Recaps

Lin En met the Emperor, gained Psychic Paradox, and secured aid for the Blood Angels Successors before rescuing the Lamenters from imprisonment on Sagan II. As the Lamenters mourned their dead, the Inquisition and Grey Knights arrived to carry out the High Lords’ sentence, and Lin En prepared to expose their disguise.

• Lin En met the Emperor at the Golden Throne, gained Psychic Paradox, absorbed psychic mist, and received command of the Lamenters, Flesh Tearers, and Blood Knights.
• Lin En made Purified Psychic Crystals from the Emperor’s power, and the Emperor sent them to aid the Blood Angels Successors while Lin En accepted Guilliman’s cruiser and set course for Sagan II.
• Lin En disabled a Drukhari raider attacking a merchant ship, endured the Archon Lax’s psychic blasts, and directed the Imperial Navy to destroy the vessel.
• Lin En reached Sagan II and found the Lamenters imprisoned in dire conditions, then healed them and learned that the High Lords had declared the Lamenters and Mantis Warriors Excommunicate Traitoris.
• Lin En signed the transfer papers and took command of the 311 surviving Lamenters, who recovered their Battle Barge, armor, and equipment.
• Calix led the Lamenters in funerals for their fallen brothers, and they placed the ashes in the Mother of Tears’ chapel.
• The Inquisition dispatched Grey Knights to Sagan II to seize and purge the Lamenters, and they disguised themselves in Minotaurs armor to approach the chapter.
• Lin En watched the disguised Astartes disembark and prepared to activate his Eye of True Sight.

Lin En secured the Lamenters and Mantis Warriors’ release from immediate purges and led the Lamenters into the Great Rift. After they reclaimed a corrupted Forge World, Magnus arrived, and Lin En prepared to hold him off until Lion El’Jonson could reach them.

• Lin En exposed the supposed Minotaurs as Alpha-level Psykers, stopped the Grey Knights from purging the Lamenters, and used the Emperor’s Gaze to confirm their loyalty.
• Lin En persuaded Inquisitor Vandel and Guilliman to review the Lamenters’ and Mantis Warriors’ punishments, and the High Lords Council approved a resupplied Penitent Crusade for both Chapters.
• Nieldra led the Mantis Warriors west aboard the Endless Redemption, while Phoros led the Lamenters east with Lin En aboard the Mother of Tears.
• Lin En took the fleet through Atilan’s Gate into the Great Rift and led the Lamenters to a corrupted Forge World, where he awakened dormant Titans and tanks for the assault.
• The Lamenters and their war machines overwhelmed the Forge World’s Chaos defenders, and Phoros killed the Red Corsairs’ commander while Huron Blackheart remained absent.
• Magnus emerged from a psychic storm as Lin En surveyed the battlefield, and Lin En contacted Guilliman to request help against the Daemon Primarch.
• Guilliman said Lion El’Jonson would come but needed time, so Lin En prepared his powers, ordered Phoros to attack the lesser enemies, and confronted Magnus.

Lin En helped Lion defeat Magnus, brought Bolomite back from the Warp, and secured the Lamenters’ pardon and a new homeworld. As they began rebuilding, Lin En learned that Leviathan would attack Baal and set out to warn the Blood Angels and rally reinforcements.

• Lin En shielded the Lamenters and Custodes from Magnus’s psychic barrage, then Lion arrived and killed Magnus in battle.
• Lin En and the Dark Angels and Lamenters cleared Bolomite, and Lin En wrapped the planet in golden energy and dragged it out of the Warp.
• The High Lords reduced the Lamenters’ sentence, and Lin En confronted the council as a corrupted Inquisition deputy transformed into a Tzeentch daemon and was slain by the Grey Knights.
• The Inquisition apologized and paid compensation, and the High Lords approved Bolomite as the Lamenters’ homeworld while assigning the Chapter to guard the Maelstrom.
• Lin En and Phoros found an intact underground fortress on Bolomite and began planning the Lamenters’ new base and rebuilding the planet.
• The system warned Lin En that Leviathan would reach Baal in three months, so he ordered Phoros to gather the Lamenters and told Guilliman to warn the Blood Angels and mobilize reinforcements.

Lin En brought the Lamenters to Baal, then led the Blood Angels’ successor Chapters and the Ultramarines in stopping Leviathan before it reached the planet. After the victory and a celebration on Baal, Lin En learned that Cretacia had gone silent and redirected the three Chapters there.

• Lin En destroyed the Salien Craftworld after its seer attacked him, then claimed the damaged vessel as a gift for Dante and had it towed to Baal.
• Dante welcomed Lin En and the Lamenters, and assigned them alongside the Blood Knights and Flesh Tearers to defend Asphodex.
• Lin En visited Tyrennius’s coffin, reunited with Cecilia and Iron Hammer, then persuaded Dante to let his force intercept Leviathan beyond Baal.
• Lin En and the three Chapters fought the Tyranids at Vitellia until Ultramarines reinforcements and Dante’s Blood Angels joined the battle.
• Lin En unleashed Psychic Storm, destroying the Tyranid fleet and dispersing the Shadow in the Warp, and the fleet returned to Baal for a victory celebration.
• Lin En and his companions honored Tyrennius, whose flower appeared in the hand of a flame-wreathed warrior among the Legion of the Damned.
• After waking from a two-day sleep, Lin En learned that Cretacia had lost contact with the outside world and changed course with the Lamenters, Blood Knights, and Flesh Tearers to investigate.