Chapter Summaries

Lin En used the Sky Curtain to control and evolve the Kraken Bio-ships, turning them into obedient pets that assembled before the Night Goddess. The Great Devourer then roared across the galaxy, accusing an unknown thief, and Inquisitor Van Del ordered an investigation.

• Lin En controlled the Tyranid Bio-ships with the Sky Curtain and watched one carrier evolve after devouring a Spore Carrier.
• The evolved Bio-ships gathered before the Night Goddess, and Lin En dismissed the Lamenters' fears about the Inquisition.
• The Great Devourer sent an angry psychic roar across the galaxy, calling someone a thief.
• The Emperor, the Fabricator-General, Calgar, Dante, and Inquisitor Van Del each sensed the roar and reacted to it.
• Van Del ordered the Inquisition to investigate the Great Devourer's unusual activity.

Lin En used Indomitable Will to prevent the Great Devourer from reclaiming its stolen Kraken fleet, then ordered the controlled Tyranids to devour the rest. He renamed the surviving, vastly enlarged ships the Purple Carapace Chapter and stationed them near Bolomite.

• The Great Devourer’s furious psychic signal reached Psykers, Navigators, Librarians, Aeldari Farseers, Drukhari, and daemons across the galaxy, alarming them about a thief.
• The Great Devourer tried to restore its connection to the Kraken fleet and command its warrior organisms to return.
• Lin En resisted the Hive Consciousness’s signal by casting Indomitable Will on the Tyranids under his control.
• Lin En ordered his controlled swarm to devour the uncontrolled Bio-ships, while the Great Devourer watched helplessly.
• Lin En named the surviving Kraken ships the Purple Carapace Chapter and stationed them on a barren planet near Bolomite.

Lin En stationed twelve Tyranid motherships and numerous smaller Bio-ships on a barren planet, declaring them the Purple Carapace Chapter, a loyal Imperial auxiliary force. After Iron Hammer protested, Inquisitor Van Del reported Lin En’s control of the Tyranids to Inquisition headquarters on Terra.

• Lin En ordered the Lamenters to feed the Tyranid Bio-ships battlefield remains and keep them from starving or reproducing.
• Lin En told a communications soldier to register the Bio-ships as the Purple Carapace Chapter, a loyal Imperial auxiliary force stationed on the barren planet.
• Iron Hammer challenged Lin En over the Tyranid motherships, but Lin En insisted they were loyal auxiliaries and ended the call.
• Inquisitor Van Del read a report about the Bio-ships and, despite his deputy’s warning, contacted Inquisition headquarters on Terra.
• Van Del told the Terra communications officer that twelve mothership-class Bio-ships had appeared in his jurisdiction and were registered as Imperial auxiliaries.

An urgent report reached Inquisition headquarters claiming that the Emperor’s special envoy, Lin En, controlled a Tyranid fleet in the Bolomite system. The three Lord Inquisitors verified the report with orbital footage and gathered to decide how to respond.

• A duty Inquisitor discovered the report about Lin En controlling Tyranids and rushed it through the Inquisition’s chain of command.
• The deputy read the report, questioned whether it was genuine, then carried it to his superior.
• The three Lord Inquisitors convened an emergency meeting and read identical reports stating that the Emperor’s special envoy controlled the Tyranids.
• One Lord Inquisitor objected that humans could not control Tyranids, while another confirmed that Van Del had seen the Bio-ships in Bolomite.
• The Lord Inquisitors watched orbital footage of twelve Tyranid motherships and their escorts sprawled across a barren planet, then turned to voting on how to handle the incident.

The Inquisition debated whether Lin En, the Imperial Envoy, had truly gained control of Tyranids and whether he posed a threat to the Imperium. After factions argued over investigating or arresting him, a Lord Inquisitor showed the assembled leaders the transmission from the planet outside Bolomite, leaving them to confront what Lin En might be.

• Three Lord Inquisitors questioned whether they could investigate Lin En without challenging the Emperor's authority, and feared that his control of Tyranids might point to a power greater than the Great Devourer.
• News of a human controlling Tyranids spread through the Inquisition, dividing radicals who demanded Lin En be studied from conservatives who warned against provoking him.
• The Inquisition convened its senior leaders, where the Ordo Xenos chief demanded an investigation and the Daemon Inquisition and Ordo Hereticus chiefs argued that arresting Lin En was too dangerous.
• A Lord Inquisitor projected the transmission from the barren planet outside Bolomite, silencing the debate as the assembled Inquisitors confronted the evidence.

The Inquisition debated whether to arrest Emperor’s envoy Lin En after learning he controlled Tyranids, but a Lord Inquisitor warned that arresting him could pit them against powerful Imperial figures. The Inquisitors agreed they had to investigate the unprecedented event, though Lin En’s status left them unsure how to act.

• A radical Inquisitor called for Inquisition forces to arrest Lin En, prompting a heated argument over who should lead the operation.
• A Lord Inquisitor reminded the room that Lin En stood alongside Custodes, Space Marine Chapters, Lion El’Jonson, the Lord Regent, and other powerful allies, then asked what evidence could justify arresting him.
• The Inquisitors acknowledged that reports and records confirmed Lin En had controlled the Tyranids, but that fact alone did not prove corruption or heresy.
• The Lord Inquisitor noted that Lin En had officially registered twelve Tyranid motherships as loyal Imperial auxiliary forces under the designation Purple Carapace Chapter.
• After debating the case, the Inquisitors agreed to investigate Lin En thoroughly, despite lacking jurisdiction to enforce their will over the Emperor’s envoy.

The Inquisition reached a fragile agreement to send an observer to assess Lin En’s Purple Carapace Chapter in the Bolomite system, despite the political risks of investigating the Emperor’s envoy. After ruling out unsuitable candidates, the Lord Inquisitors selected Grand Inquisitor Valens.

• The Lord Inquisitors agreed to dispatch a diplomatic, unaffiliated Grand Inquisitor to Bolomite for a routine inspection and security assessment, with instructions to observe and report without interfering.
• The Inner Circle issued an encrypted notice inviting nominations and volunteers for the assignment.
• The Lord Inquisitors reviewed a shortlist of Grand Inquisitors, seeking someone senior, favorably regarded by Lin En, careful about boundaries, and likely to survive.
• The Lord Inquisitors rejected the Ordo Xenos for its hostility toward Tyranids and the Daemon Inquisition for its excessive suspicion of psykers.
• The Lord Inquisitors selected Grand Inquisitor Valens for the mission.

The Inner Circle summoned Inquisitor Valens and assigned him to inspect the Purple Carapace Chapter on Bolomite, where Lin En had reportedly controlled a Tyranid fleet. Valens recognized Lin En as someone he had investigated years earlier and wondered how the man’s position had changed so dramatically.

• The Inner Circle summoned Valens as soon as he returned from investigating Cultists in a distant star system.
• A Trainee Inquisitor urged Valens to read the Inner Circle’s notice about Bolomite, but Valens entered the meeting without reading it.
• The three Lord Inquisitors praised Valens’s recent mission before assigning him to inspect the Purple Carapace Chapter and assess whether Lin En had been replaced by a Genestealer or threatened humanity.
• The Lord Inquisitors told Valens that Lin En had controlled the Kraken Tyranids Remnant Fleet and ordered him to treat Lin En with utmost courtesy.
• Valens realized that Lin En was the person he had investigated while Lin En served in a mortal Guard Army regiment.

Valens received orders to assess whether the Purple Carapace Chapter and Lin En posed a threat to humanity, then studied Lin En’s record and decided to travel to Bolomite without an armed squad. He left aboard the Eye of Truth with only a small group of attendants, recorders, and a Psyker assistant.

• Three Lord Inquisitors ordered Valens to investigate the Purple Carapace Chapter and determine whether Lin En still belonged to humanity.
• Valens reviewed Inquisition files detailing Lin En’s many extraordinary deeds and concluded that he was a true Living Saint who would not betray the Imperium.
• Valens decided to take a chance on Lin En and brought no Inquisition armed squad or Grey Knights for the mission.
• Valens boarded the Eye of Truth with two attendants, two recorders, and a Psyker assistant, then ordered the captain to depart for Bolomite.