Recaps

Dante and the Blood Angels overwhelmed Abaddon aboard the Spear of Terra, repeatedly recovering from mortal wounds through the Emperor’s Golden Light. After Lin En reported that two Daemon Primarchs were attacking the western defenses, Dante subdued Abaddon so the Blood Angels could reinforce them.

• The Blood Angels repeatedly rose from wounds as Dante fought Abaddon and healed after the Talon of Horus pierced his abdomen.
• Lin En learned that a Tzeentch Daemon Prince and a Nurgle Daemon Prince were attacking the western defenses and planned to send reinforcements after Abaddon was defeated.
• Lin En told Dante about the two Daemon Primarchs, and Dante agreed to head west once the fight was over.
• Dante knocked Abaddon down, pinned him to the deck, and ordered the Blood Angels to hold him still.

Dante captured Abaddon and recovered the Spear of Terra, while Lin En led the pursuit of the retreating Black Legion fleet. Calgar arrived after the battle was nearly over and found Lin En’s forces already clearing the battlefield.

• Dante’s forces subdued Abaddon, secured him in power shackles, and reported his capture and the recovery of the Spear of Terra to Lin En.
• Lin En mocked Abaddon over the communicator, ordered Dante to take him prisoner, and directed Dante’s forces to support the other defensive lines.
• The Black Legion fleet fled after losing contact with Abaddon, but Lin En ordered the Imperial ships to pursue and fire on the retreating vessels.
• The Vengeful Spirit escaped under its Gloriana-class armor, while Imperial forces and the Purple Carapace Chapter destroyed or captured many other Chaos ships.
• Calgar arrived aboard Macragge’s Honour and asked Lin En how the battle had ended so quickly.

After Abaddon was captured, Calgar handed him over to the Adeptus Custodes, and Guilliman divided the defenders between two fronts. Lin En headed for the western Kuiper sector to face Mortarion while Dante and Calgar took the Blood Angels and Ultramarines north to confront Magnus.

• Calgar’s forces cleared the eastern battlefield, captured the surrendering Chaos ships, and reported Abaddon’s capture to Guilliman.
• Guilliman ordered Calgar to hand Abaddon to the Adeptus Custodes and told Lin En that Terra needed his help on the front lines.
• The Custodes took Abaddon into custody and explained that Lin En would face Mortarion while Dante and Calgar held off Magnus.
• Lin En urged Dante and Calgar to protect themselves until he could reinforce them, then the two fleets separated for their assigned fronts.

Lin En led the Night Goddess Fleet against the Death Guard in the Kuiper Belt and used Psychic Overload with Purification to free Mortarion from Nurgle’s control. Mortarion killed himself, the Death Guard fleet retreated, and Lin En prepared to finish the battle.

• Lin En ordered the Purple Carapace Chapter to scout through the poisonous fog while the Solar Fleet’s Kuiper Belt detachment fell back.
• Lin En sent the Night Goddess Fleet into battle against the Death Guard as the Purple Carapace Chapter fought Nurgle’s Daemons in the fog.
• Lin En used Psychic Overload and Purification on Mortarion, causing him to remember his past and cut off his own head.
• The Death Guard fleet retreated after Mortarion’s death, and Lin En sensed Nurgle’s reaction through the Warp.
• Lin En ordered his fleet to finish the battle so he could join Lord Calgar and Lord Dante.

After defeating Mortarion and driving the Death Guard fleet into the Warp, Lin En went to the Kuiper Belt fortress to treat its plague-stricken soldiers. His Purification Aura cleared Nurgle’s toxins across the medical holding area, and the dying soldiers began to recover.

• Mortarion’s body dissolved into green Warp energy, and the Death Guard fleet fled through a Warp Rift under Imperial pursuit.
• Lin En traveled to the Kuiper Belt defensive node fortress and asked its admiral to take him to the poisoned soldiers.
• Lin En entered the sealed medical holding area, where tens of thousands of soldiers lay infected and many were dying.
• Lin En expanded his Purification Aura through the fortress, removing the Chaos properties of Nurgle’s plague.
• The covered soldiers woke and recovered, while medics and survivors realized Lin En had come to save them.

Lin En left the cleansed fortress in the White Scars’ hands and headed north to reinforce Dante and Calgar, who were struggling to hold off Magnus. The chapter ended with Dante and Calgar dodging Magnus’s simultaneous psychic attacks while reflecting that their desperate survival counted as progress.

• Lin En learned that the Imperial Army had suffered heavy casualties and worried that the remaining Chaos forces might return.
• Two White Scars companies arrived, and Lin En handed the fortress defense to Company Commander Hulan after confirming the toxins had been purified.
• Lin En and his fleet departed for the northern defensive line to reinforce Dante and Calgar.
• Dante and Calgar struggled to evade Magnus’s psychic attacks as the Daemon Primarch battered the frozen asteroid position.
• Dante reflected that enduring the fight against Magnus showed how far they had progressed.

Lin En arrived at Magnus’s battlefield after Mortarion’s defeat and prepared to attack while Dante and Calgar continued to delay Magnus. He planned to separate Magnus from the Thousand Sons and capture or kill the Primarch, though Magnus might escape.

• Dante and Calgar evaded Magnus’s attacks and learned from Lin En that Mortarion had died and the Death Guard had been dealt with.
• Lin En reached the battlefield aboard the Night Goddess and confirmed that the Blood Angels and Ultramarines had suffered few casualties.
• Lin En advanced with the Hive Fleet, whose ships devoured Rubric Marines while Psychic Paradox absorbed incoming psychic fireballs.
• Lin En considered how to prevent Magnus from escaping and decided he might disable him by activating No-Fly and breaking his legs.
• Lin En ordered Phoros to attack the Thousand Sons Sorcerers while he confronted Magnus, and prepared to capture Magnus if possible or kill him otherwise.

Lin En led the Imperial forces in separating Magnus from his Thousand Sons and confronted the Daemon Primarch, countering his psychic attacks and grounding him with his powers. As Lin En began to introduce a mysterious being, a golden light silenced him, and Magnus sensed a terrifying presence watching them.

• Lin En brought the Night Goddess and the Lamenters, Blood Knights, and Flesh Tearers into battle, splitting Magnus from the Thousand Sons while Dante and Calgar joined the attack.
• Magnus accused Lin En of killing Mortarion, and Lin En claimed Mortarion had remembered the Great Crusade and killed himself.
• Lin En challenged Magnus to remember whether he had joined Tzeentch willingly, then nullified Magnus's psychic attacks with Psychic Paradox.
• Magnus tried to escape upward, but Lin En used No-Fly to force him back onto the ice as Dante and Calgar laughed.
• Magnus asked who empowered Lin En, and Lin En credited the Emperor before starting to introduce a mysterious being, but golden light silenced him and Magnus felt a terrifying presence.

Lion El'Jonson arrived aboard the Unyielding Truth and cornered Magnus after Lin En taunted him. As Magnus prepared to fight, Golden Light suddenly engulfed Fealty, leaving both brothers staring at the glowing sword.

• Lin En taunted Magnus, who threatened him and boasted that Lion was absent.
• The Unyielding Truth emerged from the Warp, and Lion El'Jonson struck Magnus from above with his sword.
• Magnus tried to flee, but Lion caught up and trapped him between himself and Lin En.
• Magnus offered to withdraw the Thousand Sons and return to the Warp, but Lion refused to negotiate and demanded he face the consequences.
• Magnus challenged Lion to attack, and Golden Light suddenly flooded Fealty, startling them both.

Lin En empowered the Lion King, who brutally defeated Magnus on the ice. When Magnus tried to self-destruct with psychic power, Lin En trapped the blast in a golden anti-psychic dome, leaving Magnus furious and helpless.

• Lin En used Weapon Enchantment and other buffs to strengthen the Lion King before his fight with Magnus.
• Magnus blamed Tzeentch for his attack, but the Lion King rejected his excuses and struck him down.
• The Lion King battered Magnus across the ice until Magnus lay badly injured and unable to escape.
• Magnus unleashed a psychic shockwave in an attempt to self-destruct, and Lin En enclosed him in a dome created by Psychic Paradox and No-Fly.
• Magnus's psychic blast failed to escape the dome, and he raged at the unfairness of Lin En's ability.