Recaps

After the Blood Angels defeated the demons and sealed the Warp Rift, they gathered Tyrennius’s remains and prepared to return them to Baal. As Lin En, Cecilia, and Iron Hammer accompanied the body aboard the Battle Barge, Lin En mourned Tyrennius and prayed that he might return to a peaceful world.

• The Blood Angels killed the remaining demons and cultists, and their Librarians sealed the Warp Rift.
• The Blood Angels carefully gathered Tyrennius’s body, armor fragments, and weapons, then honored him with a ritual of remembrance.
• A Blood Angel sergeant asked Cecilia, Lin En, and Iron Hammer to evacuate aboard the Battle Barge while the Chapter escorted Tyrennius’s remains to Baal.
• Lin En accompanied the stretcher aboard the Battle Barge and cried as the Blood Angels silently mourned Tyrennius.
• The Apothecary examined Tyrennius, confirmed that he was dead, and the Blood Angels struck their chests in unison.
• Lin En prayed that Tyrennius would be sent back to his peaceful and stable world instead of returning to the Golden Throne.

After Tyrennius’s funeral, Interrogator Isaac told Lin En, Cecilia, and Ironhammer that Tyrennius had vouched for them and secured their return to the Imperium. As Istvaan III burned under Exterminatus, Lin En resolved to honor Tyrennius by protecting humanity, and the system unlocked a second trait slot.

• The Apothecary recovered Tyrennius’s gene-seed, and Lin En and the others laid Blood Roses beside his remains before he was sealed in a cryogenic chamber.
• Interrogator Isaac informed Cecilia, Ironhammer, and Lin En that Tyrennius had identified them as loyal and requested their protection and return to the Imperium.
• The Blood Angels’ Battle Barge departed as the Inquisition began Exterminatus on Istvaan III, bombarding the planet from orbit.
• Watching Istvaan III burn, Lin En vowed to become stronger, protect humanity, and carry on Tyrennius’s wishes.
• The system detected Lin En’s breakthrough and unlocked a second Trait Equipment Slot.

Lin En and the Blood Angels arrived at Baal and carried Tyrennius to the Heroes' Mausoleum in Arx Angelicum. Tyrennius was laid to rest beneath Sanguinius's statue, while Cecilia still faced an Inquisition assessment.

• Lin En, Cecilia, Iron Hammer, and the Blood Angels traveled from Istvaan III to Baal aboard the Battle Barge.
• The Battle Barge landed near Arx Angelicum, and Lin En followed the Blood Angels into the fortress-monastery with Tyrennius's body.
• The procession reached the Heroes' Mausoleum, where a vast statue of Sanguinius watched over the stone coffins of fallen Blood Angels.
• The Blood Angels placed Tyrennius in an open coffin and laid his sword beside him with its golden wings facing his heart.
• A priest prayed over Tyrennius's coffin, honoring his sacrifice and declaring that the Blood Angels' legacy would endure.

Lin En faced the Inquisition over his undocumented identity and psychic abilities, inventing a Rogue Trader family history to explain his past. A genetic test identified him as a pureblood human, making his story seem unexpectedly plausible to the Inquisitors.

• The Blood Angels separated Lin En, Cecilia, and Iron Hammer for questioning by the Inquisition, while Lin En worried about revealing his Holy Light abilities.
• The Inquisitors verified Iron Hammer’s identity and released him, then questioned Lin En about his missing records and unregistered psychic talent.
• Lin En claimed his father had been a Rogue Trader and said he had grown up in Hive Cities before awakening as a psyker and ending up on Istvaan III.
• The Inquisitors found no signs of alien traits or Chaos corruption and ordered a genetic test.
• The test identified Lin En as a pureblood human, leading the Inquisitors to suspect his Rogue Trader family story might be true.

Lin En persuaded the Inquisitors to accept his plan to enlist, then reunited with Iron Hammer while Cecilia faced judgment. The Fifth Company commander intervened to defend Cecilia from exile, and his confrontation with the Inquisitor ended in a tense warning.

• Lin En described his psychic talents and pledged to fight Chaos and aliens, convincing the Inquisitors to let him enlist.
• Lin En's system explained that pureblood status would not let him control the Men of Iron, and the Inquisitors departed without investigating his lineage.
• A Blood Angel escorted Lin En out, and he reunited with Iron Hammer while learning Cecilia was still being judged.
• The Inquisitor ordered Cecilia exiled despite the Blood Angels' guarantee, but the commander of the Fifth Company arrived and vouched for her.
• The Inquisitor insulted the Blood Angels' Red Thirst and Black Rage, and the commander thundered at him to watch his words.

The Blood Angels persuaded the Inquisition to give Cecilia time to prove that her unusual pupils came from a demon’s blood rather than Chaos. After several days in confinement, Cecilia was released and reunited with Lin En and Iron Hammer at the Baal Monastery.

• The Fifth Company Captain defended Cecilia’s record and asked the Inquisition to weigh her mutation against her service, so the Inquisition agreed to observe her longer.
• Lin En and Iron Hammer stayed at the Blood Angels’ base while Cecilia remained confined, and they met the monastery’s workers and residents.
• Maltan warned Lin En about the strain of being an Astropath, while Yulia asked how Lin En had repaired an Astartes’ Chainsword.
• Iron Hammer tried to stop Yulia from revealing that Lin En had blessed the Chainsword, since he feared it would draw the Inquisition’s attention.
• Cecilia returned in civilian clothes and gently scolded Iron Hammer for bullying Yulia.
• Lin En and Iron Hammer threw themselves at Cecilia, crying with relief that she had been released.

Cecilia learned that the Inquisition had cleared her of Chaos corruption but barred her from returning to the Battle Sisters, so she agreed to join the Baal Guard under continued observation. As she went to complete her naturalization procedures, Lin En and Iron Hammer insisted on accompanying her and identified themselves to the soldier escorting her.

• Lin En and Iron Hammer brought Cecilia more food, and she explained that the Inquisition had allowed her to remain in the Imperium but required her to serve as a human guardsman under long-term observation.
• Cecilia told Lin En that she had decided to enlist on Baal, and Lin En and Iron Hammer introduced her to Maltan and Yulia, who apologized for their initial unease and welcomed her.
• A Baal Defense Force soldier arrived to take Cecilia to complete her naturalization procedures, and Lin En and Iron Hammer insisted on going with her.
• Iron Hammer presented his Adeptus Mechanicus identity plaque, and Lin En said he was an unregistered psyker assessed by the Inquisition and recommended by Blood Angels Squad Leader Tyrennius.

Lin En and Iron Hammer accompanied Cecilia to the Baal Guard recruitment office, where she registered for service at the besieged forge world Mezoa. When the lieutenant invited the two rare specialists to enlist, Lin En agreed and asked Cecilia to fill out his form.

• A soldier escorted Lin En, Iron Hammer, and Cecilia to the Guard Army recruitment office after learning Lin En was a psyker and Iron Hammer was a Mechanicus Sage.
• Lin En fretted about having to take a written exam, but the soldier explained that enlistment required only identity checks, a physical examination, and a practical combat assessment.
• Cecilia registered through the special channel while the lieutenant learned that Mezoa was under a major Ork invasion and urgently recruiting defenders.
• Cecilia selected Mezoa as her service area and listed her extensive combat and command skills, impressing the lieutenant with her credentials.
• The lieutenant offered Lin En and Iron Hammer the chance to enlist, and Lin En accepted, asking Cecilia to fill out his form.

Lin En, Cecilia, and Iron Hammer enlisted in the Baal Defense Force, while Lin En concealed his suspected Living Saint identity and registered only two psyker abilities. His Danger Sense and Tactical Rehearsal stunned the recruitment lieutenant, who realized Lin En could provide extraordinary battlefield intelligence.

• Lin En and Iron Hammer agreed to enlist alongside Cecilia, and the lieutenant eagerly began processing their applications.
• Cecilia realized Lin En was hiding his suspected Living Saint identity from the Inquisition, and he silently urged her not to reveal it.
• Cecilia helped Lin En register only Danger Sense and Tactical Rehearsal as his psyker abilities.
• Lin En explained that Danger Sense detected hostile units within three hundred meters and Tactical Rehearsal simulated enemy tactics and combat outcomes.
• The lieutenant was astonished by Lin En's abilities and recognized him as an exceptional asset to the Baal Guard.

Lin En, Cecilia, and Iron Hammer officially joined the Baal garrison and arranged to serve together at Mezoa. Lin En chose to stay with the Blood Angels rather than risk the Inquisition, and the trio prepared to leave for the dangerous Ork battlefield.

• The lieutenant discovered Cecilia's Danger Sense and Tactical Rehearsal skills and eagerly welcomed her, Lin En, and Iron Hammer into the garrison.
• Lin En asked to be assigned to the same battlefield as Cecilia and Iron Hammer, and all three registered for Mezoa.
• Cecilia confronted Lin En about avoiding the Inquisition, then supported his decision to rise through the Blood Angels.
• The trio stored Iron Hammer's spacecraft at the Blood Angels' monastery and prepared to board the recruitment ship to Mezoa.
• Maltan and Yulia worried about the trio facing the Orks, while Lin En claimed his skills could greatly improve the troops' survival rate.

Lin En, Cecilia, and Herix Ironhammer said goodbye to their friends at Baal Monastery and boarded a recruitment ship bound for Mezoa Forge World. As the ship lifted off, Lin En left Baal behind and headed toward the battlefield.

• Lin En, Cecilia, and Herix Ironhammer collected their Guard Army uniforms and equipment before leaving Baal Monastery.
• Lin En and his companions visited the Blood Angels Fifth Company, where Tyrennius's squadmate wished them safety and the captain urged them to defend Mezoa.
• Maltan and Yulia saw the three recruits off, and Lin En promised Maltan he would tell him about his experiences when he returned.
• Lin En, Cecilia, and Herix Ironhammer boarded the recruitment ship after the logistics officer checked their names and confirmed their priority assignment.
• The ship sealed its cabin, completed roll call, and lifted off from Baal with the recruits secured for the eight-hour voyage to Mezoa.

Lin En, Iron Hammer, and Cecilia arrived on the Forge World Mezoa as members of the 0825th Regiment, where the polluted environment and looming Ork threat set the scene for their deployment. Commander Hux and Commissar Victor welcomed them eagerly, hoping the psyker, tech-priest, and former Battle Sister would fill the regiment’s critical shortages.

• The recruitment ship landed on Mezoa, and Lin En struggled with the toxic air until Iron Hammer gave him a gas mask.
• Cecilia surveyed Mezoa’s sprawling industrial landscape, while Lin En considered the damage the Orks might cause and the Imperium’s need for the world’s supplies.
• Lin En, Iron Hammer, and Cecilia received their assignments to the 0825th Regiment’s Librarius Department, logistics engineering company, and Combat Department respectively.
• As the three prepared to head to their separate assembly points, Commander Hux and Commissar Victor rushed over and warmly welcomed them.
• Commander Hux explained that the regiment desperately needed a psyker and a Tech-Sergeant, and that other regiments had already sought to claim the new arrivals.

Lin En arrived at the 0825th Regiment’s recruitment station and learned that he was its only psyker, leaving him alone in a department that had been vacant for months. The commander and political commissar made him Chief Psyker and settled him into comfortable quarters, while Lin En realized they had promoted him partly to keep other regiments from borrowing him.

• Regimental Commander Hux explained that the regiment had no authorized psyker positions, one apprentice technician, and a combat department with a twenty-seven percent vacancy rate.
• Lin En, Iron Hammer, and Cecilia saw the Greenskin energy field beyond the battlefront, and Hux explained that the enemy was about twenty kilometers away and the regiment would attack once its forces assembled.
• Cecilia reported to the Third Combat Company, and Iron Hammer joined the technical sergeant camp, leaving Lin En to go to the psyker camp alone.
• Hux and Political Commissar Victor gave Lin En quarters beside the command center and told him he had automatically become Chief Psyker because he was the department’s only member.
• Hux and Victor justified Lin En’s rank as a way to prepare for future reinforcements and prevent the neighboring 0824th Regiment from borrowing him.

Lin En received his Librarius equipment on Mezoa, avoided wearing its crushingly heavy Psychic Restraint Headband, and used a new draw to obtain Ballistic Calculation. He planned to stay with the Guard Army to protect Cecilia, while she and Iron Hammer chose not to join an Adeptus Astartes chapter.

• The quartermaster delivered Lin En a psychic staff, a Master-crafted Bolt Pistol, a Psychic Restraint Headband, and matching breastplate, but Lin En pretended to be too weak to wear the heavy armor.
• The chapter master and political commissar excused Lin En from wearing the headband and told him to rest while they handled his registration.
• Lin En confronted the system for failing to remind him about his draw, then received the blue entry Ballistic Calculation.
• Lin En decided to remain with the Guard Army until Cecilia had survived her first battle, while Cecilia refused to make him spend political influence to bring her into an Astartes chapter.
• Iron Hammer also decided to stay with Cecilia, judging that he could not keep pace with Astartes Techmarines on their battlefield.

Lin En confronted the system over a missing achievement draw and won the gold-level Purification Aura entry. He considered how its power might cleanse Chaos corruption in the future, including possibly rescuing fallen Primarchs.

• Lin En accused the system of withholding his Thousand-Person Kill draw, and the system acknowledged that he had met the achievement condition.
• Lin En spun the achievement reward wheel and drew the gold entry Purification Aura.
• Lin En learned that the aura could cleanse Chaos corruption, with its effectiveness depending on the difference between his strength and his target’s.
• Lin En imagined using Purification Aura on corrupted Imperial leaders and considered whether it could save Primarchs such as Mortarion and Magnus.
• Lin En regretted not arriving in the 30K era, when he might have had a chance to save more Primarchs, though he dismissed Lorgar and Alpharius.

Lin En reflected on his limited ability to affect Chaos, then forced the system to award his overdue novice mission draw. He received the Emperor’s Gaze, a powerful ability that could double a loyalist’s attributes or halve a traitor’s for thirty minutes, and eagerly imagined using it to empower the Imperium’s warriors.

• Lin En decided that his Purification Aura could only briefly affect the vastly stronger Traitor Primarchs, but believed his freedom from Chaos’s tracking could help him undermine the Four Gods.
• Lin En confronted the system over withholding his Escape the Novice Village draw, and the system admitted it had tried to embezzle the reward before issuing the draw opportunity.
• Lin En used his draw and received the golden entry Emperor’s Gaze, which boosted a loyalist target’s attributes by 100% or suppressed a traitor target’s attributes by 100% for thirty minutes.
• Lin En excitedly imagined using Emperor’s Gaze on Emperor’s Champions and Primarchs, then rolled around in delight.

Lin En attended a high-level meeting where Mezoa’s forces voted to launch an immediate offensive against the growing Greenskin horde. After learning that the 0825th Regiment would join the 0824th in the northern encirclement, he watched their commanders start fighting outside the command post.

• The 0825th Regiment commander and political commissar brought Lin En to the Skitarii command post for an offensive planning meeting.
• The Skitarii commander reported that roughly ten thousand Greenskins were gathering near Mezoa’s Main Furnace District and warned that they could turn its geothermal core into a weapon.
• The commanders unanimously approved an immediate coordinated offensive, scheduled to begin at noon.
• The political commissar told Lin En that the 0825th Regiment would join the 0824th Regiment in the northern encirclement.
• The 0824th Regiment commander began speaking to Lin En, but the 0825th Regiment commander kicked him away, and the two commanders fought outside the tent.

As the 0825th Regiment prepared to attack the Greenskin Orks, Lin En checked on Cecilia and Iron Hammer before they took up their separate battlefield roles. The regiment launched its campaign, with Cecilia heading to the front line, Lin En to headquarters, and Iron Hammer remaining in the rear.

• Lin En watched the regiment prepare for battle and resolved to use his abilities to reduce casualties.
• Lin En found Cecilia with the Third Company and learned that it specialized in killing Ork bosses and Mekboyz.
• Iron Hammer joined them and gave Cecilia a gun and ammunition belt he had made for her.
• The assembly call sounded, and Lin En, Cecilia, and Iron Hammer separated for headquarters, the front line, and the rear logistics station.
• Regimental commander Hux ordered the 0825th Regiment to begin its attack, and the soldiers advanced against the Greenskins.

Lin En used Tactical Rehearsal to survey the battle and Emperor's Gaze to empower Sister Cecilia as she charged an Ork boss. Watching the regiment commander and commissar squander soldiers in a brute-force assault, Lin En stood up, ready to intervene.

• The Imperium's forces clashed with the Orks, and Captain Adler cut down a Mekboy and its war vehicle.
• Lin En activated Tactical Rehearsal and saw Sister Cecilia fighting deep in the Greenskin horde.
• Lin En cast Emperor's Gaze on Sister Cecilia, doubling her attributes as she charged an Ork boss.
• Captain Adler watched Cecilia's charge in surprise while Lin En continued observing the command room.
• The regiment commander ordered repeated frontal charges, and Lin En stood up to challenge their approach.

Lin En took command of the 0825th Regiment and used [Tactical Rehearsal] and [Ballistic Calculation] to direct the troops and artillery against the Greenskins. After stripping away the Ork boss’s bodyguards with a barrage, Lin En felt his mental processing power surge and wondered whether the Emperor had intervened.

• Lin En seized the command microphone and announced that he was taking full command, while the commissar persuaded the regiment commander to let him proceed.
• Lin En directed the artillery to bombard the Greenskin charge with precise strikes that avoided friendly troops.
• Lin En warned Second Company about approaching Ork Speed Freeks and sent them to ambush the bikers from a slag heap.
• Lin En coordinated the regiment’s movements to evade artillery danger, counter flanking attacks, and avoid Ork feints.
• Lin En concentrated the heavy mortars around the Ork boss, destroying its bodyguards and leaving it isolated and wounded.
• Lin En felt his mental processing speed suddenly increase and wondered if the Emperor was watching him.

Lin En used the Emperor's Gaze to empower soldiers across the battlefield, turning the 0825th Regiment's fight against the Greenskins into an overwhelming rout. The other regiments noticed the regiment's impossible advantage and began clamoring to learn its secret, while the regimental commander shut off his communicator.

• Lin En used the Emperor's Gaze on frontline soldiers, who suddenly gained strength and killed Greenskins they had struggled to defeat.
• He continued buffing the 0825th Regiment, improving soldiers' speed, weapons, ammunition, and battlefield performance as its line surged forward.
• The Greenskins were driven back and fled under the regiment's attacks, while the 0825th spread across the battlefield and overwhelmed the other regiments' sectors.
• The regimental commander and political commissar watched Lin En issue orders in stunned silence as commanders from nearby regiments began calling to ask about the 0825th's advantage.
• The regimental commander ignored the calls, turned off the communicator, and continued smoking.

After the Guard Army defeated the Orks with few casualties, Lin En reunited with Cecilia and Iron Hammer. He then drew the legendary Group Healing trait, giving him a wide-ranging aura that continuously healed nearby allies.

• The Guard Army wiped out the Orks, and other regiments flooded the 0825th Regiment commander with requests to borrow Lin En.
• Cecilia returned safely after killing the Ork boss, and Lin En and Iron Hammer celebrated by shrieking and running around her.
• The system gave Lin En an extra card draw for completing a key plot node, and he drew the gold-ranked Group Healing trait.
• Lin En realized Group Healing could continuously heal allies across an area that expanded with his psychic power.

After Mezoa was cleared of Greenskins, Lin En boarded a legion-class transport ship with his regiment as they prepared to reinforce the agricultural planet Pollia. A guarded Navigator from the Novarra Family passed him on the way to the bridge, and Lin En learned that several high-ranking Navigators would coordinate the fleet’s Warp journey.

• The Imperial forces finished exterminating the Greenskins on Mezoa and received orders to evacuate and defend Pollia, where Greenskins could multiply rapidly.
• Lin En noticed a commotion as he boarded, but the regimental commander and political commissar hurried him aboard and denied that anything had happened.
• Lin En explored the enormous Whale-class transport ship and saw a hooded figure escorted by armed guards.
• The political commissar told Lin En that the figure was a Navigator whose third eye could follow the Astronomican through the Warp.
• The political commissar identified the Navigator as a high-ranking member of the Novarra Family, assigned to coordinate the Warp jumps of the transport ships gathered above Mezoa.

Lin En purified Navigator Vitalien Novara after a Warp entity drove him into a frenzy, saving the fleet’s navigator. Vitalien promised to keep Lin En’s ability secret and offered him the friendship of the powerful Novara Family.

• Lin En entered the captain’s quarters with the political commissar and found the ship navigating through the Warp.
• Vitalien Novara screamed and convulsed after encountering an unknown Warp presence, and his condition worsened as Chaos corruption took hold.
• Lin En used Purification Aura on Vitalien, removing the corruption and stabilizing him.
• Vitalien thanked Lin En and promised not to reveal his ability after Lin En asked him to keep it confidential.
• Vitalien gave Lin En a Novara Family badge and invited him to visit the family’s residence on Terra.

Lin En and the 0825th Regiment arrived on Pollia, where the fertile agricultural world had been overrun by rapidly multiplying Greenskins. The massive Imperial buildup and arrival of an Ultramarines squad showed how grave the battle had become, and Lin En prepared to face the situation.

• The 0825th Regiment disembarked on Pollia and marched toward the battlefield through damaged farmland and signs of fighting.
• Lin En saw an Ultramarines squad and Land Raiders at the assembly point, indicating the Ork invasion had become severe.
• Lin En surveyed a vast camp containing all seventeen Baal Guard regiments and reinforcements from many famous Astra Militarum regiments.
• The regiment commander reported that Greenskins controlled forty percent of Pollia's northern hemisphere and kept spreading.
• Lin En worried that the fertile world might be lost and cursed the Old Ones as the commissar urged the group to assess the situation.