Recaps

Lin En survived a Necron Deceiver Shard’s layered illusions with Dante’s help, then led the fleet to evacuate Cretacia’s refugees to Bolomite. When Orks enslaved millions of civilians on Slaughterhouse III, Lin En sent three Chapters to rescue them and secretly followed, leaving the arc with the first captives freed.

• Lin En brought Cecilia and Iron Hammer into his fleet and set course for Cretacia, but fell into an unending sleep after the fleet entered the Warp.
• The Megalith King and an Aeldari envoy trapped Lin En in illusions with a Deceiver Shard, but Lin En broke free with Dante’s help and learned the Necrons had escaped.
• Lin En woke aboard his ship, recovered, and continued to Cretacia despite his companions’ pleas to return to Bolomite.
• Lin En and the Chapters reached Cretacia, found its surface devastated by the Warp Rift, and evacuated the surviving residents to Bolomite.
• Lin En helped settle the Cretacian refugees in Bolomite and oversaw the growing settlement while Cecilia and Iron Hammer managed its reconstruction.
• After learning that Orks had taken three million civilians to Slaughterhouse III, Lin En sent Phoros and the three Chapters to rescue them, then secretly followed with Iron Hammer, Valerian, and Carl.
• Phoros’s fleet bombarded the Ork fortifications and launched the assault, with Sentoyor leading the Blood Knights in a flank attack.
• Phoros led the Lamenters into the mines, where the Chapters freed hundreds of thousands of starving captives and medical teams began treating them.

Lin En helped the Astartes rescue millions of civilians, then seized a fertile world for the Blood Knights and named it Echo Star. When he led a fleet into the Maelstrom to save three besieged Chapters, Mortarion emerged from the green fog before them.

• Phoros led the mine rescue as the Astartes evacuated civilians from Slaughterhouse Three, and Lin En descended into the mine to save tens of thousands trapped behind a cave-in.
• Lin En cut through the Greenskins and opened a path for the captives, then helped the fleet complete the evacuation before the Lamenters destroyed the planet.
• Lin En returned to Bolomite with Iron Hammer, where Cecilia confronted them, and the rescued civilians celebrated alongside the Astartes.
• Lin En took the fleet to a Warp-corrupted Agri World, purified it, and hauled it into Realspace, naming the new Blood Knights homeworld Echo Star.
• After Cassius reported that Nurgle’s forces had trapped three Chapters near the Maelstrom, Lin En left Phoros and the Lamenters to protect Bolomite and Echo Star and led the Flesh Tearers and Blood Knights to the Maelstrom.
• Lin En’s fleet entered the plague fog, fought through Nurgle’s forces, and broke the siege around the Star Guardians, Blue Steel Fist, and First Guardian Battle Barges.
• Gabriel and Sentoyor led assaults that cleared the three Battle Barges, while Lin En’s Golden Light healed the crews and cleansed the ships.
• Lin En boarded the Battle Barges and purified them as Mortarion emerged from the green fog at the edge of his Golden Light.

Lin En rescued the Death Guard’s besieged allies, helped drive Angron from Macragge, and returned to Bolomite as Hive Fleet Kraken approached. He led the Lamenters into battle, broke the Tyranid vanguard with psychic power, and prepared expendable ships while keeping his crewed warships back.

• Lin En burned away Mortarion’s corruption and forced him to retreat, then helped the stranded Chapters escape and pledged to reinforce Macragge.
• Lin En and Dante’s forces joined Calgar’s defense of Macragge, where Lin En defeated a Greater Daemon and killed Angron after luring him through the Khorne army.
• The Ultramarines and Blood Angels celebrated their victory before Lin En returned to Bolomite and learned that Hive Fleet Kraken was approaching.
• Lin En confirmed Kraken’s course toward Bolomite, organized planetary defenses, and ordered Iron Hammer to mass-produce cheap unmanned iron ships.
• Bolomite completed its preparations, assigning the Flesh Tearers to defend Bolomite, the Blood Knights to defend Echo Star, and Lin En’s fleet to meet Kraken.
• Lin En led the Night Goddess and the Lamenters’ Battle Barge against the Tyranids, destroyed much of their vanguard with psychic attacks, and prepared expendable ships while keeping his Astartes warships out of immediate danger.

Lin En seized control of the Kraken remnant fleet and registered its Bio-ships as the Purple Carapace Chapter, prompting the Inquisition to investigate. After Valens inspected Lin En and Bolomite, Lin En led the Tyranid force toward the Ork-held planet Isman to feed the starving swarm.

• Lin En used Swarm Domination and Psychic Overload to sever the Kraken fleet from the Great Devourer and turn the Bio-ships against one another.
• Lin En named the surviving Tyranid ships the Purple Carapace Chapter and stationed them on a barren planet near Bolomite.
• The Lord Inquisitors debated how to investigate Lin En and sent Grand Inquisitor Valens to inspect him and the Tyranid auxiliaries.
• Valens met Lin En, confirmed that his samples showed him to be human, and learned how Lin En had blocked the Hive Consciousness before controlling the swarm.
• Valens inspected the Purple Carapace Chapter and Bolomite, then praised Lin En and promised to oppose Inquisitors who would target them.
• After Valens departed, Lin En prepared to attack Ork-held Isman, and twelve Tyranid motherships descended on the planet and began devouring Greenskins.