming numbers.
• Lin En resolved to face the coming battle with his available forces and reached the starport with the Blood Angels fleet.
• Lin En disembarked with Phoros, Gabriel, and Sentoyor, then met Dante, who had arrived in ceremonial armor and a red cloak.
• Admiral Aurelian welcomed Lin En and Dante and provided Dante with a detailed supply allocation list for the fleet’s resupply and repairs.
• Admiral Aurelian told Lin En that all reinforcing fleets would be organized and supplied at the starport before assignment to the Solar System’s outer defense line.

Lin En and Dante reviewed the Solar System’s defenses as Abaddon’s larger Chaos fleet approached, then received Guilliman’s order appointing Lin En supreme commander of the eastern outer defenses. Lin En accepted command and called the allied captains and Chapter Masters to a tactical meeting.

• Admiral Aurelian briefed Lin En and Dante on the layered defenses around the Solar System and reported that Abaddon was approaching with three hundred warships, including two Glorianas.
• Lin En promised Aurelian the defenders’ full support, though Abaddon’s fleet and its Gloriana battleships concerned him.
• A communications officer relayed Guilliman’s order appointing Lin En supreme commander of the eastern outer defenses, with Aurelian and Dante as deputies.
• Lin En accepted the appointment and ordered all captains and Chapter Masters to attend a tactical meeting in twenty minutes.

Lin En assembled the Solar Fleet and Blood Angels commanders and set a three-layer defense against Abaddon's approaching fleet, aiming to hold the Solar System's eastern approaches until Calgar arrived. The fleets moved into position, with Admiral Aurelian's ships guarding the Oort Cloud and twelve Tyranid Hive Ships patrolling the outer perimeter.

• Lin En reviewed the Solar Fleet's ship and weapon data while waiting for the commanders to assemble.
• Lin En divided the eastern defenses into an inner blocking line led by Admiral Aurelian and an outer mobile force led by himself and Dante.
• Dante pledged that the Blood Angels would spare no effort, and Lin En ordered the Purple Carapace Chapter to the front and the Hive Ships to patrol the perimeter.
• Lin En's orders sent the fleets into formation, with the Solar Fleet forming three blocking lines, thirty Blood Angels warships grouping around Lin En, and twelve Hive Ships spreading outside the defensive line.
• Admiral Aurelian had reacted nervously upon first seeing the Tyranid Hive Ships, and Lin En reassured him that the Purple Carapace Chapter was loyal to the Imperium.

Lin En fortified the combined fleet with the Emperor’s blessings as it waited for Abaddon’s Chaos forces to arrive. The Vengeful Spirit emerged from the Warp, stirring the Blood Angels’ grief over Sanguinius, and the chapter ended by recounting the Great Angel’s final sacrifices.

• Lin En spread his Golden Aura across the fleet and layered several blessings over its ships and warriors.
• Dante and the Blood Angels felt the Emperor’s light suppress the Red Thirst and Black Rage, then vowed to strike Chaos head-on.
• After nearly twenty hours of waiting, Lin En received reports of powerful Warp disturbances at the edge of the Oort Cloud and ordered the fleet to condition one.
• Warp rifts opened and the Vengeful Spirit emerged with its escort ships, prompting the Blood Angels to react with anger and grief.
• The chapter recounted how Sanguinius had faced Horus aboard the Vengeful Spirit and weakened him at the cost of his own life.

Lin En led the combined fleet into battle against the Vengeful Spirit and more than three hundred Chaos warships, activating Thirty Days to bolster their defenses. The opening exchange began, and after an Escort Frigate was destroyed, Lin En insisted its crew should still be alive.

• Dante led the Blood Angels toward the hangar after declaring that the losing side would have to rename itself the Sons of Horus.
• The Chaos fleet emerged from the Warp with 320 ships, including nearly 200 Chaos Astartes vessels, while Lin En’s fleet numbered 170 ships.
• Lin En activated Thirty Days and ordered the combined fleet to advance, with the Blood Angels and successor Chapters targeting the Vengeful Spirit and the Hive Ships spreading toward the flanks.
• Daemons and Dark Mechanicum forces appeared as Lin En ordered the fleet to maximize its shields and Geller Fields and charge for the Emperor and humanity.
• The Solar Fleet fired its first volley, and the Chaos vanguard returned fire as both fleets closed; an Escort Frigate was destroyed by a torpedo from the Vengeful Spirit.
• Lin En told a neighboring warship to evacuate the Escort Frigate’s crew, insisting they had survived the explosion and leaving the crew stunned.

After Lin En ordered the crew to rescue the people from an Escort Frigate destroyed by a torpedo, they discovered that every mortal and Space Marine had survived the explosion and the vacuum of space. The survivors’ miraculous recovery convinced the fleet that the Emperor protected them, and the captain rallied the ships to charge into battle.

• Lin En ordered the warship to retrieve everyone from the shattered Escort Frigate, and the captain sent torpedo boats with nets, cables, and grappling hooks.
• The rescue crew found living heat signatures throughout the wreckage, including a mortal naval rating and Space Marines whose armor had been broken apart.
• The torpedo boats brought the survivors aboard, where the crew watched their wounds close in a golden light and realized that none had died.
• The hangar crew praised the Emperor for protecting them, and the captain broadcast that everyone from the Escort Frigate was alive.
• The fleet answered the captain’s call to charge, loading weapons and declaring that they were the Emperor’s currency.

Lin En used Dimensional Slash to destroy Chaos cruisers while the Blood Angels repelled the first wave, then asked Dante to withdraw so he could face Abaddon and the Vengeful Spirit. Abaddon broadcast his ultimatum across the Imperial fleet as the chapter recounted his history and rise as Warmaster of Chaos.

• Lin En used Dimensional Slash to slice apart several Chaos cruisers after discovering daemons had consumed their machine spirits.
• Dante led the Blood Angels fleet in destroying the first Chaos vanguard wave, then withdrew his ships at Lin En’s request.
• Lin En told Dante he would make the clash cut so deeply into Abaddon that he would remember it for the rest of his life.
• Abaddon hijacked the Imperial fleet’s communications and demanded that its ships surrender or die.
• The chapter recounted Abaddon’s history, from his loyalty to Horus and the Horus Heresy to his founding of the Black Legion and destruction of Cadia.

Lin En taunted Abaddon over the fleetwide channel by recalling Horus’s words and their shared past, then ordered the Solar Fleet to fire when Abaddon cut the connection and attacked. The battle began with the Vengeful Spirit’s guns opening fire on the Night Goddess.

• Lin En let Abaddon deliver his threat, then mocked him by asking him to repeat the famous line about the age of the Primarchs being over.
• Lin En shifted to Horus’s voice and repeated Horus’s old rebuke to Abaddon, leaving the fleetwide channel and bridge stunned.
• Lin En reminded Abaddon of Horus’s former charisma and their bond, then quoted words about refusing to abandon a brother.
• Abaddon abruptly cut the transmission, and the Vengeful Spirit opened fire at the Night Goddess.
• Lin En told the Solar Fleet that Abaddon had lost his temper and ordered all ships to fire.

Lin En crippled the Chaos Fleet’s daemon assault with the No-Fly domain and Psychic Storm, letting the Imperial Navy and its allies devastate the vanguard. Watching the defeat, Abaddon feared that Lin En might be an avatar of the Emperor because he knew private memories of Horus.

• Lin En used No-Fly to ground the charging daemons, leaving them exposed to Imperial Navy fire and disrupting the Chaos Fleet’s advance.
• The Blood Angels and Purple Carapace Chapter tore into the stalled daemon vanguard, though the bugs found daemon flesh inedible.
• Lin En unleashed Psychic Storm, swept surviving Khorne Daemons into the Navy’s guns, and ordered the fleet to fire at will.
• Abaddon watched his offensive collapse and recalled Lin En repeating a private conversation between Horus and his sons.
• Abaddon wondered whether Lin En was an avatar of the False Emperor.

Abaddon countered Lin En’s psychic storm by spreading the Chaos fleet across multiple fronts, but Lin En stabilized the Imperial defensive line with targeted strikes and another storm. Abaddon then led a boarding assault on the Spear of Terra, where Admiral Aurelian ordered the crew to repel the invaders and send word to Lin En.

• Abaddon scattered the Chaos ships into separate attack groups to stretch the Imperial defenses and then ordered the Vengeful Spirit to prepare a boarding assault.
• Lin En destroyed three Chaos cruisers with Dimensional Slash and used a second Psychic Storm to sweep other ships away from the defensive line.
• Lin En ordered the Solar Fleet and Blood Angels to close gaps in the line, stabilizing the defenses while Abaddon kept more than a hundred ships in reserve.
• Abaddon assembled the Black Legion Terminators and led a boarding assault from the Vengeful Spirit toward the Spear of Terra.
• Admiral Aurelian ordered the Spear of Terra’s forces to defend the ship after boarding craft breached its hull, then sent word to Lin En that Abaddon had joined the assault.

Abaddon led the Black Legion through the Spear of Terra, slaughtering its mortal defenders as they advanced toward the bridge. Lin En ordered the crew to evacuate and sent the Blood Angels and their Successors to intercept the boarders, leaving Abaddon and his warriors baffled when the supposedly dead crew members got up and fled.

• Abaddon led the Chaos Astartes through the Spear of Terra, overcoming the mortals’ defenses as Admiral Aurelian urged the crew to hold the ship for the Emperor.
• Lin En learned that Abaddon had boarded, ordered the mortals to escape, and summoned the Astartes forces led by Dante to the Spear of Terra.
• Aurelian ordered the crew to abandon ship, and the mortals escaped in pods while even those cut down by the Black Legion got back up and ran.
• A Chaos Terminator shot a fleeing crewman, but the man stood up and ran again, leaving the Terminator staring at his Bolter.

Abaddon prepared to face the Imperium’s boarding forces, unaware that his Chaos Space Marines had begun doubting him. Dante and the Blood Angels, Lamenters, Flesh Tearers, and Blood Knights stormed the Spear of Terra with powerful blessings and attacked the Black Legion.

• Abaddon’s Chaos Space Marines inspected their Bolters and privately suspected that he might be an undercover agent, but they found nothing wrong with their weapons.
• Abaddon heard assault craft breach the Spear of Terra and reassured his troops as he took position to meet the attackers.
• Dante and the blessed Blood Angels charged through a blasted bulkhead, and Dante pressed his attack on Abaddon despite being shot.
• The Lamenters, Flesh Tearers, and Blood Knights entered through other breaches and joined the battle against the Black Legion.
• Dante wounded Abaddon, while the loyalist Space Marines overwhelmed Chaos fighters with relentless assaults and healing Golden Light.